OSCAR提名的又驚又喜

每年OSCAR的提名名單公佈, 必定會又驚又喜的地方, 今年沒有走雞...

又驚又喜之01
《Dreamgirls》一如所料得到最多提名(8項)...但沒有最佳電影???成為奧斯卡史上, 當年得到最多提名的電影而不是Best Picture入圍五強, 以前真的未未未試過！
(anyway, 剛看了"Dreamgirls", 覺得水準ok, 但不是上佳音樂劇電影, 亦比提名五套中看過的三套"Babel", "The Departed"及"Little Miss Sunshine"弱。)

又驚又喜之02
《Volver》沒有最佳外語片提名...我想對手很強吧...

又驚又喜之03
Jack Nicholson沒有男配角提名。雖說他在《The Departed》是做回自己...但他近數次的提名, 又有那一次不是呢....

又驚又喜之04
雖然Best Actress入圍五位早於兩個月前已幾可公佈, 但始終要宣佈後作可作實。Meryl Streep第14次提名, 繼續打破歷史上獲最多提名演員紀錄；Judi Dench, 10年內第6次提名；Kate Winslet, 還只是31歲, 11年內第5次問鼎OSCAR(不過應該亦會是第5度落敗) 。

又驚又喜之05
《Dreamgirls》有三首Original Song提名???(昔日只有迪士尼的"Beauty and the Beast"及"The Lion King"曾有此項紀錄)

又驚又喜之06
歷史上20個演技提名中最多非白人獲提名：8個。我計算的是7位, 但美國人把西班牙裔的Penelope Cruz也計算為非白人......其餘的7位是Will Smith, Forest Whitaker, Djimon Hounsou, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Adriana Barraza及菊地凜子。

又驚又喜之07
憑影片、導演、劇本及剪接的提名, 我可以說今屆OSCAR從兩天前WIDE-OPEN已收窄至只是《Babel》及《The Departed》之爭。
(但可愛感人狂笑合家歡的小本製作"Little Miss Sunshine"還有機會像她的票房一樣爆出來, 雖然她沒有Best Director的提名......)


以下是全入圍名單
(省去短片/動畫短片及紀錄片)

Best Picture:
"Babel" --7 noms
"The Departed" --5 noms
"Letters From Iwo Jima" --4 noms
"Little Miss Sunshine" --4 noms
"The Queen" --6 noms

以提名獎項數目角度看, 今屆可算清清淡淡(5套電影加起只有26項提名, 1933年以來最低紀錄), 再加上前哨戰四分五裂, 可算沒有眾望所歸的作品。看過的"Babel"、"The Departed"及"Little Miss Sunshine"中, 個人最喜愛"Babel", 而她亦是不計"Dreamgirls"提名最多的電影, 非常渴望喜惡分野大的她會勝出。

Directing:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel";
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed";
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima";
Stephen Frears, "The Queen";
Paul Greengrass, "United 93."
"Letters From Iwo Jima"及"The Queen"未看；Paul Greengrass及Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu也表現出導演功力的厲害個人之處；"The Departed"雖不是Martin Scorsese最佳作品, 但無可厚非, 今年再不給他一個OSCAR實在難以服眾。

Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond";
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson";
Peter O'Toole, "Venus";
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness";
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."
五套也未看。

Actress:
Penelope Cruz, "Volver";
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal";
Helen Mirren, "The Queen";
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada";
Kate Winslet, "Little Children."
雖只看過Penelope Cruz及Meryl Streep, 但前哨戰告訴我們, 此獎已屬於Helen Mirren。

Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine";
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children";
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond";
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls";
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."
看過Alan Arkin, Mark Wahlberg及Eddie Murphy, 對前兩者的演出沒有太大感覺, Eddie Murphy是好但不深刻....沒有意見。

Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza, "Babel";
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal";
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine";
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls";
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."
Cate Blanchett以外, 其他提名人的演出也欣賞過了, 四位也很好。Abigail Breslin有提名已是最佳的獎勵, Adriana Barraza演保母一角演技大示範, Rinko Kikuchi爆炸力強是個人心水選擇, 但Jennifer Hudson身為主角在配角項目搵飯食, 而且是電影中最有發揮、印象最深刻是夢女郎, 機會比其他提名人大。

Adapted Screenplay:
"Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan";
"Children of Men";
"The Departed";
"Little Children";
"Notes on a Scandal."
"The Departed"。但因改編不比港產原版出色, 我希望爆冷給近來好評如潮的"Children of Men"(雖然未看過)。

Original Screenplay:
"Babel";
"Letters From Iwo Jima";
"Little Miss Sunshine";
"Pan's Labyrinth";
"The Queen."
"Little Miss Sunshine"題材創新有笑有淚, "Babel"用心用力富信息意義, "The Queen" 據聞劇情充滿驚喜......

Foreign Language Film:
"After the Wedding," Denmark;
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria;
"The Lives of Others," Germany;
"Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico;
"Water," Canada.
"Pan's Labyrinth"！除外語片及劇本外, 還有4項技術美術音樂提名....雖然當年"Amelie"外語片+3項提名也全軍盡墨...

Animated Feature Film:
"Cars,"
"Happy Feet,"
"Monster House."
水準差不多, 任何一套勝出也不會有爭議吧。

Art Direction:
"Dreamgirls,"
"The Good Shepherd,"
"Pan's Labyrinth,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,"
"The Prestige."
只看劇照也覺很有可能是"Pan's Labyrinth"。

Cinematography:
"The Black Dahlia,"
"Children of Men,"
"The Illusionist,"
"Pan's Labyrinth,"
"The Prestige."
很有可能又是"Pan's Labyrinth" ......

Sound Mixing:
"Apocalypto,"
"Blood Diamond,"
"Dreamgirls,"
"Flags of Our Fathers,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
這項目, 沒有戰爭大片及動作大片, 音樂劇通常會較佔優勢.....

Sound Editing:
"Apocalypto,"
"Blood Diamond,"
"Flags of Our Fathers,"
"Letters From Iwo Jima,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
我想會是戰爭打扙片佔優....這5套全也有該元素, 沒有意見。

Original Score:
"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla;
"The Good German," Thomas Newman;
"Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass;
"Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete;
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat.
個人意願, 希望Gustavo Santaolalla繼《斷背山》後再下一城。

Original Song:
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth,";
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls," ;
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls,"
"Our Town" from "Cars,"
"Patience" from "Dreamgirls,"
《Dreamgirls》三羸一應沒有難度吧, 其中又以Beyonce主唱的"Listen"流行元素較大。

Costume:
"Curse of the Golden Flower,"
"The Devil Wears Prada,"
"Dreamgirls,"
"Marie Antoinette,"
"The Queen."
古裝大片容易勝出, "Marie Antoinette"及"黃金甲"。法國vs中國。

Film Editing:
"Babel,"
"Blood Diamond,"
"Children of Men,"
"The Departed,"
"United 93."
噢, 我希望是"Babel" 。

Makeup:
"Apocalypto,"
"Click,"
"Pan's Labyrinth."
"Pan's Labyrinth"...魔幻童話發揮較大。但此獎一向難預測.......

Visual Effects:
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,"
"Poseidon,"
"Superman Returns."
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