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Vickie_M · 02-17-2008, 10:51 AM

I wasn't very excited last year. I was still hurting terribly from Brokeback Mountain's loss and though I liked most of the movies up for nominations, there wasn't anything I felt passionate about.

This year's totally different. I'm passionate, nay, totally completely OBSESSED with There Will Be Blood and I'm beyond thrilled that it got 8 nominations. However, unlike Brokeback, it didn't enter into this backstretch the frontrunner, so I'm resigned to it only winning Best Actor. I can hope for maybe Cinematography (based on the Guild win) and Art Direction (again based on the Guild win), but I'm not expecting them. In my wildest dreams of course I would like to see TWBB win Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Art Direction. In my wildest dreams.

The thing is, the consolation I can take with There Will Be Blood not winning any of the biggies besides Actor is that, almost certainly, No Country For Old Men will win those awards (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay) and it's the COEN FREAKIN' BROTHERS! That's just so amazing and wonderful. Any disappointment I might feel at TWBB losing will be offset by my thrill at seeing the Coens getting up there to accept their awards. It helps me, knowing that though my very favorite movie of 2007 by one of my favorite directors will lose, it will lose to one of my favorite movies of 2007 by my very favorite directors. Win-win, all around. Unless voters suddenly become brain-damaged, TWBB is pretty much guaranteed one Oscar, and since I think it's one of the greatest performances ever put on film, hell yeah, I'll take that, with a big smile.

Knowing the psychological pain that Brokeback's loss put me through (gut-punched, I tell you), I'm telling myself that I won't be toooo awfully upset if Atonement or even Michael Clayton were to sneak in and win Best Picture. Atonement's an Oscary film and wouldn't be an embarrassment, and I loved Michael Clayton, so I think I can handle it. I would however shut the TV off in utter rage if Juno won BP. The closer the Oscars get, and especially now when we know there actually will be an Oscar ceremony, the more worried I am that Juno is going to ruin my night. I like Juno too much to want to hate it the way I'll hate it if it wins BP.

I don't have TV so I've missed the other awards things this year. I missed BAFTA and BFCA, though I did watch the, uh, "Golden Globes" online. I remember when I used to tape/Tivo every single thing leading up to the big night. That's probably helped keep me tempered.

But I am excited. Very!

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02-17-2008, 10:51 AM	#70 of 196
Vickie_M Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Local Time: 11:04 PM Local Date: 07-22-2008 Posts: 3,408	Re: * Official 2008 Oscars Nominations List and Forum Discussion Thread** I wasn't very excited last year. I was still hurting terribly from Brokeback Mountain's loss and though I liked most of the movies up for nominations, there wasn't anything I felt passionate about. This year's totally different. I'm passionate, nay, totally completely OBSESSED with There Will Be Blood and I'm beyond thrilled that it got 8 nominations. However, unlike Brokeback, it didn't enter into this backstretch the frontrunner, so I'm resigned to it only winning Best Actor. I can hope for maybe Cinematography (based on the Guild win) and Art Direction (again based on the Guild win), but I'm not expecting them. In my wildest dreams of course I would like to see TWBB win Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Art Direction. In my wildest dreams. The thing is, the consolation I can take with There Will Be Blood not winning any of the biggies besides Actor is that, almost certainly, No Country For Old Men will win those awards (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay) and it's the COEN FREAKIN' BROTHERS! That's just so amazing and wonderful. Any disappointment I might feel at TWBB losing will be offset by my thrill at seeing the Coens getting up there to accept their awards. It helps me, knowing that though my very favorite movie of 2007 by one of my favorite directors will lose, it will lose to one of my favorite movies of 2007 by my very favorite directors. Win-win, all around. Unless voters suddenly become brain-damaged, TWBB is pretty much guaranteed one Oscar, and since I think it's one of the greatest performances ever put on film, hell yeah, I'll take that, with a big smile. Knowing the psychological pain that Brokeback's loss put me through (gut-punched, I tell you), I'm telling myself that I won't be toooo awfully upset if Atonement or even Michael Clayton were to sneak in and win Best Picture. Atonement's an Oscary film and wouldn't be an embarrassment, and I loved Michael Clayton, so I think I can handle it. I would however shut the TV off in utter rage if Juno won BP. The closer the Oscars get, and especially now when we know there actually will be an Oscar ceremony, the more worried I am that Juno is going to ruin my night. I like Juno too much to want to hate it the way I'll hate it if it wins BP. I don't have TV so I've missed the other awards things this year. I missed BAFTA and BFCA, though I did watch the, uh, "Golden Globes" online. I remember when I used to tape/Tivo every single thing leading up to the big night. That's probably helped keep me tempered. But I am excited. Very! Favorite film of 2008 (so far): The Fall Favorite films of 2007: There Will Be Blood, Across The Universe, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Black Snake Moan My Happy Rhodes MySpace page Last edited by Vickie_M : 02-17-2008 at 10:53 AM.