Sabin wrote:...incidentally, seeing as how Sonic has said "Later" (who knows how long that'll last, but be it as it may)
Sonic’s just waiting for someone to beg him to come back from on high. To get huffy and leave in response to one post is so immature. All I did was question the basis of his vitriolic response to one contestant on American Idol. And clearly I hit a nerve.
Back on topic: Damien, in which categories did Victor/Victoria win?
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"The mantle of spinsterhood was definitely in her shoulders. She was twenty five and looked it."
...considering that I only really mentioned in the previous post that I'm glad that Paul Schneider and Sam Rockwell were getting attention, I'd like to say that your comment came out of nowhere but that wouldn't necessarily be the case, would it?
...incidentally, seeing as how Sonic has said "Later" (who knows how long that'll last, but be it as it may) does that mean that the only straights on this board are Zahveed, me, and Moviewes?
Wow. 'The Assassination of Jesse James...' takes 8 nominations. I'm pleased to see Paul Schneider and Sam Rockwell receive some attention. They both gave great supporting performances. Especially Paul Schneider whose faux humanist anguish I've detested for several years. He stuck out like a sore thumb in David Gordon Green's films. Yet somehow in 'Lars and the Real Girl' and 'The Assassination of Jesse James...' he found his calling as the polar opposite: men with a little more piss and vinegar than those around them. In 'Jesse James...', he validates the twenty minute-long excursion into showing us what happens to the remnants of a gang after the band breaks up (whatever you please); and in 'Lars', he's been ready to smack the shit out of his brother for so long that this blow-up doll bullshit is almost a different kind of annoying escape for him.
I still find it amazing that 'Lars and the Real Girl' seemed to thrive in most circles for Ryan Gosling's performance and yet for me the movie almost works in spite of its obnoxiousness.
Reza wrote:Unfortunately Paul Dano managed to get onto the list by being one of the runnerups. The Academy, at least, had the good sense to keep him off their list.
Agreed. A skrieking mess of a performance and a sheer toad of a character. I would've liked to have seen Philip Bosco on this list.
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"The mantle of spinsterhood was definitely in her shoulders. She was twenty five and looked it."
Damien wrote:Here are the results of the 33rd Annual IRA Awards:
(one reason I love this group is that there was not a single vote for Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor or Javier Bardem for Supporting)
Unfortunately Paul Dano managed to get onto the list by being one of the runnerups. The Academy, at least, had the good sense to keep him off their list.
Damien wrote:Best Supporting Actress
4. Emmanuelle Seigner in La Vie en Rose
What a wonderful performance. This was a very competitive category this year (really, any of the five actresses could've realistically taken the Oscar home), but in re-watching La Vie en Rose, Seigner's Titine is a true stand-out. Her performance haunts the rest of the film.
OTOH, I can't support any nominations for the completely odious Knocked Up. Even Mann's comic, scene-stealing turn.
"The mantle of spinsterhood was definitely in her shoulders. She was twenty five and looked it."
As some of you may remember, every year my old friends who wrote on movies as undergrads for the Columbia newspaper -- along with some people we've met along the way -- get together to vote on our own film awards.
Here are the results of the 33rd Annual IRA Awards:
(one reason I love this group is that there was not a single vote for Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor or Javier Bardem for Supporting)
Best Picture: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Runners-Up:
2. Zodiac
3. (tie) L'Iceberg
3. (tie) Private Fears In Public Places
3. (tie) Tears Of The Black Tiger
Best Director: Andrew Dominik for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Runners-Up:
2. David Fincher for Zodiac
3. Brad Bird for Ratatouille
4. Todd Haynes for I'm Not There
5. (tie) Alain Resnais for Private Fears In Public Places
5. (tie) Wisit Sasanatieng for Tears Of The Black Tiger
Best Actor: Casey Affleck in The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and Gone Baby Gone
Runners-Up:
2. Ulrich Mühe in The Lives Of Others
3. (tie) Joseph Gordon-Leavitt in The Lookout
3. (tie) Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
5. Woody Harrelson in The Walker and Nanking
Best Actress: Marina Hands in Lady Chatterley
Runners-Up:
2. Julie Christie in Away From Her
3. Fiona Gordon in L'Iceberg
4. Julie Delpy in Two Days In Paris
5. Kate Dickie in Red Road
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Schneider in The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and Lars And The Real Girl
Runners-Up:
2. Robert Downey, Jr. in Zodiac
3. (tie) Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood
3. (tie) Sam Rockwell in The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
3. (tie) Paul Rudd in Knocked Up and Diggers
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Runners-Up:
2. Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There
3. Emily Mortimer in Lars And The Real Girl
4. Emmanuelle Seigner in The Diving Bell And The Butterfly and La Vie en Rose
5. (tie) Leslie Mann in Knocked Up
5. (tie) Chloe Sevigney in Zodiac
Best Screenplay: Corneliu Porumboiu for 12:08 East Of Bucharest
Runners-Up:
2. Zodiac – James Vanderbilt
3. The Lives Of Others – Count Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
4. Ratatouille – Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco
5. (tie) I’m Not There – Todd Haynes and Oren Moverman
5. (tie) Lars And The Real Girl – Nancy Oliver
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, In The Valley Of Elah and No Country For Old Men
Runners-Up:
2. Harris Savides for Zodiac and American Gangster, but not Margot At The Wedding
3. Robert Elswit for Michael Clayton anf There Will Be Blood
4. Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
5. (tie) Peter Suschitzky for Eastern Promises
5. (tie) Sayombhu Mukdeeprom for Syndromes And A Century
Best Production Design: Patricia Norris for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Runners-Up:
2. Tears Of The Black Tiger – Ek Iemchuen
3. Zodiac – Donald Graham Burt
4. L’Iceberg – Laura Couderc
5. Atonement – Sarah Greenwood
Best Musical Score: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Runners-Up:
2. There Will Be Blood – Johnny Greenwood
3. Once – Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
4. No Country For Old Men – Carter Burwell
5. Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino
Best Costume Design: Patricia Norris for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Runners-Up:
2. La vie en Rose – Marit Allen
3. (tie) Tears Of The Black Tiger – Chaiwichit Somoboon
3. (tie) The Wind That Shakes The Barley – Elmer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
5. (tie) Atonement – Jacqueline Durrand
5. (tie) Lust/Caution – Lai Pan
Sominex Award: Youth Without Youth
Runners-Up:
2. Breaking And Entering
3. Sleuth
4. (tie) Sunshine
4. (tie) Perfect Stranger
4. (tie) Starting Out In The Evening
Dramamene Award: Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Runners-Up:
2. Into The Wild
3. There Will Be Blood
4. 300
5. Across The Universe
Mechanical Actor Award: John Travolta in Hairspray
Runners-Up:
2. Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead. The Savages and Charlie Wilson’s War
3. Hayden Christensen in Factory Girl
4. Jude Law in Breaking and Entering and Sleuth
5. (tie) Gerard Butler in 300
5. (tie) Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
5. (tie) Richard Gere in The Hoax and I’m Not There
5. (tie) Shia LaBoeuf in Transformers and Disturbia
Mechanical Actress Award: Meryl Streep in Lions For Lambs and Rendition
Runners-Up:
2. Nikki Blonsky in Hairspray
3. Jennifer Garner in The Kingdom and Catch And Release
4. (tie) Diane Keaton in Because I Say So
4. (tie) Nicole Kidman in Margot At The Wedding and The Golden Compass
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