Administrator Toups Posted January 17, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted January 17, 2009 Yeah, it's Thursday January 22.....which is also the 1st anniversary of Heath Ledger's death. All I want is a nomination for Heath and The Dark Knight....I just want those two nods badly. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted January 17, 2009 Members Share Posted January 17, 2009 Well its a forgone conclusion for Heath..... The Dark Knight on the other hand..... one of the so called front runners is going to be snubbed.... always happens.... they'd be fools to snub The Dark Knight. That blockbuster film getting major nominations is just the thing to give them their sought after ratings boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 17, 2009 Members Share Posted January 17, 2009 The Dark Knight was never a sure front runner though, nor has the Academy ever really given much thought about a ratings boost when selecting films. The BAFTA snub, along with the main critics groups not taking well to The Dark Knight meant its likelihood of a nomination was on very shaky ground. Those nominations from the Directors Guild, Writers Guild, and Producers Guild helped it a bit, but I'm not so sure that's enough at this point to guarantee The Dark Knight a nomination. The voting body of that makes up the BAFTA's has a significant presence at the Academy of Motion Picture & Sciences, and since The Dark Knight wasn't nomianted there for Best Picture or Best Director, its chances at the Academy Awards seem as shaky as ever. It could still sneak in there, but it's not a sure thing, and unless it scores the most nominations to have a psychological edge with the Academy, it doesn't have a chance at actually winning Best Picture. Right now, Slumdog Millionaire is the obvious likely winner of Best Picture. It faired VERY WELL with the critics awards, it received nominations from all the main Guild's, it won the most Golden Globes, wound up with some impressive nominations at the SAG's, and it has the most BAFTA nominations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 17, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted January 17, 2009 The BAFTA's best pictures usually have 1 or 2 differences from The Ocars' best pictures. So hopefully this year, TDK will be one of the differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juniorz1 Posted January 17, 2009 Members Share Posted January 17, 2009 I wasn't aware the SAG nominations were out yet. Can you link me to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 17, 2009 Members Share Posted January 17, 2009 Here's the thread Toups posted in this forum. http://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=28903 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bandbfan Posted January 18, 2009 Members Share Posted January 18, 2009 Past few years' GG winner hasn't gotten the Oscar though. I don't know how the other ones compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 18, 2009 Members Share Posted January 18, 2009 The GG's are a popularity contest, but they help build momentum. Chances are, if you haven't fared well with the critics awards and BAFTA's, you're not winning or getting nominated for Best Picture. Surprises do happen though. See the year Crash won Best Picture, when Broakback Mountain swept the critics awards and won the BAFTA for Best Picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 18, 2009 Members Share Posted January 18, 2009 This article does a better job of summing up what the BAFTA snub means for The Dark Knight at the Oscar's. I'd love to see it sneak in there, but the film is deeply polarizing to people within the industry. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/season/200...ark-knight.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 The Oscar pundits at Gold Derby are predicting that The Dark Knight will grab the 5th slot in the Best Picture Race, along with "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and "Slumdog Millionaire." Here are their predictions and their odds on the top Oscar races, of course only Thursday will be telling if any of these films and actors get nominated and how many of them do. They're usually very good with their predictions though. http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldde...52-ne.html#more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...a9yeAgD95U0QQO0 Slumdog Millionaire WINS the Producers Guild Award for Best Picture. The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award Theatrical Motion Pictures "Slumdog Millionaire" Christian Colson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rakesh Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Wow, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 1, 2009 Members Share Posted February 1, 2009 Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire, WINS the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Motion Picture. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...8d058da69b652d0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bandbfan Posted February 1, 2009 Members Share Posted February 1, 2009 Random info, I saw a chart with the last 30 best picture winners...19/30 were released in November or December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 2, 2009 Members Share Posted February 2, 2009 I think the last film to win the prize that was released so early in the year was Gladiator in 2001..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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