Anya ,'Sleeper'
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Hudson got the best supporting actress nomination according to that link.
Huh. So she did. Clearly I need to drink more coffee.
I enjoyed Dreamgirls OK, but I didn't think it was nomination-worthy for the big categories. It was glitzy and overdone and shallow, although the song numbers were fun. Murphy was clearly the best thing about the film, and Hudson was fun to watch, but Best Supporting Actress? Hmmm.
I didn't think it was nomination-worthy for the big categories. It was glitzy and overdone and shallow
I thought it was leagues better than Chicago, so I assumed it would get nominated. (But Babel seems to be this year's Crash, picking up nominations I assumed would go to movies that didn't completely suck.)
I didn't realize how many original songs it had, though -- I thought "Listen" was the only new one. I want Inconvenient Truth to win that category, just because.
And Borat up for Best Adapted Screenplay just makes my eyes roll.
Yeah, what\'s up with that? Was there a Borat novel that I missed?
I still have to see Dreamgirls and Babel.
Yeah, what's up with that? Was there a Borat novel that I missed?
Also, it didn't have a screenplay! It was improv!
Yeah, what's up with that? Was there a Borat novel that I missed?
No, but there was Da Ali G Show.
Also, it didn't have a screenplay! It was improv!
Ex-fucking-actly.
I'm assuming it was relatively guided improv, since Cohen had narrative goals he wanted to achieve with the whole thing, but unless there was a script that all or most of the people were adhering to (thereby removing what little point I think the movie had), yeah, I don't get it either.
I feel truly out of touch with current moviedom. I only recognized about half of the nominated movies.
ita, even if that's true, I could probably find you a more deserving screenplay by throwing a rock. That's not an Oscar-worthy narrative.
That's not an Oscar-worthy narrative.
Oh, I totally agree. I thought it had a weak as hell narrative.