With the year nearing the end, film studios are rushing to get their "good" films to theatres so they can be eligible for Oscars! So, to create Oscar buzz....I thought I'd create an "Oscar Buzz" thread. So....I did. ENJOY! Talk about what films/actors/etc you think'll contend for awards!
Here's my picks:
Best Picture Catch Me If You Can My Big Fat Greek Wedding Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The 25th Hour Minority Report
Best Actor Tom Hanks (Road to Perdition) Edward Norton (The 25th Hour) Leonardo DiCaprio (Gangs of New York) John Cusack (Max) Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
Best Actress Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Rosario Dawson (The 25th Hour) Renee Zelwegger (Chicago) Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)
Best Supporting Actor Paul Newman (Road to Perdition) Tom Hanks (Catch Me If You Can
Best Supporting Actress Cameron Diaz (Gangs of New York)
Best Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) Peter Jackson (LOTR: Two Towers) Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition) Martin Scorcese (Gangs of New York) Spike Lee (The 25th Hour)
Best Adapted Screenplay Charlie & Donald Kaufman (Adaptation) Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (About SchmidtDavid Benioff (The 25th Hour)
Flames: 5-3-3-3
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Western Final: Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Edmonton Eskimos
Eastern Final: Toronto Argonauts vs. Montreal Alouettes
Movie Of the Week: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
Here we go-I've put W next to those whom I think WILL win, and SW for those who should win.
Best Picture Gangs Of New York (W) Road To Perdition Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (SW, just for last year's injustice) Catch Me If You Can Outside Pick: Minority Report.
Best Actor Al Pacino-Insomnia (SW-an absolutely stunning performance) Robin Williams-One Hour Photo Tom Hanks-Road To Perdition (W) Leo DiCaprio-Gangs Of New York Nic Cage-Adaptation Samuel L. Jackson-Changing Lanes
Best Actress I really have no idea-this year has seen a total drought of standout lead females. I'd imagine Nicole Kidman may grab a nom for The Hours, though. And possibly Emily Watson for Punch-Drunk Love.
Best Supporting Actor Paul Newman-Road To Perdition (W) Daniel Day-Lewis-Gangs Of New York Phillip Seymour Hoffman-Red Dragon Joaquim Pheonix-Signs (SW-perfect blend of comedy and depth) John Turturro-Mr. Deeds (I know, never happen...but really should)
Best Supporting Actress Cameron Diaz-Gangs Of New York Emily Watson-Red Dragon (W, SW) Toni Collette-About A Boy
Best Director Sam Mendes-Road To Perdition Peter Jackson-Lord Of The Rings (W, in an attempt to appease the fans-and most probably SW, too)) M. Night Shaymalan-Signs Martin Scorcese-Gangs Of New York Christopher Nolan-Insomnia Outside Chance: Sam Raimi-Spidey
Best Picture ---------------- Road to Perdition Punch Drunk Love My Big Fat Greek Wedding Chicago The Good Girl
Best Actor ---------------- Hanks Williams Pacino Greg Kinnear - Auto Focus Adam Sandler - Punch Drunk Love
(Maybe Dennis Quaid for The Rookie too...who knows)
Best Actress ---------------- Emily Watson - Punch Drunk Love Zellweger Dawson Nicole Kidman - The Hours Selma Hayek - Frida
Best Director ----------------- PT Anderson - Punch Drunk Love Mendes Steven Speilburg - Minority Report M. Night Shyamalan - Signs Peter Jackson - The Two Towers
Peter Jackson-Lord Of The Rings (W, in an attempt to appease the fans-and most probably SW, too))
No.
Sorry to Peter Jackson, since he did a great job, but if there is any justice in this world, 2002 will be the year where Martin Scorsese gets his long overdue Oscar.
I was born in a manger, like that other guy. You know, he wore a hat?
Anyway, I cannot give nominations to films that I have either not yet seen so some films will be left out.
Best Picture: Signs My Big Fat Greek Wedding The Good Girl Auto Focus
Best Actor: Nobody has impressed me here with a performance worthy of nomination. Adam Sandler and Tom Hanks were just ok, not Oscar worthy.
Best Actress: Jennifer Aniston - The Good Girl Emily Watson - Punch Drunk Love Nia Vardalos - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Newman - Road to Perdition (what Hanks performance should have been like) Willem Dafoe - Auto Focus
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener - Lovely and Amazing
Best Director: M. Night Shyamalan - Signs Paul Schrader - Auto Focus Sam Mendes - Road to Perdition Nicole Holofcener - Lovely and Amazing
These commercials are superfine because they pay for the production costs of putting CHRIS MOTHERFUCKING BENOIT on my GODDAMN TV SCREEN! I will GO GREYHOUND! I am thinking OUTSIDE THE BUN! – Dean Rasmussen 8/1/2002 Smackdown Workrate Report
If nothing has yet grabbed you in terms of lead actors, then I'd really suggest you pick up both Insomnia and One Hour Photo. Seriously, these were the two best performance sof the year, by a metric mile.
"Sorry to Peter Jackson, since he did a great job, but if there is any justice in this world, 2002 will be the year where Martin Scorsese gets his long overdue Oscar."
I really think it'd be prudent to wait and see Gangs first. It has the propensity to either rule the earth or bite the big one with relish.
I do not watch the Oscars. I prefer to watch things without pre-determines results, like wrestling. Come on! The Oscars have bene fixed for years. They stopped being about recognizing talent a lot time ago, and now are only about politics and money. And the shows are pretty dull... In fact, I can't remember the last award show I watched.... Maybe it was the Oscars... I remember Shatner playing all the parts in Seven in a little skit... that was funny. But that was the last one I have seen...
"Pool-Boy"
Well- my ass still hurts, but lets see what happens this week...
Weak year? Hell, look at the good films that've crossed our path thus far:
We Were Soldiers [March 1] Directed by Randall Scott & Starring Mel Gibson, Barry Pepper & Chris Klein7 Ice Age [March 15] Animated; Directed by Oscar-winner Chris Wedge Panic Room [March 29] Directed by David Fincher & Starring Jodie Foster & Forrest Whitaker The Rookie [March 29] Directed by John Lee Hancock & Starring Dennis Quaid Changing Lanes [April 12] Directed by Roger Mitchell & Starring Ben Affleck & Samuel L. Jackson Frailty [April 12] Directed by Bill Paxton & Starring Paxton & Matthew McConaughey Spider-Man [May 3] Directed by Sam Raimi & Starring Tobey Maguire & Willem Dafoe Star Wars - Episode II: Attack of the Clones [May 16] Directed by George Lucas & Starring Ewan McGregor & Hayden Christiensen About A Boy [May 17] Directed by Adam & Chris Weitz & Starring Hugh Grant Insomnia [May 24] Directed by Christopher Nolan & Starring Al Pacino & Robin Williams The Bourne Identity [June 14] Directed by Doug Limon & Starring Matt Damon & Franka Potente Lilo & Stitch [June 21] Animated; Directed by Chris Sanders & Dean Deblois Minority Report [June 21] Directed by Steven Spielberg & Starring Tom Cruise & Colin Farrell The Powerpuff Girls Movie [July 3] Animated; Directed by Craig McCracken Road to Perdition [July 12] Directed by Sam Mendes & Starring Tom Hanks, Jude Law & Paul Newman Austin Powers In Goldmember [July 26] Directed by Jay Roach & Starring Mike Myers & Michael Caine Signs [August 2] Directed by M. Night Shyamalan & Starring Mel Gibson & Joquin Phoenix One Hour Photo [August 21] Directed by Mark Romanek & Starring Robin Williams Red Dragon [October 4] Directed by Brett Ratner & Starring Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson & Anthony Hopkins Bowling For Columbine [October 11] Documentary; Directed by Michael Moore The Ring [October 18] Directed by Gore Verbinski & Starring Noami Watts 8 Mile [November 8] Directed by Curtis Hanson & Starring Eminem & Mekhi Pfeifer I'm assuming Harry Potter was good, as I have yet to see it...
AND LOOK WHAT'S COMING SOON!
Die Another Day [Nov 22] New Bond Solaris [Nov 29] New Steven Soderbergh film Adaptation [Dec 6] New Spike Jonze/Kaufman Bros. film Star Trek: Nemesis [Dec 13] About Schmidt [Dec 13] Jack Nicholson starring Evelyn [Dec 13] Pierce Brosnan in a dramatic role Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [Dec 18] Duh! 25th Hour [Dec 19] Ed Norton in a Spike Lee joint Antowne Fisher [Dec 19] Denzel Washington directs Gangs of New York [Dec 20] Hey, it's Scorcese! Catch Me If You Can [Dec 25] Spielberg, Hanks & DiCaprio Chicago [Dec 27] Musical turned into movie Confessions of A Dangerous Mind [Dec 27] Clooney directs Max [Dec 27] John Cusack as Hitler's art teacher
It's probably just that a whole shitload of crappy movies were released this year, and they overshadow the 30-40 really good ones.
Flames: 5-3-3-3
CFL Playoffs
Western Final: Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Edmonton Eskimos
Eastern Final: Toronto Argonauts vs. Montreal Alouettes
Movie Of the Week: Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
Originally posted by Pool-BoyI do not watch the Oscars. I prefer to watch things without pre-determines results, like wrestling. Come on! The Oscars have bene fixed for years. They stopped being about recognizing talent a lot time ago, and now are only about politics and money. And the shows are pretty dull... In fact, I can't remember the last award show I watched.... Maybe it was the Oscars... I remember Shatner playing all the parts in Seven in a little skit... that was funny. But that was the last one I have seen...
That was probably the MTV Movie Awards.
"HHH, you should probably do the job here to put RVD over for the good of the company." "Vince, I'm just a caveman! I was out hunting when I fell in some ice and was unfrozen by your scientists. Your future world frightens and confuses me. You say these words like "job" and "put over" and "good of the company" but my primative mind can't grasp these concepts!"---Vince Mcmahon/Unfrozen Caveman Wrestler, Dr. Unlikely 17.9.02
It's probably just that a whole shitload of crappy movies were released this year, and they overshadow the 30-40 really good ones.
That has got to be the best way to sum up this year.
Oh, you forgot about these two:
Love in the Time of Money Just a Kiss (seeing Marisa Tomei in her underwear on a fire escape at night is worth the price of admission)
These commercials are superfine because they pay for the production costs of putting CHRIS MOTHERFUCKING BENOIT on my GODDAMN TV SCREEN! I will GO GREYHOUND! I am thinking OUTSIDE THE BUN! – Dean Rasmussen 8/1/2002 Smackdown Workrate Report
Regarding Freeway's list...I can't really say I'm impressed. First off, he lists Frailty, which I am adamant in maintaining was the single worst movie in the history of film. Secondly, the only movie I've seen this year which impressed me was "Spirited Away", which of course will be utterly and totally ignored due to being foreign, animated, and high-quality.
Faust:the whole damn IWC needs to take themselves less seriously - and more importantly - take wrestling less seriously. Swordsman Yen:How's this for taking wrestling less seriously? *click*
Originally posted by AngryJohnnyPerhaps you missed David Arquette's work in Eight Legged Freaks?
NOT TO MENTION Samuel L. Jackson in the tour de force Formula 51!
PMMJ
"Nothing remains interesting where anything may happen." -H.G. Wells "Show me the country in which there are no strikes and I'll show you that country in which there is no liberty." -Emma Goldman
How can we ignore the new Anakin Skywalker? He was so good I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME! Jason something? I don't know. And I LIKED the film, too. Well, to an extent.
This year hasn't been a bad movie year, it's just that nothing's blown us away to that great an extent. Minorty Report should have, and it was a **** film, but it lacked someting intangible. So did Punch-Drunk Love, which I've got at **** as well. Neither just seems "Best Picture" worthy.
Maybe when I watch both, and others, again I'll change my mind.
Originally posted by PeterStorkHow can we ignore the new Anakin Skywalker? He was so good I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME! Jason something? I don't know. And I LIKED the film, too. Well, to an extent.
This year hasn't been a bad movie year, it's just that nothing's blown us away to that great an extent. Minorty Report should have, and it was a **** film, but it lacked someting intangible. So did Punch-Drunk Love, which I've got at **** as well. Neither just seems "Best Picture" worthy.
Maybe when I watch both, and others, again I'll change my mind.
I agree. There were a lot of GOOD pictures but not many that you would call a BEST picture. There are very few films that I am sitting here and saying to myself 'I have to have this on DVD.'
Same thing with the Best Actor nominations. A lot of good performances but how many are really Oscar worthy?
From the infamous Wrestleline SS interview:
DTD: If you were to make changes in WCW, if you were in charge and not Ric Flair, what would they be?
SS: I'd get rid of all the old guys, and push the talent that has waited to get the push. The things they are doing, it's back in the 1980s. It's just bad, man. Flair doesn't even deserve to be on the show. You've got to get rid of all the old guys. Like what Vince did, they started pushing guys. Nobody knew who The Rock was 2 years ago. He made The Rock. Now The Rock just did Saturday Night Live. You've got to start with the young talent, talent people can relate to. Who are we trying to relate to if we've got a 50 year old man out there? Are we trying to relate, so a 50 year people and above will go out and buy a f*cking little toy? That ain't gonna happen. It's a f*cking joke.
I just felt the need to share this because it was very beautiful. The photography is quite stunning and it makes me want to hurry up and get my ass to Japan to see some of these sights in person. Hayaku: