Not any great surprises, here's what we can take away from last night
The King's Speech is a favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture
Natalie Portman and Melissa Leo extended their leads in the acting races.
Betty White is too funny to be 89
Some actors need help telling jokes (darting my eyes suspiciously at John Hamm)
Gratuitous explosions were on hold for a day (too bad The Mechanic might've been number one at the box office)
I understand I flip flopped gradually throughout the recent weeks, I now understand Hollywood attitude towards The Social Network, and even though I completely disagree, the academies will never compromise the watch-ability of the film they choose as their top prize.
I still have yet to talk to anybody who has been rattled or shaken so intensely by The King's Speech that they feel it might deserve Best Picture.
Writer's Guild coming up, also updates in the awards section.
For now,
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That's RIGHT balolow
A few more plot-lines from this morning
Once again- Christopher Nolan was NOT nominated for Best Director, the only real SNUB, Inception, although favored in a few technical categories, had to make room for the crazed love for True Grit and The King's Speech.
The Coens themselves said they didn't want to take anything away from anybody else
TOO LATE
Some had the Coens being nominated for Director, but I don't think anybody short of the disappointed Inception detractors had Nolan not nominated. These are the same people who probably would rather watch reruns of The Office than the Oscars.
True Grit received TEN nominations. The expression on my face will now change from satisfied to annoyed. I know True Grit has NO chance of winning Best Picture, but with all the love from the nominators, they must feel inclined to give it SOME awards. Personally, I think it deserves none, and ten nominations is a ploy for a western themed awards show, Anne Hathaway will perhaps reprise her role in Brokeback Mountain. I don't know which way the voters will go, but Hailee Steinfeld seems like the most likely bit of hardware the film has a chance of.
The King's Speech leads the way with 12 noms, not really surprising, Tom Hooper's historical piece was not as impacting as the other films, but will most certainly walk away with some awards. I'm sure the SAG awards will push the film forward, but the eggheads who think Social Network is too shallow to win Best Picture will hopefully be exposed before the show. I'm sorry, King's Speech is not the film to honor to lash at all the critics, the Academy already made that mistake with Crash in 2006.
I got all the nominations for Best Picture correct, but missed some acting nominations, but all my alternates got in instead, not very hard to predict and no real surprises. PS, Ben Lyons, there is a reason you've been relegated to E! reporting, Natalie Portman is not a lock, and your jokes are not funny. Your probably still shocked The Curious Case of Benjamin Button didn't win two years ago.
Finally, a Greek movie is up for Best Foreign Language film, GREECE!!! Nothing like giving a country attention for the financial support it deserves by giving it Best Foreign Film. If it wins, all foreign investors should be buying the Bank of Greece, hopefully dominoing into a rise of another great, creative film industry. I have yet to see Dogtooth, but the category, especially over the last several years, has seemingly gone to films the Academy hasn't even seen. The film probably doesn't have enough money to advertise for it's nomination, so I'll help out, GO WATCH IT, Mo'nique had enough trouble saying "foreign" announcing this film's nomination, so do your part as well.
Once again- Christopher Nolan was NOT nominated for Best Director, the only real SNUB, Inception, although favored in a few technical categories, had to make room for the crazed love for True Grit and The King's Speech.
The Coens themselves said they didn't want to take anything away from anybody else
TOO LATE
Some had the Coens being nominated for Director, but I don't think anybody short of the disappointed Inception detractors had Nolan not nominated. These are the same people who probably would rather watch reruns of The Office than the Oscars.
True Grit received TEN nominations. The expression on my face will now change from satisfied to annoyed. I know True Grit has NO chance of winning Best Picture, but with all the love from the nominators, they must feel inclined to give it SOME awards. Personally, I think it deserves none, and ten nominations is a ploy for a western themed awards show, Anne Hathaway will perhaps reprise her role in Brokeback Mountain. I don't know which way the voters will go, but Hailee Steinfeld seems like the most likely bit of hardware the film has a chance of.
The King's Speech leads the way with 12 noms, not really surprising, Tom Hooper's historical piece was not as impacting as the other films, but will most certainly walk away with some awards. I'm sure the SAG awards will push the film forward, but the eggheads who think Social Network is too shallow to win Best Picture will hopefully be exposed before the show. I'm sorry, King's Speech is not the film to honor to lash at all the critics, the Academy already made that mistake with Crash in 2006.
I got all the nominations for Best Picture correct, but missed some acting nominations, but all my alternates got in instead, not very hard to predict and no real surprises. PS, Ben Lyons, there is a reason you've been relegated to E! reporting, Natalie Portman is not a lock, and your jokes are not funny. Your probably still shocked The Curious Case of Benjamin Button didn't win two years ago.
Finally, a Greek movie is up for Best Foreign Language film, GREECE!!! Nothing like giving a country attention for the financial support it deserves by giving it Best Foreign Film. If it wins, all foreign investors should be buying the Bank of Greece, hopefully dominoing into a rise of another great, creative film industry. I have yet to see Dogtooth, but the category, especially over the last several years, has seemingly gone to films the Academy hasn't even seen. The film probably doesn't have enough money to advertise for it's nomination, so I'll help out, GO WATCH IT, Mo'nique had enough trouble saying "foreign" announcing this film's nomination, so do your part as well.
Oscar Noms announced, the world stops for a minute
Big Headlines
1. Mo'Nique is up at 5 am and not drunk
2. Christopher Nolan SHUT OUT of Best Director
3. I got ALL the Best Pictures right <just another day at the office>
reactions can be sent to oscarsinsides@gmail.com
good night/morning
1. Mo'Nique is up at 5 am and not drunk
2. Christopher Nolan SHUT OUT of Best Director
3. I got ALL the Best Pictures right <just another day at the office>
reactions can be sent to oscarsinsides@gmail.com
good night/morning
Monday, January 24, 2011
Last Best Picture predictions
so, to recap
127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kid's Are Alright, The King's Speech, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone
127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kid's Are Alright, The King's Speech, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone
King's Speech wins PGA...say whaaaaa???
I'll try and get through this without stammering, the Producer's Guild of America somehow gave their top prize to The King's Speech, after an absolute strikeout, thanks to the incredible streak of The social Network. This has thrown me and all the other hollywood types for a loop, but ultimately it means absolutely nothing. The Producer's Guild prize does not have the kind of projection the other guild awards do, it's simply another pretentious group trying to give attention to another film so there is SOMEWHAT of a race (how cliché). They did this in 2007 when they gave Little Miss Sunshine the top prize. That seemed like a weak year as well, but if the producer's REALLY wanted to push something, how about Inception? I thought getting David Fincher to do an Aaron Sorkin script was an act of power producing, but Inception made a lot of money and has many still questioning reality, in fact, this whole post is incepting you right now.
Speech was aight, but really nothing to alarm QE2 about. Firth is breaking away in the Best Actor Oscar race, the film's award will be that. I think this was just lashing back from the garage-full of awards that have gone to Social NeTWERK thus far, not surprising, but there is no film that all the detractors can get behind. I thought Inception but maybe not.
PS
I'll be up at 5am for the Oscar Noms announcement, also, a flurry of posts in the events, awards and projections page
We'll see how close I am with the nods.
Speech was aight, but really nothing to alarm QE2 about. Firth is breaking away in the Best Actor Oscar race, the film's award will be that. I think this was just lashing back from the garage-full of awards that have gone to Social NeTWERK thus far, not surprising, but there is no film that all the detractors can get behind. I thought Inception but maybe not.
PS
I'll be up at 5am for the Oscar Noms announcement, also, a flurry of posts in the events, awards and projections page
We'll see how close I am with the nods.
Friday, January 21, 2011
BAFTA nominations announced
Brits are crazy in their own bloody way,
It seems like every year one British film is nominated for both "Best Film" and "Best British Film," and regardless of whether or not they win Best Film, the always lose Best British Film.
If that isn't pretentious, I don't know what is. Maybe they live by different film watching standards when they know it's a "British" movie. It's as if it's something they can't get out of their conscience.
Subsequently, The King's Speech is aligned to continue the streak.
Also, True Grit got much love from the Brits, I don't know why, what draw do westerns have in Europe. Or country music for that matter. or even southwest cooking.
The Fighter was shut out of best film, too sportive for the high brow brits, they type that want to give a last second push for Javier Bardem in Biutiful, probably some lines in the Fighter were too ironic:
"Charlene: I had to read the whole f***in' movie"
All the Noms posted in the awards section.
It seems like every year one British film is nominated for both "Best Film" and "Best British Film," and regardless of whether or not they win Best Film, the always lose Best British Film.
If that isn't pretentious, I don't know what is. Maybe they live by different film watching standards when they know it's a "British" movie. It's as if it's something they can't get out of their conscience.
Subsequently, The King's Speech is aligned to continue the streak.
Also, True Grit got much love from the Brits, I don't know why, what draw do westerns have in Europe. Or country music for that matter. or even southwest cooking.
The Fighter was shut out of best film, too sportive for the high brow brits, they type that want to give a last second push for Javier Bardem in Biutiful, probably some lines in the Fighter were too ironic:
"Charlene: I had to read the whole f***in' movie"
All the Noms posted in the awards section.
Golden Globe winners
No real surprises at the globes this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association wasn't too crazy or too pretentious, at least not in the movies categories, TV is always a different story.
The Social Network maintained it's winning streak, and dominance throughout the entire season.
Colin Firth broke a larger lead for the Best Actor Oscar, beating out Jesse Einenberg and James Franco for Globes Best Actor (drama)
Natalie Portman and Annette Bening both won their respective Best Actress nominations, so the oscar race is still close between them.
PS Natalie Portman's speech was lame, but she does look healthier thank goodness (shes happy shes pregnant)
Surprisingly nobody was drunk yet when it was their turn to accept an award, however host Ricky Gervais may have been drunk to take the edge out of his needling humor. Also nominators were drunk when they put up Burlesque and The Tourist for Best Picture (comedy/musical), the only funny thing that comes from those movies is the need to give Burlesque Best Original Song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me." It's always good to award a spectacle movie that is still grossing over $15 million below its budget, even if it is written by Diablo "screen-write my life, please" Cody, a screenwriter so amazing she sells big budget features after her first film made over $200 million for a small distributor. Seriously, Diablo, script my life, it's a film that NEEDS to be made, Fox Searchlight will feel the same after you write it.
For the full list of winners check out the Awards section.
No real surprises at the globes this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association wasn't too crazy or too pretentious, at least not in the movies categories, TV is always a different story.
The Social Network maintained it's winning streak, and dominance throughout the entire season.
Colin Firth broke a larger lead for the Best Actor Oscar, beating out Jesse Einenberg and James Franco for Globes Best Actor (drama)
Natalie Portman and Annette Bening both won their respective Best Actress nominations, so the oscar race is still close between them.
PS Natalie Portman's speech was lame, but she does look healthier thank goodness (shes happy shes pregnant)
Surprisingly nobody was drunk yet when it was their turn to accept an award, however host Ricky Gervais may have been drunk to take the edge out of his needling humor. Also nominators were drunk when they put up Burlesque and The Tourist for Best Picture (comedy/musical), the only funny thing that comes from those movies is the need to give Burlesque Best Original Song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me." It's always good to award a spectacle movie that is still grossing over $15 million below its budget, even if it is written by Diablo "screen-write my life, please" Cody, a screenwriter so amazing she sells big budget features after her first film made over $200 million for a small distributor. Seriously, Diablo, script my life, it's a film that NEEDS to be made, Fox Searchlight will feel the same after you write it.
For the full list of winners check out the Awards section.
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