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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:21 pm
by Zahveed
My predictions:
District 9
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Star Trek
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:22 am
by ITALIANO
You know, it's this big, long, expensive (especially by the standards of contemporary Italian cinema) Sicilian family saga. As one can expect from Giuseppe Tornatore (and all that money), it's very well shot, the crowd scenes especially impressive. It was even too obviously made with an eye to the international market (and the Oscars); yet, compared to other movies by the same director, it's strangely less emotionally involving, and of course it deals with strictly Italian (actually Sicilian) poltics, so I don't know if the Academy will be so interested.
Vincere is more interesting, but when you have something like Baaria in your hands you can't NOT send it to the Oscars; I'd have made the same choice, regardless of my personal opinion on the movie.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:59 am
by Okri
Is Baaria not that good? I've heard some mildly positive things about it (though I was rooting for Vincere, because of Mezzogiorno). I have Il Divo sitting on my desk, and I'm quite looking forward to it.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:18 am
by ITALIANO
Nice waking up early (which I hate) and getting this surprise. In such a competitive year for these things, Il Divo won't make it to a nomination, but its make-up is a perfect (and rare) example of the use of such an element in a contempory-set movie, and its inclusion in this list certainly a tribute to an Italian movie which was better than the one the Italian Foreign Film committee sent to the Oscars last year, and than the one they've sent this year.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:40 pm
by Sabin
I've only seen District 9, The Road, and Star Trek. I have to only imagine how outstanding the makeup in Doctor Parnassus is. So it certainly would warrant a nomination. At first glance, I would wager that the nominations are between the four of these. Star Trek has decent enough Romulan makeup, though certainly nothing exception in my opinion. That being said, never bet against Star Trek in this category, so it's in, as is probably Parnassus. Then it's between District 9 and The Road, which are both cases of excellent decrepit makeup transformations.
I want to say the nominees will be:
District 9
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Road
...but Star Trek's probably going to take the place of Doctor Parnassus or The Road.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:22 pm
by Damien
Yay for the totally unanticipated inclusion of Il Divo!!!
They did nominate Mrs. Brown for Makeup, so perhaps The Young Victoria will be this year's head-scratcher nominee in this category.
And finally some love for The Road.
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:00 pm
by Hollywood Z
Wow, I certainly did not see that one coming. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Still, four out of seven is pretty good for me in this category, even at the last minute, I went with Coco Avant Chanel over The Young Victoria because I thought Chanel would sneak in by being favored as a costume design nominee (picked the wrong one there, didn't I? D'oh!). Did not see Il Divo or Night at the Museum 2 factoring into the race, but am surprised they decided to look over Harry Potter in favor of Night at the Museum. I guess this and Goblet of Fire are the only two that didn't make it into the finalists. Also, Il Divo's make-up team is the same two people that were behind Apocalypto (Vittorio Sodano & Aldo Signoretti), so perhaps their prestige helped carry them over. Still, at this point in the game, I wouldn't be surprised to see a nomination or two going out to Il Divo, since generally, make-up finalists seem to earn one or two nominations (the only ones that didn't earn any nominations were: Schenectady New York, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 300, The Santa Clause 3, X-Men 3, The Libertine, De-Lovely, Hellboy, Peter Pan, Hannibal, Planet of the Apes, Bedazzled & Blast from the Past, which brings the tally to 13 out of 60 in the past decade.)
At this point, I'm guessing our nominees are going to be:
- District 9
- The Road
- Star Trek
With The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus as the possible upsetting nominee of The Road.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:36 pm
by MovieWes
The nominees will be District 9, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and Star Trek, with The Road as the only possible spoiler (unless Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is this year's shitty Oscar-nominated movie, like Click and Norbit).
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:09 pm
by Cinemanolis
Wow. Il Divo. Another pleasant surpise today after The White Ribbon's inclusion by the cinematographers.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:55 pm
by OscarGuy
Ask and ye shall receive. The Academy announced their finalists:
District 9
Il Divo
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Road
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:39 pm
by OscarGuy
It always just pops up. The Academy is relatively random in its finalists announcements.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:03 pm
by Hollywood Z
Does anyone know if the Academy has a specific date as to when they're going to announce the Make-Up finalists or is it just something that kind of pops up?
Either way, I'm predicting that the 7 finalists are going to be:
- Coco Avant Chanel
- District 9
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
- The Road
- Sherlock Holmes
- Star Trek
With Inglorious Basterds being a possible upset if it's making any kind of waves with voters right now.