for me oscar awards will go to chak de india, it was a great movie, oso was also nice i like shah rukh acting in both film. chak de was brilliant the only sports film i like is chak de india.
RE:chak de india
by Lucas on Jan 23, 2008 11:02 AM
Have u ever watched movies like 'The lives of others' which won the oscar for best foreign movie last year? We keep yapping abt Chak de and OSO...try watching the movies that get nominated for the oscars...then u would know how crap our mainstream movies that are sent to the oscars are...there are so many better movies in other regional languages in india that would stand a better chance of at least getting nominated, only if the committee that selects ours unbiased and have some sense.
RE:chak de india
by keith pavlak on Jan 29, 2008 02:21 AM
Bang on Lucas...your observations are very right. Our movies are high on melodrama,low on subtlety and finesse.Chak De, while a nice hindi movie is all there is to it. 90% of the world audience will probably not relate to it or even if they can there are other movies out there which are simply better made. Also, In India we have a trend of a blockbuster being nominated. What is India's most loved movie may not be India's finest.
Best Movie: No Country for Old Men Best Director: Coens (NCfOM) Best Actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton) Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (NCfOL) Best Screenplay: Sean Penn (Into the Wild) Best Actress: ??
RE:Only 1 should go .....
by himanshu joshi on Jan 22, 2008 04:26 PM
pathetic taste n mentality kabir,go and change your view bout Indian classic,Go n watch TZP.
RE:Taare Zameen Par
by shankar ramachandran on Jan 22, 2008 07:13 AM
Oscar is just giving a award to one of the best foreign movie and i don't understand why ppl in india are crazy or think it is great to get oscar award which is mainly for hollywood and best movie award is always given for a hollywood movies. We should first stop thinking that indian movie getting oscar as one of the foregin movie is great.we have the 2nd largest movie industry next to hollywood all over the world
RE:RE:NO ZODIAC???
by Streetsmart on Jan 21, 2008 10:25 PM
For we Indians "Zodiac" was a gripping and intriguing movie but for the americans it was just another movie based on the Zodiac killer's true incidences of the 60's and 70's. Though it was undoubtedly one of the best movies based on the true story but that didn't change the bottomline that there already were around half a dozen movies made and seen on the topic which alot of us in this part of the world are ignorant of and that is why it has come as some sort of a surprise to us.
Moreover, in hollywood remake and overrepetition of a subject doesn't get much of a credit maybe that's why a good screenplay(prob adaptated), direction and acting by the lead protagonist(Jake)is nowhere been talked about.
RE:NO ZODIAC???
by Vikas D on Jan 22, 2008 11:06 AM
Dude.. Jake was great in that movie. Zodiac was one of the nominees for Palme D'Or at Cannes. Dave Fincher had never had it with the academy in the past though. That could be the only reason why Zodiac isnt being talked about.
RE:Indian nominations
by Santosh Raghavan on Jan 22, 2008 01:56 AM
Me Puzzled OSO, Sawaariya, Goal, Sivaji are these Nominations for OSCAR??? Chill Dude, some of these are not even eligible for a National award Entry
RE:Indian nominations
by Naushad Khan on Jan 22, 2008 03:32 PM
Hey Raghavan, why u are comparing National Award to Oscar. Oscar is nothing infron of our National Award, wake up you firangis. Even our Filmfare Award is better than that, but still peoples are thingking that Oscar is Heaven or blahblah.
As somebody rightly observed, if Fincher's 'Zodiac' had been released late last year, it would have been on everybody's list of oscar contenders. It is a fascinating, intricate film that might just sneak up on the race. A director's cut is expected soon. Maybe that would boost its chances.
RE:The inclusion of David Fincher's 'Zodiac'
by Sudhan Deo on Jan 21, 2008 08:33 PM
Yip, I agree. Zodaic rocked... Just that it really tested mi patience. :P
RE:The inclusion of David Fincher's 'Zodiac'
by Pratyush Jha on Jan 21, 2008 10:28 PM
Zodiac has only an outside chance of a SUpporting Actor nomination for Mark Ruffalo - nothing else. Other early releases which will lose out are My Blueberry Nights (Natalie Portman - Supp. Actress) & 3:10 to Yuma (Russel Crowe & Christian Bale)
RE:RE:The inclusion of David Fincher's 'Zodiac'
by Pratyush Jha on Jan 21, 2008 10:35 PM
My picks for the awards (and who the academy will most likely go for): Movie: No Country for Old Men (Atonement) Actor: Mortensen - Eastern Promises (Daniel Day Lewis - TWBB) Actress - Laura Linney-The Savages (Julie CHristie) Supp.Actor - Javier Bardem (same) Supp.Actress - Portman (Blanchett) Background Score - Atonement (same-the typewriter clacking used to build the tension is amazing!) Cinematography - Atonement (the 7min shot of Dunkirk evac. wins hands down!) Director - Coen Bros - No COuntry for Old Men (Schnabel - Diving Bell&the Butterfly) Animation - Ratatouille (same) Foreign Film - Lust, Caution (can't say - Kite Runner & 4Months 3 Weeks 2 Days also didnt get nominated!) Adapted Screenplay - Atonement (same)
