the oscar nominations

[Eduardo24]

I haven´t seen Persepolis, but I want it to win because I liked the graphic novel.  It's not going to happen though.

[FlameOfCallandor]

I never even gave a second look to michael clayton. It looked like Saturday afternoon TBS garbage

[The Fake Shemp]

Sounds like Oscar winning material to me!

[ferrarimanf355]

The Academy should create a Hottest Screenwriter award to give to Diablo Cody. 

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[Mr. Gundam]

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Nominees to be determined
"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

If there is any justice in this world, Falling Slowly will win.

[The Fake Shemp]

ENCHANTED: OSCAR NOMINATED

[Gay Boy]

Enchanted may be like Dreamgirls last year where it has like 9248929248924 songs nominated so the vote is split leaving the winner for whatever was left over. That credit song from Inconvenient Truth beat all the dreamgirls nominations cause of that. 

[Mr. Gundam]

Enchanted may be like Dreamgirls last year where it has like 9248929248924 songs nominated so the vote is split leaving the winner for whatever was left over. That credit song from Inconvenient Truth beat all the dreamgirls nominations cause of that. 

I'm really hoping that the three Enchanted songs cancel each other out and let Glen and Marketa win an Oscar.

[Barry Egan]

I thought Enchanted was supposed to get a Best Actress Nom 

[Human Snorenado]

WHAT HAPPENED TO "AMY ADAMS IS A LOCK FOR AN OSCAR NOMINATION FOR ENCHANTED", QUEER LAD?

Also, Juno isn't nearly as obnoxious as Little Miss Sunshine, although just in principle alone I have to support the public ridicule of Cheebs.

[Bloodwake]

Little Miss Sunshine was pretty mediocre too.

Juno is leagues better than that though.

Juno is a pretty good film, I must say. There was some of the indie shoutout shit, but it was like one fucking scene. I think Ellen Page deserves to win, not only for this, but because of her kicking ass in Hard Candy

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No Country for Old Men is going to get Best Picture though. And clean house in its categories. JAVIER FUCKING BARDEM MOTHER FUCKERS.

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[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Juno is indietard trash.

So many better movies getting nominated.

[The Fake Shemp]

Transformers > Juno

[The Fake Shemp]

Transformers > Enchanted

[Bloodwake]

Transformers > Juno

Transformers > being anally raped by three guys at the same time, and then taking all three cumshots simultaneously while sucking their shitty dicks.

That's about the only thing that Transformers is better than. That's how horrible that awful, awful piece of shit is.

[The Fake Shemp]

Transformers > Juno and Enchanted combined

[Bloodwake]

Next Evilbore tagline:

"Fuck watching the film, it still sucks and you do too"

[The Fake Shemp]

Transformers > Bloodwake's tagline

[Bloodwake]

Transformers > Bloodwake's tagline

 

[Robo]

Juno doesn't stand a chance.  Wasn't even better than The Darjeeling Limited.

Also, sad to see some superior flicks overlooked entirely.  Nothing for Control, Zodiac and I'm Not There.

[Phoenix Dark]

Juno doesn't stand a chance.  Wasn't even better than The Darjeeling Limited.

Also, sad to see some superior flicks overlooked entirely.  Nothing for Control, Zodiac and I'm Not There.

qft

Zodiac is great. Robert Downy Jr. should have at least been nominated for best supporting actor. Obviously he wouldn't win but jeez, that movie deserves some recognition

[The Fake Shemp]

I don't know why you would want Robert Downey Jr. nominated for playing himself.  The best performance in that movie belongs to Jake Gyllenhaal.  God, you're never right!

[Bloodwake]

I still haven't seen Zodiac 

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't know why you would want Robert Downey Jr. nominated for playing himself.  The best performance in that movie belongs to Jake Gyllenhaal.  God, you're never right!

He should be nominated for every movie he's in!

[bud]

it's definitely disappointing that zodiac didn't get any nominations. my favorite of 2007 so far.

[Mr. Gundam]

Also, sad to see some superior flicks overlooked entirely.  Nothing for Control, Zodiac and I'm Not There.

Cate Blanchett got nominated for I'm Not There, and she should win easily.

[TakingBackSunday]

George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

"American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Matthew Wood
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

I honestly have no fucking clue this year.  It's pretty tough to call any of them, to be honest.  Other than the actor and supporting actor noms, it's a crapshoot.

[AdmiralViscen]

Zodiac was robbed.  Robbed I tells ya. 

If it came out in the fall it'd get awards. People forget movies early in the year.

demi, you're trying to reason with a douche who keeps his Star Trek DVDs hidden under his bed so his friends won't make fun of him.

No it's not that I fear being made fun of it. It's that it totally goes against how I act in real life. What was it you called it? "wannabe hipster"?

Perhaps "shithead" is more appropriate.

Because I don't wear my geek interests on my sleeve and put little star wars toys on my desk to show I like star wars and so forth? Wonderful.

Uh, not collecting action figures and hiding shit that you DO own aren't really on the same level.

I have the ST DVDs and I'm not ashamed to show them. They are among many movies that I own, they are among my interests, why would I be ashamed of that.

[ferrarimanf355]

No Country For Old Men should win Best Picture simply because it was done by the same dudes who did The Big Lebowski. 

[bud]

paprika was released in 2006, cunt.

[Tauntaun]

paprika was released in 2006, cunt.

[Human Snorenado]

Why wouldn't Norbit deserve a makeup oscar?

It's like giving a medal to a boyfucker.  Sure he might have earned it in war, but do you really want to encourage shit like that?

[Robo]

Also, sad to see some superior flicks overlooked entirely.  Nothing for Control, Zodiac and I'm Not There.

Cate Blanchett got nominated for I'm Not There, and she should win easily.

Oooo, how'd I miss that?  Totally deserving.

[Mr. Gundam]

paprika was released in 2006, cunt.

Most of its American screenings happened in 2007 but it doesn't matter, It's still better then 2 of the 3 up there(then again depending on tastes its better then all of them).

If it was screened even once in New York or LA during 2006, it's sadly ineligible.

It was also a part of the 44th New York Film Festival, playing on October 7, 2006

There you go.

[Mandark]

WHAT HAPPENED TO "AMY ADAMS IS A LOCK FOR AN OSCAR NOMINATION FOR ENCHANTED", QUEER LAD?

Also, Juno isn't nearly as obnoxious as Little Miss Sunshine, although just in principle alone I have to support the public ridicule of Cheebs.

Did you get to the theater late and miss the first two scenes?

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Juno is just so fucking terrible, it pains me to see all those nominations.  Fortunately it doesn't stand a chance in any of the categories except maybe Best Screenplay (where I will pray that Michael Clayton beats it out).

Why did Hollywood pick this year to lavish praise on quirky shit for hipsters?  Why didn't they reward all the other previous films that Juno is painfully imitating?  Is it because Juno is a studio flick?

Nice to see Michael Clayton get so many nominations, though.  I really enjoyed that flick.  Clooney will fall to Daniel Day Lewis, but here's hoping Tilda Swanton gets a statue for her performance.

[Eel O'Brian]

Why wouldn't Norbit deserve a makeup oscar?

yeah, the movie might be shit, but Rick Baker is a God

[Smooth Groove]

Matt Damon should have gotten a nomination for Bourne Ultimatum.  It's harder to portray an action movie hero than people think.  I mean, even Bruce Willis can't get many people cheering for him any more. 

[Ichirou]

Bruce Willis should've gotten an Oscar nomination for the original Die Hard, using that logic!  I felt way more for McClane in that movie than I've ever felt for Bourne.

[Gay Boy]

I honestly have no fucking clue this year.  It's pretty tough to call any of them, to be honest.  Other than the actor and supporting actor noms, it's a crapshoot.

Supporting actress is probably the easiest award to predict this year by far. Amy Ryan has that locked up. Which I don't know why, she wasn't the best part of GBG but that award is hers without question.

[Phoenix Dark]

Ruby Dee is going to win the award Cheebs. Believe

While I love the Bourne films I didn't see anything that made me think Damon=oscar nom. He does his job in the films, and does it well. But it's not like he's asked to do much in terms of emotional range or subtlety. He's just there to kick ass.

[CajoleJuice]

Bruce Willis should've gotten an Oscar nomination for the original Die Hard, using that logic!  I felt way more for McClane in that movie than I've ever felt for Bourne.