Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Movies News

Oscar Nominations came out today. Ugh. That about sums it up. Besides being completely predictable, the Academy fails to get any younger in it's approach. You can tell the voters are fucking retirees. In the first year in 3 years without Lord of the Rings to dominate, looks like they took pity on Martin Scorcese and nominated the shit out of The Aviator. I have zero interest in seeing this movie. Besides that, how can a movie that won Best Comedy at the Golden Globes and Best Screenplay not have a Best Actor Nomination for Paul Giamatti? He WAS the fucking movie!!! And did Kate Winslet act by herself or was Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I'm not a huge Jim Carrey fan...but that was the performance of his life. And while on the subject of Eternal Sunshine, no nods for art or cinematography went it's way either? Unreal.

Sideways

Sundance notes; Apparently Kevin Costner is getting his grove back (The Upside of Anger) and krumping, clown dancing, is the premise of a documentary by photographer David LaChapelle. I wish I was there.


1 comment:

Me said...

Moore took 911 out of contention for Best Documentary, which he would have won easily, when someone was entertaining the idea of showing 911 on the eve of the election on television. That meant he could only win a nomination for Best Film and considering how the election went, what would be the point?