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26 January 2005 - 3:34 pm
Let's talk about the Oscars. Yesterday the nominations came out, and in the six major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, and the four acting categories) twelve films were nominated:
- The Aviator
- Finding Neverland
- Million Dollar Baby
- Ray
- Sideways
- Hotel Rwanda
- Being Julia
- Maria Full of Grace
- Vera Drake
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Collateral
- Closer
- Kinsey
From this list, I've seen one movie, The Aviator, although I plan on seeing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind this week. That leaves me with ten movies to see over the next month! Why are the Academy Awards always so heavy with movies that come out at the end of the year?
Posted by on 26 January 2005 at 3:34 PM
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Actually I've heard the Kinsey's good and wish I was in a town that would show it. I'm not exactly interested in "Eternal Sunshine." As for "Maria full of Grace" my fiancee and I watched it on DVD a little bit back so I suspect that it's been out for a while (unless they do that immediately with foreign films).
Posted by Athene on 27 January 2005 - 9:02 AM
It's because the year's best movies typically are released in December so they will be fresh on Academy members' minds. Honestly.
Collateral was good. Closer was great, but hard to watch. Eternal Sunshine was probably my favorite movie of 2004.
I've heard great things about Sideways, Hotel Rwanda and Million Dollar Baby, but the trailers don't do much for me.
Posted by Rachel on 27 January 2005 - 5:01 PM