Friday, April 10, 2009

Technical (& Tax) Difficulties

Abundant on my end today. Apologies. Talk amongst yourselves. I'm having my 173rd nervous breakdown.
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Written by NATHANIEL R @ 3:47 PM

8 comments:

Jim T said...

My Best Pic predix:

- The Lovely Bones (great book)

- Shutter Island (I bought it, I will read it later)

- Untitled Nelson Mandela Project (obvious)

- Nine (obvious)

- An Education (wild card)


I love Jessica Rabbit! Where is Kathleen? Kathleen for Countess Bathory! Too late, damn!

4:43 PM
Anonymous said...

Kathleen Turner should have been Sister Aloysius in Doubt.

4:51 PM
Alex Constantin said...

some days are rough! Just hang in there.



my best pic predix (alphabeticaly):

- Biutiful - winner

- The Lovely Bones

- Nine

- Shutter Island

- Where the Wild Things Are (my wild card)

alternate: Avatar or Precious.


WHY are people underestimating Inarritu?!

6:24 PM
bbats said...

My predictions for this year in film:
Nine=not good (though i hope im wrong)
Matt Damon=every magazine cover
Amelia= Really bad
Hurt Locker gets a few surprise nods.
Taking Woodstock takes the top prize.

6:49 PM
CT said...

Yeahhhh, wrote my check yesterday. I love freelancing until this time of the year...

Good luck! Hope it's not too bad!

7:18 PM
seasondays said...

best picture first prediction

HUMAN FACTOR
NINE
SHUTTER ISLAND
TAKING WOODSTOCK
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

alternates

AWAY WE GO
BIUTIFUL
THE INFORMAT
PUBLIC ENEMIES
WHATEVER WORKS

7:45 PM
cal roth said...

Best Picture:

Public Enemies: box-office draws Depp & Bale may lead this to be a great hit and follow the steps of Gladiator and The Departed. Masculine hits helmed by respected directors = Oscar!

Inglourious Basterds = Two-Good-to-Ignore bet of the year? AMPAS once recognized Tarantino and it's time for a comeback. Plus= WWII is not as scary as kung fu or blaxploitation, even with that peculiar Tarantino touch.

The Lovely Bones = The annual serious drama adapted from prestige source. It could go that House of Sand and Fog way, but I expect something like In The Bedroom, The Hours or The Reader - oscar-wise, of course.

Green Zone = The semi-annual political movie AMPAS has been embracing this decade. Respected and rising director, Oscar winner writer, hot button topic, great-great cast, etc. If my Public Enemies prediction fails and something lighter emerges as frontrunner for Best Picture, expect Greengrass to win direction.

5th place: I'm looking for something light here, like a comedy, but I can find no options: I'm sure as hell Nine will suck, Taking Woodstock and Away We Go are too reminiscent of this Searchlight niche, Where The Wild Things Are may be too strange... Julie & Julia, maybe, but this is Nora Ephron material... And there is Chéri. Great cast, great director. Apparent mixed reviews must be taken with a grain of salt, since film festival are not a good predictor of how American critics will judge a movie. It may be the surprise nominee if the PR is well done.

8:21 PM
Rodrigo the Hated One said...

Anya in her bunny suit is missing from that easter collage.

10:49 PM

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