The Oscar Buzz Thread! (Oscar Nominees Announced!)

[Starman]

I'm sorry, TiQuinn, but IMO RotK will take best visual effects. I am a little surpised none of the Matrix movies got nominated for any of the the Tech. awards.

The Academy can be quick to overlook a film's technical achievements if the film was not very highly regarded, i.e. the Matrix sequels.

Starman

 

[Liquid Snake]

I can't believe '21 Grams' wasn't nominated for Editing. The editor from that movie did a superb work to make the movie understandable even though it wasn't linear at all.

This reminds of the tiem 'Black Hawk Down' beat 'Memento' on that same category. That sucked.

 

[Sirius_Black]

Thanks, Sirius! Let's see....actual predictions....

Best Pic: Return of the King
Best Director: Peter Jackson, though I have a sneaking suspicion that Sofia Coppola might grab this.
Best Actor: Sean Penn
Best Actress: Charlize Theron
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins
Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger
Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean

I concur with all of them save for Visual Effects where LOTR might pull out that win. Murray might have a chance to beat out Penn, but I doubt it.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Best Director: Peter Jackson, though I have a sneaking suspicion that Sofia Coppola might grab this.

Coppola will win an Oscar, but not for best director. She'll get one for best original screenplay.

 

[Kai Lord]

The Academy can be quick to overlook a film's technical achievements if the film was not very highly regarded, i.e. the Matrix sequels.

Hollow Man and The Phantom Menace still got nominated. Excluding Matrix Revolutions while giving the nod to Master and Commander is just silly. Not that it matters since ROTK beats them all by a long shot and will obviously take the gold statue, but still, M:R at least deserved a nomination.

 

[Mistwell]

Wow, these noms are huge news for LOTR.
Cold Mountain's lack of a nom for best picture is a massive blow to Miramax. Those bastards flooded the radio airwaves with ads for that movie so much I suspect it sickened the academy members into not voting for it. That's sad for the makers of the film, and a fine film it is. But it does send a good message - stop trying to buy nominations.

This was also bad news for: House of Sand and Fog, Big Fish, and In America. All were expected to get more nominations than they did.

Big surprises were Pirates and Master and Commander. Both got a LOT more noms than predicted.

I was really happy to see Triplets of Beliville in best animation. I thought it was a great film.

 

[Tonguez]

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER

13 yrs old youngest best actress nominee ever! woohoo go Keisha

 

[Starman]

Hollow Man and The Phantom Menace still got nominated. Excluding Matrix Revolutions while giving the nod to Master and Commander is just silly. Not that it matters since ROTK beats them all by a long shot and will obviously take the gold statue, but still, M:R at least deserved a nomination.

Oh, I agree that Matrix 2&3 should have gotten some sort of nomination. I'm just not too surprised that they didn't.

Starman

 

[Shadowdancer]

I think Matrix 2&3 hurt themselves in relation to nominations by both being released in the same year. There was quite a bit of discussion about whether they should be considered one film or two for the possibility of nominations. I think many Academy members decided the best way to avoid the whole issue was not to nominate either film.

 

[Endur]

I heard a rumor that the Matrix people didn't fill out any of the forms to apply for Oscar nominations.

Oh, I agree that Matrix 2&3 should have gotten some sort of nomination. I'm just not too surprised that they didn't.