Nominations!

[cleolinda]

Oscar nominations are up (or will be, give 'em a few moments).

Oh, wow, Cate Blanchett did get two nominations--I was not terribly impressed with The Golden Age in any objective sense. I mean, hell, I will be there on DVD release day with bells on, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a total melodrama. Yay for Tilda Swinton, even if I totally don't get the fuss over Michael Clayton! No nomination for Keira Knightley--Ellen Page got her slot. Best Actor was fun--Johnny Depp! Viggo Mortensen! Surprise nomination for Tommy Lee Jones! Even though they could totally just give it to Daniel Day-Lewis right now and cut an hour off the show that may or may not happen! Best Sarah Polley for Best Adapted Screenplay! Atonement snuck in for Best Picture after people thought it was out, but Sweeney Todd didn't make it in; the other two were Juno and Michael Clayton, because No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood were kind of obvious. (You know, it's terrible of me to say this, but I was kind of hoping that one of The Big Undeniable Nominations would get left out just to hear people shriek about it. Am I a terrible person?)

I can't find a full list of nominations up yet--I'm dying to know who got costumes. Hurry up and post, people!


ETA: FINALLY. Sweeney Todd, The Golden Age and Atonement for costume! Sweeney Todd and Golden Compass for Art Direction! Pirates and Golden Compass for Visual Effects! Michael Giacchino, he of the Monster Opera, for Best Score (for Ratatouille, that is)! Three Best Song nominations for Enchanted!

Comments

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I got the impression Laura Linney got Keira Knightley's spot. I haven't seen an Oscar prediction list yet that hasn't had Ellen Page on it, but Keira Knightley still makes people feel a little guilty for liking her in anything, and every critique I've seen of Atonement lists the best performances in the movie as Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, James McAvoy, and then they get to Keira.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

That's true--I wasn't thinking so much that Ellen Page wouldn't have made it as that she got the "young actress" slot. I woke up ten minutes ago, what can I say.

[cupcakery.livejournal.com]

Yussss, Juno.

I'm assuming Viggo's nominated for Eastern Promises, yes? Mmmm, I adored that movie.

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

I love La Blanchett like whoa, but her performance in E:GA didn't deserve to be nominated in my opinion. To the movie's detriment, Elizabeth is not really allowed to be the centre of the film like in the original, which is also the far better movie.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I love her, but... yeah. Shouldn't have been up there. Maybe it would be more accurate to say that she took [actress of your choice's] slot. It's not that I don't think Her Cateness is fantastic; it's that I don't think the writing gave her anything really spectacular to do.

[nanet.livejournal.com]

Blanchett's great, but Keira deserved that spot more than her. Elizabeth the second (ha) wasn't anything to write home about, really.

[bluebythebook.livejournal.com]

Norbit... got an Oscar nomination.

Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
"Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Has a film ever been nominated for both the Razzies and the Oscars?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. The other day I was watching movies on cable and checking out the trivia section on IMDb for each one, and I'd completely forgotten that "How Do I Live" from Con Air got nominated for Best Original Song and Worst Original Song. (It won neither.)

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

Several. There have even been individual performances nominated for both.

James Coco in Only When I Laugh
Amy Irving in Yentl.

And I'm sure there have been several eye candy movies that got lots of technical awards but got Razzie noms as well.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

Wow. The only things in the "big" award categories I saw this year were Sweeney Todd and Ratatoille.

[falco-conlon.livejournal.com]

They nominated Enchanted THREE TIMES but they didn't nominate Into The Wild? ARRGGGG HULK SMASH.

And they didn't nominate Keira!? She was AMAZING in that movie!!

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Into The Wild got nominated for Best Editing, Best Supporting Actor for Hal Holbrook, and Best Music for the score.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

I'm just happy that Sweeney and Enchanted got some love, although I'd have liked to see Amy Adams nominated for something-actress.

[skyblade.livejournal.com]

Into the Wild was supposedly one of the big unstoppable nominees that got snubbed. Big time. It was the second most commonly nominated movie at the guilds, and led the BFCAs. Interestingly, this means only one movie from the "Best Cast" award at SAG got nominated.

One of the biggest surprises for many is Angelina Jolie missing out. I'm not 100% shocked though. Perhaps her fans should spend more time reviewing her performances than tabloids that talk about her mom status.

[luindilwen.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that The Diving Bell and the Butterfly didn't get more nominations. "Best Foreign Language Film", at the very least. It was spectacular and totally felt like one of those films the Academy would go nuts over.

However, YAY FOR JUNO AND SWEENEY.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I could swear I heard something about The Diving Bell And The Butterfly not being eligible for Best Foreign Language Film for some reason, but I can't remember why not or even if I've just gone insane. :)

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

I've gotta root for Colleen Atwood - she's my favorite! :-)

I'm really psyched that "Once" got a best song nomination. I love that movie to pieces. I wish they could have gotten some other nominations too.

[mysticowl.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I still haven't seen atonement. Or Eastern Promises, for that matter, even though I want to now that I've been assured the Russian accents are well done.

Yay for Russia making it into the Foreign Films. I haven't seen 12, but my dad said it's really good. You know what's funny? It's a remake of an American movie (I think it's called Twelve Angry Men).

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

12 Angry Men? That's a really famous movie.

[chaos-slave.livejournal.com]

Do you ever use the website http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.php for info?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I used to way back in the day when I ran an amateur movie news site--one of many sources, but for a while it was my favorite. Why?

[brigidsblest.livejournal.com]

I am amused as Hell that Pirates of the Carribbean: At World's End got two nominations (Best Achievement in Makeup and Best Achievement in Visual Effects).

And, hee! Even Transformers got two nominations (Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Achievement in Visual Effects); my husband's 13-year-old son will be tickled pink.

[kirsdarke.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Daniel Day-Lewis is this year's Helen Mirren.

Is it wrong that I'm glad to see George Clooney up for Best Actor just because it's George Clooney? I mean, I haven't actually seen any of the performances, so...

Three Best Song nominations for Enchanted!
WHOO!

And Ratatouille is up for Best Animated Picture! Go Pixar!

And the return of Red Carpet Cleo! Yay!

Thanks for the news! One day I'm actually gonna get up early enough to watch the announcements myself.

[duncanatrix.livejournal.com]

I didn't read the comments so it may have been said, but OH MY HOLY HELL, NORBIT WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR. (Makeup, but STILL.)

[artemis-lizzie.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. It's like a sign of the impending apocalypse or something.

[adoresixtyfour.livejournal.com]

Noms for Juno, Once and Hal Holbrook? Yay! Nom for Norbit? Boo! Nom for Elizabeth: The Golden Age? Huh?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I don't agree with the EGA nom, but I understand where it came from--Cate Blanchett, along with Kate Winslet, has reached this Meryl Streep level of MUST NOMINATE EVERY YEAR WHEN POSSIBLE.

[palexbluexangel.livejournal.com]

Atonement only just made it to theaters here in State College, Pennsylvania. I feel like I've been living in a back-water town. This "city" isn't large by any means, but it isn't small either! (To me, at any rate. I come from a small town.)

I can't believe it took so long to get here.

[girlbyjuly.livejournal.com]

I was kind of hoping that one of The Big Undeniable Nominations would get left out just to hear people shriek about it

Me too! Nothing's more fun than a "Dreamgirls" type situation, right? Haha. Makes it all more exciting.

[greenleafgurl17.livejournal.com]

I don't see what all the fuss is about either. Personally, I didn't like the movie at all. I mean, George Clooney is great and everything, but this movie was just...blah.

[daedreams.livejournal.com]

I know you've probably gotten this already, but am in shock and have to tell someone:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/01/22/heath-ledger-is-dead/

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

I was coming to do the same thing.