Nominees announced today - head over to Oscar.com for the complete list. Here's my reaction to the best and worst...
The great:
6 nominations in the major categories for Michael Clayton: film, director, actor, supporting actor and actress, screenplay. That's the best of any film. Totally deserved.
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises
Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Roger Deakins’ cinematograpy for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Marco Beltrami’s brilliant score in 3:10 to Yuma.
The not:
No love for The Lookout (totally expected though) including no love for the best score in recent history by James Newton Howard.
No love for Lust, Caution – was disqualified for foreign film but still deserved notice especially for Tang Wei who would have slotted in nicely instead of Cate Blanchett who’s been nominated for that character before and the film was, by all accounts, awful. Total non-surprise that Ang Lee’s film was shut out but I’ll moan anyway.
Zero love for the excellent Zodiac. Again, no surprise but that doesn’t make it right!
No Gordon Pinsent in Away from Her, despite him delivering the best performance in the film. Julie Christie’s nomination was deserved though and it was good to see Sarah Polley recognised for an excellent debut (she was nominated for adapted screenplay).
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Just saw Eastern Promises. So please to see Viggo Mortensen nominated. He's brilliant!
Although Michael Clayton music score is interesting, I don't think it does well with the film. Anyhow, I like James Newton Howard and it's nice to see him as a nominee again.
zodiac was a waste of anyone's precious time.
I for one am glad not to see it honoured
Was indeed 'see?' but for the wrong film!
Mort,
Zodiac isn't another of these brilliant films that you fell asleep after 10 minutes then wrote the whole thing off despite never really watching it is it?!
Lap,
No. I did watch Zodiac to the bitter end - and was actually enjoying it up until it went on for about 90 mins longer than necessary. I just think some films drag on - that's all.
I saw a great Romanian film the other day - '4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days'. Really bleak and full of hopelessness.
I love how you have so much love for The Lookout score :). I haven't seen the film yet but still enjoy listening to the score. Hopefully, this film would have been released here, in any cinemas, soon.
Must be out on DVD 'see?'. Go treat yourself!
Thanks Adam. It's a great film!
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