Damien wrote:I figure though if you get screeners by dint of being a member it's worth it.
Bingo. A certain someone was sort of tired of having to send his screeners to me every year in order to prepare me for our annual Oscar prediction articles.
I'm pretty sure this will be the last time I vote in these things, as they're an obvious exercise in futility.
Eric wrote:I can corroborate this list. I'm a member too (Lord knows why).
Eric, I've often wondered why someone with as wondrously individualistic (or quirky) taste and opinions as you would be part of a group that is every bit as mundane and conventional and lowest common denominator as the Broadcast reviewers. I figure though if you get screeners by dint of being a member it's worth it.
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"Y'know, that's one of the things I like about Mitt Romney. He's been consistent since he changed his mind." -- Christine O'Donnell
Well, let's put it this way. Even Variety didn't have the full list of Golden Globe nominations up before the HFPA website did. It's not inconceivable that other sites got it wrong.
Wesley Lovell
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
At least The Curious Case of Benjamin Button only got six nominations, the same as WALL-E (whose Editing nomination makes me very appreciative; it is the best edited film of the year by a long shot). Slumdog and The Dark Knight lead with seven and The Wrestler with five. Would've been nice to see more for Milk, A Christmas Tale, Synecdoche, New York, or even a Best Picture nomination for Let the Right One Which which they clearly adore and seem about as passionate about as Benjamin Button, but they left out Clint Eastwood and for that I'm incredibly grateful.
OscarGuy wrote:One thing you must always expect from the OFCS is a bit of Internet critic populism.
Populism sure, and I rejoice in the nods for WALL-E. Correlation to probable Oscar nods that approaches Magilla levels (sorry, BM, you know I kid) is futile.
I'm amused by the love for Let the Right One In. Isn't that a vampire movie?
"Because here’s the thing about life: There’s no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days when you need a hand. There are other days when we’re called to lend a hand." -- President Joe Biden, 01/20/2021
OscarGuy wrote:Original Score:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Editing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
so MILK deserves a nomination for score and editing (well done, but not the film's strongest areas), yet not good enough for a director or best picture nomination? ???
"When it comes to the subject of torture, I trust a woman who was married to James Cameron for three years."
-- Amy Poehler in praise of Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow
