Cinematic Arias » Oscars http://ariasfilms.com/blog Hollywood native goes "Hollywood" Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:36:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Golden Globes 2010 http://ariasfilms.com/blog/2010/01/19/golden-globes-2010/ http://ariasfilms.com/blog/2010/01/19/golden-globes-2010/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:15:27 +0000 Tony http://ariasfilms.com/blog/?p=2035 So the Golden Globes just happened but I didn’t notice because I was too busy getting my own business in order (also why I haven’t posted in a while; apologies for that).

So it seems like the potential Oscar nominees/winners are now in better focus. It seems like…

  • I can’t believe I’m saying this but it looks like AVATAR is gonna win Best Picture.
  • Still, I’m putting my money on Kathryn Bigelow winning Best Director.
  • Jeff Bridges will win Best Actor. F**kin’ awesome!
  • Will Sandra Bullock win Best Actress? If so, it means Oscar voters are more concerned with ratings (sorry Sandy but I’m basing that opinion on ALL ABOUT STEVE. I haven’t seen THE BLIND SIDE but if you send me a screener I’ll give it a fair review.).
  • Is there any doubt Mo’nique will win Best Supporting Actress or that Christopher Waltz will win Best Supporting Actor?

All that said, I couldn’t care less about about all the awards hoopla this year. I don’t know why but when I figure it out, I’ll let ya know.

Ooh, but with 10 Best Picture nominations maybe things will get interesting with the wild cards. Do you think DISTRICT 9 will get a nod? I hope so.

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Of the movies I’ve seen this year, my three Oscar hopefuls are:

  • Up – Because it’s about time Pixar gets a nod.
  • Star Trek – I don’t think we will see a better big budget action flick this year.
  • Due to my NDA I can’t say anything (yet) but this movie comes out this summer and I think you’ll like this one.

    • BTW, it was much harder to pick three possibilities than I originally imagined.

    On a tangent, it’s been one hell of a week for celebrity deaths. We lost Ed McMahon who gave us this awesome point of reference.

    We lost Farrah Fawcett who advanced mainstream cheesecake (as well as many a young boy’s adolescence) thanks to this poster.

    farrah-fawcett-poster

    And finally we lost the King of Pop who, as a friend said, gave us dance moves you can quote. Here’s a video directed by my man Marty.

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