tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post113644813897480728..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Directors Guild NominationsNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136617879796416592006-01-07T02:11:00.000-05:002006-01-07T02:11:00.000-05:00Cronenberg was inneligable from the DGA apparently...Cronenberg was inneligable from the DGA apparently because he's not a member. Same for Meirelles apparently.<BR/><BR/>But that's Dave Poland speaking, so...Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136584206486565452006-01-06T16:50:00.000-05:002006-01-06T16:50:00.000-05:00Capote should not be included with Best Director o...Capote should not be included with Best Director or Picture... Cronenberg has been way too overlooked... hope for a surprise for him in the Oscar race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136558908284453022006-01-06T09:48:00.000-05:002006-01-06T09:48:00.000-05:00Everyone compares Walk the Line with last year's R...Everyone compares Walk the Line with last year's Ray (and for obvious reasons), but Phoenix is not getting the buzz that Foxx did (not a single precurser award). I believe that Capote is more attuned toward grabbing that "Ray" slot in the top five, with Hoffman's performance pushing it over the top. It is a much better film than Walk the Line (and Ray).<BR/><BR/>Overall, it's down to a six way race, just like last year, but at this point I would have to say Walk the Line plays teh Hotel Rwanda card and loses out.Kevyn Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840497589713234794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136510185000810882006-01-05T20:16:00.000-05:002006-01-05T20:16:00.000-05:00very interesting. Walk the Line will have made $10...very interesting. Walk the Line will have made $100mil by the time nominees are announced. THe next highest possibility will be around the $35mil mark that movies like The Constant Gardener made. That's why people think it's safe.<BR/><BR/>I still don't think Capote can do it. It doesn't seem to have any of the calling cards of a small art film that can make the final five. No important issue, no big box office ($10mil atm) and only a big performance to hang its hat off and that's hasn't helped in the past.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136504770519502922006-01-05T18:46:00.000-05:002006-01-05T18:46:00.000-05:00Yeah, I can't help but hold onto Cronenberg as wel...Yeah, I can't help but hold onto Cronenberg as well.russtiferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271056395630272755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136498696113286542006-01-05T17:04:00.000-05:002006-01-05T17:04:00.000-05:00Why is it the most AMPAS-friendly? More than GN&G...Why is it the most AMPAS-friendly? More than GN&GL? More than Walk the Line? I don't think so.Joe R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13723444829147746242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136498622259510652006-01-05T17:03:00.000-05:002006-01-05T17:03:00.000-05:00Capote will not be a best picture nominee. It's al...Capote will not be a best picture nominee. It's altogether too un-AMPAS. Crash, like you say, will be. It's the most AMPAS-friendly of any 2005 release. Cronenberg and Woody (for screenplay) will make the cut.J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136497643372134252006-01-05T16:47:00.000-05:002006-01-05T16:47:00.000-05:00People love Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line. A...People love Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line. <BR/><BR/>And really, the only surprising snub is DGA, which means little, since Mangold was never expected to make the director list anyway. The WGA snub is a little bit worrying, but not really. The screenplay was never the selling point. And I never expected it to make SAG ensemble, since it's really just about the two leads. <BR/><BR/>Walk The Line will be one of quite possibly two best picture nominees without a director nom. I think it's quite safe still. People get so in a tizzy about a little DGA snub... it's really no reason to abandon the film entirely.<BR/><BR/>It is the only one with significant box office, the only big studio film, the only really oscary film, the only poticially safe film, and it has two huge performances behind it. And it's probably winning the M/C globe. If it loses the globe, I'll get a little scared. But till then, no.<BR/> <BR/>I'd say it's:<BR/>1) Brokeback Mountain<BR/>2) GNaGL<BR/>3) Crash<BR/>4) Walk the Line<BR/>5) Capote or Munich, or perhaps something else entirely... very tough all, this one... I still don't see Capote as a pic nominee... <BR/><BR/>If WtL misses in picture somehow, though, Reese might not be winning. I think a lot of her potential to win hinges on the best pic nom.adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136497401802240872006-01-05T16:43:00.000-05:002006-01-05T16:43:00.000-05:00I always think of Almost Famous in these instances...I always think of Almost Famous in these instances -- hit every precursor imaginable (DGA, PGA, SAG, WGA, even won the m/c Globe). Still got snubbed. For effing Chocolat. [Bitter? Me? Hell to the no!]<BR/><BR/>So Capote and Crash are not necessarily stone cold yet. Though, unfortunately, it's probably Capote that is less locked at this point. Dammit.Joe R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13723444829147746242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136496472475521542006-01-05T16:27:00.000-05:002006-01-05T16:27:00.000-05:00You said its weird that WTL isn't doing as well as...You said its weird that WTL isn't doing as well as Ray. Well, it isn't generating the type of buzz that Jamie Foxx did. Really, what do people love about WTL? Why, apart from box office numbers, is everyone saying its safe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1136491358287116242006-01-05T15:02:00.000-05:002006-01-05T15:02:00.000-05:00Congrats to the directors for being as boring as t...Congrats to the directors for being as boring as the actors. Do these little groups throw gatherings to decide the level of dullness or what?<BR/><BR/>Please nominate David Cronenberg for Best Director.Javier Aldabaldehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426828972109311760noreply@blogger.com