Oscar Nominations 2010

 

The nominations are in and below are the main categories, personally I would like to see Black Swan & 127 Hours do very well as they were both such interesting and different movies. All will be revealed on 27th Feb!

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010)

Black Swan (2010)

The Fighter (2010)

Inception (2010)

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

The King's Speech (2010)

The Social Network (2010)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

True Grit (2010)

Winter's Bone (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)

Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)

Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)

Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)

James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)

Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)

Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)

Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)

John Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)

Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)

Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)

Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)

Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)

Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)

Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)

Burlesque

I have been dying to see Burlesque ever since I saw shots from the set.  I love a good musical and throw in one of my all time favorite divas Cher and its gotta be good right?

 Forget all the nasty reviews, this was not a good movie, it was GREAT!!!

The movie is a plot we have seen before, small town girl moves to the bright lights, big city and does good. It is done really well though and it is never boring. The thing that I think worked were all the key players. Christina Aguilera in her first  movie does a great job, she had a really nice presence on screen and had a good chemistry with the others namely Cher & Cam Gigandet.  Cher is delicious as club owner Tess, I think Cher was just being Cher! Kristin Bell as a drunk, bitchy showgirl was a change of pace from her good girl roles and Stanley Tucci as Tess's right hand man Sean, was the gay BFF we all wish we had.  Nice little appearance by Alan Cumming as well.

The musical numbers were fabulous, the costumes and choreography were first rate and we all know Christina can sing and the score makes the most of that.  We even get 2 songs from Cher!   For me this was the best musical I have seen in a while. The 2 hours flew by in a burst of fun, song, feathers & sequins. Found myself grooving along in my seat a few times.  If you want to be entertained then this is the film for you.  I will be getting this on blu ray for my collection when it is released. 

Before I go & pick up my ostrich feather fans again and dance to the soundtrack. I will finish the post mentioning that the second song Cher sang really struck a chord with me for some reason, here are the lyrics:

"You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me"

Feeling broken
Barely holding on
But there's just something so strong
Somewhere inside me
And I am down but I'll get up again
Don't count me out just yet

I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me

They can say that
I won't stay around
But I'm gonna stand my ground
You're not gonna stop me
You don't know me
You don't know who I am
Don't count me out so fast

I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me

There will be no fade out
This is not the end
I'm down now
But I'll be standing tall again
Times are hard but
I was built tough
I'm gonna show you all what I'm made of

I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
I am far from over
You haven't seen the last of me

No no
I'm not going nowhere
I'm staying right here
Oh no
You won't see me begging
I'm not taking my bow
Can't stop me
It's not the end
You haven't seen the last of me
Oh no
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me

UPDATE: This song won the 2011 Golden Globe for best original song in a motion picture

A Swan, Crowe, Rabbit and the rest of the movies I have seen of late

 In the past week we have seen quite a few good movies, of varying genres and some I have enjoyed more than others.   Here is the rundown:

The next three days is the new Russell Crowe film, a great story and lots of edge of the seat stuff. Russell is excellent in this as a man who plans to break his wife out of jail.  I would put this on any must see list.

Rabbit hole was ok.  The acting was fantastic but it is not something I would send people to see nor am I in a hurry to see it again or add it to my collection.

Love & other drugs is a rom com with a difference.  Anne & Jake were great and there are quite a few funny moments but this does deal with some serious stuff as well.

The Tourist, loved this from start to finish.  I enjoyed the story and Angelina's wardrobe was devine.  If you want action & plot twists, this is for you.

Black Swan will not be for everyone.  If you want to see a movie with a very different story aka not your run of the mill movie this is for you.  Natalie Portman was great and we really enjoyed it.  I think this is one you will either love or hate - no grey area here.

Due Date in some ways is like the classic Planes,Trains & Automobiles in that it throws 2 very different people together to travel cross country.  I only looked at it cos I am a fan of Robert's and did not expect much.  I got quite a surprise as I had several laugh out loud moments.  At a time when neither of us felt like laughing this cheered us up and distracted us for 90 mins.  Its no masterpiece cinema but it did what it was supposed to - entertain.

Somewhere, I have enjoyed several of Sofia Coppola's films especially the virgin suicides & Marie Antionette but this left me cold.  I get what she was trying to do here but this was slow to the point of boring. It reminded me of a over descriptive novel the way some scenes were so long.  I think I enjoyed this the least of everything I have seen lately.

Christmas Bootie & Little Fockers

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!  The festivities started on Chritmas eve for us with Leigh's parents coming up to stay the night. We had a great dinner of fresh prawns, roast turkey and vegies. For dessert we had Leigh's mums famous pavlova.  Christmas morning Leigh whipped up pancakes with fresh strawberries and maple syrup and we all got stuck into the pressies.

We then headed off to Bilambil Heights to my Mum & Dad, we all visited my grandparents at the home then headed home for another turkey & veg dinner.

Speaking of pressies I did very well!!!

Leigh got me:

Tickets to Wicked, I have been dying to see this and now I will on the 2nd March

A Pandora Charm

The new Beckham fragrance Intimately Yours

Celine & Paris got me the following blu rays

My in-laws gave me pj's and some money and my Mum & Dad gave me a maxi dress, some shoes and a top, make up and the following blu rays

I started a tradition many years ago of buying myself a christmas present and this year I decided to get the LAMB bag I had been coveting, as luck would have it, it arrived on Christmas eve and it is even nicer in person.

Boxing day we decided to avoid the sales and the crowds (I just was not feelilng up to it) and instead we went to the movies as I had a voucher from my birthday I had not used. 

Being fans of Meet the parents and Meet the fockers of course we decided on Little Fockers.  The whole gang is back but the movies pretty much is all Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro.  If you like the first 2 movies then you will enjoy this one.  I needed a laugh after all the drama of late and I certainly got a few - the youtube clip at the end is one of the highlights.

Enjoy the time off over the next few days and if you get a chance leave me a comment and let me know what you got for Chrissy!