Oscars 2008

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Anyone seen any betting for next year’s Oscars yet? Daniel Day Lewis seems like he’s going to get best actor anyway from reviews of his new film There Will Be Blood. It’s about oil and greed which are particularly relevant themes at the moment which will help its cause no doubt.

Michael Dwyer in the Irish Times wrote last week:

If there’s any justice in the film world, there will be Oscars for There Will Be Blood, which I’ve had the good fortune to see before it opens in the US at Christmas and here in February. Directed with tremendous accumulating power by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), the film spans the period 1898-1927. It depicts its protagonist (indelibly played by Daniel Day-Lewis) as a cold, self-made, hands-on businessman who strikes oil and makes a fortune, regardless of all those he exploits in his acquisitive greed.

Anderson’s riveting film, the strongest I have seen all year, features Paul Dano (who was in The Ballad of Jack and Rose with Day-Lewis, and Little Miss Sunshine) in a revelatory performance - and with a beatific but sinister smile - as Plainview’s nemesis, a self-appointed religious preacher. As they clash, the intense drama unfolds to a richly imaginative, aptly discordant score by Radiohead lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood.

It will be astonishing if Day-Lewis does not collect his second Academy Award as best actor (after My Left Foot) for his portrayal of this misanthrope in all his sly charm, steely determination and volcanic ferocity. Day-Lewis gives a performance of staggering depth and complexity that is one of the greatest in the history of acting.

That’s heavy praise at the end.

In today’s Sunday Times Christopher Goodwin wrote:

“As the audience poured into the lobby the talk was not of whether the film would be in the running for Oscars, but of how many nominations - including certain nods for Day-Lewis as best actor and Anderson as best director…”

Plenty of reviewers reckon Johnny Greenwood will get an Oscar for his score too.

Trailer here by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2Ae2SIXac

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Odds from Sporting Bet to win best picture.
Atonement 7/2
Charlie Wilson s War 6
Lions for Lambs 7
American Gangster 9
There will be blood 9
Beowulf 9
Elizabeth : the Golden Age 9
No Country for Old Men 9
The Kite Runner 10
Into the Wild 10
In the Valley of Elah 12
Things We Lost in the Fire 12
Sweeney Todd 16
Eastern Promises 16
His Dark Materials : The Golden Compass 20

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Daniel Day Lewis is on RTE radio 1 now.

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Obviously the odds quoted above are from before the nominations were announced.

There Will Be Blood was 3/1 this morning with Paddy for Best Picture - now 5/2. Still very good odds I think because it’s effectively a 2 horse race with No Country for Old Men and I think TWBB will win it anyway.

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Oscars for Day-Lewis and Hansard last night. Is Once any good?

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Haen’t seen it but I remember Jonathan Ross saying he thought it was shit, or words to that effect.

Apparently Hansard made his speech last night and took up all the allocated time. He stood aside to let the burd have her say and then the orchestra struck up just as she was about to speak and she had to get off stage.

They then went to a break. She was brought back up after it to give her speech to rapturous applause apparently.

Funny - or as the BBC described it - an awkward moment

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[quote=“farmerinthecity”]Haen’t seen it but I remember Jonathan Ross saying he thought it was shit, or words to that effect.

Apparently Hansard made his speech last night and took up all the allocated time. He stood aside to let the burd have her say and then the orchestra struck up just as she was about to speak and she had to get off stage.

They then went to a break. She was brought back up after it to give her speech to rapturous applause apparently.

Funny - or as the BBC described it - an awkward moment[/quote]

I’ve seen it - depends on whether you like him or not. It’s convincing acting and if you like their songs then it’s a good film. Might be a bit “romantic” for most blokes though.

Jonathon Ross is shit.

Heart the speeches today, Hansard only took about 20 seconds, that’s all they get.

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I think Hansard is a cocky fook who’s up his own arse. The fact that he’s now won an oscar, you know fair fooks to him, but it’ll only pour petrol on the Glenn Hansard/Frames fire.
Every Frames song sounds the same. Saw them in College back in 1994 and I reckon they’ve moved nowhere in the 14 years since.

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[quote=“Locke”]I think Hansard is a cocky fook who’s up his own arse. The fact that he’s now won an oscar, you know fair fooks to him, but it’ll only pour petrol on the Glenn Hansard/Frames fire.
Every Frames song sounds the same. Saw them in College back in 1994 and I reckon they’ve moved nowhere in the 14 years since.[/quote]

I agree. I read his ‘I hate Ireland interview’ recently and he came across as a cock, even though the writer was obviously sympathetic. He’s also banging a bird he met first as a minor, he was mates with her dad. He’s at pains to say he didn’t bang her til she was legal… I’d say that too if I thought the law might take an interest.

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Was your bird a minor when you first started going out with her? Seems like you’ve one rule for celebrities and one rule for everyone else.

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Nope, but your sister was when I first banged her.

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Same here.

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Which one?

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Question was for Juhy by the way

Also pathetic from Rock above

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[quote=“farmerinthecity”]Question was for Juhy by the way

Also pathetic from Rock above[/quote]

“Juhy!!!” He’s your mate now is he? Don’t tell me you’re falling for the sweeteners again. Raven buttered you up something else and then raped you on this forum.

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Completely untrue about Raven - you have thrown this out before but still have to come up with any ways in which he did it

As for the other point if one shortens another person’s name doies it mean that he is mates with him?

I used to shorten my old boss’ name, as I am sure you did, and I hated his guts

I can confirm that I dislike Juhy immensely

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Really don’t like Glen Hasard mainly due to the amount of shite he talks. thought his acceptance speech was pretty good though. he seemed genuinely shocked to have won it and kept his waffling down to a minimum. Didn’t seem like he purposely took up all the time. Thought it was pretty good to let his bird come back out and make a speech herself. She made a good speech too…

Saw there will be blood last week and fooking hell Day-Lewis is unbelieveable in it. Best acting performance i’ve ever seen easily. Film is outstanding too.

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I thought he should have got the Oscar for Gangs of New York eventhough the film was shite.

Thought he was unbelievable in that as Bill the Butcher.

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Is Day-Lewis English or Irish or American or from somewhere else?

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Born in England but holds Irish citizenship and has lived here for years.