Academy Awards

I seen Children of Men Departed Dreamgirls Pan's Little Miss Sunshine Casino Royale prestige blood diamond apocalypto last king o scotland lot's more Departed get's best director Letters from Iwo Jima best pic best actor: Forest Witiker best actress: Mirren best foreign: Pan (easily) best adapted screenplay (departed or children, favor on departed) best original screenplay: babel best sup actor: Murphy (but walberg was excellent in departed) best actress: Huston best effects: Pirates best cinematography: either Pan or Children ( i favor children because of the talent on the single shot takes) Best animated film: Cars Art Direction: Pan Makeup: Apocalypto or Pan.

well to keep the shot in the car they used the rotating camera when they got out I can't recall. I was talking about the scene from the tunnel where they Clive Owen follows the baby and kee up to the top and out the building after going through the bus and blood hitting the camera. almost a ten minute shot. as for decaprio he's a great actor. Anyone who's seen What's Eating Gilbert Grape should know (he received a nomination for it) and he was only 14 at the time. Then there's The Aviator and Gangs of New York (both scorcesse pics) another of which got him a nomination. As for Last King, I thought it was an okay film but witaker's performance carried the film. (IE Training Day with Denzel) I thought V for Vandetta, The Proposition, and The Prestige were snubbed, and Borat, that it even got a nomination kinda makes me sick. I thought Greengrass did a good job, but Scorcesse's exausted every trick, from freeze frame, pull outs, to two minute silence (good, bad, ugly style). Plus that it's his sixth nomination. As well as Peter O Toole, his eigth (EIGTH) nomination. And winslet with her fifth at only 32 years old. Whew. I talked too much.

I just saw apoc last night. Is it me or do Mel Gibson's films just get gorey and gorey (i'm not saying it's a bad film, but still)

Old Boy/ Hard Boiled were great. But COM's street take really is one shot, the digital wipe you saw was the producer's erasing the blood from the camera after Theo goes through the bus. I think other good examples is Tarantino's Resovoir Dogs. The whole trunk shot to the ear scene had alot of single takes.

I didn't mean Prop was that amazing (I personaly thought it was good, not great), I think it was snubbed in cinematography, art direction, score categories. (and black dahlia gets a nom, ugh) never thought I'd say this but Will Ferrel deserved a best actor nom for Stranger than Fiction, at least something should go to that great film. No, scanner got nothing (only it could've gotten was animated film, and I think the oscars prefer pg rated ones) thanks for that maddan :)