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[oyceter]

I was going to write up a big depressing post on work, but instead:

Squee! Johnny Depp was nominated for Best Actor!!! Keisha Castle-Hughes for Whale Rider!!!

Am I mean and petty when I am kind of glad Last Samurai and Cold Mountain didn't get that much?

The others were more expected, although there was a lot more of Seabiscuit than I thought.

Sadly, I have no idea what's going on with the primaries. I am a bad citizen. But the Oscars, see, the Oscars excite me ;).

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[oyceter]

So glad there was no Best Actor in there! Or best picture. Or best director. I am also quite happy that Lost in Translation got as many noms as it did.

This may make up for Gladiator, but probably not (I hated Gladiator).

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[thewildmole.livejournal.com]

This may make up for Gladiator, but probably not (I hated Gladiator).

I liked Gladiator. However, a big part of the reason was the combined talents of Ridley Scott and Hans Zimmer. I love Scott's visual style and I love a lot of Zimmer's soundtracks (minus Tears of the Sun. Euw.).

Joaquin Phoenix definitely managed to creep me out in his scenes with Connie Nielsen and, while Russell Crowe isn't my favorite, this was before he was "RUSSELL CROWE!". Because of that, I was able to better lose myself in the character and the story. I had a much harder time with Master and Commander. I kept trying to watch the movie while thoughts of "Wow, Russell looks like crap on toast as a blond" and "Wonder how hard he had to hit the bars to get that puffy look back?" kept flitting in and out of my head.

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[oyceter]

I've only seen Gladiator once, so this is not the most informed opinion, but I think that time I was just struck at all the violence and felt a lot of the style was artsy for the sake of being artsy.

Plus, I felt bad for Joaquin Phoenix for some reason -- sometimes movies or books hit me the wrong way and then I start completely rooting for the villain.