De camino a los Oscar… Reseña
Todos ya saben que éste próximo domingo 7 de Marzo es la 82 entrega de los premios de la Academia o Oscares y también incluso nos sabemos un poco de memoria algunos de los nominados en las diferentes categorÃas, que si Avatar, James Cemeron, The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow, en fin, pero algo de verdad interesante que pudimos conseguir justo para éste evento es la aportación de Matthew Charles Hall un director muy joven pero que no es ajeno al mundo de Hollywood tanto por vivir cerca de ahà cómo por tener algunos largometrajes que incluso se han estrenado ya en EUA, éstos proyectos en sà son muy interesantes sobre todo el trabajo que hay detrás de ellos, y si tienen la oportunidad de verlos aquà están los links: Hunting Grounds y Dark Horizon
Como todo buen cinéfilo Matt estuvo al tanto de las nominaciones del Oscar, y escribio una extensa reseña que me envió y que a la vez se me hizo interesante compartirla con todos en Hecho en Motion.
Por otro lado, está en Inglés, lo consideraremos como una especie de VOS (Versión Original Subtitulada) por respeto a lo que Matt escribió y para que no se pierda su contenido en la traducción. Espero no tengan demasiado problema, ya que le dà un formato a cada categorÃa para que no se dificulte la manera de ver la información, pero si tienen alguna duda escribanos en los comentarios e iremos traduciendo en lo que tengan duda.
Hey everyone,
It’s your regular film junkie here with some thoughts on the nominations that went out this morning… I dunno about you but this might be the best line up of honorees I’ve seen in a while. Easily put, I don’t think any real great film was left out of the running this year as (frankly) there weren’t a lot of great films. That being said, all of my favorites this year have been nominated and I hope yours were too…
BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Avatar (2009)
- The Blind Side (2009)
- District 9 (2009)
- An Education (2009)
- The Hurt Locker (2008)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
- A Serious Man (2009)
- Up (2009)
- Up in the Air (2009/I)
So…. first off, history is made here with this list. There are ten nominees (something we haven’t seen since CASABLANCA won Best Picture in 1943); a computer animated film makes the list for the first time (UP) and TWO films dealing with aliens have been nominated (a first since STAR WARS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS were nominated alongside each other at the 1978 ceremony). DISTRICT 9 and THE BLIND SIDE are the big wows here as nobody was expecting them to fill in those extra five slots. I’m most excited that SIX of the film on my top ten list are nominated here…. but who will win? With AVATAR and THE HURT LOCKER with 9 nods each it seems it will be a toss up between a film that has grossed 2 billion dollars or the art house war drama that barely got 30 million. I personally would like to see UP IN THE AIR reach in between them and snag it away… which I have a sneaky suspicion might happen (I hope). If not, either of those three films are great accomplishments this year.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT (A quién se dejo fuera): Invictus, The Hangover (which got the Golden Globe for Best Picture Comedy).
WHO SHOULD WIN (Quién deberÃa ganar): Up in the Air
WHO WILL WIN (Quién ganará): Avatar
BEST ACTOR
- Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
- George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
- Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
- Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
- Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
A great line up here… Nice to see a nod for farely unknown actor Jeremy Renner who really made THE HURT LOCKER what it was.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Robert Downer Jr. for Sherlock Holmes (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
BEST ACTRESS
- Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
- Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
- Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
- Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
- Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)
I personally would have liked to see Meryl Streep get a nod for IT’S COMPLICATED (which got completely shut out this year) rather than JULIE AND JULIA but whatever.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Meryl Streep for It’s Complicated (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
- Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
- Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
- Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
- Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Some of the greatest actors of our time are represented here. The excellent and always underrated Stanley Tucci is the only nomination for THE LOVELY BONES while Christopher Plummer (of THE SOUND OF MUSIC fame) gets a nod for what was a very full year for him (He also did DOCTOR PARNASSUS, 9, and UP this past year so the man has been busy).
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Alec Baldwin for It’s Complicated (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds (2009)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
- Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
- Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
- Mo’Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Surprise, surprise for Maggie Gyllenhaal. And turns out that NINE wasn’t completely shunned after all.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Zoe Saldana for Avatar (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Very Farmiga for Up in the Air (20090
WHO WILL WIN: Mo’Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
BEST DIRECTOR
- Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
- James Cameron for Avatar (2009)
- Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by
- Sapphire (2009)
- Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
- Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
A stellar line up here of very talented directors. Tarantino hasn’t been nominated in this category since PULP FICTION and it’s nice to see the Academy sending him some love. If it were any other year I’d like to see Jason Reitman snag the award and if the tossing back between ex-spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow continues that just might happen. But considering her win at the Director’s Guild Award a few nights back, I’d say she has this one locked….good for her, becoming the first female ever to win in this category in the Oscars 80+ year history.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Neil Blomkamp for District 9 (2009), Pete Doctor for Up (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2009)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
- The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
- A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
So nice to see UP in this category again, which shows that animation is getting a lot more attention in recent years with such stellar works as FINDING NEMO, THE INCREDIBLES and WALL-E. Pixar does it again here. Tarantino has a nod here and for directing, but with the competition so stiff in the bigger category look for him to sneak away with the second prize here… the same thing he did for PULP FICTION in 1994.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Nancy Meyers for It’s Complicated (2009), Todd Philips for The Hangover (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
BEST ADAPTED SCRENEPLAY
- District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
- An Education (2009): Nick Hornby
- In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher
- Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
So excited for Neil Blomkamp’s nod here for his stellar work on DISTRICT 9, a very amazing film indeed. However, the script isn’t as solid as the movie… and that being said, I see the most solid film here being my favorite of the year UP IN THE AIR. Reitman will earn his due here since he will most likely but shut out of Best Director.
WHO SHOULD WIN: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for Up in the Air (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for Up in the Air (2009)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore
- Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel
- The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson
AVATAR has no business on this list. It’s a film that was made in the post production labs, not photographed on the fields of some foreign country or in some film noir-ish style. That being said, the superblyb shot in black and white film THE WHITE RIBBON from Germany might win this award if the Academy honors it’s tradition.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: District 9 (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: The Hurt Locker (2008)
BEST EDITING
- Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
- District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke
- The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Joe Klotz
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Up in the Air (2009), Star Trek (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: District 9 (2008)
WHO WILL WIN: The Hurt Locker (2009)
BEST ART DIRECTION
- Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David
Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith - Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim
- Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
- The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray
One of my favorite designed films DOCTOR PARNASSUS is nominated here, although it does not stand a chance against AVATAR in this field. Nothing does… AVATAR is the most vividly designed film since perhaps the original STAR WARS movies.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Star Trek, Up
WHO SHOULD WIN: Avatar
WHO WILL WIN: Avatar
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson
- Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme
- Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood
- The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell
However, if DOCTOR PARNASSUS were to get an award it might be in this category, although costume epics tend to always win, placing THE YOUNG VICTORIA or COCO AVANT CHANEL in the forefront.
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: The Young Victoria (2009)
BEST MAKEUP
- Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
- Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel
- Harlow
- The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore
Two words….DISTRICT 9? I don’t see how the film was left off this list as it surely deserved to win. The last time something like this was when Rick Baker was completely ignored for his work on the PLANET OF THE APES remake. However, if STAR TREK wins it will be the first Oscar the franchise has ever brought home in it’s 30 plus year history.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: District 9
WHO SHOULD WIN: Star Trek
WHO WILL WIN: Star Trek
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Avatar (2009): James Horner
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat
- The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
- Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer
- Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Many of you know that I like film music, that I write it, and that I listen to it…. That being said, the three of my top favorite scores of the year are listed here, including Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, and my favorite of the year Up, which one the Golden Globe. Michael Giacchino (who’s been composing everything from STAR TREK to THE INCREDIBLES) will get his first win this year.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Where the Wild Things Are
WHO SHOULD WIN: Up
WHO WILL WIN: Up
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham(“The Weary Kind”)
- Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank
- Thomas(“Loin de Paname”)
- Nine (2009): Maury Yeston(“Take It All”)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman(“Down in New Orleans”)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman(“Almost There”)
James Horner was a shoe in for his song “I See You” from AVATAR but it certainly was not “My Heart Will Go On.” It felt like an almost forced addition to the film and to my opinion, did not even deserve a nomination. Thank you, Academy for not forcing it and for showing some restraint.
WHO SHOULD WIN: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham(“The Weary Kind”) from Crazy Heart
WHO WILL WIN: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham(“The Weary Kind”) from Crazy Heart
BEST SOUND MIXING
- Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
- The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano
- Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson
WHO SHOULD WIN: Star Trek
WHO WILL WIN: Avatar
BEST SOUND EDITING
- Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman
- Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin
- Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers
WHO SHOULD WIN: Star Trek
WHO WILL WIN: Avatar
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
- District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
- Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
The race was over a long time ago. Avatar has this. I’ll bet everything I own on it.
WHO SHOULD WIN: Avatar
WHO WILL WIN : Avatar
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Coraline (2009): Henry Selick
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson
- The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements
- The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore
- Up (2009): Pete Docter
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS’ Henry Selick is nominated as is THE LITTLE MERMAIDS’s John Musker and Ron Clements who were never honored of this category when they made their first features. That being said, Up will not win Best Picture so I can imagine the sympathy vote will go to the ever down to earth Pete Docter who will take top prize.
WHO GOT LEFT OUT: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (2009)
WHO SHOULD WIN: Up
WHO WILL WIN: Up
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- :Ajami (2009)(Israel)
- Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany)
- El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)
- Un prophète (2009)(France)
- La teta asustada (2009)(Peru)
I, like most of you, have not seen any of these films so I can’t pass judgement, however if things go the way of the Golden Globes (and they sometimes do) then THE WHITE RIBBON from German filmmaker Michael Haneke (FUNNY GAMES, which is the most disturbing film I’ve ever seen) will probably win.
WHO SHOULD WIN: -
WHO WILL WIN: DAS WEISSE BAND (THE WHITE RIBBON) (2009)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller
- The Cove (2009): Nominees to be determined
- Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise
- Pearlstein
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick
- Goldsmith
- Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa
I’m thrilled that my favorite documentary of the last several years recieved a nomination. If you haven’t seen THE COVE, please do so…. I pray, PRAY that it wins the award and something can be stopped in Taiji, Japan. It’s an amazing film, and you owe it to yourself and to earth’s oceans to watch this, take a stand, and have your voice heard. If the movie wins (like it did at the DGA), it will be a very emotional speech.
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Cove (2009)
WHO WILL WIN: The Cove (2009)
The categories of Animated Short, Live Action Short and Documentary Short are completely open for all. I have not seen any of them and will not cast my opinion either way.
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