tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post3548365552801702693..comments2024-03-14T07:23:42.959-05:00Comments on Eternal Sunshine Of The Logical Mind: 80th Annual Academy Awards NominationsBob Turnbullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-50299680686480698672008-01-25T19:28:00.000-05:002008-01-25T19:28:00.000-05:00CG,I found the "Norbit" nom even funnier since man...CG,<BR/><BR/>I found the "Norbit" nom even funnier since many said that he lost his shot at an acting nom last year because of his participation in it.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen "Into The Wild", but I expected a few more nods due to the write-ups I had read.<BR/><BR/>As for "Madame Tutli-Putli", short of catching it at Cinematheque Ontario this season (it's part of the Canada Top 10 series in the short films segment) or finding it at a film festival, you could buy it from the <A HREF="http://www.nfb.ca/webextension/madame-tutli-putli/film.php" REL="nofollow">NFB web site</A> (which also has the trailer and other details about it).<BR/><BR/><BR/>Chet,<BR/><BR/>I actually prefer the first song the full band does in the studio in "Once", but I'm OK with Falling Slowly getting the nomination since it's the moment where the two of them realize they have something special...<BR/><BR/>I love "Magnolia" and pretty much everything Anderson has done, so I'm pretty much frothing at the mouth waiting to see "There Will Be Blood". I'm actually hoping to go see it tonight (in about an hour).<BR/><BR/>I totally forgot to mention in my half-assed comments that there were no nominations for "Zodiac". Not that Fincher's film was my favourite from the past year, but it was a huge achievement with a great script. And I'll likely never listen to a Donovan song the same way again...Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-26899310483410296952008-01-24T17:40:00.000-05:002008-01-24T17:40:00.000-05:00Just a few thoughts...-- The Once soundtrack is in...Just a few thoughts...<BR/><BR/>-- The <I>Once</I> soundtrack is incredible and pretty much all original songs if I'm not mistaken. I'm not even sure if <I>Falling Slowly</I> is the best one, but it's very good nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>-- Knowing you like <I>Magnolia</I>, I'll be very interested to see what you think of <I>There Will Be Blood</I>.<BR/><BR/>-- The Academy has a checkered past with the Foreign Language award. The problem is that if France has the best two films for that year, only one of them will get to compete for the Oscar. Shifting gears, last year I was really pulling for <I>Pan's Labyrinth</I> and was really bummed when <I>The Lives of Others</I> took home the gold...But after seeing the latter several weeks ago I think they made the right choice. It's terrific.<BR/><BR/>-- I'm the most bummed that pretty much my three favorite films from 2007--<I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Zodiac, and I'm Not There</I>--almost got shut out entirely and received no recognition in the major categories (Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor, Actress). Just a reminder that the Oscars usually only get it about 25% right. Just enough to keep you watching, but far enough off the mark so we can profess our superior intellect and opinions (for better or worse).Chet Mellemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547986971813920497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-19306021477579573372008-01-24T17:24:00.000-05:002008-01-24T17:24:00.000-05:00Whaa?! Norbit. My God.... I didn't notice that ...Whaa?! Norbit. My God.... I didn't notice that one when I read through the nominations the other day.<BR/><BR/>I'm a bit upset about Into The Wild completely getting shafted. At least Hal Holbrook squeezed out a nomination.<BR/><BR/>Madame Tutli-Putli sounds mesmerizing. Any idea how I can see it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-25631463223368863192008-01-24T10:35:00.000-05:002008-01-24T10:35:00.000-05:00Though I haven't seen Norbit, I think I can safely...Though I haven't seen Norbit, I think I can safely recommend that you do NOT subject yourself to it...<BR/><BR/>And Transformers? Yeah, some of the visual effects were cool, but they weren't used well by Bay. The transformations (except for a couple) all happened too fast and the fights were just blurs. Bah!<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen either Sweeney or Diving Bell. Hoping to catch There Will Be Blood this weekend!Bob Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02243657105760780425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977893001776125260.post-50170159151472835452008-01-23T12:53:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:53:00.000-05:00I'm still having trouble understanding the Norbit ...I'm still having trouble understanding the Norbit nomination myself. I don't know if I can bring myself to watch it. <BR/><BR/>It totally pains me to see that Transformers got the same number of nom's as Sweeney Todd. So bizarre.<BR/><BR/>On the flip side I'm thrilled for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and now have numerous more films to add to my list!Shannon the Movie Moxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02882101582835293159noreply@blogger.com