Comments on: 2009 Oscar Winners

By: Domenic

Domenic — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:54:12 +0000

To be honest, I was pretty satisfied with the nominees for Best Actor. Only Brad Pitt seemed out of place, and the split screentime between Kross and Fiennes probably cost both a nomination (though both were better than Pitt).

The quality of W. was fairly subpar, and the whole satire angle doesn’t really strike an Oscar-chord.

By: rot

rot — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:48:23 +0000

you are preaching to the choir Domenic, totally agree.

and speaking of missed best actors, although W was shit, Josh Brolin was very good as Bush, suprised by its absence.

Next year, I am calling it, the actor who plays Orson Welles in Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles will be nominated, if not winning. I’m not big on impersonations, but jesus, this is more of a seance possession.

By: Domenic

Domenic — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:27:33 +0000

Synedoche, NY and Rachel Getting Married were criminal in being left off of the ballot, as well – they actually round out my top-three for 2008. Let the Right One In was probably better than the other four nominees, as well.

By: kurt

kurt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:21:16 +0000

I have to agree Dominic. Although my numbers for those other pictures would be lower than yours, and maybe The Reader not quite as high, but out of all the Academy lauded pictures, the only two that were in my personal top 10 were The Wrestler and The Reader. (The Dark Knight perhaps should have been there, but it is an easy movie to nitpick due to its super-high profile (i.e. the strangely inconsistent editing of the picture and overblow ‘prisoners dilemma’ boat scene), but still TDK is miles above Milk, Millionare or Ben Button.

As it has been documented many times before, Id have loved to see some more love for Synecdoche, NY, Rachel Getting Married, White Night Wedding and Let The Right One In. And what the hell is up with no nods for CHE? Note even Best Actor? WTF*.

Blindness was too Extreme for Oscar, even by Braveheart level violence standards.

*I guess the real mystery here is why I’m still talking about this. Aren’t we supposed to forget all this stuff as soon as the show is over?

By: Domenic

Domenic — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:10:50 +0000

I’m one-hundred percent serious – I posted those numbers simply due to the backlash I witnessed when The Reader, despite largely middling reviews, was nominated for Best Picture.

To me, The Reader was a significant step above Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Frost/Nixon. To put it numerically:

The Reader – 9.5
The CC of BB – 8
Milk – 8
Frost/Nixon – 7.5
Slumdog Millionaire – 7.25

By: kurt

kurt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:04:38 +0000

Dominic, not sure if you are being sarcastic by throwing up RT scores, but If I had to pick between the 5, yea, it would absolutely be THE READER. It is a compelling motion picture that almost never takes the easy way out of things (only one minor gaffe at the end). Hey, the movie makes you think in ways that Slumdog, Milk, and Ben Button all simply fill in almost everything for you.

By: Domenic

Domenic — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:42:49 +0000

It is here that I will begin my stand, which nobody will care about – The Reader was robbed.

That’s right. The Reader.

The (60% Fresh) Reader was robbed of Best Picture.

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:24:45 +0000

I can do this all day mercurie:

By: Mercurie

Mercurie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:17:26 +0000

I have to agree with you on most points, Ralph. I still maintain that while Penn did a good job, it was Roarke who truly deserved Best Actor. And there is no way I will accept that Penelope Cruz gave a better performance than Marisa Tomei. Heck, she wouldn’t have even been my second choice for Supporting Actress!

By: ralph

ralph — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:16:49 +0000

1) entertaining show overall. i liked the more laid back atmosphere. Hugh Jackman was a great host.

2) Heath Ledger’s family was touching.

3) Cruz over Tomei? REALLY?!?

4) Penn over Rourke? REALLY?!?

5) why did Jennifer Aniston present I was left wondering?

6) where was Jack Nicholson? George Clooney? Harrison Ford? lame turnout.

7) probably would have given best pic to Benjamin Button but i am not too disappointed about Slumdog.