Sasha Stone today posted a piece that is a very interesting read, basically summing up the state of the Best Pic race and saying it's down to the following films:
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Revolutionary Road
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Doubt
Rachel Getting Married
Gran Torino
The Wrestler
-The entire article is worth reading, but this is what she sees it being left to now. My question to you guys is....do you agree?
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Wall-E!!!!! Please! Great film!!!
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Wall-E
Changeling
Benjamin button
Australia
WALL-E is good enough, but it might be left out in the cold
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Revolutionary Road
The Reader
and Changeling
The academy loves eastwood, holocaust movies, adaptations from great books and epic romances.
Wall-E is in my opinion, IMMENSELY overrated. Its fine, but the ending was a let down and the film was quite long.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, If I had my choice, I'd pick:
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight*
Defiance
Doubt
I must say, while the ending of WALL-E was different than I expected, it was by now means a letdown
ReplyDeleteThe ending was beautifull!!! Wall-E and Changeling are the the best motion picture of the year...
ReplyDeleteLooks accurate.
ReplyDeleteBut Australia isn't doing incredibly well with the critics, at only 65% on Rottentomatoes, and unless that suddenly rises within the next week, Australia may have to kiss Best Pic goodbye.
Rachel Getting Married is not going to get anywhere close to amount of buzz needed.
Wall-E is NOT going to happen. Give it up. Yes, that would be awesome, but we need to just accept it as winning Best Animated Feature, and move on. Sorry to disappoint, but its simply not happening.
As of now, here's my Top 5 prediction
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The 5 others would be
Revolutionary Road
Gran Torino
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Doubt
From what we know, The Dark Knight is pretty much a lock, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button just had a press screening that was said to have been VERY well-recieved. The Wrestler has been gaining a lot of momentum lately, and Milk has always been in there. Slumdog Millionaire had a lot of momentum for a couple of weeks, but that seems to have quieted down, but reviews are still very good.
From what I've heard, Revolutionary Road is a slight diappointment, and feels a bit uneven and while very good, is nto great. Gran Torino looks good, but we have yet to hear anything. Frost/Nixon is getting lots of good reviews, but most say that its way too long and uneven to really move beyond an acting showcase. Doubt suffers from the same thing, but though more consistent in pacing, is still mostly an acting showcase.
that's actually the top 5 I recently predicted in an article I wrote...go figure...great minds think alike
ReplyDeleteAustralia isn't doing well with the critics, at only 65% on Rottentomatoes? Rotten tomatoes is excrement...i hate that page...
ReplyDeleteActually, RottenTomatoes is a pretty good gauge IMO for how a film is going to turn out. Of course, there have always been films more liked by the public than critics, such as Pirates of the Caribbean, and several Best Picture winners, including Gladiator and Braveheart.
ReplyDeletei prefer IMDb...
ReplyDeleteHere's what I'm wistfully hoping for:
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Doubt
Revolutionary Road
The Reader
Rachel Getting Married
Roger Ebert is really pushing for Demme and Rachel Getting Married to both get nominated...he has a lot of power in the industry, you know...
Benjamin button is a lock...
ReplyDeleteWall-E for best picture and best animated feature!
ReplyDeleteFor your consideration!
Well it looks like Australia is out
ReplyDeleteSitting in the mid to high 60s was one thing, but dipping below 60 is pretty much the kiss of death.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/australia/