‘Oscar Talk’ Archives
Oscar Wrap Up
I managed to watch the Oscars with a delay of 24 hours without being spoiled. Not many surprises, Slumdog really seems to have captured the imagination of the majority of people. I was surprised that Penelope Cruz won, but that's the only category where they can afford surprises. That and the foreign film I guess. I was really hoping Mickey [...]
Oscar Predictions
Every year I try to watch as many Oscar movies as possible, but I never mange to watch them all, by a long shot. This year I've almost done the impossible, I watched all of the major Oscar nominated movies. The only ones I am missing are the foreign movies. So let's talk about the main nominations, which you can find at oscar.com Best [...]
2007 Oscar Picks
The Oscars are coming up this Sunday and I always look forward to them. I still have a few movies to catch up on, but in the meantime here are my personal favorite picks: Best Supporting Actor Casey Affleck Javier Bardem Philip Seymour Hoffman Hal Holbrook Tom Wilkinson I liked Casey Affleck, was underwhelmed by the others, who [...]
2006 Oscar Wrap-Up
I finally managed to watch the Oscars, you can find the winners here. Unlike last year, I am pretty happy with this year's winners. There are some disappointments, but I cannot have it all. Here are some random thoughts about the Oscar Night. During The Departed presentation the speaker said that Infernal Affairs is a Japanese movie!! It's [...]
2006 Oscar Picks
Time for this year's Oscar picks. These are not what I think will win, these are my own favorite movies and performances. Let's start with supporting actor: Alan Arkin – LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Jackie Earle Haley – LITTLE CHILDREN Djimon Hounsou – BLOOD DIAMOND Eddie Murphy – DREAMGIRLS Mark Wahlberg – THE DEPARTED I liked [...]
Oscar 2005 Wrap
Check my IBC blog for how I watched the Oscars this year. Some comments on the winners: Very happy for Ang Lee, he finally gets a well reserved recognition of his talent. Very surprised at Crash winning best picture, I obviously do not agree with them, and you can read my thoughts on Crash here. No big surprises in the actor categories, except [...]
Best Director/Movie 2005
This year the best picture and best director are exactly the same: "Brokeback Mountain" Ang Lee "Capote" Bennett Miller "Crash" Paul Haggis "Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney "Munich" Steven Spielberg I am a little disappointed in this year's nominations. Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich all seem important, but I am [...]
Best Original Screenplay 2005
Best original screenplays: "Crash" Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis "Good Night, and Good Luck." Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov "Match Point" Written by Woody Allen "The Squid and the Whale" Written by Noah Baumbach "Syriana" Written by Stephen Gaghan Even though I haven't seen Match [...]
Best Adapted Screenplay 2005
Nominations for this category: "Brokeback Mountain" Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana "Capote" Screenplay by Dan Futterma "The Constant Gardener" Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine "A History of Violence" Screenplay by Josh Olson "Munich" Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth The first half of The Constant Gardener is really [...]
Best Leading Actor 2005
Here are the nominations: Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck." Hoffman is the big favorite, unfortunately I still haven't seen Capote. Strathairn and Phoenix were both fine as their [...]
Best Leading Actress 2005
And the nominations for actress in a leading role are: Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (not seen) Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (not seen) Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" Charlize Theron in "North Country" Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" Huffman won the Golden Globe but the movie was not seen by a lot of [...]
Best Supporting Actor 2005
The nominations for best supporting actor: George Clooney in "Syriana" Matt Dillon in "Crash" Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" William Hurt in "A History of Violence" This is harder for me. William Hurt gave a phenomenal short performance as the mob boss, but it was very short. Matt Dillon's [...]
Best Supporting Actress 2005
This week I will have some Oscar talk, in anticipation of the Oscar night on Sunday. I haven't seen all the nominated movies, but I'll give my opinion on the main categories. Let's start with Best Supporting Actress. Amy Adams in "Junebug" Catherine Keener in "Capote" Frances McDormand in "North Country" Rachel Weisz in "The Constant [...]