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Written by Amy on Monday, January 18th, 2010 ( 4 responses ) | 
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I enjoyed Avatar. I did. When those flighty things were hovering on screen, I playfully stretched my arm and tried to grab one. I’m sure if it had been my first 3D film, I would have ended with a terrible headache. However, did it need a nomination? And most important, did it need winning?
I remember on 2008, I was uncertain which film to choose as a favorite. I had loads of fun with Slumdog, and I was one of those that actually liked Benjamin Button. Obviously, there was The Wrestler, Milk, Doubt, Entre les Murs, Il y a Longtemps que Je t’Aime, The Dark Knight, Revolutionary Road, Waltz with Bashir.
But my favorite of 2008 was Let the Right One in.
Obviously, LtROi didn’t win anything. But still, 2008 was a great year for films. And it was a pretty good year for acting as well! With Richard Jenkins’ The Visitor (though I think this is technically 2007), and Michael Shannon’s Revolutionary Road — which I totally called for Best Supporting, by the way.
With 2009, however, I kept waiting and waiting. Kept telling myself that studios wanted to push their films for late releases for award season. After their release, I felt mostly underwhelmed with a vast majority of films. And I have seen nearly 100 films dated 2009, and I haven’t given none of them a 9 rating on IMDb. Merely 12 of them with an 8 rating, which include (500) Days of Summer, Red Cliff Part II, District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Mother, Mary and Max, Precious, Public Enemies, Star Trek, Up, Up in the Air, Where the Wild Things Are.
Out of 117 films in 2008, with 22 at an 8 rating. That’s double the films! LOL
So did Avatar win because it’s a weak film year?
Discuss. LOL
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Tags: 500 days of summer, awards, district 9, doubt, inglourious basterds, let the right one in, madeo, milk, pixar's up, precious, slumdog millionaire, the curious case of benjamin button, the dark knight, up in the air, waltz with bashir, where the wild things are
Written by Amy on Friday, April 17th, 2009 ( One response ) | (6) | Share This!
For Part I of this post, click away~~
Okay, today is not really early either… but this will have to do because I only have 3 years to go. In case you haven’t read the first part, or are lazy to read it now that I’ve given you the link… I got a little mad remembering films that should have won in years past~~ which include Tekkonkinkreet, and/or Paprika getting nominations in 2006 (or 2007, pick your release date issue).
So just after the break, I will be talking about 2005, 2007 and 2008…
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Tags: 2d classical animation, 3d animation, academy awards, animation, gake no ue no ponyo, hayao miyazaki, nominations, oscar, persepolis, pixar, ponyo on the cliff by the sea, ratatouille, waltz with bashir
Written by Amy on Sunday, February 8th, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | 
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Paving the way to Oscar… BAFTA were just handed out~~ My private predictions weren’t too far off, scoring 15/20… considering this is my first BAFTA prediction, I think I did ok~~
Slumdog got 7 out of the 11 nods it had, including Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Score – Benjamin Button didn’t leave empty handed either (finally!, lol) – It took home 3 out of 11 nods, all in technical categories such as Best Visual Effects, Makeup and Production Design (which is Art Direction).
Kate Winslet pushes forward as the favorite in the Best Actress for winning for The Reader, Heath… well, like, is that a surprise anymore? I’m sure a lot of America will tune into Oscar night to see Heath winning. And Penelope Cruz pushes forward for an Oscar win as Supporting Actress for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona – and well, Mickey Rourke~~~ MAN, that’s a tough one to call. Sean or Mickey?
Animation was a tough category, WALL-E ended up victorious against AWESOME animated films, Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir, which also lost Best Foreign Film against I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a Longtemps que Je t’Aime)
Read the whole list of winners here.
Filed under: English, Films, French, Fun, Sharing
Tags: bafta awards, british academy of film and television arts, persepolis, slumdog millionaire, the curious case of benjamin button, waltz with bashir, winners
Written by Amy on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | (0) | Share This!
Last year was a particularly good year for me to watch films. Why? Well, compared to the previous year, in which many or most of the films nominated were still on my ‘to-watch’ list, this year I’ve done all my movie watching before Oscar was announced.
Green = WATCHED
Orange = Dying to watch~~
Less than a month to Oscar, 4 films I’m dying to see~~ *cross fingers*
Filed under: English, Films, Screencaps, Sharing
Tags: academy awards, amy adams, anne hathaway, doubt, heath ledger, kate winslet, milk, oscar, penelope cruz, slumdog millionaire, the curious case of benjamin button, the dark knight, waltz with bashir
Written by Amy on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 ( 4 responses ) | (0) | Share This!
I do pretty good Oscar prediction nominees, it seems~ 78 of 92 from all categories (minus shorts and docus), and pretty much perfect score on major categories of acting, directing and film~
Surprises? Kate Winslet nominated for The Reader as Best Actress… No Bolt on the Best Song~~~ xD and Slumdog getting a double nod there. Wooo for Richard Jenkins!!
Not so good surprises… Waltz with Bashir snub in the animation category.
And as I predicted Benjamin Button is up for 13 nods (I said 12-14), and Slumdog is up for 10 (I said 9-10) LOL~
Check out the graphic list of nominees, or the print-friendly version that includes “film by awards” and “award # by film”.
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Tags: academy awards, anne hathaway, brad pitt, kate winslet, nominations, oscar, slumdog millionaire, the curious case of benjamin button, waltz with bashir
