Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Morrigoon]

Iranian political stuff from a child's/woman's perspective? I'm interested...

BTW: wtf is 'natch? you say it all the time, and it's cute, but I'm dying to understand the origins there. I assume it's not short for snatch, so what is it?

[Alex]

First syllable of naturally.

[Sohrshah]

Originally Posted by Chernabog

Ebert enjoyed it. Taking yourself on a date? I hope you get some nookie afterwards! Or during! Hey, it worked for Pee Wee.

Somehow, watching small children just doesn't do it for me, Chernabog.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Iranian political stuff from a child's/woman's perspective? I'm interested...

It's competing with Ratatouille (and Surf's Up) for best animated film. I am actually rooting for Persepolis (and keep in mind that I really enjoyed Ratatouille, too.)

[innerSpaceman]

Not me. Still firmly in the Ratatouille camp. Much for the same reason I like Tango Argentine over The Tonto Woman.

i.e., Ratatouille is to me the better animated film ... whereas Persepolis, as far as I'm concerned, could have been just as good a live-actioner. And much as I feel that The Tonto Woman was only a short film because it was based on a short story, I feel that Persepolis was only animated because it was based on a graphic novel.

[Gemini Cricket]

I wished Ratatouille was nominated for Best Picture. I think it's that good.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I wished Ratatouille was nominated for Best Picture. I think it's that good.

wow...really?

I feel like Im missing something then. I mean, it was ok, but just didnt really do it for me.

[innerSpaceman]

Cars fan, perhaps? That's the one I didn't get.

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Well, I just finished by Oscar nominee sweep for 2007 with Away From Her and was impressed by Julie Christi's Best Actress-tapped perf. A bit of a tough film for me, considering what's happened and is happening with both my parents.


But ok ... so, with less than 48 hours to go and zero more time for me to catch any movies ... here's what I managed to miss...


Laua Linny for Best Actress in The Savages,

Hal Holbook for Best Supporting Actor in Into the Wild,

Cate Blanchette in I'm Not There, Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone and Ruby Dee in American Gangster, all for Best Supporting Actress

Surf's Up for Best Animated Film

American Gangster for Best Art Direction

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for Best Cinematography

Julien Schnabel for Best Director of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

All the nominees for Best Documentary Feature, except Sicko

All the nominees for Best Documentary Short Subject

Into the Wild, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for Best Editing

OMG, all the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film

Norbit, for Best Make-Up

The Kite Runner for Best Musical Score

"Raise It Up" from August Rush as Best Song (i never so much as heard of that movie.)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for Best Adapted Screenplay

and

Lars and the Real Girl, and The Savages for Best Original Screenplay


Other than those, I've seen all the nominated talents and performances. Looking at that list ... I guess the one to catch, if there's some miracle of time, would be The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. But I've had my fill of sad movies, so I'm glad there's no time left.








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[mousepod]

iSm, I was scanning your post, and I didn't read "managed to miss" - I thought I was reading your radical Oscar picks. Once I saw that you'd "picked" Surf's Up as your favorite animated film, I realized that I should go back and read your whole post more carefully.

[Gemini Cricket]

I just came back from Chernabog's. We watched Castle in the Sky. What a fantastic film. I think it ranks up at the top with Cagliostro as my two favorites. If you haven't seen it, it's magnificent. A lot of imagination and hard work went into this film. 4 stars.