Comments on: Oscar Nominations Announced; Heath Ledger Gets His, Best Picture Fails http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:26:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Wort http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-604356 Wort Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:08:26 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13498#comment-604356 Too bad for The Dark Knight. I was expecting at least a nomination for Best Picture. Oscars are lame. Too bad for The Dark Knight. I was expecting at least a nomination for Best Picture. Oscars are lame.

]]> By: mo http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-603599 mo Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:44:40 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13498#comment-603599 I know this year wasn't as good as last, but seriously Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder? That movie was so bad I turned myself over to the feds for illegally downloading it, they simply asked if I watched it, and since I had that was punishment enough. I know this year wasn’t as good as last, but seriously Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder?

That movie was so bad I turned myself over to the feds for illegally downloading it, they simply asked if I watched it, and since I had that was punishment enough.

]]> By: JustinSane http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-603471 JustinSane Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:19:23 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13498#comment-603471 er last year sorry...wow its 2009.. lol. er last year sorry…wow its 2009.. lol.

]]> By: JustinSane http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-603470 JustinSane Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:18:50 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13498#comment-603470 What the hell??? whats with all this high brow artsy fartsy attitude of these loosers? TDK outshines any movie made this year! it is almost insulting that those trashy movies got nominated in the first place. The whole thing is a total farce, fans should turn up and riot! What the hell??? whats with all this high brow artsy fartsy attitude of these loosers? TDK outshines any movie made this year! it is almost insulting that those trashy movies got nominated in the first place.

The whole thing is a total farce, fans should turn up and riot!

]]> By: Rob http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-603388 Rob Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:56:39 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13498#comment-603388 Frost/Nixon was a masterful political thriller that really did take a somewhat bland piece of history and made it really compelling. That accomplishment deserves recognition and I'm glad the Academy rewarded it with nominations. And I don't know what you meant by "does the Academy just nominate anything Ron Howard makes these days?" Prior to Frost/Nixon, the only film to receive an Oscar nomination (and win) was A Beautiful Mind. The Reader, in my opinion, was the surprise Best Picture nomination of the category but I'm not entirely shocked by its inclusion. With a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination, it definitely is looked upon as one of the best films of the year. So when the Academy failed to give The Dark Knight its due because of whatever reason, The Reader slipped in filling the holes in Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay that TDK left. It was obvious that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button would tally the most nominations and because of that it's a very strong contender to win Best Picture from the extremely successful Slumdog Millionaire. And Milk still has an outside shot. The movies you mentioned (The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, and WALL-E) were all certainly very good/great films that had a shot for a Best Picture nomination. Of course, the Academy will NEVER nominate an animated film for Best Picture since they have their own Best Animated Feature category (so Beauty and the Beast will be the only animated film to ever get a Best Picture nod). WALL-E, in my opinion, was the best film of the year and it was easily the best reviewed film of the year by critics... but that doesn't translate into Oscar success. As for Revolutionary Road, I was extremely moved by the power of the film. It was a true display of great acting by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. It's a shame it didn't get more recognition, but 2008 produced a lot of great films and therefore some must be left out. The same goes for The Wrestler and Doubt. It's interesting how Doubt received four acting nominations but not a Best Director or Best Picture nod (I wonder how many times that has happened?). And I agree with you... why wasn't Bruce Springsteen's song in The Wrestler nominated? What the hell could've happened there? Anyway... great post! Frost/Nixon was a masterful political thriller that really did take a somewhat bland piece of history and made it really compelling. That accomplishment deserves recognition and I’m glad the Academy rewarded it with nominations. And I don’t know what you meant by “does the Academy just nominate anything Ron Howard makes these days?” Prior to Frost/Nixon, the only film to receive an Oscar nomination (and win) was A Beautiful Mind.

The Reader, in my opinion, was the surprise Best Picture nomination of the category but I’m not entirely shocked by its inclusion. With a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination, it definitely is looked upon as one of the best films of the year. So when the Academy failed to give The Dark Knight its due because of whatever reason, The Reader slipped in filling the holes in Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay that TDK left.

It was obvious that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button would tally the most nominations and because of that it’s a very strong contender to win Best Picture from the extremely successful Slumdog Millionaire. And Milk still has an outside shot.

The movies you mentioned (The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, and WALL-E) were all certainly very good/great films that had a shot for a Best Picture nomination. Of course, the Academy will NEVER nominate an animated film for Best Picture since they have their own Best Animated Feature category (so Beauty and the Beast will be the only animated film to ever get a Best Picture nod). WALL-E, in my opinion, was the best film of the year and it was easily the best reviewed film of the year by critics… but that doesn’t translate into Oscar success.

As for Revolutionary Road, I was extremely moved by the power of the film. It was a true display of great acting by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s a shame it didn’t get more recognition, but 2008 produced a lot of great films and therefore some must be left out. The same goes for The Wrestler and Doubt. It’s interesting how Doubt received four acting nominations but not a Best Director or Best Picture nod (I wonder how many times that has happened?).

And I agree with you… why wasn’t Bruce Springsteen’s song in The Wrestler nominated? What the hell could’ve happened there?

Anyway… great post!

]]> By: hasty http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/23/oscar-nominations-announced-heath-ledger-gets-his-best-picture-fails/comment-page-1/#comment-603369 hasty Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:19:23 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13498#comment-603369 no dark knight for best picture? that's terrible! no dark knight for best picture? that’s terrible!

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