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13 Nominations to Rule Them All

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-isn't-that-special dept.

PatSmarty was among the onslaught of people who noted that the Oscar Nominations have been announced and that FotR has 13 of them. Beautiful Mind and Moulin Rouge also in there too.

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  1. But how many will FotR win? by PowerTroll+5000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In 1982, E.T. was nominated for 9 Oscars, including Best Picture, but it won just one, for Best Visual Effects.

    Being nominated is fine and such, but the real test will be on oscar night.

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  2. Proof Americans Can't Remember by Lysander+Luddite · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What percentage of these films were released in the past 3-4 months? What percentage in the first 3-4 months?

    "Besides Crowe, who stars as Nash in ``A Beautiful Mind,'' the best actor nominees were Sean Penn as a retarded father seeking custody of his daughter in ``I Am Sam''; Will Smith as boxer Muhammad Ali in ``Ali''; Denzel Washington as a rakish bad cop in ``Training Day''; and Tom Wilkinson as a vigilante father in ``In the Bedroom.''

    A Beautiful Mind: released 13 December 2001
    I am Sam: released: 28 December 2001
    Ali: released 25 December 2001
    Training Day: released 5 October 2001
    In the Bedroom: released 19 January 2001
    Moulin Rouge: released 16 May 2001

    Proof that Americans can't remember what happened in the entertainment industry for very long.

    1. Re:Proof Americans Can't Remember by rgmoore · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Wrong. What it's really proof of is that it's now standard practice for anyone who has a hope of getting an Oscar to release their movie late in the year. It's well known that Hollywood has a strong tendency to release specific types of movies at particular times. Big action adventure movies are most frequently released in the summer, family movies are frequently released between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and movies that are considered to be serious Oscar contenders are also generally released late in the year. Now that may be because the people who schedule things believe that the voters have short memories, but the release pattern has a lot to do with it.

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  3. Whay are all the leading men... by IPFreely · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Besides Crowe, who stars as Nash in ``A Beautiful Mind,'' the best actor nominees were Sean Penn as a retarded father seeking custody of his daughter in ``I Am Sam''; Will Smith as boxer Muhammad Ali in ``Ali''; Denzel Washington as a rakish bad cop in ``Training Day''; and Tom Wilkinson as a vigilante father in ``In the Bedroom.''

    Why are most of the leading men portraying ... uh, dammaged characters. Besides Ali (who later in real life suffers problems) these seem to all be retarded/schitzo/rakish/problematic characters somehow.

    Hollywood loves problematic characters, hates problematic people.

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  4. Re:Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Funny, yet also sad.

    Slashdot: "The MPAA is evil!"
    Slashdot: "oooh! Look at the awards!"

  5. Re:why are mental illnesses considered oscar worth by Wateshay · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IAAA (I am an actor), and I can tell you from experience that playing a character with a mental illness is a very challenging role to pull off convincingly. It is not just about "acting retarded" as another reply to this post stated, but rather it is about trying to understand a mental state that you have never experienced directly and then being able to convincingly portray it to an audience in such a way that they can really believe the character is real. I haven't yet had the chance to see "I am Sam" or "A Beautiful Mind" yet, but I don't doubt for a minute that Sean Penn and Russell Crowe deserve their nominations.

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  6. So Why Does This Matter? by CrazyLegs · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I cannot understand the preoccupation that some folks have with whether or not LOTR (or Star Wars or whatever) wins an Oscar (or whatever). These movies still seem to get made, regardless of winning any trophies. Why? Because they are enjoyable to lots of people and they make money.

    Sorta makes me wonder whether too any people's sense of self-worth gets bolstered somehow if LOTR wins an Oscar or two - i.e. if you all like LOTR you must all like me....

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  7. My predictions by BJH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of those, I reckon it'll go like this:

    1. Best Picture - No way. The Academy is a bunch of rich old farts that wouldn't know high fantasy if it leaped up and bit them in their collective white asses. It'll go to "A Beautiful Mind", because the Academy loves actors portraying mentally ill people.
    2. Supporting Actor - McKellen takes it. Ben Kingsley's already got his Oscar (IIRC, for Gandhi), and c'mon, not even the Academy would be so twisted as to give it to Jon Voight.
    3. Director - Toss up. Since Jackson's a semi-unknown who isn't American, they'll either give it to him by a landslide or ignore him totally. I reckon it'll go to Jackson, though.
    4. Screenplay - They'll say "No originality in LoTR" or something and give it to A Beautiful Mind.
    5. Art direction - Moulin Rouge. Deserves it, too.
    6. Cinematography - A nice safe category that no-one gives a fuck about, so it'll go to LoTR.
    7. Sound - Who cares? But it'll probably go to Pearl Harbor or other such dreck.
    8. Original score - God knows, but I sure hope it ain't A.I.
    9. Pearl Harbor or Vanilla Sky.
    10. Costume - Moulin Rouge, again deservedly.
    11. Film editing - Black Hawk Down, because it's Ridley Scott, and we can't be unpatriotic or anything, can we? Fuck Ridley Scott.
    12. Makeup - LoTR, definitely, just for the Uruk-Hai.
    13. Visual effects - LoTR, again because no-one cares about this category.