tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post1892599901883640305..comments2023-11-05T03:12:10.925-06:00Comments on Renegade Eye: The 80th Annual Academy Awards 2008 Open ThreadFrank Partisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-42455736723110250682008-02-26T14:02:00.000-06:002008-02-26T14:02:00.000-06:00I stopped watching after the performance of "Happy...I stopped watching after the performance of "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted". I thought to myself, that piece of shit was nominated for an Oscar? That pissed me off so much I I couldn't stand to watch any more of it.<BR/><BR/>Anybody have any thoughts on Brad Renfro's exclusion from the memorial tribute? I do, but I won't mention them here.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-11591739578133326822008-02-26T09:43:00.000-06:002008-02-26T09:43:00.000-06:00Sonia: I was waiting for what you would have to sa...Sonia: I was waiting for what you would have to say.<BR/><BR/>I think Atonement had nothing that could be called great, as how Daniel Day-Lewis acting. It was good total package. I'm partisan to director Joe Wright,<BR/><BR/>Tom: I hear nothing but good things about "Into the Wild."Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-62936019421364258582008-02-25T20:45:00.000-06:002008-02-25T20:45:00.000-06:00My son and I enjoyed "Into the Wild." Even though ...My son and I enjoyed "Into the Wild." Even though the kid didn't make it, it was empowering to think he could last about two years on his own, free from our corporatist culture.Tom Clelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601422364400383657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-41998228924791576922008-02-25T13:54:00.000-06:002008-02-25T13:54:00.000-06:00There were few surprises, like Tilda Swinton and M...There were few surprises, like Tilda Swinton and Marion Cotillard, but otherwise a predictable set on winners.<BR/><BR/>Interesting thing is that all winning actors are European: a Irishman, a Frenchwoman, a Spaniard and a Englishwoman...soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938174968325568608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-71518451503262861212008-02-25T04:49:00.000-06:002008-02-25T04:49:00.000-06:00There has won our compatriot Javier Bardem Regards...There has won our compatriot Javier Bardem <BR/>Regards friendJobove - Reushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325521409416734011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-18531465727284849782008-02-24T23:44:00.000-06:002008-02-24T23:44:00.000-06:00Camieno: You won.Rudy: The show ended exactly on t...Camieno: You won.<BR/><BR/>Rudy: The show ended exactly on time.<BR/><BR/><B>Best Motion Picture<BR/>WINNER: "No Country for Old Men"<BR/>· "Atonement"<BR/>· "Juno"<BR/>· "Michael Clayton"<BR/>· "There Will Be Blood"<BR/><BR/>Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role<BR/>WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"<BR/>· George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"<BR/>· Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"<BR/>· Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"<BR/>· Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"<BR/><BR/>Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role<BR/>WINNER: Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"<BR/>· Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"<BR/>· Julie Christie in "Away From Her"<BR/>· Laura Linney in "The Savages"<BR/>· Ellen Page in "Juno"<BR/><BR/>Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role<BR/>WINNER: Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"<BR/>· Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"<BR/>· Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"<BR/>· Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"<BR/>· Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"<BR/><BR/>Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role<BR/>WINNER: Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"<BR/>· Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"<BR/>· Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"<BR/>· Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"<BR/>· Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Directing<BR/>WINNER: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men"<BR/>· Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"<BR/>· Jason Reitman for "Juno"<BR/>· Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton"<BR/>· Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"<BR/><BR/>Adapted Screenplay<BR/>WINNER: "No Country for Old Men" by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen<BR/>· "Atonement" by Christopher Hampton<BR/>· "Away From Her" by Sarah Polley<BR/>· "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by Ronald Harwood<BR/>· "There Will Be Blood" by Paul Thomas Anderson<BR/><BR/>Original Screenplay<BR/>WINNER: "Juno" by Diablo Cody<BR/>· "Lars and the Real Girl" by Nancy Oliver<BR/>· "Michael Clayton" by Tony Gilroy<BR/>· "Ratatouille" by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco<BR/>· "The Savages" by Tamara Jenkins<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)<BR/>WINNER: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for "Falling Slowly" from "Once"<BR/>· Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted"<BR/>· Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas for "Raise It Up" from "August Rush"<BR/>· Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for "So Close" from "Enchanted"<BR/>· Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)<BR/>WINNER: Dario Marianelli for "Atonement"<BR/>· Alberto Iglesias for "The Kite Runner"<BR/>· James Newton Howard for "Michael Clayton"<BR/>· Michael Giacchino for "Ratatouille"<BR/>· Marco Beltrami for "3:10 to Yuma"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Cinematography<BR/>WINNER: Robert Elswit for "There Will Be Blood"<BR/>· Roger Deakins for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"<BR/>· Seamus McGarvey for "Atonement"<BR/>· Janusz Kaminski for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"<BR/>· Roger Deakins for "No Country for Old Men"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Film Editing<BR/>WINNER: Christopher Rouse for "The Bourne Ultimatum"<BR/>· Juliette Welfling for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"<BR/>· Jay Cassidy for "Into the Wild"<BR/>· Roderick Jaynes for "No Country for Old Men"<BR/>· Dylan Tichenor for "There Will Be Blood"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Costume Design<BR/>WINNER: Alexandra Byrne for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"<BR/>· Albert Wolsky for "Across the Universe"<BR/>· Jacqueline Durran for "Atonement"<BR/>· Marit Allen for "La Vie en Rose"<BR/>· Colleen Atwood for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Art Direction<BR/>WINNER: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"<BR/>· Arthur Max and Beth A. Rubino for "American Gangster"<BR/>· Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer for "Atonement"<BR/>· Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock for "The Golden Compass"<BR/>· Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson for "There Will Be Blood"<BR/><BR/>Best Animated Feature Film<BR/>WINNER: "Ratatouille"<BR/>· "Persepolis"<BR/>· "Surf's Up"<BR/><BR/>Best Animated Short Film<BR/>WINNER: "Peter & the Wolf"<BR/>· "I Met the Walrus"<BR/>· "Madame Tutli-Putli"<BR/>· "Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)"<BR/>· "My Love (Moya Lyubov)"<BR/><BR/>Best Live Action Short Film<BR/>WINNER: "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)"<BR/>· "At Night"<BR/>· "Il Supplente (The Substitute)"<BR/>· "Tanghi Argentini"<BR/>· "The Tonto Woman"<BR/><BR/>Best Documentary Feature<BR/>WINNER: "Taxi to the Dark Side"<BR/>· "No End in Sight"<BR/>· "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"<BR/>· "Sicko"<BR/>· "War/Dance"<BR/><BR/>Best Documentary Short Subject<BR/>WINNER: "Freeheld"<BR/>· "La Corona (The Crown)"<BR/>· "Salim Baba"<BR/>· "Sari's Mother"<BR/><BR/>Best Foreign Language Film<BR/>WINNER: "The Counterfeiters" (Austria)<BR/>· "Beaufort" (Israel)<BR/>· "Katyn" (Poland)<BR/>· "Mongol" (Kazakhstan)<BR/>· "12" (Russia)<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Visual Effects<BR/>WINNER: Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood for "The Golden Compass"<BR/>· John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"<BR/>· Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier for "Transformers"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Makeup<BR/>WINNER: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald for "La Vie en Rose"<BR/>· Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji for "Norbit"<BR/>· Ve Neill and Martin Samuel for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Sound Editing<BR/>WINNER: Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg for "The Bourne Ultimatum"<BR/>· Skip Lievsay for "No Country for Old Men"<BR/>· Randy Thom and Michael Silvers for "Ratatouille"<BR/>· Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood for "There Will Be Blood"<BR/>· Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins for "Transformers"<BR/><BR/>Achievement In Sound Mixing<BR/>WINNER: Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for "The Bourne Ultimatum"<BR/>· Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland for "No Country for Old Men"<BR/>· Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kanefor "Ratatouille"<BR/>· Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe for "3:10 to Yuma"<BR/>· Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin for "Transformers"</B><BR/><BR/>I saw "Taxi To The Dark Side" which beat "Sicko" for the best documentary. It is anti-torture. The movie focuses on the death of an Afghan taxi driver, tortured to death in US custody. He was innocent and apolitical. This was produced by the Discovery Channel, who are distancing themselves from it.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-85277787100081583262008-02-24T22:57:00.000-06:002008-02-24T22:57:00.000-06:00What? No Debate? No conflict?Hmmm...Well I'm just ...What? No Debate? No conflict?<BR/><BR/>Hmmm...<BR/><BR/>Well I'm just glad those lazy ass unionized writers gave in and got back to work. They must think their talent is worth a share of the talent it takes to produce.<BR/><BR/>The nerve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-74798667955168197742008-02-24T12:37:00.000-06:002008-02-24T12:37:00.000-06:00http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-bardem2...http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-bardem22feb22,0,5186625.story<BR/> This will help you get to know the family Bardem. Thanks.Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259832598217276587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-53088544273209022722008-02-24T10:25:00.000-06:002008-02-24T10:25:00.000-06:00Atonement for your pick, huh RE? I saw three of t...<I>Atonement</I> for your pick, huh RE? I saw three of the BP nominees--<I>There Will Be Blood</I>, <I>No Country for Old Men</I>, and <I>Juno</I>. I think I liked the PT Anderson the most, but it has its own problems.<BR/><BR/>Though I haven't seen <I>Michael Clayton</I>, I'd love it if Tilda Swinton pulled off an upset. She is a divine presence. And my vote for biggest injustice--based on my limited viewing of last year's releases, of course--is the predictable snubbing of <I>We Own the Night</I>, a superb and melancholy sociopolitical drama. Highly recommended.ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-4122050454895016852008-02-23T23:24:00.000-06:002008-02-23T23:24:00.000-06:00Graeme: I didn't see Clayton.Camino Incierto: It's...Graeme: I didn't see Clayton.<BR/><BR/>Camino Incierto: It's exciting that Basque country is watching if Javier Bardem will win. I didn't see him in the role you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>Politiques: There are free screenings happening often. See <A HREF="http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/screenings/index.php" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>Naj: Your posts about Iranian cinema are interesting.<BR/><BR/>I think Juno is very good. It's nowhere near Oscar worthy. This is <A HREF="http://diablocody.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Diablo Cody's blog</A>.<BR/><BR/>The dance community has been after the Academy to have a choreography oscar. The statue's arm is in port-a-bras position.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-25146420463592222422008-02-23T23:22:00.000-06:002008-02-23T23:22:00.000-06:00I have seen none of them yet, but I hope the Coen ...I have seen none of them yet, but I hope the Coen Brothers win something, I love their films.Lew Scannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12788033661013005904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-43008777129491416482008-02-23T12:37:00.000-06:002008-02-23T12:37:00.000-06:00Lo siento pero no habla espanol. Nadie tiene tiemp...Lo siento pero no habla espanol. <BR/>Nadie tiene tiempo para ver las pelliculas :) LOL Trabajo, trabajo, siempre trabajo aqui in los estados unitos.steven rixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154964357134050639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1195440826595818412008-02-23T11:16:00.000-06:002008-02-23T11:16:00.000-06:00Lo siento,sé que no es correcto escribir asi en in...Lo siento,sé que no es correcto escribir asi en inglés,pero uso el traductor de google y sale así de raro.Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259832598217276587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-85292301125518421182008-02-23T11:15:00.000-06:002008-02-23T11:15:00.000-06:00Errata: ratatouille is not a documentary, it's an ...Errata: ratatouille is not a documentary, it's an animated cartoon.<BR/><BR/>@ Camino: nobody had time to watch all these movies, at least not for my case.steven rixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154964357134050639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-74943309744661285472008-02-23T11:10:00.000-06:002008-02-23T11:10:00.000-06:00Javier Bardem is a special player and his family i...Javier Bardem is a special player and his family is very important in the film español.Se deserves the prize. You remember his work in Before nightfall, in the life of a Cuban homosexual?Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259832598217276587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-89330695473477474432008-02-23T11:02:00.000-06:002008-02-23T11:02:00.000-06:00I did not even watch one tenth of those movies.My ...I did not even watch one tenth of those movies.<BR/>My favorites are:<BR/>- No country for old men (the story is in West Texas near El Paso). <BR/>- Eastern Promises<BR/><BR/>There is also this movie "La Vie en Rose", it's the story from the singer Edith Piaf (I love her songs), I heard good things about it, but I've never watched it. The actress is Marion Cotillard, a 33 y/o sexy french actress. She played in the movie "a good year" with Russell Crowe, it was on IFC or HBO a few weeks ago. <BR/><BR/>The documentaries "sicko" from Michael Moore and "Persepolis", and ratatouille were great gems. <BR/><BR/>My favorite documentary which is not of the list is "The terror's advocate" with Jacques Verges a french lawyer. Verges is maybe one of the best products of the french society who turned against the french government and defended international terrorists. I was told he's a mole against the french gov. (http://www.terrorsadvocatefilm.com/)steven rixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154964357134050639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-62293677866190102542008-02-23T10:44:00.000-06:002008-02-23T10:44:00.000-06:00Sigh, I have seen none!Sigh, I have seen none!Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-87125927797842260942008-02-23T05:30:00.000-06:002008-02-23T05:30:00.000-06:00I thought Michael Clayton was a good filmI thought Michael Clayton was a good filmGraemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230080850680753260noreply@blogger.com