Re: Apatow Thinks Comedy Should Have Its Own Oscars Category
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:54 pm
She seems to be on her way.OscarGuy wrote:Melissa McCarthy needs Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder kind of buzz to make the Oscars.
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She seems to be on her way.OscarGuy wrote:Melissa McCarthy needs Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder kind of buzz to make the Oscars.
Wood gathered buzz a few years back with Thirteen ( which she was nominated for a Golden Globe) as well as her role in the Wrestler. So the big thing here is her performance in Ides is kind of a " finally" situation. Does that make sense? Idk it makes sense as I type it herecriddic3 wrote:I thought i had been paying pretty close attention to the race thus far, as well as reaction to the movies in general. This kind of shocks me. I would think that the only possible nominees from The Ides of March would be Clooney or Gosling at this point. Wood was fine, but I think the only way she is nominated is if the movie is better liked than previously thought. You seem pretty certain she (and Woodley and McCarthy) are solidly in the race. Then again, it isn't a particularly strong year for the supporting actress category, so I guess it is conceivable. Maybe I should watch Ides of March a second time.mojoe92 wrote:The Ides of March DVD's being sent out to SAG voters etc have Rachel in For Your Consideration packages for the Film. ( Among other wanna be nominations for the film) Plus there is some buzz among people talking here in LA. So my biggest guess right now is yes she is still getting buzz. The 3 biggest campaigning happening here in Hollywood right now for the category that I have come across is definitely Wood, Woodley, and McCarthy.FilmFan720 wrote:Melissa McCarthy is getting a big push, but I don't see it carrying over unless she starts picking up a lot of precursors. Shailene Woodley is getting quite a bit of buzz, and is on my prediction list right now. I have heard no one else mention Evan Rachel Wood in months, and she is dead in the water.
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I thought i had been paying pretty close attention to the race thus far, as well as reaction to the movies in general. This kind of shocks me. I would think that the only possible nominees from The Ides of March would be Clooney or Gosling at this point. Wood was fine, but I think the only way she is nominated is if the movie is better liked than previously thought. You seem pretty certain she (and Woodley and McCarthy) are solidly in the race. Then again, it isn't a particularly strong year for the supporting actress category, so I guess it is conceivable. Maybe I should watch Ides of March a second time.mojoe92 wrote:The Ides of March DVD's being sent out to SAG voters etc have Rachel in For Your Consideration packages for the Film. ( Among other wanna be nominations for the film) Plus there is some buzz among people talking here in LA. So my biggest guess right now is yes she is still getting buzz. The 3 biggest campaigning happening here in Hollywood right now for the category that I have come across is definitely Wood, Woodley, and McCarthy.FilmFan720 wrote:Melissa McCarthy is getting a big push, but I don't see it carrying over unless she starts picking up a lot of precursors. Shailene Woodley is getting quite a bit of buzz, and is on my prediction list right now. I have heard no one else mention Evan Rachel Wood in months, and she is dead in the water.
The Ides of March DVD's being sent out to SAG voters etc have Rachel in For Your Consideration packages for the Film. ( Among other wanna be nominations for the film) Plus there is some buzz among people talking here in LA. So my biggest guess right now is yes she is still getting buzz. The 3 biggest campaigning happening here in Hollywood right now for the category that I have come across is definitely Wood, Woodley, and McCarthy.FilmFan720 wrote:Melissa McCarthy is getting a big push, but I don't see it carrying over unless she starts picking up a lot of precursors. Shailene Woodley is getting quite a bit of buzz, and is on my prediction list right now. I have heard no one else mention Evan Rachel Wood in months, and she is dead in the water.
Bridesmaides deserves 2 nominations this year for sure. Supporting Actress for Melissa McCarthy and then Original Screenplay. Supporting Actress would be it's biggest win if it did as McCarthy is being hardcore campaigned right now. And currently has no big competition except from Shailene Woodley from The Descendants and Evan Rachel Wood from The Ides of March. All 3 are the biggest front runners currently. Open your mind a bit there bud. Drama's are not the only worthy films to call "actual films"ksrymy wrote:It is so much more difficult to adapt a screenplay from previous material than it is to write a comedy. You're free to do as you please with a comedy "haha insert joke here" type stuff. With an adaptation, you're under constant pressure to not deviate from the story but not keep it all too entirely the same. Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman even made a movie about how difficult it is.Big Magilla wrote:I've long been of the opinion that the screenplay categories should be split between drama and comedy rather than original and adapted, but the rest of the cateories are fine as they are.
It's also nice to keep it between adapted and original because usually the non-Best Picture-winning one can be considered the runner-up.
I cringe at thinking of movies like Bridesmaids and The Hangover getting nominations. I literally cringe.
Blake Edwards's comedies were always brilliantly edited. And so were Keaton's for that matter.Greg wrote:There have been times when I have been at least somewhat awed by the editing of a comedy, mostly with the editing of slapstick scenes. Examples are the extended car chase in What's Up Doc? and the screwed-up dubbing in Singin' In The Rain.Dien wrote:It isn't very often one awes at the cinematography or editing of a comedy film.