80th Academy Awards - Nominations

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


One of the highest rated films of the year (very few have better rating at RT for this year) gets nominated as one of the five best films of the year? OMG, shocking!

Fair enough. I guess I just don't get it.

[OzzyKP]

No nominations for Into the Wild.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly

But then, it's Oscar. I've already seen Ordinary People beat Raging Bull, Dances with Wolves beat Goodfellas, Forrest Gump beat Pulp Fiction, and Kill Bill 1 & 2 pass by entirely unnoticed by the Academy. Nothing should surprise me anymore.

Yep. I am interested in the nominations not "their" winner. The Golden Globes usually make better picks for "best".

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
(...) and Kill Bill 1 & 2 pass by entirely unnoticed by the Academy.

At least they get something right.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by BeBro


At least they get something right.

I can understand not liking the story, or even thinking there was no story; I can understand not thinking much of the acting (though, in fact, I think Uma Thurman gives a terrific performance in Vol 2). I realize they're not films everyone's going to agree on.

But editing? Sound editing? Cinematography? Passing it over for those awards was just ridiculous. Whatever their other merits or faults, Kill Bill 1 & 2 were technically astonishing; there's no excuse for their exclusion, really, except knee-jerk anti-Tarantino-ism.

[BeBMan]

Well, yeah, I thought you mean for best movie. I agree with the technical stuff.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
... there's no excuse for their exclusion, really, except knee-jerk anti-Tarantino-ism.

The Academy was also anti-Speilberg (until Shindler's List).

And it was really anti-Hitchcock! The only Oscar his films ever receive was for [ready for this?] Best Song.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

I just saw the full list and realized that 300 wasn't nominated for effects, cinematography, or art direction. Say what you will about the rest of the movie, but it introduced whole new color and production techniques and overall was friggin' gorgeous...that's just ridiculous.

[OzzyKP]

True.

[BeBMan]

It's just knee-jerk anti-Spartaaaaa-ism

[DirtyMartini]

It's on now. Tablulate your results.

So for I'm 1 for 3

[Lancer]

Apolyton got thrown over by the girls who are watching this instead.

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by Lancer
Apolyton got thrown over by the girls who are watching this instead.

Watching what instead?

[Lancer]

Oscars...or Awards, the Hollywood thing. I'm civvin.

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by Lancer
Oscars

OK...instead of what?

No fair editing your post.