Oscar Nominations

I disagree. The advantage of a prestigious award, like the Oscar, is that it can call attention to good but neglected work; its disadvantage that it can inflate the importance of mediocre work.
 
it is not 'banned' in any state in the US. and yes, it's even playing in Salt Lake City.

The 'south' tenRAB to be more conservative and that is where you may find a higher percentage of theatres 'choosing for themselves' or bowing to the community to not show the film, but it is not banned anywhere.
 
I did say the movie was being shown Nationwide, 'Banned' may be the wrong word, but not far from the truth.
Actually, not even 15% of theaters in Utah are showing the movie. Salt Lake City is a more commercial/forward city compared to other parts!.
As for the south, the figures are not as bad as far as pre-empting the movie, but still....Steph

Edit...I should add, the source for the Utah figure is from The Early show, this morning on CBS.
 
So are you saying that only box-office no.1 hits should be eligable for Oscars then? I think the nominations are pretty good, and the films are not that obscure to anyone who takes even a vague interst in cinema, IMO.

And the Oscars aren't about recognising less well known films, it's about recognising excellence in films in the past 12 months.....the films nominated certianly beat some of the over-hyped summer 'blockbusters' that's for sure....
 
Crash was very good, with stellar performances (particularly Terrence Howard, Don Cheadle and Matt Dillon) but was guilty on occasion of using melodrama and heavy handedness to make the audience feel. It was very in your face, as opposed to Brokeback which was very subtle and possibly unmoving to some viewers (though not me)...

What I preferred about Brokeback Mountain was it's lack of melodrama or preachiness, it never felt forced.
 
Extremely true, it was the Oscar nominiations that got the word spreading about The Shawshank Redemption, a masterpiece that sunk without trace when originally released.
 
My aim this year is to actually see all the best picture nominated movies before the Oscars - usually I've seen one one of them at the most. Saw Munich today so that makes three along with Crash and Brokeback Mountain.

I thought Munich was great but still doesn't top BBM or Crash - can't decide which of these two I'll be rooting for on the night though.

Going to see Walk the Line on Saturday (I know that's not been nominated for best picture but I'd like to see what Reese and Joaquin are like).
 
Brokeback Mountain is overrated. I think it should win Best actor and Best adapted screenplay but that's all. It's just an average, ordinary love story blown up into something it's not...

I want Crash to win all of it's nominated categories (or most of them) and Memoirs of a Geisha I would like to see win all the art nominations such as Costumes and Cinematography.
 
Because Walk the line did'nt get nominated i reckon Reece Witherspoon is dead cert plus joaquin pheonix chances of winning are better.
 
I was disappointed Ralph Fiennes and Fernando Meirelles didnt get noms as well. The subject matter of the Constant Gardener is fictional, but John Le Carre hints in the foreword to his book that much worse stuff goes on in real life, that he couldn't write about.

I'm so glad William Hurt was nominated Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence. He's only actually on screen for 7 or 8 minutes. If he wins, I think he'll beat Judi Dench's record for least time on screen to win an oscar.
 
I have to disagree, to me Brokeback is one of the more remarkable films of the past decade. I don't see it as an 'ordinary love story', but even if it were, even the most ordinary, every day events can become extraordinary stories/movies in the right hanRAB.

The only film of the past 5 years that can touch the beauty of Brokeback Mountain for me is Lost In Translation.

Crash is a fine movie, but it hasn't left such an impression on me as Broekback Mountain.

For me, I think Best picture and director awarRAB would be well deserved. That said the Shawshank Redemption never won an Oscar but it doesn't stop it being the greatest movie ever made!!! ;)
 
Finally saw The Constant Gardener today and I thought it was incedible - and based on the best picture nominations i've seen so far, I think it should have been nominated. As much as I did like Munich, I think TCG should've been up instead of it, for both picture and director.
 
I saw that film on Monday and no way did Keira Knighly deserve her oscar nomination, her performance was mediocre and as usual she pouts through the whole film :rolleyes:
 
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