77th Annual Academy Awards - Winners Listed on Page 10

[grand theft sparrow]

Just to say this out loud:

I pray that Marty doesn't get best director. Because he's much too good to get lumped into this shit-eating Academy Award nonsense. Woody Allen sorta got by on a loophole by not appearing for his, but still... Marty deserves to be in the Kubrick/Welles/Hitchcock/Altman category.

Marty wants it, though

It doesn't even really mean the same thing as it did when Kubrick, Hitch, Welles and Altman got snubbed... if it ever did mean something, so just give it to him already.  I liked The Aviator but I think he's got another Goodfellas/Raging Bull/Last Temptation-quality masterpiece still in him that his quest for Oscar is kind of holding him back from making.

[brockly]

Same here. The trailer made me sick, and if the movie is really like that, I will continue to have the desire to avoid it like the plague.

your loss, JB.. if you aren't moved by this film, i'd seriously question if you were chemically imbalanced.

what did you think of mystic river?

[MacGuffin]

They also need to realize: February release date ≠ best picture nod.  The Passion did get (what I think is) a deserved nomination for score and cinematography, so it wasn't completely forgotten.  But so much of a film's nomination chances depend on its release date.  I doubt Ray would be nominated for Best Picture if it was released in July or August.

That's not so true nowadays. Academy members receive DVD screeners to remind them of films for consideration.

[life_boy]

They also need to realize: February release date ≠ best picture nod.  The Passion did get (what I think is) a deserved nomination for score and cinematography, so it wasn't completely forgotten.  But so much of a film's nomination chances depend on its release date.  I doubt Ray would be nominated for Best Picture if it was released in July or August.

That's not so true nowadays. Academy members receive DVD screeners to remind them of films for consideration.

You wouldn't know it from looking at the list of nominees!  

I know about screeners, but there's still power in the newness of the buzz.  When was the last time an early year release really racked up with Oscar nominations?  Erin Brockovich (2000)?  October is late enough to clinch it for some films.  It may not be science, but it makes sense to me when I look at the facts.

[MacGuffin]

You wouldn't know it from looking at the list of nominees!

I know about screeners, but there's still power in the newness of the buzz.  When was the last time an early year release really racked up with Oscar nominations?  Erin Brockovich (2000)?  October is late enough to clinch it for some films.  It may not be science, but it makes sense to me when I look at the facts.

Then look at the fact that studios don't typically release "Oscar" films in the early quarters of the year. It conflicts with the Oscar awards going on currently, and Summer films are not typical Oscar fare, hence Ray not being released in July or August. But if they do, in the case of say an American Beauty (a September release), it's not forgotten come awards season because of press and screeners to remind them. Silence Of The Lambs was not looking for Oscar consideration when it was released in Feb. 1990. That was because that release date of Valentine's played into the novel. I'm not saying that good buzz doesn't help, it does because it's great advertising, adds to the box office and it's fresh in the voters' minds, I'm saying that if a film gets a release early in the year, it won't be forgotten come awards season because the films are availible to Academy members. Do you really think voters went to the handful of theaters playing Vera Drake? Same idea. Studios send out a screener to make their film readily available and to keep their film in mind.

Who knows why Passion/Christ didn't rack up more nominations. It could be they avoided a controversial film. Could be they didn't like it (as Brando said, Hollywood is Jewish). Could be backlash. Could be voters thought Gibson was too good to bother advertising in the trades. But it wasn't because it was forgotten.

[modage]

i think the only reason it isnt up for more is that gibson refused to campaign.  had he just played the game like everyone else it could be up for a lot more.

[SHAFTR]

i think the only reason it isnt up for more is that gibson refused to campaign.  had he just played the game like everyone else it could be up for a lot more.

Maybe Gibson had a hard time navigating through his piles of cash and unopened condoms.

[UncleJoey]

i think the only reason it isnt up for more is that gibson refused to campaign.  had he just played the game like everyone else it could be up for a lot more.

Maybe Gibson had a hard time navigating through his piles of cash and unopened condoms.

along with his dad's Nazi banners.

[SHAFTR]

i think the only reason it isnt up for more is that gibson refused to campaign.  had he just played the game like everyone else it could be up for a lot more.

Maybe Gibson had a hard time navigating through his piles of cash and unopened condoms.

along with his dad's Nazi banners.

you win

[Kal]

Unfortunatelly up to some point he is the one that won... A lot of power, money, independence from Major Studios... but at least he is not getting an Oscar and I hope he doesnt get one for any of those nominations.

[ProgWRX]

am i the only one to notice the complete exclusion of Garden State?

[tpfkabi]

am i the only one to notice the complete exclusion of Garden State?

what do you feel it could have been nominated for?

[matt35mm]

Best Kiss, duh!

[Myxo]

Best Original Music!

No.. wait..

Best Score!

Err.. nevermind..

[cine]

Best Overrated Film