tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post773217154202556526..comments2023-09-02T07:11:07.958-04:00Comments on From the Front Row: Thoughts on the Oscar NominationsMattie Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04031967293313685427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-75643706827598476802010-02-08T14:41:12.020-05:002010-02-08T14:41:12.020-05:00I would rather see A SERIOUS MAN get snubbed than ...I would rather see A SERIOUS MAN get snubbed than see them dilute the name of Oscars with the likes of THE BLIND SIDE. It's not like it was my favorite of the year, it's just my favorite of the nominees. If it hadn't made it, I would have been pulling for AVATAR.<br /><br />My problem is that nominating 10 films makes it easier to get nominated, and therefore it's a less exclusive and less prestigious award.Mattie Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04031967293313685427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-59712915447802503752010-02-07T19:11:17.852-05:002010-02-07T19:11:17.852-05:00I just saw A SINGLE MAN (finally) and the score re...I just saw A SINGLE MAN (finally) and the score really enhances the movie. About half the time I don't even hear the music, except for those rare occassions (THERE WILL BE BLOOD is an example) and A SINGLE MAN was that best of those rare occasions in terms of last year movies.<br /><br />I don't particularly agree with your statement about the expanded 10 nominees, diluting the pool because it is the weakest slate of contenders. It just has to do with not having stronger contenders overall this past year. Had the list remained as before: AVATAR, BASTERDS, PRECIOUS, UP IN THE AIR, and LOCKER would had been the eventual 5 nominees and your fave pick: A SERIOUS MAN wouldn't have made it. So to me, the expanded list does more good than hurt the category.<br /><br />In regards to THE BLIND SIDE, every now and then a movie gets in that shouldn't. It's happened many times before when there were only 5 nominees, so I don't necessarily blame it on the doubling of the list.natehttp://theninthdragonking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-71438510615270940572010-02-07T16:01:21.879-05:002010-02-07T16:01:21.879-05:00Milk of sorrow was one of the best indie world fil...Milk of sorrow was one of the best indie world films I've seen in a long while. <br /><br />I totally agree with you on 'the secret in their eyes' tho. Average 2.5 stars fare at best.<br /><br />MBostons Obscurity - Cinema for the curious mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09878182496963724726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36921766.post-40137211432590648642010-02-02T20:19:23.007-05:002010-02-02T20:19:23.007-05:00"I'm also very disappointed that Abel Kor..."I'm also very disappointed that Abel Korzeniowski's gorgeous score to A Single Man, in my opinion the best score of the year, got snubbed."<br /><br />Yup, the minute I walked out of the theatre after seeing this film, I knew we had teh score of the year, though Michael Giacchino's does push close.<br /><br />The BRIGHT STAR omission in Best Pix (expected) and non-nominations for Ms. Campion, Ms. Cornish and Mr. Schneider as well as cinematography, well, it's criminal. But what else is new?<br /><br />Yes, A SERIOUS MAN is one in the ten that deserves to win. But for me, I'd add AVATAR and UP to that scenario, as both are great films, finishing in my own Top 5.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com