80th Annual Academy Awards -- Nominations

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NellyLunatic1980 · #1 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:57 am

http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/n ... index.html

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:04 am

I am glad that Johnny Depp was nominated. I really liked him in Sweeney Todd.

danielh41 · #3 Post by **danielh41** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:08 am

And I'm glad that Viggo Mortensen was nominated for Eastern Promises. He was really good in that role. But Day-Lewis should and will win....

silverscreenselect · #4 Post by **silverscreenselect** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:30 am

The biggest (but very deserved) surprise was Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah. I was very impressed by his work there, but the movie bombed and had been all but forgotten.

Atonement squeaked in with a Best Picture nominee, but its director didn't despite some excellent technical work in the film.

If you are very young or very old, it's a lot easier to get an Oscar nomination for a supporting role, especially if you are very old and have never been nominated before (Hal Holbrook and Ruby Dee).

I thought Sean Penn's Into the Wild would have some legs but it faded. Ditto Sidney Lumet as a Best Director selection. Ditto Angelina Jolie for Best Actress. Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth was the worst of the nominations by far.

fantine33 · #5 Post by **fantine33** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:38 pm

Hey, I've seen one of the movies this year! Which I think puts me one up on last year.

I don't think the Cate Blanchett Elizabeth movie even played here, unless it just had a 'for your consideration' opening. I loved Elizabeth so much that I've hated Gwyneth Paltrow ever since, just because Blanchette should have won that. I used to hate Shakespeare in Love in general, but Rupert Everett was such a fantastic Marlowe that I relented a bit.

The year of the Pianist I think I got every major category correct (I might have missed one, but I think I got them all down through screenplays) and won my pool. Since then I have sucked mightily, so I didn't even do one last year.

T_Bone0806 · #6 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:42 pm

Rob Schneider gets snubbed again...

Beebs52 · #7 Post by **Beebs52** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:51 pm

T_Bone0806 wrote:Rob Schneider gets snubbed again...

I'm waiting for East Texan Gigolo.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #8 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:02 pm

fantine33 wrote: I loved Elizabeth so much that I've hated Gwyneth Paltrow ever since, just because Blanchette should have won that.

I felt the same way. Miramax basically bought Paltrow the Oscar that year. I was also surprised that Shapespeare in Love beat Saving Private Ryan that year.

Buffacuse · #9 Post by **Buffacuse** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:05 pm

Maybe it's my Washington bias--but I can't believe Charlie Wilson's War didn't get more nods--best picture, screeplay, and Julia Roberts was great. I'm wondering if no one wanted to vote for a political pic in an election year.

Tocqueville3 · #10 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:11 pm

Oh goodness.

The only nominated film I have seen is Ratatouille.

:::sigh:::