Oscar noms

[lizardbeth]

Morning news programs.... blah, blah, banking crisis blah blah... NOW you decide to do actual journalism!? Bah, I say. Where is my Oscar nominations list? Thank goodness for the internet.

That said, I need to go see more movies. Pretty pathetic when I haven't seen one of the Best Pic noms. Used to be I'd have seen at least a few of them. *sigh* It's not as if I don't have free babysitting; we just don't go. :(

I am a bit sad that the score for Dark Knight didn't make it, after all the controversy over its eligibility. But yay, for "Down to Earth" from Wall-E -- kidlet LOVES that song, and will just start singing it to himself (and he's only heard it three times in his whole young life, so it made quite an impression).

Comments

[clez.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's still impressive! I don't think I've ever managed :/ And because I don't actually know, what is the reason for the controversy surrounding the score for The Dark Knight?

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

The academy had originally disqualified the score because there were too many people listed as "composers". Hans Zimmer first wrote a letter, then went personally to the Academy with signed affadavits or something to prove that in fact he and James Newton Howard were the only composers, and the others were arrangers and orchestrators. They'd done it that way to get them a bigger chunk of money. The Academy eventually relented. But, turns out, it didn't matter anyway. *shrug*

[clez.livejournal.com]

That's really dumb :/ I have five score CDs cycling right now on random and it just so happens The Dark Knight is one of them. It's just such a shame that such an epic, moving score has been discounted this way. Still, at least Heath Ledger got his much-deserved nomination for The Joker ♥

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

It is dumb. I have occasionally been seized by the notion to make "A Dog Chasing Cars" into a BSG vid. Because I am crazy. :)

[clez.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, if you ever do that, I would love to see it :D That would be awesome.