Kind of disappointed with the nominations:
1, Leo is nominated for the wrong movie. Good in "The Blood Diamond", freaking unbelievable in "The Departed." Forest Whitaker now has a very sure lock on the prize, and that's fine with me, because I've just seen "The Last King of Scotland" and he's effing amazing. Dark horse is Peter O'Toole, who I'd also like to see win, based on his performance in "Venus" and the fact that he's been snubbed so many times! Yeah, I dunno who I'm rooting for, I have a lot of favorites!
2, Little Miss Sunshine is the most overrated movie of the year. It's cute and quirky, but imo, it's not even close to being the masterpiece everyone says it is.
3, No Brad for "Babel." Boo.
But still a lot of things to be glad about:
1, Penelope Cruz nominated for "Volver." Well-deserved bb. (It's a shame her movie wasn't nominated for best foreign film as well.) Helen Mirren's a lock, though, and that's awesome too because her performance was the best of the year imo.
2, Marty Scorsese seems headed for a win, which is great! I also hope "The Departed" wins over "Babel."
3, Djimon Hounsou nominated again, yay! He was even better than Leo in "The Blood Diamond."
4, Pan's Labyrinth in the running for best foreign language film.
Yay.
2006 was actually a pretty good year for the movies.
1, Leo is nominated for the wrong movie. Good in "The Blood Diamond", freaking unbelievable in "The Departed." Forest Whitaker now has a very sure lock on the prize, and that's fine with me, because I've just seen "The Last King of Scotland" and he's effing amazing. Dark horse is Peter O'Toole, who I'd also like to see win, based on his performance in "Venus" and the fact that he's been snubbed so many times! Yeah, I dunno who I'm rooting for, I have a lot of favorites!
2, Little Miss Sunshine is the most overrated movie of the year. It's cute and quirky, but imo, it's not even close to being the masterpiece everyone says it is.
3, No Brad for "Babel." Boo.
But still a lot of things to be glad about:
1, Penelope Cruz nominated for "Volver." Well-deserved bb. (It's a shame her movie wasn't nominated for best foreign film as well.) Helen Mirren's a lock, though, and that's awesome too because her performance was the best of the year imo.
2, Marty Scorsese seems headed for a win, which is great! I also hope "The Departed" wins over "Babel."
3, Djimon Hounsou nominated again, yay! He was even better than Leo in "The Blood Diamond."
4, Pan's Labyrinth in the running for best foreign language film.
Yay.2006 was actually a pretty good year for the movies.
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