sextonseven said:

I have no idea why Tomei was nominated but she won't win so it's all the better for me.

I actually cried when I found out about the nominations for Viola Davis and Taraji Henson. Viola Davis is a very much underappreciated actress and for her to get an Oscar nomination for being on screen for five minutes is a tribute to her craft.

When Taraji got snubbed at the Golden Globes, I was sure she would not get an Oscar nod. I am so happy for her. She was awesome in that movie and should win.

Vendetta1 said:

I agree Marisa won't win the award. I would think Viola is a lock to win, but I haven't seen Taraji in BB yet.

sextonseven said:

You are gonna love this movie. Taraji transforms into the part of Queenie. Her and Brad shared a very real bond in the movie. I got lost in their characters.

heath ledger would have been nominated 4 his roll as the joker even if he was still alive - his joker was better than jacks version IMHO- and jack totally rocked

go heath

prb said:

prb said:

sure, still I'm glad that The Dark Knight isn't nominated.....

abierman said:

I wanna see that too.....

abierman said:

I was really disapointed in that whole movie

ocean said:

Heath was great, the movie itself was too long and too much out there.....I just didn't buy the whole psychological mumbo-jumbo aspect that it was trying to portray....

ocean said:

really?



i loved it....better than batman begins

I don't think Angelina deserves a nod for the horrible Changling movie. It was pretty bad.

And I really have to see this Rachel Getting Married movie. I've heard great things about it


Smooches;)

The Visitor is a great movie.

Best Animated Feature Film

BOLT

KUNG FU PANDA

WALL-E

That's the winner right there. I'd put money down on it!

abierman said:

I just do not understand people that say this. Amazing as TDK was, it wasn't even half as into the "psychological mumbo-jumbo" as the comics -or really, as it could have/should have been. Why do people still want BIFF! BLAM! POW!? Batman IS the psychological mumbo-jumbo.


Glad Heath was nominated though. That's the best onscreen Joker I think we'll ever see.
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I will be SHOCKED if WALL-E doesn't win for Best Animated.

Vendetta1 said:

Having been the only movie I've seen, I can't say I'm qualified to have a favorite yet but she was DAMN good in that movie. She's the one to beat, for sure.

I was able to get a dvd of the Dark Knight that was sent to Oscar voters. I'm not an Oscar voter, but it's still exciting...lol I won't divulge my connections..lol

I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nominees but I think The Dark Knight got robbed. That was an excellent film. I wonder if it being about a comic book character was the reason for them snubbing it. That's a shame if that was it. I wanna check out Slumdog Millionaire and The Case of Benjamin Button.

meow85 said:

I am not saying that it was a bad movie, it was not.....to me, it most certainly did not live up to its hype....it was just too much!

meow85 said:

abierman said:

Fair enough. Much as I love it, there are aspects that got overhyped, and Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhall) was poorly cast IMO.

But I have come across a lot of people lately who said it was too dark and serious for a comic book flick, and that they would have preferred a bit of silliness. Why not just go watch Adam West or George Clooney, then? That weird 60's period notwithstanding, Batman is supposed to be dark and serious.

abierman said:

It was excellent. The other movies just can't compete. Some years I suspect the Best Animated category just gets filled with whatever happened to have been released that year. Bolt and Kung-Fu Panda were cute kids' movies, but certainly not Oscar-worthy IMO.

WALL-E was great. it made the post-apocalypse look cute.

Anxiety said:

Yes.

I like how, for once in a kids' movie, it was the "male" character who was weaker, clunkier, and less intelligent than the "female". We still don't see that all that often in childrens' entertainment.

Woohoo, Departures in best foreign. Glad to see that nominated, but The Class will probably win, which is fair enough because it's an excellent film too.

Disappointed to see Kristen "Wrecka Stow" Scott Thomas absent from Best Actresses too. Melissa Leo deserves to win but it's probably going to Hathaway

The best supporting actor category looks the most interesting. Ledger is a lock but it's nice to see Robert D in there for essentially a dumb summer comedy. While they were at it they could have found a place for Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading.

As for Dark Knight in best picture, eh, no big deal, but it was better than some of the films that made the cut (The Boring Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader).

sextonseven said:

did you like it?

ZombieKitten said:

I liked it better than the critics did.....it was underated in my opinion.
There were much better movies this past year however.

I love going to movies, so I'm really very open-minded to liking whatever
little bit I can digest from them, if that makes sense

I haven't seen Benjamin Button, but I was watching Burn after Reading last night and Brad Pitt is just not a good actor.

He's more skilled than Keanu Reeves at playing different roles, but I actually think Keanu loses himself in a part better than Brad. He can be funny or dramatic, but he seems to always be aware of the camera. He's always acting.

It's a similar flaw that Tom Cruise has. Tom tries really hard to act great, when a great actor never looks as if they're trying. Still, he's better than the appropriately named Pitt, who is the pits and acts like shit

NDRU said:

Tom was quite good in Magnolia I thought!

ZombieKitten said:

yeah he's done a few good things, Risky Business, of course. I don't like him, particularly, but he's not as bad an actor as Brad