The Dark Knight The Oscar Push!

[Kargo Warrior]

yeah, TDK sure showed Slumdog who was boss when it comes to Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film

It sure did.

I'm telling you,if these awards were before the oscar nominations TDK would have been the frontrunner!!!

 

[Kargo Warrior]

And what do you know,TDK won 3 awards at the visual effects society awards.

All 3 for which it was nominated(i missed one in my previous post).

5 awards in one night...not bad at all.

 

[WVsax27]

nm found a link

 

[Kargo Warrior]

nm found a link

You bet:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1320001182.html?categoryid=13

 

[General Vulcun]

Please tell me TDK beat Button in some of these categories.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

Please tell me TDK beat Button in some of these categories.

Actually they weren't in a same category.

Button won 5 awards but it didn't beat TDK in neither of those...and vice versa for TDK.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

So now that the Guilds are over a little retrospect:

2 Actors Guilds Awards
Costume Guild Award
Art Direction Guild Award
2 Sound Editing Awards
3 Visual Effects Awards

And it had nominations in every other that it didn't won...director,editing,cinematography,writing,sound mixing.

 

[WVsax27]

TDK beat out

Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
IRON MAN
MY DARLING OF THE MOUNTAINS

Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
CLOVERFIELD Brooklyn Bridge Sequence
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL - Temple Heart
THE MUMMY - TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR - Avalanche Sequence
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK


and it beat DEFIANCE for Special Effects

 

[Dark Donnie]

TDK better not win visual effects.

Benjamin Button should win

 

[Cmill216]

I just saw an Oscar ad filled to the brim with TDK shots.

Makes me sick to my stomach, man.

 

[Anita18]

I just saw an Oscar ad filled to the brim with TDK shots.

Makes me sick to my stomach, man.

As I said, they're desperate.

I remember seeing a few IM shots in an Oscar ad. I mean, even TDK had 8 noms, one of them being in acting.

 

[Badabing45]

No way in hell those times are Eastern. More like Pacific. My local listing has it running until 10:30 Central, which would be 11:30 Eastern and 8:30 Pacific.

I think it's rather interesting that they are actually telling us what time the Supporting Actor award will be handed out. I would think they'd try to hold that one off as long as possible to keep as broad of an audience as possible for as long as possible. I'm probably not even going to bother watching Cinematography since I've got a feeling Mr. Pfister is going to lose to Slumdog.

If you think about it, they ARE giving away Best Supporting Actor at the time when they think everyone is going to be watching, around 10:00 eastern. A lot of people don't stay up to watch the whole thing, especially if they know which movie is going to win.

 

[Bim]

I just saw an Oscar ad filled to the brim with TDK shots.

Makes me sick to my stomach, man.

U realize TDK has many nominations tonight, right? why should they ignore it?

 

[redfirebird2008]

If you think about it, they ARE giving away Best Supporting Actor at the time when they think everyone is going to be watching, around 10:00 eastern. A lot of people don't stay up to watch the whole thing, especially if they know which movie is going to win.

That's an excellent point, especially since the BP winner is a foregone conclusion.

 

[Kargo Warrior]

So guys,which awards do you personally want TDK to win the most?

For myself,obviously Heath,Wally Pfister(cinematography),Richar King(Sound Editing) and Nathan Crowley for Art Direction.

To avoid any confussion i'm asking who would you like to see winning not what you expect.

 

[Bim]

The one i want TDK to win the most is Heath's. His performance for me was outstanding and he's a huge part of why i enjoy watching this movie. Heck, sometimes i just put the dvd on to watch the Joker parts only

 

[p.marlowe]

I would like to see The Dark Knight win everything it's nominated for. But Wally Pfister especially. I think he's the best at shooting film today. Seriously.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Today is the big day! Hope Wally wins as well along with Heath.

 

[Captain Planet!]

The final BUMP for My final 2009 Oscar Predictions.

* = Winner

And for some categories, I've included an # which = What I hope/think should win.


And now, Here they are:

THE 2009 OSCARS:

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire*​

BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler*​

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight*
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt#, Just because I'm sick of Kate Winslet.
Kate Winslet, The Reader*

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona*
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader (*Cough*Christopher Nolan was robbed*Cough*)
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire*

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk*
Wall-E#

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire*

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E*


BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight*
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess*, but Ben Butt could also win.
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire*
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch*
Smile Pinki
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306


BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight#
Frost/Nixon
Milk*
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
The Class, France
Departures, Japan
Revanche, Austria
Waltz with Bashir, Israel*

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire*
WALL-E#

TDK got cheated out of this category. it should have been nominated and won. And the Slumdog score gives me headaches.

BEST SONG
Down to Earth, WALL-E#
Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire*
O Saya, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto*
This Way Up

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)*


BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E*
Wanted

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E*
Wanted

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

 

[Pennyworth]

Don't know if this was posted before or not...

Harvey Weinstein on TDK:

NEWSWEEK: Did you think "The Dark Knight" had a shot at best picture?

HW: Yeah. I thought the movie was great. The problem is, I don't think "The Reader" knocked out "The Dark Knight." "The Reader" has a fanatical audience. The people who love "The Reader" love it. What you win on, in the first round of nominations, is passion, the people who vote No. 1 for your film. I think "Frost/Nixon" knocked out "Batman." But it's much sexier to say Harvey knocked out "Batman." Now my kids are mad at me. They're like, "Dad, how could you do that?" I'm like, "Guys, I didn't! It was 'Frost/ Nixon'." They're like, "Who's Nixon?" I go, "He's with the Jonas Brothers. He's the older one."

complete interview for anyone who cares:http://www.newsweek.com/id/184769/page/1

Go Heath/Wally/TDK!

 

[jmc]

Final predictions:

TDK to nab 3 Oscars, Supporting Actor and both Sound Awards.
Slumdog to score 5 wins
Mickey Rourke to win Best Actor
Winslet for Actress
An upset for Supporting Actress
WALL-E to win Original Screenplay

 

[RoboAmish]

Don't know if this was posted before or not...

Harvey Weinstein on TDK:



complete interview for anyone who cares:http://www.newsweek.com/id/184769/page/1

Go Heath/Wally/TDK!

rubbish

 

[Nina7]

Harvey Weinstein is so full of crap. I don't believe a word he says. He knows the Oscar game. He knows that if he got enough people to vote for The Reader as their number one choice during the first round that it would get in. It's an open secret that he used the memory of the two beloved, deceased producers, Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack(a man he badgered on his death bed, btw), as a way to get voters to vote for the Reader(as a tribute to them). Honestly, If Weinstein told me the sky was blue, I would have to go out and check.

 

[Pennyworth]

^ Agreed. Just thought I'd post his BS.

 

[redfirebird2008]

When Frost/Nixon and TDK both receive nominations from all the guilds and The Reader doesn't, it's tough for him to argue that Frost/Nixon is the movie that knocked TDK out.