Tuesday, January 23, 2007

oscar!

oscar nominations came out this morning. if you don't know by now, awards season is big at superette. big.

initial thoughts on some of the major categories...

best actor - glad to see that leonardo decaprio wasn't nominated twice in this category, as he was at the golden globes. generally, it annoys me when someone gets a double nod. five pennies, academy. spend 'em wisely. forest whitaker will probably take it.

best actress - dame helen probably has this one locked up. her portrayal of queen e. made the critics swoon. annoyingly, meryl streep (whom i generally admire, as does the rest of the world) gets a nomination for an unchallenging role (by her standards) in a so-so comedy. she can fart and get nominated. sadly, the oh-so-talented kate winslet will be disregarded once again.

best supporting actress - okay, okay, i haven't yet seen "dreamgirls" but is anyone else weirded out that a former american idol contestant could take home a statue? in my perfect world, the winner would be the "little miss sunshine" cutie.

best supporting actor - tough contest. first off, i have to admit that i just put two and two together recently and made the realization that jackie earle haley is the same tough kid from "the bad news bears." i loved that movie.

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thirty years later, i love haley's performance in "little children." i found him perfectly creepy, but i sympathized for him. alan arkin was a great, crusty old man in "little miss sunshine," but man, mark wahlberg in "the departed" (i guess i should say the dePAHted) stole every scene he was in. hilarious. i have to flip a coin in this category. it's that tough.

best director - eh. this will probably be the year that martin scorsese gets his due.

i love the screenplay categories. i view these as the academy's "sorry, if only your picture had a bigger oscar campaign..." consolation awards.

adapted screenplay - ooh tough. while my vote would go to "little children," i can see the academy tossing a bone to "the departed." but honestly, i'd pay big money to see sacha baron cohen's oscar acceptance speech. wa-wa-wee-wah!

original screenplay - if "babel" doesn't win the BIG ONE, then it might win here. "little miss sunshine" would be my sentimental favorite, but if i were gambling type, which, of course, i am (stay tuned for the upcoming OSCAR POOL) my money would be on "the queen."

best picture - i guess it's notable that "dreamgirls," the golden globe winner, didn't get a mention. worse - the fact that "little children" was overlooked as well. there doesn't seem to be a clear cut winner. so when in doubt, do what the academy always does and vote for clint eastwood. sigh.

for a complete list of nominees to check out, and disagree with any of the above thoughts, go here.

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