I will be perfectly honest with you.
I haven't really been keeping up with all the Oscar bait movies this year. I saw "The Help," I still have to see "Midnight in Paris" and "The Descendants," but other than that, I'm good. Despite my ambivalence toward the films, I can still indulge in the Oscar derby.
Why should the football fans be the only ones to have something to debate over and discuss this time of year? Exactly. So although we will not be making any official predictions this year, nor will we be live-blogging anything, let's take this time to rattle off some cogent thoughts about this year's group of nominees. Lastly, please don't let it just be me! I want to -- AM DESPERATE TO -- hear your thoughts on the noms too so drop me a line and let me know what you like and don't like.
Okay, you can access the full list of nominees here. Let's begin.
- Rooney over Tilda! ROONEY over TILDA! I can't breathe, I'm can't... I'm DYING! Oh dear Lord in heaven, my friend's friend went to high school with the sisters Mara (Rooney and Kate) and said that Rooney was a total B. I can't!
Over... Wait, what?
Goddess Tilda, says it's gonna be alright. Okay, only if you say so.
p.s. we all have another black dress to look forward to from Ms. Mara. Goodness. A part of me hopes they jettison GWDT parts 2 and 3.
- Can I say I'm happy Michael Fassbender didn't make it in Best Actor for "Shame"? As much as I'd like them to, the Academy cannot start nominating penises for awards, and Fassbender's would not be the first on the list. Plus, reports say the movie was blah and he has some personal issues I'd like him to be a bit more forthcoming about so I'm OK with this omission.
- I'm THRILLED Leo DiCap wasn't nommed for that awful appearing "J. Edgar."
Actually, I'm kind of glad that movie crashed and burned. Glad Clint Westwood wasn't nommed or Dustin Lance Black because the Academy is also not in the business of nominating scripts culled from Wikipedia biographies (I also didn't think his script for "Milk" was that good either -- I went there!)
- Viola yeah!
She is only the second black woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award twice, after Whoopi Goldberg. If she can win the SAG, she still has a chance over Meryl, whom I believe people are a little tired of espesh after her warbling Golden Globes speech. She called Tilda "Gilda". Nuff said.
- Glad Steven Spielberg was not nominated for directing "War Horse," which A) looks like it was made in 1991 and B) looks like it was terrible in 1991.
- Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer do look very much alike.
- "Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill" IT'S REAL.
But this does give me an excuse to post the real thing I think Hill should have been nommed for. Video NSFW because you'll figure it out.
- I'm surprised they even still have the Best Song category.
They clearly want to phase it out. Phase it out. Do it.
- Super-thrilled that Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo received a Best Original Screenplay nod for "Bridesmaids." Even if you didn't think the movie was that funny (I thought it was hilarious and still quote several parts to this day -- basically anything Rose Byrne said), you have to admit it was the oddest, most inventive American comedy released in a very long time.
- "Academy Award nominee Bret McKenzie" IT'S REAL.
If you don't understand this one, watch below:
- "W.E." was nominated for something, y'all. Costume design. This means 4 more weeks of Madonna acting completely insufferable and dragging poor Andrea Riseborough by the hair everywhere she goes.
- So glad "Cars 2" wasn't nommed in Animated Feature. There was literally no reason that movie needed to be made. No one wanted "Cars" Original Flavor when it came out. They was a Saturday AM cartoon. No mas.
- "Margin Call" got an Original Screenplay nod. I heard it was very good despite the presence of La Spacey. Happy for Zach Quint, despite his having nothing to do with the screenplay. Eyebrows.
- 4 of the 5 Supporting Actress nominees have never been nominated before. That's always fun, especially because it's an early award which means you can see the person (prolly Octavia Spencer let's be real) win and then go make some food and feel like you're not gonna miss anything.
- Speaking of Supporting Actress: As much as I loved Jessica Chastain in "The Help," we all know she was nominated for her career-spanning body of work... in the 30 movies she was in in 2011.
- Speaking of Supporting Actress 2: Melissa McCarthy
Now all we have to do is get her contract with "Mike & Molly" dissolved and she can become the superstar she actually is (p.s. sorry Shailene Woodley from "The Descendants" but "Mike & Molly" >>> "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", it's Hollywood math).
- Who's hosting this thing again? Billy Crystal. Good grief. Maybe Spielberg was right. Maybe it is 1991. Signing off.
Again, I want to know what are your thoughts on the nominees!
4 comments:
I've only seen three movies that were nominated...in all categories. Here are my thoughts:
*I enjoyed Moneyball. I thought Brad Pitt was great, and Jonah Hill was pretty fabu too. I know, I just said Jonah Hill was fabu. And I haven't even had my morning cocktail yet.
*I LOVED Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. So I'm pleased that that cunt Rooney was nominated. She was great. For a cunt. While I am not surprised that the movie wasn't nominated, I am surprised that the movie did not get any artistic awards (like cinematography/costume/art direction) or music awards. I thought it was pretty artistically fabulous.
*Through you, I have grown to love Tilda.
*The Muppet movie has 6 million songs, and *that's* the song that gets nominated? Really? Oh well, Muppets FTW.
Dani, thank you as always for making me do a spit take all over my keyboard while reading your special way of saying the thing I could not say about Rooney Mara. Thank you for that. As I'm sure you're right, I will accept your opinions about the other movies and wait until they are on HBO at my parent's house to watch them. Lastly, I haven't gotten you to love Tilda. Her sheer force of will got you to love her.
I saw TWO songs were nommed for Best Song and thought "why even bother?" Although I'm very surprised Madge's song wasn't one of them, it's a pretty good one. I'm guessing it's something technical preventing it, it was recorded for her album also.
I also think it's wonderful that the movie people are nominating themselves for making movies about how wonderful the movies are. MOVIES! DID YOU KNOW THEY ARE MAGICAL? I get it , Hugo and The Artist. Thank you, I was unaware.
And Warhorse is actually an ABC Family original movie remake of The Black Stallion from the producers of Gettysburg that somehow escaped and landed on a big screen. I am convinced of this fact. It looks like I would enjoy watching the back of my eyelids at a screening of it.
Finally, Melissa McCarthy is so much better than Mike & Molly. In both Gilmore Girls (never forget) and Bridesmaids she plays a character, in M&M she plays a "plus sized" character. You can tell the difference. I just hope Octavia Spencer's stylist helps her pick a dress. Her red carpet gowns have not been good while Octavia was stunning in lavender at the Globes.
I agree with you all over the place, Paul. First of all, you are SO RIGHT about "War Horse." It does look like a really high budget ABC Family movie. Maybe one of those commercial-free special presentations.
And I saw Octavia and Melissa talking at the Golden Globes (on TV, I wasn't like there) and I hope OS was giving Mel Mc some tips for how to dress the fuller figured woman because again, you're right, MMC's outfits have not been good.
LOL on the MOVIES ARE MAGICAL too! You know that's gonna be a montage during the awards, and you know I will be washing dishes during the whole thing...
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