Oscars

skcin · #1 01-25-2005, 11:23 AM

And the nominees are...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ons/index.html

No real big surprises, IMO.

amber · #2 01-25-2005, 12:04 PM

I'm suprised that the stupid Aviator got so many noms.

whatev. At least Don Cheadle got nommed.
And Annette Bening better beat Swank this year.
Poor Paul Giamatti.

strandinthewind · #3 01-25-2005, 12:06 PM

The Aviator was a GREAT movie

ontheEdgeof17 · #4 01-25-2005, 12:08 PM

Yeah...no surprises with the noms.

However, CNN was talking about the lookover of Passion and F9-11.

amber · #5 01-25-2005, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The Aviator was a GREAT movie

great. so was sideways. anyway, I don't know that DiCaprio deserved.

DrummerDeanna · #6 01-25-2005, 12:37 PM

I have seen none of the nominated movies

I'm horribly behind in my movie viewing...

ontheEdgeof17 · #7 01-25-2005, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I have seen none of the nominated movies

I'm horribly behind in my movie viewing...

Me either...........maybe cuz the nominated movies are usually boring epics that no one sees anyway.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #8 01-25-2005, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

great. so was sideways. anyway, I don't know that DiCaprio deserved.

Sideways was not nominated???? WHAT! Great movie!

Aviator...not so good!

Passion DID at least get 3 noms. Cinematography, makeup, and score! (IMO...it should have been nom for best actor (Jim Caviezel) and best actress (Maia Morgenstern)

and no Phantom of the Opera noms? or did I overlook that!?!

GypsySorcerer · #9 01-25-2005, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

great. so was sideways. anyway, I don't know that DiCaprio deserved.

I actually thought DiCaprio did a great job. Despite looking nothing like Hughes, I felt the pulled it off. Maybe because I've always been interested in Howard Hughes anyway.

But it doesn't matter who was nominated in the Best Actor category - Jamie Foxx is a shoo-in.

dissention · #10 01-25-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

great. so was sideways. anyway, I don't know that DiCaprio deserved.

I don't think he did. His scene about the "blueprints" was enough to get him a Razzie, IMO.

To think that he was chosen over Liam Neeson is incomprehensible to me.

amber · #11 01-25-2005, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I don't think he did. His scene about the "blueprints" was enough to get him a Razzie, IMO.

To think that he was chosen over Liam Neeson is incomprehensible to me.

I read an article that said his performance was more the product of the director's cutting and vision than anything else.

Not saying that is true, but...

dissention · #12 01-25-2005, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The Aviator was a GREAT movie

The first hour was, but then it fell apart in the last half. It went down the ****ter faster than I could have imagined.

strandinthewind · #13 01-25-2005, 09:00 PM

Lux - I agree Cate is fab.

Also, I also LOVED Taxi Driver ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/...c=1;ft=20;fm=1 ) , though it was hard to watch because it was blisteringly harsh. But, therein is MS' brilliance. He knows how to portray the emotion so well. I mean look at The Age of Innocence ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106226/...c=1;ft=20;fm=1 ) - in which he semingly effortlessly captured the beauty of that era while also humorously and tragically noting the ugly things like the hypocrisy of that era as well. I also think "Gangs of New York," ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/...c=1;ft=21;fm=1 )while not my fav. film, also seemingly effortless portrayed this same thing.

So, I think MS will win for his body of work - while not really fair, it happens

Finally, he ususally has Mt Rushmore for a cast doesn't he

AND he brings out the best in ALL of them IMO