Based on several critics lists, the Golden Globes, and my own personal picks for the year. Oscar noms are announced on January 22nd at 7:30 AM central time.
Movies I've seen as of January 13, 2009
1) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2) Revolutionary Road
3) Slumdog Millionaire
4) Mamma Mia!
5) Changeling
6) The Dark Knight
7) Doubt
8) Man on Wire
Movies I want to see before February 22, 2009
Let's be realistic, I can't see them ALL.. but it's ranked in order of want!
1) Frost/Nixon - Playing at the Angelika
2) Milk - Playing at the Angelika
3) The Wrestler - Playing at the Angelika
4) Rachel Getting Married - Playing at Grapevine Mills
5) Gran Torino - Playing at the Angelika
6) Last Chance Harvey - Opens 1/16/09
7) Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Out on DVD Jan 27th
8) In Bruges - out on DVD, in my Netflix queue
9) Valkyrie - Playing at the Angelika
10) Waltz With Bashir - Opens Jan. 23 at the Angelika (Documentary/Animated)
11) Burn After Reading - out on DVD, in my Netflix queue
12) Tropic Thunder - out on DVD, in my Netflix queue
13) The Class ("Entre les murs")
14) The Reader - Playing at Grapevine Mills
15) Standard Operating Procedure - out on DVD, in my Netflix queue (Documentary)
16) WALL-E - Maybe I can borrow the DVD from my nieces :)
Movies I WISH I could see, but probably have missed or won't see in time
1) Happy-Go-Lucky - Due out on DVD March 2009
2) Wendy and Lucy - Was released 12/19/08, no showtimes in Dallas yet this year tho :(
3) Frozen River - Was released in August, due out on DVD in Feb 2009
4) Trouble the Water - Released in August, no DVD date out yet - hoping the Angelika will do a documentary marathon prior to the Oscars
5) Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long) - was released March 2008, no DVD release date announced yet
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Awards Season Kickoff
Watched the Golden Globes last night (though I missed the red carpet, which made me sad). I suppose I'll have to google some photos with cutting commentary.
No real surprises in who won, except I didn't expect Kate Winslet to win both her categories. She's had five Oscar nominations and five Golden Globe nods, and has never won. Maybe this is finally her year. She was very good in Revolutionary Road, I just didn't care for the movie all that much. It was one of those times where you can recognize that the acting is excellent, but the movie left me feeling depressed, which I don't like. The Reader is on my list of movies not to miss (to be posted tomorrow), or at least to try not to miss. I've got a little over a month to see fifteen or so films. Wish me luck!
Slumdog Millionaire did well, winning four awards. It won Best Drama, Screenplay, and they also awarded Danny Boyle the director's prize. Funnily enough, my favorite thing about it may have been the music, and it also won for best score! Given that it also did well at Critics Choice, it's got to be seen as a real Oscar contender. I really enjoyed the film when I saw it over Christmas. It's definitely in the category of feel-good film, something that Frost/Nixon, Milk, and the previously mentioned Revolutionary Road can't offer.
The Wrestler, however, maybe can claim feel-good rights, though that isn't an informed opinion, and may be more of a reflection of the bounce in Mickey Rourke's career than the actual plot. I'm planning to see it this week and I'll post when I do.
Mandatory mention of Heath Ledger winning the Supporting Actor award. Expected, and in my opinion, completely fair. I say this not having seen Tropic Thunder yet, but it's hard to imagine Robert Downey Jr. in blackface being more crucial to his movie than Ledger was to The Dark Knight. He made that movie. I may change my mind once I make some more progress on my list, we'll just have to see. In any event I'm glad, as a fan, to see Ledger acknowledged.
The most interesting twist of the night was probably that none of the "big name" movies won a single prize - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Doubt all were beaten in their categories. Of those, I've seen two - Frost/Nixon is on the list for this week also. Button and Doubt were both good - I liked the former a good deal more than the latter - but it seemed that the Hollywood Foreign Press picked the underdogs this year, and these movies with big stars and big campaigns didn't take home the (newly redesigned, apparently) globe.
I love awards season!
Dinner: Beef pot pie and sliced apple, iced tea with raspberry, eaten on my couch in front of the TV during the Globes.
Days until Oscar noms announced: 10
No real surprises in who won, except I didn't expect Kate Winslet to win both her categories. She's had five Oscar nominations and five Golden Globe nods, and has never won. Maybe this is finally her year. She was very good in Revolutionary Road, I just didn't care for the movie all that much. It was one of those times where you can recognize that the acting is excellent, but the movie left me feeling depressed, which I don't like. The Reader is on my list of movies not to miss (to be posted tomorrow), or at least to try not to miss. I've got a little over a month to see fifteen or so films. Wish me luck!
Slumdog Millionaire did well, winning four awards. It won Best Drama, Screenplay, and they also awarded Danny Boyle the director's prize. Funnily enough, my favorite thing about it may have been the music, and it also won for best score! Given that it also did well at Critics Choice, it's got to be seen as a real Oscar contender. I really enjoyed the film when I saw it over Christmas. It's definitely in the category of feel-good film, something that Frost/Nixon, Milk, and the previously mentioned Revolutionary Road can't offer.
The Wrestler, however, maybe can claim feel-good rights, though that isn't an informed opinion, and may be more of a reflection of the bounce in Mickey Rourke's career than the actual plot. I'm planning to see it this week and I'll post when I do.
Mandatory mention of Heath Ledger winning the Supporting Actor award. Expected, and in my opinion, completely fair. I say this not having seen Tropic Thunder yet, but it's hard to imagine Robert Downey Jr. in blackface being more crucial to his movie than Ledger was to The Dark Knight. He made that movie. I may change my mind once I make some more progress on my list, we'll just have to see. In any event I'm glad, as a fan, to see Ledger acknowledged.
The most interesting twist of the night was probably that none of the "big name" movies won a single prize - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon and Doubt all were beaten in their categories. Of those, I've seen two - Frost/Nixon is on the list for this week also. Button and Doubt were both good - I liked the former a good deal more than the latter - but it seemed that the Hollywood Foreign Press picked the underdogs this year, and these movies with big stars and big campaigns didn't take home the (newly redesigned, apparently) globe.
I love awards season!
Dinner: Beef pot pie and sliced apple, iced tea with raspberry, eaten on my couch in front of the TV during the Globes.
Days until Oscar noms announced: 10
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