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The Oscar Goes to… Europe!

February 25, 2008 — Leave a comment

Marion wins Best Actress OscarAcademy Awards are over, and here comes a new year waiting. But I must admit that the big winner of the night was Europe. All 4 acting awards went out of the continent:

Daniel Day-Lewis (England) was named Best Actor, while Javier Bardem (Spain) was named Best Supporting Actor. Marion Cotillard (France) was named Best Actress, and Tilda Swinton (England) was named Best Supporting Actress.

Art Direction went to Dante Ferreti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (Italy) for Sweeney Todd, a co-production of the USA with the UK. Makeup went to France with La Vie en Rose, while Costume Design went to Elizabeth: The Golden Age, a UK/Germany/France co-production.

Moreover, the big technical prizes went to Europe as well. Golden Compass got the Visual Effects nod, a UK/USA co-production. While The Bourne Ultimatum, a US/Germany co-production grabbed the awards for Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.

Dario Marianelli (Italy) won Best Score for Atonement, a UK/France co-production. While Ireland won for Best Original Song with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Czechoslovakia).

UK/Poland won Short Film Animated with Peter & the Wolf, and France once again dominated in the Short Film Live Action with Les Mozart des Pickpockets. And Juno, that apparently is a USA/Canada/Hungary co-production. x’D

The biggest happy announcement for me was hearing Marion’s name! I went nuts over it, and had me teary. I first thought Marion had Oscar written all over her face when I got to see La Vie en Rose in Sweden. It was such an amazing experience to have watched it with Julyssa, and it’s even more amazing that we both felt the same. That Marion HAD to win.

During the night, there wasn’t really any upsets. I guessed 18/24 of the categories, and felt that the most bitter surprise during the ceremony was I Met the Walrus loosing Best Animated Short. Because, really, motion graphics rock my world. While, Tilda Swinton and The Golden Compass winning were good surprises.

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Academy Awards are Today!!!

February 24, 2008 — 1 Comment

Friends are ready to pretend that we are there. LOL’ I will be watching the Red Carpet on E! Latin America, while I keep on checking Lainey’s Red Carpet event through the eTalk website. If you wanna watch Lainey, head over here.

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The Academy Awards are tomorrow, and…

February 23, 2008 — 3 Comments

I will be posting live. I’ve got my predictions, but won’t post or I might jinx them! In the meantime, this is a new whole bunch of films I’ve seen in the past few days… (following this post)

  • Across the Universe
  • Goya’s Ghost (Los Fantasmas de Goya)
  • My Blueberry Nights
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • I’m a Cyborg, but It’s OK
  • Martian Child
  • Fido
  • Becoming Jane
  • Margot at the Wedding
  • Persepolis
  • Juno
  • Gone Baby Gone
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • El Orfanato
  • 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
  • The Jane Austen Book Club
  • Jesus Camp
  • Into the Wild
  • Sicko
  • The Kite Runner
  • 12
  • Tout pour Plaire (Thirty Five Something)
  • 3 Needles
  • Rocket Science
  • Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
  • The Air I Breathe
  • Run, Fat Boy, Run
  • L’auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)
  • Les Poupées Russes (Russian Dolls)
  • 10 Items or Less
  • Lucia y el Sexo (Sex and Lucia)
  • Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
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Films I’ve Watched

February 3, 2008 — 1 Comment
  • 30 Days of Night
  • Atonement
  • Mitt Liv Som Hund (My Life as a Dog)
  • Little Children
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Varg Veum: Bitre Blomster (Bitter Flowers)
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Death at a Funeral
  • Freedom Writers
  • Hot Fuzz
  • Reign Over Me
  • Helvetica
  • Les Choristes (The Chorus)
  • Rendition
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Those are the films I’ve seen, continuing with the update of the following post.

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Jeux d’Enfants – Love Me If You Dare

February 2, 2008 — 2 Comments

Continuing with the Best Kisses posts, this is one of my fave films. A dark romantic comedy about Julien and Sophie, who become friends as kids and begin playing a dangerous game of Truth or Dare. Marion Cotillard is truly fantastic on this one, and the various versions of La Vie en Rose make it great.

Since I couldn’t find great captures online, I took some time to make my own. If you use them, it’ll be great that you could link back, or leave a message. ^^

The graphics are from the following moments of the film; Julien and Sophie kissing on top of a car, after Sophie dares him to do so, which continues in the alley until the moment ends and she realizes that it might be just a game to him. And the other moment was when they were about to be covered with the cement, and Julien tells her he should’ve dared to love her like crazy… and they stay happy. together. forever.
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Must NOT Hydrate and Have Sex in California

January 29, 2008 — 2 Comments

It seems water in California… or the US for that matter is ultra fertile, because everyone seems to be already preggers. It’s nuts! Planned pregnancies? Me thinks not so~ There are such things as condoms, and the pill… u know, loads of things to prevent you from accidental pregnancies. LOL’

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Best bits of the SAG winners’ speeches

January 28, 2008 — Leave a comment

There were some good bits in some of the speeches for the SAG! Here are some of my faves~

JAVIER BARDEM:

My grandparents were actors in a time when actors were not allowed to be buried on sacred land, because they were homosexuals and prostitutes. So, it’s been a long way to come here, and that’s something we the actors should apply to ourselves.

TINA FEY:

If you’ve seen me on the show with Alec Baldwin, then you know it’s sort of like watching Fred Astaire dance with a hat rack. And after a while, you’re like, “Oh, that hat rack is pretty good, too.”

CHARLES DURNING:

Hello, Mic.

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS:

Heath Ledger gave it to me. [applause] In “Monster’s Ball,” that character that he created, it seemed to be almost like an unformed being, retreating from themselves, retreating from his father, from his life, even retreating from us, and yet we wanted to follow him, and yet we’re scared to follow him almost. It was unique. And then, of course, in “Brokeback Mountain,” he was unique, he was perfect. [applause] And that scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything that I think I’ve ever seen. And I’d like to dedicate this to Heath Ledger. So, thank you very much. Thank you so much.

JULIE CHRISTIE:

And if I’ve forgotten anybody, well, it’s just that I’m still in character.

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SAG Winners Announced!

January 27, 2008 — Leave a comment

The Screen Actors Guild award winners are in! Please throw me a film bone, SAG announcers!

Supporting Actor Film
Javier Bardem

Supporting Actress Film
Ruby Dee (oh bam! snap!!)

Lead Actor Film
Daniel Day-Lewis

Lead Actress Film
Julie Christie (no!!! teary eyed for Marion)

Outstanding Cast Film
No Country for Old Men

Full list of winners here (with speeches)!

Thoughts?
I’m so sad for Marion not winning, though Christie’s performance was moving… I’m still supporting Marion for the Oscar. LOL’ Come on! They showed the “Marcel! Marcel!” clip… that is like the best clip in the film, one of the longest scenes on the film and one of Marion’s finest!

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Oscar Nominees Announced!

January 22, 2008 — 1 Comment

Nominees for this year’s Oscar nominations were announced while I was sort of sleeping, so I woke up to CNN’s news announcement! Kinda surprising on some categories, but take a look at the list yourself.

Thoughts? Marion and Julie Christie got a nod, so I’m freaking out, ha! It will all be decided next week in the SAG… but still then, it’s not for sure. Moreover, Ellen Page got a nod! I’m happy for her because I loved watching Juno, but I sure hope she doesn’t become my upset. If anyone should beat Cotillard, it should be Julie Christie. Oh yeah, one kind of a surprise was Laura Linney getting a nod instead of Angelina Jolie who had been getting a few more nods this season.

On the animated front, Persepolis against Ratatouille. Interesting who will win, I will give my vote to Persepolis but it’s most likely that Ratatouille will get this year’s Best Animated Feature, as Finding Nemo got it against Les Triplettes de Belleville.

Overall, La Vie en Rose got 3 nods (Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Make-up) while Atonement got 7 nods. But that wasn’t enough to beat No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, which got 8 nods each. People’s fave, Juno, got 4 nods… and Away from Her got 2 nods (including one for Sarah Polley, woot woot). Diablo Cody got a nod for Best Original Screenplay *woot woot*

The biggest surprise for me where the Foreign Film nods, which went to films that others haven’t even mention… which is great because it makes it really interesting to guess!!

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My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part III

January 21, 2008 — 2 Comments

It’s another post of why the 90’s ruled! I was certain I had stuff to post, but now it’s slipped my mind. For the other parts, click on the following links:
My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part I
My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part II

When I was little, I had the pleasure to watch a lot of Disney stuff… stuff which my dad got hold of god knows how~ I only remember seeing the logo for something called Videorama. The thing is, he got me loads of tapes… Betamax tapes of old cartoons, and later we transfered them to VHS tapes. I got to watch The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Three Caballeros (1944)… oh man! I used to sing (and still sing) along to Os Quindins de Yaya!!! What other Disney… I mean, other than the classics like Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty… or The Little Mermaid, I got the chance to see Song of the South, Mouse Detective… I got the chance to see loads of Disney shorts, now included in the Walt Disney Treasures – Silly Symphonies and More Silly Symphonies~~ like Little Hiawhatta, Mother Goose Melodies, The Grasshopper and the Ants, The Tortoise and the Hare, and Elmer Elephant. I mean, I grew up with those… and miss them loads!

I am of the opinion everyone should grow up watching those to appreciate and understand animation. Anyway, those are Disney of MY 90’s, but here’s a list of Theatrical Animated Disney Releases:

  1. The Little Mermaid (Nov. 1989) – so this is technically almost a 90’s
  2. The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – Bernardo y Bianca!!
  3. Beauty and the Beast (1991) – Modern Classic Disney!
  4. Aladdin (1992) – Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali-ah Bah Buah!
  5. The Lion King (1994) – Another Modern Classic Disney!
  6. Pocahontas (1995)
  7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
  8. Hercules (1997)
  9. Mulan (1998) – I’ll make a man out of you!!
  10. Tarzan (1999) – This is one of Amy’s faves… the animation is rocking!
  11. Fantasia 2000 – which was also a 1999 release

Another fantastic Disney/Buena Vista animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), with one of my favorite characters! Jack Skellington! What’s this!! What’s this!!!

The 90’s also saw the BOOM! of animation master house Pixar (which was founded only 2 days before my birth date, on Feb. 3 1986! **snap**), that released Toy Story in 1995, following it with 1998’s release of A Bug’s Life, and ended 1999 with Toy Story 2.

That was back in the day, when all movie studios didn’t cash in on animation, and left animation to those who knew. Now the market is so saturated, we get at least 10 animated releases, instead of 1 or 2 quality ones. And sadly, 99,9% of them are on 3D, and classical animation has been long left to the sidelines, which is why I’m looking forward to some new Disney animation!

Holy Frijole! A whole why the 90’s ruled on Disney. ha! So I guess it’s fair to say Disney rocked in the 90’s/ Login off now, nites!

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