Oscar Nods!!! LOL

[breakattiffanys]

Oscar Nominations Thoughts!
LOL, well at least the race is not boring anymore. I'm overall pretty happy with all the nominations; nothing I really dislike got nominated and there were some really AMAZING surprises (Javier! Dogtooth! Exit through the Gift Shop!). Suck about Nolan though. Oh well, I guess he'll just have to make a Holocaust movie or

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[wildcatnaleyfan]

I really don't understand what "hurdles" Nolan has to overcome. What did he DO that was so offensive? =S.

TKS could win over TSN? =O. That's shocking considering how TSN was compared to Citizen Kane and all =P.

The only two categories I really care about are the two leading acting categories. Any other category can have a surprise turnout but it's about time Firth gets his Oscar for being a brilliant actor and (I'm sure) a breathtaking performance in TKS (I'm going to watch it the DAY it comes out in Israel) and Natalie Portman who was just phenomenal... she doesn't deserve not winning for such a brilliant performance for Annette's mediocre one because Annette's been in the industry long enough and deserves "Academy Award Winner" under her name (and I've seen "The Kids Are All Right" and even though it was a very cute film, it really wasn't Julianne's or Annette's best performances).

[breakattiffanys]

Maybe they're just not crazy about his movies? lol.

That's shocking considering how TSN was compared to Citizen Kane and all

Yeah, and that won Best Picture. Oh wait.. it didn't.

[wildcatnaleyfan]

lol... ahh... I thought it was something offensive he had done =P

Well, “Citizen Kane” received recognition for being the greatest film ever made only afterwards. Nowadays people already consider it a masterpiece and THAT is when the comparison was made to TSN.

[breakattiffanys]

Citizen Kane was the most critically acclaimed film of the year. It won the NYFCC award, which was basically THE critics award back then.

[prosodi]

I'm almost entirely pleased/pleasantly surprised by the list - although I do totally agree that it BOGGLES MY MIND that Inception isn't in for the editing category (and this from someone who has met every other so-called 'snub' during awards season with mild sentiments of "Wait, you expected it to get nominated?"). It totally deserves to be there. Go figure.

I am so excited to watch The King's Speech leave with an entire truckload of Oscars.

[breakattiffanys]

I just can't understand how The King's Speech got an editing nod but not Inception, other than one is a 100% oscar bait/a frontrunner and the other isn't.

TKS will probably get at least costumes and Best Actor! This is definitely going to be a low count year, no matter who wins Best Picture. I can't see any movie winning more than 4, maybe 5.

[matsuo0]

I'm so upset about Nolan not getting a nomination, and I'm convinced he needs to do a Holocaust movie too. LOL At least the Coens didn't get completely shut out this year.

Was surprised about Waiting for Superman not getting nominated. Wasn't it the front runner in the documentaries?

YAY FOR THE KING'S SPEECH. I would have never predicted this considering how much The Social Network has been dominating. Lol @ everyone thinking the TKS is gonna win now.

Can't wait for the Oscar simulation!! :D

[breakattiffanys]

The Coens already have so many Oscars though, lol. I think they could've sat this one out and probably wouldn't have cried over it. But man, these Nolan snubs are getting kind of sad. He's becoming like the Susan Lucci of the Directing Oscar, except not even getting nominated.

Yeah, Waiting for Superman was the frontrunner along with Inside Job probably. But I have heard that the message was pretty controversial.

Dude this is why Dave Karger should be crowned King of the world. I think almost everyone on Guru's of Gold changed their vote to The Social Network except him. And he's always right!

[matsuo0]

That's true. And I'm starting to think Nolan will end up like Alfred Hitchcock. lol

OMG YESS. Dave Karger was one of the few people that made me believe TKS still had a chance. Love him. :')

[breakattiffanys]

Nooooooooo. LOL, that will be so sad. But I could see that happening, especially if Nolan doesn't start doing Oscar bait stuff. I mean, Hitchcock at least got one nomination for Directing for Rebecca, but it was definitely his most Oscar baity movie.

Haha, Dave Karger is like the Nate Silver of Oscar predictions. This weekend is going to be interesting with SAG cause I think that is the only award left whose winner is not already known (DGA will go to Fincher, BAFTA will go to TKS). EXCITEMENT

[anysomething]

I am a total TSN stan, like to my core (oh dear Hangover quotes in actual life), but I think I may have to make TKS my prediction for Best Picture. It will hurt me and my pride to do it (pre-PGA, I told my dad about 50 times that I thought TSN was gonna take the big award) but I think it's looking better for TKS come Oscar season.

also, bummed about Andrew, but I think will see him at the Oscars again in no time.

[breakattiffanys]

It's still a kind of soon, but I'd say they're running pretty even right now. TKS did a lot better in today's nominations, but that's also because it's a period drama that can actually get nominated in stuff like art direction and costumes. Plus, Andrew is a newcomer to Hollywood while everyone in TKS is a respected veteran and it's like, who would they rather snub? Obvious.

I definitely didn't think TSK could possibly challenge TSN's crazy run with the critics groups and insane praise, but the industry often does have different taste from the critics. The truth is, usually the most praised contender of the year doesn't end up winning BP. The Hurt Locker and No Country for Old Men are more exceptions than the rule.

[anysomething]

Yeah- your point about everyone in TKS being a veteran is a good one. I think it'll make the Academy sort of lean that way...

oh well. it'll still be nice to see the whole TSN crew at another awards show. they are just darling on the red carpet, always.

[breakattiffanys]

Yeah, I've always thought TSN's biggest liability is that the cast is so young and the story is too "new". It'll be interesting to see what they choose in the end, but at least the race is interesting.

[zombie_boogie]

The Nolan snub is definitely surprising, but looking at the nominees list I can see how it happened. The Coens are always favoured by the Academy, and clearly True Grit was popular across the board. Same with The King's Speech and, to a lesser extent, The Fighter. Neither seem like "director's" movies, and therefore likely to miss out in that category if someone had to be snubbed, but apparently the films' popularity won out.

I'm so, so happy that HTTYD got a score nom. I thought I would end up being disappointed in the category after so many great scores were disqualified (namely Black Swan), but it's actually a good list

[breakattiffanys]

The director's branch usually goes for more interesting work though. Like, back when there were 5 nominees for Best Picture, they would routinely snub one of them for a really awesome lone director like Almodovar, Schnabel or Lynch. I think it's probably a sign of how strong The King's Speech really is that Tom Hooper was able to coast to a nomination, despite being the most boring director of the bunch (and his work in TKS was basically a total retread of The Damned United and his TV movies).

I'm pretty sure if TKS wins, it'll become one of those Shakespeare in Love wins. Which honestly is the case whenever the critics winner doesn't match the industry winner a la Crash, Gladiator, etc. Like I can pretty much guarantee that once the decade is over, not many critics will be putting The King's Speech on their Best of the Decade list. But if TSN loses the Oscar, I think it actually gains in status and gets one step closer to being the new Citizen Kane because people LOVE to rail against the stodgy Academy.

[zombie_boogie]

I totally agree with you with regards to how various wins would be interpreted, I just think it would be a little unfair to TKS since it's ten times better than some of those other winners you mentioned. TSN losing will probably be better for its "rep" in the long run.

[breakattiffanys]

TKS is a really good movie; I don't think it would be any kind of travesty for it to win but it could definitely end up with that reputation. It just has the unfortunate luck of being in the same year as TSN. It would probably end up being similar to How Green Was My Valley, which is actually a really great movie and probably one of the best BP winners ever, but it was the same year as Citizen Kane (which is without a doubt the better film).