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I have a cold, and I keep thinking I'm fine other than the coughing, and then my typing gets really atrocious, and I realise, I'm not really.
Have been entertained by people's takes on Farscape characters and the broccoli test (can one part of a couple understand that the other wants broccoli just from a gesture?): 1 2. Oh, speaking of Farscape, I was woken from a dream where I was listening to a Farscape soundtrack album, which had John talking to Rygel, and then Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls just wanna have fun' came on. And no, it didn't make sense in the dream, except that in the dream, I thought it was real life. So, verily, Iwas confused.
Thanks to lusmeitli for the link to the Oscar nominees.
Overall, my main response is disappointment that The Constant Gardner got so little recognition. The director and Ralph Fiennes, at least, and I thought it a much better film than Crash, but I've been resigning myself that that was going to get undue awards. Like, didn't it win the Screen Actors Guild best film award. Fancy that, an actors' film winning an award voted for by actors.
Lu said in a comment that I accidentally deleted (I'm sick, that's my excuse) I hope Joaquin Phoenix gets the Oscar as best leading role. Jake Gyllenhaal impressed me quite a bit in "The day after tomorrow" and my bro said he's quite good in "Jarhead". But I haven't seen him in "Brokeback Mountain".
I don't know whether Keira Knightley deserves an Oscar for her performance in "P&P", you'd be a better judge for that. But Judy Dench is a wonderful actress.
Oh, and the Corpse Bride should make it!!! Though Wallace & Gromit was outstanding, too.
And go, Munich!(Retrieved thanks to the power of lj notification e-mails).
I may be jaded, but, going on form, I think that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon are lock-ins (this without seeing them act). I do think that the nominees for the best actor are comparatively fresh (have Strathairn and Hoffman been nominated for supporting before?) is great. Also, many of these men in suits! Woo! Witherspoon is the Hollywood darling who has proved her acting chops in a biopic (Dench and Theron were there more on reputation than anything.) I'm pleased for Knightley (wonder if she'll get a BAFTA) but she won't win (Pride and Prejudice got nominated for a surprisingly high no. of arty/technical stuff though.) And yay for Huffman, but she won't win.
Weisz is likely for supporting actress, because her performance (which is effervescent and brilliant) is in a role that goes a little beyond supporting. She's the heart of that film, and it's a showier part than Fiennes (he should have been nominated, he was brilliant too.) Though Michelle Williams also has buzz, and may gain from people voting for Brokeback Mountain and Ang Lee in other categories.
I just feel that Hollywood is rather predictable (unless if it changes its mind over voting for all the queer movies (BBM, Capote, Transamerica), but than that might mean voting for politically challenging movies! Munich, Good Night etc.) Supporting Actor seems open to me - I'm glad Hurt got nominated, ooh, I'm thrilled for Clooney, despite not having seen Syriana nor GNAGL (theme, really lots of these films haven't been released here) he and the other two newbs are competing with Lee and Spielberg! Cool! (And as Confessions showed, Clooney is a good director.)
The only animated film that's been nominated that I saw was Howl's Moving Castle, which looks stupendou but is a bit of a narrative mess, but W & G will win because their studio got burnt down. And I'll end now, before I start doing my cynical Oscar rant, which maybe, this year's selection doesn't deserve.
Note to self: must vote in Empire awards soonish.
Have been entertained by people's takes on Farscape characters and the broccoli test (can one part of a couple understand that the other wants broccoli just from a gesture?): 1 2. Oh, speaking of Farscape, I was woken from a dream where I was listening to a Farscape soundtrack album, which had John talking to Rygel, and then Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls just wanna have fun' came on. And no, it didn't make sense in the dream, except that in the dream, I thought it was real life. So, verily, Iwas confused.
Thanks to lusmeitli for the link to the Oscar nominees.
Overall, my main response is disappointment that The Constant Gardner got so little recognition. The director and Ralph Fiennes, at least, and I thought it a much better film than Crash, but I've been resigning myself that that was going to get undue awards. Like, didn't it win the Screen Actors Guild best film award. Fancy that, an actors' film winning an award voted for by actors.
Lu said in a comment that I accidentally deleted (I'm sick, that's my excuse) I hope Joaquin Phoenix gets the Oscar as best leading role. Jake Gyllenhaal impressed me quite a bit in "The day after tomorrow" and my bro said he's quite good in "Jarhead". But I haven't seen him in "Brokeback Mountain".
I don't know whether Keira Knightley deserves an Oscar for her performance in "P&P", you'd be a better judge for that. But Judy Dench is a wonderful actress.
Oh, and the Corpse Bride should make it!!! Though Wallace & Gromit was outstanding, too.
And go, Munich!(Retrieved thanks to the power of lj notification e-mails).
I may be jaded, but, going on form, I think that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Reese Witherspoon are lock-ins (this without seeing them act). I do think that the nominees for the best actor are comparatively fresh (have Strathairn and Hoffman been nominated for supporting before?) is great. Also, many of these men in suits! Woo! Witherspoon is the Hollywood darling who has proved her acting chops in a biopic (Dench and Theron were there more on reputation than anything.) I'm pleased for Knightley (wonder if she'll get a BAFTA) but she won't win (Pride and Prejudice got nominated for a surprisingly high no. of arty/technical stuff though.) And yay for Huffman, but she won't win.
Weisz is likely for supporting actress, because her performance (which is effervescent and brilliant) is in a role that goes a little beyond supporting. She's the heart of that film, and it's a showier part than Fiennes (he should have been nominated, he was brilliant too.) Though Michelle Williams also has buzz, and may gain from people voting for Brokeback Mountain and Ang Lee in other categories.
I just feel that Hollywood is rather predictable (unless if it changes its mind over voting for all the queer movies (BBM, Capote, Transamerica), but than that might mean voting for politically challenging movies! Munich, Good Night etc.) Supporting Actor seems open to me - I'm glad Hurt got nominated, ooh, I'm thrilled for Clooney, despite not having seen Syriana nor GNAGL (theme, really lots of these films haven't been released here) he and the other two newbs are competing with Lee and Spielberg! Cool! (And as Confessions showed, Clooney is a good director.)
The only animated film that's been nominated that I saw was Howl's Moving Castle, which looks stupendou but is a bit of a narrative mess, but W & G will win because their studio got burnt down. And I'll end now, before I start doing my cynical Oscar rant, which maybe, this year's selection doesn't deserve.
Note to self: must vote in Empire awards soonish.