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Oscars 2007: The Nominees

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A list of the nominees for the 'big' awards:

Best picture
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best director
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Best actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

Best supporting actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikucki, Babel

Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Best foreign language film
Efter Brylluppet (aka After the Wedding), Denmark
Indigenes (aka Days of Glory), Algeria
El Laberinto del Fauno (aka Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico
Das Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others), Germany
Water, Canada

The full list - BBC


So who do you think is going to win?
 
I dont give a hoot about oscars etc AND I havent even seen 'Pursuit of Happiness' but you can tell from the trailers that Will Sniff is gonna win big. Im not a big movie fan but his performances from just the trailers make me want to see that film.

Pretty powerful.
 
Martin Scorsese is the favorite for best Director but I bet Clint Eastwood gives him a good run.
 
IMO, "Bobby" was the best film of the year.

It deserved a best picture nomination, and Emilio Estevez deserved a best director nomination for it as well.

That being said, I am pulling for Scorsese to get best director, "The Departed" for best picture, Will Smith for best actor, Helen Mirren for best actress, Adriana Barraza for best supporting actress, and Mark Wahlberg for best supporting actor.
 
tobefirst said:
I'd like to see Little Miss Sunshine win some awards. That movie was great! If you haven't seen it, you should check it out.
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Funny thing is that this movie put me to sleep. Twice. I have never seen it. I had a chance to see this movie twice: one on the ride to Japan, and once on the return flight home. I'd like to thank Little Miss Sunshine for making my plane rides more enjoyable. :p
 
I know I'm in a massive minority, but The Departed was such a freaking boring movie.

It's like, we get it. You're white. And male. And you have like, "intersecting lives that are falling apart." And that's great. But ... there's no verve -- no mystery, no aura of anything. There's nothing to make me care but lukewarm "philosophy" and pseudo-beautiful people. I'm no richer -- and the world is no richer -- for you.

Blech.
 
Yeah will smith deserved the oscar when he got nominated For ali and he desivers it for Pursuit of happyness by far wills Greatest performance of his career
 
jessica. said:
The Queen is hardly worth it and shouldn't be on the list.
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Your kidding right, Helen Mirren gave maybe one of the best performances.

FF_productions said:
I really hope Scorsese gets the best director award, it's been TOO long for a director this good to not get an Oscar yet!!
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From what I have heard a lot of Hollywood does not like his style. If he was going to win the Oscar it would of been last year.
 
iKwick7 said:
What's funny is that I have not seen even ONE of those movies. :) I would like to see The Queen and The Pursuit of Happiness, though.
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What's even funnier I couldn't be bothered watching ANY of those movies.....

If it doesn't have random sex scenes or explosions I loose interest very quicky :D
 
tobefirst said:
I'd like to see Little Miss Sunshine win some awards. That movie was great! If you haven't seen it, you should check it out.
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My wife and I did not like that movie. :( Thought it was over-hyped. The only part that we did like was the dance routine at the pageant. That was great.
 
For me, the biggest errors are Pan's Labyrith not being in Best Picture, and Children of Men's Cuaron not being in Best Director. The Mexican directors had an absolutely stellar year.
 
macfan881 said:
Yeah will smith deserved the oscar when he got nominated For ali and he desivers it for Pursuit of happyness by far wills Greatest performance of his career
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His best since Wild Wild West. "Wikki Wild Wild......Wikki-Wikki Wild Wild West."


FF_productions said:
I really hope Scorsese gets the best director award, it's been TOO long for a director this good to not get an Oscar yet!!
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I think he's a bit overrated.


ezekielrage_99 said:
If it doesn't have random sex scenes or explosions I loose interest very quicky :D
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If that's what you're after, you need to rush out and see The Queen. Truuust me. ;) :p
 
Little Miss Sunshine and The Devil Wears Prada are all over the awards, and both movies are terribly overrated. I've seen both and fell asleep during both.

United 93 was good, and I am looking forward to Pans Lambrynth, Babel and Children of Men. Dreamgirls is the only movie that I am just not that interested in seeing.
 
thedude110 said:
I know I'm in a massive minority, but The Departed was such a freaking boring movie.

It's like, we get it. You're white. And male. And you have like, "intersecting lives that are falling apart." And that's great. But ... there's no verve -- no mystery, no aura of anything. There's nothing to make me care but lukewarm "philosophy" and pseudo-beautiful people. I'm no richer -- and the world is no richer -- for you.

Blech.
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I have to admit, I saw the Departed but I can't figure out how this description relates to it at all. "intersecting lives?" "lukewarm philosophy?" "pseudo-beautiful people?". I guess I missed something. I thought it was just a pretty tense crime thriller.
 
^^^Well I actually think there was more to it than a crime drama/thriller, but that's because I saw Infernal Affairs 6-7 years ago (or around thereabouts). The prequel and sequels were both good as well. It was a fantastic and extremely popular movie in Asia (and even outside of Asia, apparently, since I don't live in Asia), and Scorsese shouldn't get an Oscar for pulling a Jessica Simpson and remaking something extremely popular for the American audience when people still remember the original version released only several years ago. :p What's next.....a remake of Fight Club? At least that movie was older. Go ahead, Scorsese. Go for it. :p


And unfortunately, I had the displeasure of seeing The Devil Wears Prada. Not only did I see it, I actually paid money for a ticket to watch it in cinemas. Horrible movie that went nowhere, and nobody acted particularly well.
 
Children of Men was great and half of those movies sucked. Will smith did give an excellent performance but Forrest will be taking home the gold...I might add the man always give his best.

I think Clint Eastwood should win for "letters" because the departed wasn't good at all and babel sucked as well(except the mexican/asian parts).

Pan's Labyrinth was a good movie I might add.




Bless
 
Abstract said:
His best since Wild Wild West. "Wikki Wild Wild......Wikki-Wikki Wild Wild West."

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For those of us that were fans of the original TV series with Robert Conrad, the movie was a complete embarrassment. That song was the icing on that cake. Bleh!
 
Babel was amazing. Rinko Kikuchi deserves to get that best supporting actress award. Her performance was arresting, stole the movie for me.

Jackie Earle Haley was also awesome in Little Children. That and Babel are tied for best movies of 2006 in my opinion. Marie Antoinette and Pan's Labyrinth come just behind, both were also great. Children of Men wasn't perfect, but was also good—had some awesome long (time) shots (though a couple were probably stitched together).
 
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