 Oscar Nominations |
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Annette Bening in Being Julia I haven't seen this. I don't have any problem with her. I can't really think of a movie in which I think she's given a poor performance. I think it's kind of amusing that she's pitted against Hilary again. I remember last time how she was so hugely pregnant and showed up probably expecting to win for American Beauty, but Hilary took it right out from under her nose. That had to suck. Catalina Sandino Moreno in Maria Full of Grace Haven't seen it. Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake I want to see this, but I don't think it's ever come out here. I really like this actress as the nurse in Shakespeare in Love. The scene where she rocks vigorously in her rocking chair to try and keep Lord Wessex from catching Viola and Will in flagrante is priceless. Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby I really, really do like her. I didn't like her in the stupid Karate Kid movie and I didn't like her at ALL on 90210, but she won me over in Boys Don't Cry, and I feel that I will never be able to dislike her after that. I definitely want to see this when it finally comes out here, whenever the hell that will be. Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kate! Kate! Kate. Kate is amazing. I love her. She can do no wrong in my eyes. I adored this movie, and I am thrilled that she is nominated. I mean, isn't this something like her fourth nomination? Let me think -- Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, and now this? Is that it? Let me go check. She's still in her twenties. That is pretty impressive if you ask me. So, I'm rooting for Kate all the way. Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett in The Aviator I haven't seen this, but I love Cate Blanchett almost as much as I love Kate Winslet. Which means I love her a lot. Laura Linney in Kinsey Totally missed this when it played for a whole week here and am sad about that. Laura Linney has impressed me in every single movie I've ever seen her in. I'm still smarting from her portrayal of the woman who kept choosing her damn brother over that super super super duper hot guy in Love Actually. GOD, LAURA LINNEY. ARE YOU BLIND? Virginia Madsen in Sideways I have no idea why this is, but my only impression of her has always been that she used to date Antonio Sabato, Jr., or Jagger on General Hospital, and I think they had a kid together. I will say again that I liked Sideways and that the scene on the porch with her and Paul Giamatti was probably my favorite in the movie, but I think she's nominated because she was in a good movie, not because she was so good in it. I mean, she was fine and very likeable, but she didn't blow me away or anything. Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda Still hasn't come out here. Natalie Portman in Closer Okay. I saw this movie. I thought it was pretty good. It left me cold, but it was meant to, I think. And she was fine in it. Okay? Fine. Fine! But she was so much better in Garden State! Come on. I really do think she's probably going to win, and it kind of grosses me out, because I think she has a long career ahead of her and that she has in her a much better performance in a much better movie just waiting to warrant an award like this, and I feel like giving it to her now is jumping the gun. But given Marisa Tomei, Anna Paquin, Mira Sorvino, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Connelly … I think her odds are pretty good. Barf? Actor Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda I really do fucking love Don Cheadle. The love was born when he played District Attorney John Littleton on Picket Fences and has only grown in leaps and bounds over the years. He is totally my pick to win, and I don't even need to see the movie to state that with deep if baseless conviction! Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland I loved this movie a lot more before I saw it than after. After seeing it, I liked it, and it had very sweet moments like every scene with Freddie Highmore as Peter especially when he pointed out J.M. Barrie as Peter Pan and if you've seen it you know what I'm talking about. Johnny Depp was lovely, and his accent was swell, and yes, he was enchanting to a certain degree, but again. Not a stretch. Johnny Depp can be enchanting in his sleep. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator Listen, I thought he should have been nominated for fucking Titanic, so I'm no Leo hater, but this just kind of makes me shrug indifferently. Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby I haven't seen this. Jamie Foxx in Ray Didn't see it. Apparently he's going to win and there's no debating it.
Note: As I was telling someone earlier, every damn year, in spite of myself, I end up getting all misty-eyed when someone isn't nominated when I think her or she deserves to be. And this year, my friends, it is Paul Giamatti. His performance was so fine in Sideways that he ended up elevating the performances of everyone orbiting around him and were they recognized for rising to the challenge? Yes. Was he recognized for solidly anchoring this film with his creation of this pathetic, hopeless, miserable sad sack of a human being? No. NO, HE WAS NOT. And I think it sucks on a profound level. Supporting Actor Alan Alda in The Aviator Whatev. Thomas Haden Church in Sideways Lowell Mather. LOWELL MATHER. Okay, so he was totally funny in this movie. He brought a lot of intensity and gusto to the ridiculousness of his philandering cocksucker of a character. He was a prick but he was so cartoonish that he made it okay to laugh at him instead of hating him entirely. Like, he just buffooned it so genuinely and convincingly that you almost had to like him even though he was clearly reprehensible. I have no problem with this nomination except that his having one while Paul Giamatti doesn't is just a sure sign that something is askew in the universe. Jamie Foxx in Collateral Didn't see it. Tom Cruise nauseates me these days. I have no idea if this nomination will hurt his chances for Ray. I think probably not. Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby I have loved him since Lean on Me. That's right. Free Mr. Clark! Goddamn. Love that movie. Totally watched it 10,000 times when I was about 15 and memorized the freaking alma mater of the high school in the movie. Fair Eastside, by thy side we'll stand, and always praise thy name … I mean, "If you want to kill yourself, don't fuck around with it, go on and do it expeditiously." Awesome. He was nominated for lead actor for The Shawshank Redemption but lost to Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump. I just don't see how anyone could vote for anyone else in this category. Just think about how dignified and fantastic his speech will be! I am excited just thinking about it. Clive Owen in Closer Clive Owen is without a doubt the best thing about this movie. He just eats everyone else alive. But he is not allowed to beat Morgan Freeman. Nope, sorry. Dear Clive, please smolder again in another movie as soon as possible. Thanks! Love, Eliza. Picture The Aviator I haven't seen it. My little brother said it was boring and overly long, and I trust his judgment. Finding Neverland Sweet. Cute. Pretty. At times touching. Best picture? No. Sorry, but no. Million Dollar Baby Everyone who's seen it really seems to love it. Ray I don't think I've met a single person who's seen this movie. Sideways Sigh. Okay, yes. Good movie! Really liked it. But best picture? Of what year? In what universe? WHERE ARE THE AWE-INSPIRING MOVIES, PEOPLE? I'll tell you where. The movies that inspired awe in me last year? Before Sunset. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Garden State. Loved them all. Not ashamed to admit it. I'm thrilled that Before Sunset and Eternal Sunshine got writing nods and that they're not competing against each other. I hope they both win. I will feel happy and vindicated. I really cannot even fucking believe that Eternal Sunshine didn't get more recognition. Overall, I'd just have to say big piss on the Oscars this time around. They're the night before my birthday, and I might boycott them as a gift to myself. Oh, what am I saying. Fat chance. About this time in ...
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