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Babel's ship sailed with the Golden Globe. Echoes of Scent of a Woman without the best actor trophy to give it any credence. Or The Hours without the Best Actress win. I hope you're right about Babel but I'm not entirely convinced. Its surprising strength across the board with the major Guilds, its...

Zero.

If it can win best picture, certainly it can win something like original screenplay or editing.

If the standard old saw that a movie can't win Best Picture without an Editing nomination, then the only two real Best Picture contenders are Babel and The Departed. I was thinking the same thing; but then Oscar has been throwing out the rulebook a lot lately, so I'm hopeful they'll do the same thi...

Letters from Iwo Jima got only four nominations, so it wasn't even the most nominated foreign language-film this year. Flags of Our Fathers was only nominated in sound categories. So Tom Stern didn't get a nomination (the first time he had an Oscar-friendly film, in terms of cinematography), and He...

Franz Ferdinand wrote:Don't forget Babel's two, for six.

I corrected it already before you had time to post...

It's still pretty few, and 5/6 are in supporting.

Films nominated for best picture didn't get many acting nominations. Little Miss Sunshine and Babel had two, The Departed and The Queen one each, a total of only six. None of the best actor nominees was for a film nominated best picture. When was the last time this happened?

Here are my predictions: (Asterisk indicates my current prediction for winner) Picture: Babel The Departed Dreamgirls* Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Seem pretty certain, perhaps only Little Miss Sunshine is a bit shaky. Director: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima Stephe...

So, the Academy members could find it inaccessible, then? Besides, your point is the same as mine: saying that a film is "too artistic" for the Academy is the same as saying that Academy members have the wrong taste. I’m just wondering if Asian countries would get more nominations if they...

My guess is that Asian countries are submitting wrong types of films, ones that are either too violent or too artistic/difficult to approach (like Yi Yi , I suppose). Twilight Samurai was nominated some years ago, and it's just the kind of film that Asian countries should be submitting, if they wan...

OscarGuy wrote:If there's a category that needs to be 100% revamped, it's this one...Several hundred select the shortlist but only 20 choose the final five? What the hell?

Isn’t it 30, not 20? But yes, with such a small number of people deciding, there is a larger chance of upset in this 2nd phase.

All right, so I really haven’t followed the Oscar race this year. Blame it on last year’s disappointing winner(s) and this year’s disappointing hopefuls. (Granted, I haven’t seen many of them yet, but I’m not looking forward to seeing them) I’ll try to get more active now. Drama - Babel (The Depart...

I suppose it's time for me to post a list, too. **** none yet ***½ 1. Volver *** 2. C.R.A.Z.Y. **½ 3. L’enfant 4. A Scanner Darkly ** 5. Tsotsi 6. Sophie Scholl: The Last Days 7. V for Vendetta 8. Cars 9. Superman Returns 10. Art School Confidential 11. Slither 12. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance 13. T...

rudeboy wrote:Heksagon, is Goya's Ghosts getting a release this year? It's a small film, and would need more than a brief qualifying run to make much of an impact, I suspect.

Good question. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer for it.

I suppose it's time I take my own shot in the dark with this. Picture: The Departed *Dreamgirls Flags of Our Fathers History Boys The Queen Director: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers Stephen Frears, The Queen Nicholas Hytner, History Boys *Martin Scorsese, The Departed A...

jack wrote:What about 'Black Book' from The Netherlands? Imagine Paul Verhoeven as on Oscar nominee.

I'm already imagining him as the winner.

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