Fincher

no. fincher is teh suck dudes.

Milk at 100%/8.0 with 9 reviews.

Australia falls even further to a 65%

Defiance [which could have been troublesome] starts at 50%

^ huh? Milk is at 100% at RT.

Umm....yeah....oops.

milk is no longer at 100%

The "negative" one is NY Magazine's 3.5-out-of-5 review; doesn't sound a rotten one to me.

I posted this in another thread. Robotic food for thought



Hopefully the NBR shows the little fella some love next week.

Has the comment by Anne Thompson of Variety where she calls it a "historic achievement" and "masterful piece of cinema" been posted yet? Yea, I'm feeling pretty confident in Button. At worst I think it'll slide in like Atonement and Munich.

For all intensive purposes pretty much in:
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The rest?
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Revolutionary Road

Feeling least confident in Revo. Road right now.

On the outside looking in:
The Wrestler

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/11/ ... e-poke.php

Embargos just aren't what they used to be.

Gran Torino screens next week. And that's the end of contenders I believe.

Frost/Nixon?

Reader sounds...as expected. Ok-ish, not a contender. Also, I hate Kris Tapley. Just wanted to throw that in there.

noted.

intents and purposes

couldn't let that one slide?

i could have. but it's better he learns now than 10 years from now when it might have dire consequences. plus, it genuinely bugs me.

Intensive purposes makes sense to me

I assure you, it doesn't. Don't fight this.

The Dark Knight = King Kong

I know that after LOTR, everyone loves the idea of another big fanboy pic getting a BP nom, but it just isn't in the cards, guys.

If I had a nickel for every person on this board who insisted, right to the very last second, that King Kong would get the nomination, well, I'd be able to trade 'em in for at least three quarters.

Writing nod? DIRECTING NOD?

Differences between KK & TDK, favoring KK:

- KK had Oscar pedigree director
- Big buzz end of year release; poor TDK with that summer date. And we all know there's a strong correlation between release date and victory
- KK was big studio epic in a year with smaller-minded contenders (this year has numerous big-money, big-studio players)

See how easy that was?

It depends on how good to great a reception both BB and RR get. If they deliver in both acting and techs as early reviews have suggested, then TDK's position will indeed become tricky, as I can't put it ahead of Milk or Slumdog Millionaire in term of likelihood for a BP nomination at this point. The good thing is that no other film has emerged to firmly challenge the No. 5 spot yet, as Doubt and Frost/Nixon both have their weaknesses.

It's also worth noting the King Kong banner wavers were all pretty sure that acting, writing and directing nods would be strolling down the pike.

Please. You don't have to put that much effort into arguing with Magnus. Just tell him he's too far in the closet to see the truth and be done with it.

If King Kong grossed 500 mil it would've been the most surefire nominee in its year. Also TDK is sort of relevant to America's attitude right now... even though it's a superhero film, that's > remake about giant ape. And Heath Ledger is winning and pretty much sweeping the Supporting Actor precursors, just about bank on it. Also don't forget TDK's acclaim is much, much higher than King Kong's. Over 90% at RT, a year high 96 on BFCA the best indicator, etc.

The Jackson-Nolan thing is irrelevant because Jackson had already been given his due, if anything already having so much glory with LOTR just hurt his chances.

Actually, TDK was relevant to America's attitude 6 months ago.