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Michael Clayton

9/10

What a tour de force... Amazing script, tremendous actors and directing. Also, great score by James Newton Howard. Wow.



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Best Picture - Avatar Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Best Actor - Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Actress - Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique, Precious Best Original Screenplay - Inglouri...

The Milk of Sorrow

5.5/10

Solid, but doesn't deserve a nomination.



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Hans Zimmer is an Oscar winner for 1994's "The Lion King." He also got a nod in 2000 for "Gladiator." Of course I know that, just saying I'm glad he finally got nominated after he received no nominations for The Da Vinci Code, Last Samurai, Pearl Harbor or The Holiday... Of thos...

I m glad Hans Zimmer finally got nominated after many years of nothing. Hans Zimmer is an Oscar winner for 1994's "The Lion King." He also got a nod in 2000 for "Gladiator." Of course I know that, just saying I'm glad he finally got nominated after he received no nominations for...

OscarGuy wrote:I've posted the nominations tallies. Avatar only got 9 nominations, so it's not nearly as "beloved" as some people claimed it to be.

9 only? Wow, this must be a record. :p

I'm surprised no one mentionned Lone Scherfig yet as the possible fifth director nominee. In recent years, there were a lot of surprise nominees for British films: 2008: The Reader (picture + director noms) 2007: Atonement (picture nom) 2006: United 93 (direcor nom - the film is not entirely Britis...

Precious is not "contemporary". It's set in 1987 Harlem (and the wardrobe choices reflected that). 1987 is contemporary, flipp. Period is sixties and earlier. That really is rather debateable. 1987 was 23 years ago. How is that even remotely contemporary? By your definition, the 1970's wo...