Thoughts on those nominations:
First and foremost, Paul Giamatti getting left out is atrocious--and that’s coming from someone who considers Sideways overrated. But Giamatti is the best thing about the movie, and to nominate his fine but not particularly amazing costars and not him is, in industry speak, severely retarded. I love Johnny Depp,
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Green? As in David Gordon, for Undertow?
I wonder how you manage to ignore The Aviator so completely. It's not that it's a "Marty film," it's that it's a mastery of the elements of storytelling on film. And it looks, sounds, and feels so incredibly vivid. You have to just cave when he's using period-appropriate film-processing techniques for the colors through the decades.
I'm totally behind you for a Hellboy makeup nomination. Seriously, y'all. They turned Ron Perlman into a seven-foot-tall demon with a stone hand, for crying out loud. Additionally, I too am bothered for the slighting of Sky Captain, which was not just a vastly entertaining experience, but was also a huge leap forward in moviemaking technology. And Angelina had an eye patch and Gwyneth didn't annoy the crap out of me, so, really. Should've gotten at least visual effects.
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I wonder how you manage to ignore The Aviator so completely.
So completely?! I give it Actor (despite the age issue), Supporting Actress, Cinematography, and Costumes (I miscounted, above-- it got 4, not 3) and admit that it was tough to leave Marty out of Director.
The other major categories where I left it out were:
Editing, where I was borderline-- the technique is often great, but I feel hesitant to nominate movies for editing when one of my only complaints about them was that they're a little too long. Aviator, Kill Bill V2, and Life Aquatic were three movies I thought were very technically accomplished but between 5 and 10 minutes too long each.
Screenplay, which I think is fair because the movie is a triumph of almost everything else *over* a decent but unspectacular script.
It just missed my top ten of the year, and I might see it again. I think latter-day Scorsese is mad underrated, between this and Gangs of New York (which I ( ... )
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Best song is, of course, "I'm Slack-Jawed and Lonely" from Phantom. Who could imagine the movie without that song in it? I demand that Michael Crawford sing it at the ceremonies.
I generally like Michael Moore more than anyone else, but I'm glad he shot himself in the foot. Make way for Tupac: Resurrection.
Yay for Lemony Snicket!
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