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I figure I'll have to see Avatar at some point, just to see what all the hullaballou (or however you spell it) is about.
I have Inglourious Basterds and District 9 sitting at home from Netflix, and The Hurt Locker and In the Loop at the top of the queue. After that, I'd have seen... er, 6 out of the BP nominees? (I've seen Up, Up in the Air and An Education).
I have never even heard of The Last Station.
Serial: I'm a bit puzzled about In the Loop being in the adapted, not original, screenplay category. I mean, OK, it was based on the TV series, but the exact same writers wrote a whole new script just for the big screen, right? (Unless they took an episode they've done already for the TV and expanded on it.) Wouldn't it make it an original screenplay?
I have never even heard of The Last Station.
I think it only went into limited release in January. I don't think it's made it into very many theatres.
What is this one and why is it cheating? Did Sheppard play a younger version of the same character as Hoskins in the same movie?
They played TOTALLY DIFFERENT characters named Badger.
Cereal: though now I want a Wind in the Willows/Firefly crossover. Kinda.
I want to see Crazy Heart. I like it when Jeff Bridges sings.
I've always wanted an MP3 of his Everly Brothers duet from Starman.
Tidbit: Jeff Bridges is friends with Tom Waits, which is how Tom got a role in The Fisher King.
I think it only went into limited release in January.
I googled it and I see that it's that Tolstoy/Countess Tolstoy biopic. I have heard of it -- just didn't know the title. And it has Christopher Plummer and James McAvoy in addition to Mirren! Oooh.
I like Sandra Bullock a lot but I've been balking at seeing The Blind Side, on account of it looking like... well, "Nice white lady takes in a neglected black boy and we all get to learn how awesome she and her Christian charity is!" Is the movie better than that? The potential wince factor seems pretty high.
OH MY GOD YOU MUST SEE THIS.
It is now at the top of my queue with District 9.
They played TOTALLY DIFFERENT characters named Badger.
Ah, that was going to be my next guess.
In the Loop nominated for adapted screenplay? But what is it adapted from? Or do they mean that it's based on the TV series "The Thick of It" even though it's an original piece? Oscar noms confuse me (though I think nothing beats "O Brother Where Art Thou" getting an adapted screenplay nomination because it was "Based on 'The Odyssey' by Homer". The Academy fails to appreciate Coen Brother jokes).
"In the Loop" and "The Thick of It" are must sees for Peter Capaldi's incredible Malcolm Tucker alone, the Shakespeare of swearing.
Edit: Nick Hornby was nominated! That makes me happy.