Let The Awards Season Begin!

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#45
December 21, 2003, 07:44:55 PM
it doesn't matter because hulk will win.

and i will celebrate.
under the paving stones.

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#46
December 21, 2003, 09:42:30 PM
I think the skeletons in Pirates looked a little TOO CGI.  I think that's a lot easier to do than a whole freakin' green giant PERSON.  It's just Pirates seemed like nothing special.  As for X2, that last water sequence ALONE is grounds enough for it to not be nominated.  I almost cried, how bad it was.

I'm glad Reloaded wasn't nominated, but I admit that Revolutions had some freakin' awesome effects (mostly in the Battle for Zion).

My ideal picks for the top 3 - Return of the King, Matrix Revolutions, and The Hulk.

©brad

#47
December 21, 2003, 11:48:44 PM
Quote from: MacGuffinBut even still, I can't believe it either that WB would submit "T3" to represent their studio rather than choosing one of the "Matrix" films.

no shit. i'm sorry, but no film (even LOTR) has surpassed the matrix in effects this year.

MacGuffin

#48
January 04, 2004, 11:46:43 AM
National Critics Hail 'Splendor,' Theron

NEW YORK (AP) - "American Splendor,'' the life story of a grumpy file clerk who attains cult celebrity status by becoming a comic book writer, took best picture honors at the National Society of Film Critics awards Saturday.

Clint Eastwood's working class crime drama "Mystic River'' was second in the voting for best picture and Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation,'' a quirky tale of two Americans finding friendship while in Japan, took third.

The group of 55 film critics met in Sardi's restaurant in Manhattan to announce this year's winners.

Eastwood got the nod for best director for "Mystic River;'' Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini won best screenplay for "American Splendor;'' and Bill Murray won best actor for "Lost in Translation.''

Charlize Theron's performance in "Monster'' earned best actress honors, while Peter Sarsgaard was named best supporting actor for his role in "Shattered Glass.''

Patricia Clarkson took the best supporting actress prize for two films: "The Station Agent'' and "Pieces of April.'' Aki Kaurismaki won the award for best foreign language film as director of "The Man Without a Past.'' The society's pick for best nonfiction film was Nicolas Philibert's "To Be and to Have.''

The group also gave its "film heritage'' awards to Kino on Video for its DVD collections of F.W. Murnau, Erich von Stronheim and the American Film Theater Series; and Milestone Film and Video for its theatrical and DVD presentations of Michael Powell's "The Edge of the World,'' E.A. Dupont's "Picadilly,'' Andre' Antoine's "La Terre,'' and Evgenei Bauer's "Mad Love'' series.
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#49
January 05, 2004, 05:19:52 PM
Producers Nominate 'Mystic River,' 'Rings'  

LOS ANGELES - Two tales of Civil War redemption and the last installment of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy were the among nominees for best movie of 2003 announced Monday by the Producers Guild of America.

The best-picture nominations: "Cold Mountain," with Jude Law as a Civil War deserter and Nicole Kidman as his lost love; "The Last Samurai," with Tom Cruise as a disgraced Civil War officer who recovers his honor among Japanese warriors; and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," which wraps up the story of Frodo and the quest to defeat evil.

The remaining nominees: "Seabiscuit," the true story of an inspiring Depression era racehorse; director Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River," about three grown friends scarred by crime; and the Russell Crowe high-seas adventure "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
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#50
January 05, 2004, 08:15:28 PM
"Carnivale" got screwed.

"Angels in America" is a broadway play pretending to be a film...
in other words, ZZZZzzzzz.

MacGuffin

#51
January 06, 2004, 02:01:08 PM
'Rings' Jackson Gets Third DGA Nomination  

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" earned Peter Jackson his third-straight nomination for the Directors Guild of America Awards on Tuesday, the first filmmaker ever nominated three years in a row.

Also nominated were Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation," her tale of unlikely friendship in Tokyo; Clint Eastwood for "Mystic River," a brooding drama of murder and revenge; Gary Ross for "Seabiscuit," the story of the Depression-era racehorse; and Peter Weir for the Napoleonic naval adventure "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."

The winner will be announced at the guild's 56th annual awards dinner Feb. 7.

Jackson previously was nominated for the first two chapters of his fantasy trilogy, 2001's "The Fellowship of the Ring" and 2002's "The Two Towers." Adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, all three films have become worldwide blockbusters, with "Return of the King" racing to nearly $300 million domestically in just three weeks.

As the big finale to the saga, "Return of the King" is widely considered the trilogy's best shot to take top honors at the Academy Awards. The first two films earned best-picture nominations but lost. Jackson was nominated for a best-director Oscar for "Fellowship of the Ring" but lost, and he was overlooked for an Oscar nomination on "Two Towers."

The top guild honor bodes well for a director's prospects at the Oscars, which will be presented Feb. 29. Only six times since 1949 has the guild winner failed to go on to win the best-director Oscar.

Coppola, daughter of past guild winner Francis Ford Coppola, and Ross earned their first guild nominations. This year Sofia Coppola becomes the fifth woman in DGA history to be nominated. Previously recognized: Randa Haines ("Children of a Lesser God," 1986), Lina Wertmuller ("Seven Beauties," 1976), Barbra Streisand ("The Prince of Tides," 1991) and Jane Campion ("The Piano," 1993).

Eastwood is a past DGA winner for "Unforgiven," and Weir was nominated three times previously, for "Witness," "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show."

Snubbed by the guild this time was "Cold Mountain" director Anthony Minghella, a past DGA winner for "The English Patient." "Cold Mountain" earned a leading eight Golden Globe nominations, including best director for Minghella.
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#52
January 06, 2004, 08:40:00 PM
It's starting to look like there's enough momentum for Coppola to get an Oscar nomination, which is really cool.

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#53
January 06, 2004, 10:09:54 PM
I think Return of the King is getting the Best Picture Oscar. :(

brockly

#54
January 06, 2004, 10:49:27 PM
ROTK makes brilliant use of CGI thoughout most of the film. The part where Legolas was climbing up the elephant made me shit myself. However, the dead guys, IMO, may have damaged any chance Peter Jackson has of winning an award for special effects. They were amazing for a while, but when we saw them invade the city and attack the elephants like they were a herd of fucking ants, it looked like something only the Wachowski brothers would do.

Quote from: CinephileI think Return of the King is getting the Best Picture Oscar. :(

I would rather see LIT get it, but ROTK winning would still make me happy.

EDIT: But like I have said before, I've seen fuck all movies this year to make a fair judgement.

MacGuffin

#55
January 08, 2004, 03:21:02 PM
'American Splendor' Earns Top Film Honors  

LOS ANGELES - "American Splendor," a film biography starring Paul Giamatti as grouchy comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, was picked as the best picture of 2003 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

The runner-up in the critics' honors announced Wednesday night was Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation," a quirky tale of friendship between two Americans visiting Tokyo.

"Lost in Translation" star Bill Murray won the critics' best-actor prize. Co-star Scarlett Johansson, who also starred in the 17th century period drama "Girl With a Pearl Earring," was cited for the group's "new-generation" honor.

Naomi Watts was named best actress for the somber drama "21 Grams," in which she plays a grieving wife and mother bent on revenge for the loss of her family.

The runners-up for acting honors were Sean Penn, who plays a heart-transplant recipient in "21 Grams" and a vengeful father in "Mystic River," and Charlize Theron for "Monster," in which she plays a highway prostitute executed for a string of slayings.

Peter Jackson took the directing award for "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final chapter of his trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic. The runner-up was Clint Eastwood for "Mystic River."

Bill Nighy was chosen as best supporting actor for four films, "AKA," "I Capture the Castle," "Lawless Heart" and "Love Actually." Benicio Del Toro was the runner-up for "21 Grams."

The supporting-actress honor went to Shohreh Aghdashloo for "House of Sand and Fog," and Melissa Leo was runner-up for "21 Grams."

The critics group will hold its 29th annual film awards ceremony Jan. 26.

The group initially canceled its awards to protest a ban on special video copies of films that studios traditionally send to Academy Awards voters and other groups that bestow honors, including critics. Studios implemented the ban last fall over worries that bootleggers might use those awards videos to make counterfeit copies.

The Los Angeles critics rescheduled their awards after a judge lifted the ban in a lawsuit brought by independent producers, who said the awards videos helped their lower-budgeted movies compete against big studio films.

Other picks:

Foreign-language film: "The Man on the Train."
Documentary/non-fiction film: "The Fog of War."
Production design: Grant Major, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
Animation: "The Triplets of Belleville."
Music-score: Benoit Charest and Mathieu Chedid, "The Triplets of Belleville."
Cinematography: Eduardo Serra, "Girl With a Pearl Earring."
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#56
January 08, 2004, 03:26:34 PM
That sounds like a legit bevy of awards.

Nice!!
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

godardian

#57
January 08, 2004, 03:41:44 PM
Good to see American Splendor and 21 Grams getting some recognition, though I'm afraid it will be limited to the critics... Lost in Translation has a chance at some "bigger" awards, though. Not that it's any less worthwhile than the others, really; it's just coincidentally less difficult and easier to accept for more people (judging from the much larger audience it's found).
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"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

SoNowThen

#58
January 08, 2004, 03:43:27 PM
...which I, to this day, just can't understand.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Fernando

#59
January 15, 2004, 10:57:02 AM
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS

10TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® NOMINATIONS

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp / PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL - Jack Sparrow - Buena Vista Pictures

Peter Dinklage / THE STATION AGENT - Finbar McBride - Miramax Films

Ben Kingsley / HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Behrani - DreamWorks SKG

Bill Murray / LOST IN TRANSLATION - Bob Harris - Focus Features

Sean Penn / MYSTIC RIVER - Jimmy Markum - Warner Bros.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Patricia Clarkson / THE STATION AGENT - Olivia Harris - Miramax Films

Diane Keaton / SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE - Erica Barry - Columbia Pictures

Charlize Theron / MONSTER - Aileen Wuornos - Newmarket Films

Naomi Watts / 21 GRAMS - Cristina - Focus Features

Evan Rachel Wood / THIRTEEN - Tracey - Fox Searchlight

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Alec Baldwin / THE COOLER - Shelly Kaplow - Lions Gate Films

Chris Cooper / SEABISCUIT - Tom Smith - Universal Pictures

Benicio Del Toro / 21 GRAMS - Jack - Focus Features

Tim Robbins / MYSTIC RIVER - Dave Boyle - Warner Bros.

Ken Watanabe / THE LAST SAMURAI - Katsumoto - Warner Bros.

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Maria Bello / THE COOLER - Natalie Belisario - Lions Gate Films

Keisha Castle-Hughes / WHALE RIDER - Paike - Newmarket Films

Patricia Clarkson / PIECES OF APRIL - Joy Burns - United Artists

Holly Hunter / THIRTEEN - Melanie - Fox Searchlight

Renée Zellweger / COLD MOUNTAIN - Ruby Thewes - Miramax Films

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

IN AMERICA - Fox Searchlight

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - New Line Cinema

MYSTIC RIVER - Warner Bros.

SEABISCUIT - Universal Pictures

THE STATION AGENT - Miramax Films

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Justin Kirk / ANGELS IN AMERICA - Prior Walter - Home Box Office

Paul Newman / OUR TOWN - Stage Manager - Showtime

Al Pacino / ANGELS IN AMERICA - Roy Cohn - Home Box Office

Forest Whitaker / DEACONS FOR DEFENSE - Marcus - Showtime

Jeffrey Wright / ANGELS IN AMERICA - Belize - Home Box Office

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Anne Bancroft / TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE - Contessa - Showtime

Helen Mirren / TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE - Karen Stone - Showtime

Mary-Louise Parker / ANGELS IN AMERICA - Harper Pitt - Home Box Office

Meryl Streep / ANGELS IN AMERICA - Hannah Pitt - Home Box Office

Emma Thompson / ANGELS IN AMERICA - The Angel - Home Box Office

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Peter Krause / SIX FEET UNDER - Nate Fisher - Home Box Office

Anthony LaPaglia / WITHOUT A TRACE - Jack Malone - CBS

Martin Sheen / THE WEST WING - Pres. Josiah Bartlet - NBC

Kiefer Sutherland / 24 - Jack Bauer - FOX

Treat Williams / EVERWOOD - Dr. Andrew Brown - The WB

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Stockard Channing / THE WEST WING – Dr. Abigail Bartlet - NBC

Frances Conroy / SIX FEET UNDER - Ruth Fisher - Home Box Office

Tyne Daly / JUDGING AMY - Maxine Gray - CBS

Jennifer Garner / ALIAS - Sydney Bristow - ABC

Mariska Hargitay / LAW & ORDER: SVU - Det. Olivia Benson - NBC

Allison Janney / THE WEST WING – C.J. Cregg - NBC

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Peter Boyle / EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - Frank Barone - CBS

Brad Garrett / EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - Robert Barone - CBS

Sean Hayes / WILL & GRACE - Jack McFarland - NBC

Ray Romano / EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - Raymond Barone - CBS

Tony Shalhoub / MONK - Adrian Monk - USA

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Patricia Heaton / EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - Debra Barone - CBS

Lisa Kudrow / FRIENDS - Phoebe Buffay - NBC

Debra Messing / WILL & GRACE - Grace Adler - NBC

Megan Mullally / WILL & GRACE - Karen Walker - NBC

Doris Roberts / EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - Marie Barone - CBS

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - CBS

LAW & ORDER - NBC

SIX FEET UNDER - Home Box Office

THE WEST WING - NBC

WITHOUT A TRACE - CBS

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND - CBS

FRASIER - NBC

FRIENDS - NBC

SEX AND THE CITY - Home Box Office

WILL & GRACE - NBC

http://www.sagawards.org/
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