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Cyro Xero
Posts: 1286/1779		 Oh, don't know if it was nominated. I'm sure it was, for something. But I'm saying that there so many other movies to pick from that DIDN'T take place in a big open field out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to see.
Rogue
Posts: 4138/11918		 Ha, 300 was nominated? Then I guess I did see something that was nominated.

This is too funny. Someone was doing a live interview with Jon Stewart afterwards and this happened:


How awkward.
Cyro Xero
Posts: 1284/1779		 I'm surprised to see that "300" wasn't the winner of cinematography. I've seen "There Will Be Blood" and it didn't look like there was anything special to me as far as visuals in that movie. I guess I'm confused as to what people look for in that category. "300" was nothing but visuals. But your right, I don't think many people have seen a few of the movies listed. I haven't even heard of some of them.
Rogue
Posts: 4134/11918		 http://oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/index

Best Motion Picture of the Year:
No Country for Old Men

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

Best Achievement in Directing:
Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
Diablo Cody for Juno

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men

Best Achievement in Cinematography:
Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood

Best Achievement in Editing:
Christopher Rouse for The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Achievement in Art Direction:
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for Sweeney Todd

Best Achievement in Costume Design:
Alexandra Byrne for Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Achievement in Makeup:
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald for La Vie en Rose

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score:
Dario Marianelli for Atonement

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song:
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for "Falling Slowly" in Once

Best Achievement in Sound:
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Achievement in Sound Editing:
Karen M. Baker and Per Hallberg for The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Achievement in Visual Effects:
Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood for The Golden Compass

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:
Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
The Counterfeiter (Austria)

Best Documentary:
Taxi to the Dark Side


So this was the first year that I've watched the Oscars (I only caught the last half because there was nothing else on) without having seen ANY of the movies nominated.

I didn't bother with hype last year and just went to see movies that I knew I'd like or find enjoyable rather than movies that I figured might get nominated.

Not to say that Academy Award-nominated films aren't entertaining, it's just the ones that win (at least the last few that I've seen) I find either horribly boring, revoltingly over-dramatic (as satirized in the James Bond-parody episode of American Dad where TearJerker produces a fictitious movie called "Oscar Gold"), or they just won out of sheer popularity rather than merit.

I can't really say much for this year's line-up, especially since I didn't see any of them, but from what I hear No Country for Old Men was pretty good.
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