{"id":86,"date":"2010-03-07T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2010\/03\/oscar-nominations-better-late-than-never\/"},"modified":"2010-03-07T01:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T01:06:00","slug":"oscar-nominations-better-late-than-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2010\/03\/oscar-nominations-better-late-than-never.html","title":{"rendered":"Oscar nominations &#8212; better late than never!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC4TWAOwI\/AAAAAAAADX8\/oZDIZ0jGx20\/s1600-h\/hurtlocker.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;height: 179px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC4TWAOwI\/AAAAAAAADX8\/oZDIZ0jGx20\/s400\/hurtlocker.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC44zx5EI\/AAAAAAAADYE\/26KnkZhGIVM\/s1600-h\/avatar.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;height: 179px\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC44zx5EI\/AAAAAAAADYE\/26KnkZhGIVM\/s400\/avatar.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC3zymphI\/AAAAAAAADX0\/6G9vIgRipmI\/s1600-h\/inglouriousbasterds.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;height: 179px\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC3zymphI\/AAAAAAAADX0\/6G9vIgRipmI\/s400\/inglouriousbasterds.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span style=\"font-family: georgia\">I am way, way behind on this, but the winners of this year\u2019s Oscars will be announced tonight (i.e. Sunday night), so I might as well slip this in under the wire, as it were, while I still can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have a whole lot to say about <a href=\"http:\/\/oscar.go.com\/media\/2010\/html\/print10.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">this year\u2019s nominees<\/a> that I haven\u2019t already said in the current <a href=\"http:\/\/thekindlings.ca\/content\/faith-and-film-best-pictures-year\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kindlings Muse<\/a> podcast or in the Academy Awards forum at the <a href=\"http:\/\/artsandfaith.com\/index.php?showforum=34\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arts &amp; Faith<\/a> discussion board (which will be hosting a live chat during the ceremony, incidentally, so feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/artsandfaith.com\/index.php?showtopic=24785\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">join in<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>But \u2014 to repeat something that I wrote in an e-mail to a couple of discussion lists over a month ago \u2014 I think Best Picture will probably go to either <i>The Hurt Locker<\/i> or <i>Inglourious Basterds<\/i> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianchristianity.com\/bc\/bccn\/0909\/20tarantino.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">my review<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, I don\u2019t think <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/james-cameron-and-art-of-breathing.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Avatar<\/a><\/i>\u2018s chances are very good. And here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n<p>First, it wasn\u2019t nominated for its screenplay or for any of its actors, and you have to go all the way back to the earliest days of the Academy Awards \u2014 all the way back to 1932\u2019s <i>Grand Hotel<\/i>, in fact \u2014 to find a film that won Best Picture without having nominations in either of those departments.<\/p>\n<p>Second, it\u2019s science-fiction, a genre that the Academy is not particularly fond of. In fact, it is one of only five sci-fi movies that have ever been nominated for Best Picture \u2014 along with 1971\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/jesus-carries-his-cross-as-metaphor.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Clockwork Orange<\/a><\/i>, 1977\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/star-wars-slips-back-down-charts.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Wars<\/a><\/i>, 1982\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/spielberg-and-star-trek-connection.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial<\/a><\/i> and this year\u2019s <i>District 9<\/i> \u2014 and none of the other films have won.<\/p>\n<p>Third, it has too much money. In my lifetime, pretty much all of the films that conquered the all-time box-office chart have been nominated for Best Picture, but almost none of them have won \u2014 partly, I suspect, because they were perceived as mere genre fare, whether they were sci-fi flicks like <i>Star Wars<\/i> and <i>E.T.<\/i> or horror movies like 1975\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/newsbites-max-baers-harry-jaws.html#3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jaws<\/a><\/i>. The one major exception to this rule is 1997\u2019s <i>Titanic<\/i>, which had just a whiff of \u201chistorical epic\u201d about it, enough to win the Academy\u2019s respect at any rate.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the one major hurdle that <i>The Hurt Locker<\/i> has to face is that it might not have made <i>enough<\/i> money to feel like Best Picture material to the Academy. The film has been scooping up awards left, right and centre over the past few months, so it would seem to have all the momentum working in its favour \u2014 but if it does win Best Picture, then it will be the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/oscar-winners-slipping-at-box-office.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">in my lifetime<\/a>, by far, and quite possibly the least-seen Best Picture winner in the history of the awards.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, commercial considerations shouldn\u2019t play any part at all when judging a movie\u2019s artistic merit; but the Oscars are handed out by the industry, not by critics, so the film\u2019s tepid performance at the box office is not an irrelevant factor. Hence, there are some people, such as myself, who think that <i>Inglourious Basterds<\/i> stands a chance of sneaking in there and taking the top prize when the envelopes are opened tonight.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, anything is possible, even more so this year than in previous years. There are ten nominees for Best Picture, not five, and the voters are using a new \u201cpreferential voting\u201d system that allows them to name a second, third, fourth, etc. choice if their first pick doesn\u2019t win on the first ballot. So the winner this year will not necessarily be the film with the most passionate following, but the film that has the broadest support within the Academy. All the old rules of thumb may go out the window. Or not. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p>One last thought, before I post my annual list of all the Oscar nominated films: As an animation buff, I am intrigued by the fact that only <i>one<\/i> of the five Best Animated Feature nominees this year \u2014 namely Pixar\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/newsbites-comics-and-cartoons-edition.html#4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Up<\/a><\/i> \u2014 is a completely computer-generated movie. Two of the remaining nominees are old-fashioned, hand-drawn exercises, and two are stop-motion. That\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>And now, without further ado, here are the films that have been nominated for this year\u2019s Oscars, ranked from those with the most nominations to those with only one. The titles of those I have seen are in bold:<\/p>\n<p><b>9 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/james-cameron-and-art-of-breathing.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Avatar<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, director (James Cameron), cinematography, film editing, art direction, original score, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects<\/li>\n<li><i><b>The Hurt Locker<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, director (Kathryn Bigelow), original screenplay, cinematography, film editing, actor (Jeremy Renner), original score, sound editing, sound mixing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>8 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianchristianity.com\/bc\/bccn\/0909\/20tarantino.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inglourious Basterds<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, director (Quentin Tarantino), original screenplay, cinematography, film editing, supporting actor (Christoph Waltz), sound editing, sound mixing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>6 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/newsbites-comics-and-superheroes.html#6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Precious: Based on the Novel \u2018Push\u2019 by Sapphire<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, director (Lee Daniels), adapted screenplay, film editing, actress (Gabourey Sidibe), supporting actress (Mo\u2019Nique)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>6 nominations in 5 categories:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b>Up in the Air<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, director (Jason Reitman), adapted screenplay, actor (George Clooney), supporting actress (Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>5 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/newsbites-comics-and-cartoons-edition.html#4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Up<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, animated feature, original screenplay, original score, sound editing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>4 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b>District 9<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, adapted screenplay, film editing, visual effects<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Nine<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Supporting actress (Penelope Cruz), art direction, costume design, original song<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/these-are-spocks-i-know-i-know.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Trek<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Makeup, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>3 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b>Crazy Heart<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Actor (Jeff Bridges), supporting actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal), original song<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/inklings-sighting-of-day-sort-of.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An Education<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, adapted screenplay, actress (Carey Mulligan)<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/newsbites-tron-galactica-darkness.html#9\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Young Victoria<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Art direction, costume design, makeup<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>3 nominations in 2 categories:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/newsbites-comics-and-cartoons-edition_10.html#10\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Princess and the Frog<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated feature, original song (x2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>2 nominations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/sandra-bullock-tim-mcgraw-to-play-real.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Blind Side<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, actress (Sandra Bullock)<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated feature, original score<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/newsbites-supernatural-stories-edition.html#9\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Art direction, costume design<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Invictus<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Actor (Morgan Freeman), supporting actor (Matt Damon)<\/li>\n<li><i><b>The Last Station<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Actress (Helen Mirren), supporting actor (Christopher Plummer)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Messenger<\/i> \u2014 Original screenplay, supporting actor (Woody Harrelson)<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/schroedingers-cat-god-and-religious.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Serious Man<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Picture, original screenplay<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/newsbites-classic-tales-reimagined.html#4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Art direction, original score<\/li>\n<li><i><b>The White Ribbon<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Foreign language film, cinematography<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>1 nomination:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>Ajami<\/i> \u2014 Foreign language film<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Bright Star<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Costume design<\/li>\n<li><i>Burma VJ<\/i> \u2014 Documentary feature<\/li>\n<li><i>China\u2019s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province<\/i> \u2014 Documentary short subject<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Coco before Chanel<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Costume design<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Coraline<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated feature<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/cove-reviews-up.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Cove<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Documentary feature<\/li>\n<li><i>The Door<\/i> \u2014 live action short film<\/li>\n<li><i>El Secreto de Sus Ojos<\/i> \u2014 Foreign language film<\/li>\n<li><i>Food, Inc.<\/i> \u2014 Documentary feature<\/li>\n<li><i><b>French Roast<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated short film<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctmovies\/2009\/10\/viff-part-three-other-films-ca.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Granny O\u2019Grimm\u2019s Sleeping Beauty<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated short film<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/from-hogwarts-to-inner-city.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Harry Potter<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/bc-christian-news-august-2009.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">and the Half-Blood Prince<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Cinematography<\/li>\n<li><i>Il Divo<\/i> \u2014 Makeup<\/li>\n<li><i><b>In the Loop<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Adapted screenplay<\/li>\n<li><i>Instead of Abracadabra<\/i> \u2014 live action short film<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Julie &amp; Julia<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Actress (Meryl Streep)<\/li>\n<li><i>Kavi<\/i> \u2014 live action short film<\/li>\n<li><i><b>The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated short film<\/li>\n<li><i>The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner<\/i> \u2014 Documentary short subject<\/li>\n<li><i>The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant<\/i> \u2014 Documentary short subject<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Logorama<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated short film<\/li>\n<li><i><b>The Lovely Bones<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Supporting actor (Stanley Tucci)<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/newsbites-comics-and-cartoons-edition.html#4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Matter of Loaf and Death<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated short film<\/li>\n<li><i>The Milk of Sorrow<\/i> \u2014 Foreign language film<\/li>\n<li><i>Miracle Fish<\/i> \u2014 live action short film<\/li>\n<li><i>The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers<\/i> \u2014 Documentary feature<\/li>\n<li><i>Music by Prudence<\/i> \u2014 Documentary short subject<\/li>\n<li><i>The New Tenants<\/i> \u2014 live action short film<\/li>\n<li><i>Paris 36<\/i> \u2014 Original song<\/li>\n<li><i>Rabbit \u00e0 la Berlin<\/i> \u2014 Documentary short subject<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/early-medieval-celtic-matters.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Secret of Kells<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Animated feature<\/li>\n<li><i><b>A Single Man<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Actor (Colin Firth)<\/li>\n<li><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/newsbites-fantasy-edition.html#5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen<\/a><\/b><\/i> \u2014 Sound mixing<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Un Proph\u00e8te<\/b><\/i> \u2014 Foreign language film<\/li>\n<li><i>Which Way Home<\/i> \u2014 Documentary feature<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am way, way behind on this, but the winners of this year\u2019s Oscars will be announced tonight (i.e. Sunday night), so I might as well slip this in under the wire, as it were, while I still can. I don\u2019t have a whole lot to say about this year\u2019s nominees that I haven\u2019t already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oscar nominations -- better late than never!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am way, way behind on this, but the winners of this year&#039;s Oscars will be announced tonight (i.e. Sunday night), so I might as well slip this in under\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2010\/03\/oscar-nominations-better-late-than-never.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oscar nominations -- better late than never!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am way, way behind on this, but the winners of this year&#039;s Oscars will be announced tonight (i.e. Sunday night), so I might as well slip this in under\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2010\/03\/oscar-nominations-better-late-than-never.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-03-07T01:06:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/S5OC4TWAOwI\/AAAAAAAADX8\/oZDIZ0jGx20\/s400\/hurtlocker.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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