By Dave
Oscar nominees are here! Here are a couple of categories. For a full list go here.
BEST PICTURE:
* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air
DIRECTING:
* James Cameron (Avatar)
* Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
* Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
* Lee Daniels (Precious)
* Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
* George Clooney (Up in the Air)
* Colin Firth (A Single Man)
* Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
* Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
* Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
* Carey Mulligan (An Education)
* Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
* Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Matt Damon (Invictus)
* Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
* Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
* Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
* Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Penelope Cruz (Nine)
* Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)
* Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
* Mo'Nique (Precious)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
* District 9 (Written by Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell)
* An Education (Screenplay by Nick Hornby)
* In the Loop (Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche)
* Precious (Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher)
* Up in the Air (Screenplay by Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
* The Hurt Locker (Written by Mark Boal)
* Inglourious Basterds (Written by Quentin Tarantino)
* The Messenger (Written by Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman)
* A Serious Man (Written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
* Up (Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
* Coraline
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secrets of Kells
* Up
VISUAL EFFECTS:
* Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones)
* District 9 (Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken)
* Star Trek (Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton)
I still have some catching up to do. So far, the best things I've seen this year are Avatar, Inglorious Basterds, (500) Days of Summer, Coraline, Up and The Hurt Locker. I don't know about anybody else but I was underwhelmed by District 9. It was good, but not great. So, I'm not really rooting for it. I'm disappointed (500) Days of Summer didn't get a nod for anything, not even screenplay. Although I loved Coraline, the first 10 minutes of Up are masterful. I was literally in tears. So my guess is its a shoe-in for Best Animated Film (but probably no chance of Best Picture). The Hurt Locker was great, definitely the best movie about the Iraq War, but I don't know if it was the best, given the list. Also I hope Christoph Waltz wins for Best Supporting Actor, he was awesome in Inglorious.
See anything left off their list? What are your predictions?
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year Predictions
By Dave
It's almost the end of the day, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and welcome you all to a new decade. I've been thinking a lot about that last bit. It's a new decade. The Ten's, I guess. I have no predictions for the next decade. Well, no good predictions, anyway. In fact, just trying to make a prediction highlights the futility of attempting those types of predictions. It's easy enough to predict that technology will continue to remake the world in new and exciting ways. It's a pretty safe bet that globalization will continue and that the combined force of new technology and trade will largely make the developing world better off, and as a result we will continue to see a rise of other nations and a world in which America's uni-polarity is challenged more frequently. These are pretty basic assumptions that anyone could make about any new decade. But life often gets in the way and changes things in ways no one can predict.
Who could have predicted at the start of 2000 that the 00's would be a decade shaped by national tragedy. And that, as a result, America would become engaged in two endless wars, and by the end of the decade we would be teetering on the edge of national insolvency? Or who could have guessed that America would elect it's first black president and that we would see the collapse of American conservative movement and begin an era of liberal ascendancy? No one. It would have been impossible, unless you were Nostradamus, but then no one would know what you were talking about.
Here's what I will say about the last decade: it was a great time for pop culture. The music was pretty good, the movies were great, and TV was surprisingly awesome, plus YouTube made it so that I could watch really funny videos, even if I missed them when they were new.
If anything, it seems like the big questions of the new decade will be how to deal with the all of the baggage of the last. When will the recession end? Will global trade get back on track? How will we end the wars we're still fighting? Is the liberal ascendancy a permanent feature of the political landscape or just a minor blip? 2010 will be an important year for that last question in particular. It seems like a given that Republicans will pick up seats. The question is can they get enough to undo the progress made by liberals in the last year. I know I'll be working to make sure that doesn't happen but, believe me, they are working just as hard to make sure it does.
Let's hope this new decade will be filled with peace and prosperity. Best wishes and best of luck to all of you.
It's almost the end of the day, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and welcome you all to a new decade. I've been thinking a lot about that last bit. It's a new decade. The Ten's, I guess. I have no predictions for the next decade. Well, no good predictions, anyway. In fact, just trying to make a prediction highlights the futility of attempting those types of predictions. It's easy enough to predict that technology will continue to remake the world in new and exciting ways. It's a pretty safe bet that globalization will continue and that the combined force of new technology and trade will largely make the developing world better off, and as a result we will continue to see a rise of other nations and a world in which America's uni-polarity is challenged more frequently. These are pretty basic assumptions that anyone could make about any new decade. But life often gets in the way and changes things in ways no one can predict.
Who could have predicted at the start of 2000 that the 00's would be a decade shaped by national tragedy. And that, as a result, America would become engaged in two endless wars, and by the end of the decade we would be teetering on the edge of national insolvency? Or who could have guessed that America would elect it's first black president and that we would see the collapse of American conservative movement and begin an era of liberal ascendancy? No one. It would have been impossible, unless you were Nostradamus, but then no one would know what you were talking about.
Here's what I will say about the last decade: it was a great time for pop culture. The music was pretty good, the movies were great, and TV was surprisingly awesome, plus YouTube made it so that I could watch really funny videos, even if I missed them when they were new.
If anything, it seems like the big questions of the new decade will be how to deal with the all of the baggage of the last. When will the recession end? Will global trade get back on track? How will we end the wars we're still fighting? Is the liberal ascendancy a permanent feature of the political landscape or just a minor blip? 2010 will be an important year for that last question in particular. It seems like a given that Republicans will pick up seats. The question is can they get enough to undo the progress made by liberals in the last year. I know I'll be working to make sure that doesn't happen but, believe me, they are working just as hard to make sure it does.
Let's hope this new decade will be filled with peace and prosperity. Best wishes and best of luck to all of you.
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