Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

The SAG body recognized Daniel Day-Lewis despite not having had much of a chance to see his film either (screener or not) and they pick him out but not Paul Dano (who also had a showy role in the film and might have appealed more to them had they seen it). So, name recognition alone can generally g...

So for some strange reason, the Golden Globes voters got to see Atonement, the SAG didn't, the NBR got to see the movie but didn't see the actors, etc... Interesting American explanations. And by the way, this would mean that NONE in the SAG saw Atonement (or Sweeney Todd, etc.), because on this bo...

Jonathan Rosenbaum gives it a good review albeit not an outright rave: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's arty blood opera about revenge, squalor, cannibalism, and despair in Victorian London provides a good many challenges to nonprofessional singers,...

Just for reference, here are films that did not get any SAG nominations but got Best Picture nominations: 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1995 Babe Braveheart 1996 None 1997 None 1998 The Thin Red Line 1999 None 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2001 None 2002 None 2003 Master and Commander: The...

Have you seen Sweeney Todd , rolotomasi? not this again! if you go to comingsoon.net you will find 17 clips from the film, along with several dozen trailers and featurettes. like DREAMGIRLS last year, i could tell from the clips i saw this film is not as incredible as people in the industry are hyp...

SWEENEY TODD on the other hand... i hope this is the beginning of a trend with the guilds. tim burton directed a brilliant film in which johnny depp gave a brilliant performance...ten years ago. the academy had their chance to recognize them for ED WOOD but decided they were not ready. a do-over no...

I don't know what the complete shutout of Atonement and Sweeney Todd means in terms of Oscar hopes. I think only one of them will get in. But not both. I think Depp will still score an Oscar nom (at the expense of either Hirsch or Gosling since I don't think they'd be willing to nominate two twenty...

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE Atonement Charlie Wilson's War Juno No Country for Old Men Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE George Clooney as Michael Clayton, Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis as Plainview, The...

LMAO! Oh gosh, I hated this film too! Although I have to say Damien, I couldn't stand Ethan Hawke in it either. When his boyish, vulnerable side is not being brought out by the luminous Julie Delpy (another woman I'd give up men for. Shut up in advance, Aakash!) his performances are almost always a...