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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
MaineWriter:
I am making my prediction here and now...Sept 21, 2007. In The Valley of Elah will be nominated for Best Picture for the Academy Awards.
And people will howl.
It won't win though.
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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on September 21, 2007, 04:07:11 pm ---It won't win though.
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Maybe Lust, Caution will win in a vain attempt to right an old wrong. :-\
All the reviews I've seen for Elah have been mixed, at best. But then, the same was true of Crash.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on September 21, 2007, 04:13:44 pm ---Maybe Lust, Caution will win in a vain attempt to right an old wrong. :-\
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Lust, Caution will be nominated for best foreign film, and will win. (Boy, I am full of predictions today, aren't I?)
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All the reviews I've seen for Elah have been mixed, at best. But then, the same was true of Crash.
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Exactly. Crash was something like 72% at rottentomatoes. Right now Elah is 64%.
Since I am in the mood for predictions today (who knows what has gotten into me!) I predict that 3:10 to Yuma will be nominated for Best Picture, and win. I'm Not There will also be nominated--won't win--but Todd Haynes will for Best Director.
Since all the reviews are raving about Tommy Lee Jones, I bet he will get a best actor nom. Maybe even win, since the movie itself will be shut out. Russell Crowe will be nominated for 3:10 to Yuma. Maybe Christian Bale, too, which is why neither of them will win (since they are in the same movie).
Cate Blanchett will be nominated for best actress for I'm Not There. Maybe she'll win.
Is it going too far out on a limb to predict Ben Foster getting best supporting actor nom for 3:10 to Yuma?
L
Kd5000:
Cate Blanchett is reprising a role she performed earlier. She should have won for Elizabeth. I wonder if this time, they might get it right and she will have another Oscar. She's a good actress. The trailer looks very very impressive. Oh, I wonder if Elizabeth the Golden Age will strike a chord with the Hillary Clinton backers. Hillary is our Elizabeth. ;)
Ang Lee won't win best director, but BP, let's hope so.
serious crayons:
Leslie, I think your predictions sound very possible!
I was going to say they could nominate Christian Bale for BA and Russell Crowe for BSA, but then where would they put poor Ben Foster? Though he might be hurt by what I consider to be a faux-homophobia (homofauxbia! :laugh:) backlash.
I think 3:10 to Yuma certainly deserves to win BP, and Crowe and Bale both deserve BA nominations. But there are so many good-sounding movies coming out in the next few months -- I can't remember what any of them are at the moment, but I know I've heard of some -- that I think I'll wait to put any money on it.
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