Oscar Nominations

[Zero]

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 Actress
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

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 Animated Feature Film
BOLT
KUNG FU PANDA
WALL-E

Best Art Direction
Changeling - James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess - Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Cinematography
Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Costume Design
Australia - Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
Milk - Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

Best Director
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
Milk - Gus Van Sant
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

Best Feature Documentary
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) - Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World - Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden - Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire - James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water - Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Documentary Short Film
The Conscience of Nhem En - Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch - Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
Smile Pinki - Megan Mylan
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 - Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Milk - Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens

Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
The Class - France
Departures - Japan
Austria - Revanche
Waltz with Bashir - Israel

Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight - John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

Best Music (Score)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman

Best Original Song
WALL-E - "Down to Earth"
Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire - "O Saya"

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

Best Animated Short Film
La Maison de Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi - Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto - Doug Sweetland
This Way Up - Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line) - Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt - Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy - Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
The Pig - Tivi Magnusson, Dorte Høgh
Spielzeugland (Toyland) - Jochen Alexander Freydank

Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight - Richard King
Iron Man - Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire - Tom Sayers
WALL-E - Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted - Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten

The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Slumdog Millionaire - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
WALL-E - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
The Dark Knight - Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
Iron Man - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Screenplay
Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

[civil]

Nothing for Let The Right One In? That's disappointing as fuck.

Props for Meximus Prime, hermano!

[Suave Peanut]

I'm struck by the variety of films from which the Supporting Actor nominees were taken.

Tropic Thunder? Really?

[frederec]

Nothing for Let The Right One In? That's disappointing as fuck.

Props for Meximus Prime, hermano!

I read about this. Apparently foreign films have to be submitted by their country of origin as representative of that country to be considered. I guess Sweden didn't think one of the best vampire movies ever was a good representation of their nation.

[Zero]

Nothing for Let The Right One In? That's disappointing as fuck.

Props for Meximus Prime, hermano!

Man, I really wish it come to my area. A friend was in New York two weeks ago, and apparently only 1 theater had it.

[frederec]

Man, I really wish it come to my area. A friend was in New York two weeks ago, and apparently only 1 theater had it.

It comes out on DVD March 10th. If you can't see it in the theater, watch it on disc. Definitely worth it.

[Sandman]

The Wrestler only gets one nomination? I'm sure it will win that award but it should have easily been up for others like Best Director.

[Tron]

The Dark Knight gets one nomination?

[Telefrog]

As I thought. It's Benjamin Button's year for nominations. I have hope that Slumdog or The Reader will win Best Picture, but I think the Academy will just hand it to Button anyway.

As a side note, can we just rename the Best Animated Movie category to "The Pixar Award"? It's pretty much a lock whenever a Pixar movie comes out.

[Khrymsyn]

I'm struck by the variety of films from which the Supporting Actor nominees were taken.
Tropic Thunder? Really?

What's wrong with a dude, nominatin' by a dude, playin' another dude?

[Blue]

The Dark Knight gets one nomination?

I see more than one there for TDK...

EDIT: or are you talking the film itself and not the people involved on the film?

[Zero]

As I thought. It's Benjamin Button's year for nominations. I have hope that Slumdog or The Reader will win Best Picture, but I think the Academy will just hand it to Button anyway.

As a side note, can we just rename the Best Animated Movie category to "The Pixar Award"? It's pretty much a lock whenever a Pixar movie comes out.

Cars?

I see more than one there for TDK...

EDIT: or are you talking the film itself and not the people involved on the film?

Pretty sure Tron meant major award, not the technicals.

[National Kato]

The Dark Knight gets one nomination?

I see several. Keep reading.

I'm kinda miffed that Downey, Jr. and Ledger have to share a nom. I loved both of those roles, despite being disappointed by Tropic Thunder as a film.

[Wilkz07]

Going to watch The Wrestler tonight. Have been a long time Mickey Rourke fan... even in Stormbreaker and that horrible Van Damme movie where Rourke got eaten by the Tiger.. forget the name of it.

Is Let the Right One In the one about the vampire kid? I missed it at the film fest. can't wait for dvd.

[Cyndair]

As usual, I must be uncultured swine as I haven't seen a single movie on that list apart from The Dark Knight and Wall-E.

[ShivaX]

As usual, I must be uncultured swine as I haven't seen a single movie on that list apart from The Dark Knight and Wall-E.

Well most of them only came out in the last couple months or so.

It wasn't a really good year for movies imo. There are a few that I wanted to see, but when comedies are getting Best Supporting Actor nods, chances are good it wasn't a stellar year.

[Tron]

No nomination for TDK's score?

Nolan...robbed
Zimmer/Howard....robbed

[Variable Gear]

The Dark Knight better not win for best cinematography.

[Cyndair]

Well most of them only came out in the last couple months or so.

It wasn't a really good year for movies imo. There are a few that I wanted to see, but when comedies are getting Best Supporting Actor nods, chances are good it wasn't a stellar year.

Yeah, I was thinking back over the course of the year and I realized that I didn't see a single really thought provoking or well acted drama apart from The Dark Knight. Usually I keep up with the films that come out but it feels like these are all obscure movies that came out at the tail end of the year solely to get Oscar nods. I would like to see Button, however....

Also, it's amusing to me that TDK can be nominated for so many awards but not receive a nod for best picture or director. Can't properly recognize a film that is about a super hero I guess.

[Squidbot]

Surprised at no mention for Hellboy II for art direction or visual effects.

[Superman's Dead]

I just can't see any way Benjamin Button can beat Slumdog in any of those categories.

I think they picked Best Supporting Actor by the qualifications of, "Who won't mind losing to Ledger because they're still alive and acting"

[Spectre-7]

Surprised at no mention for Hellboy II for art direction or visual effects.

Well, it was nominated for best makeup. I guess that's something.

Also... W00T for Okapodi! I was totally surprised and delighted to see it on the list for best animated short. :D

Check it out (http://www.vimeo.com/1936805) if you love octopodes.

[Ink Asylum]

The only dog I have in this fight is to see Heath Ledger get best supporting actor.

[Bingley Joe]

Wow, six noms for WALL-E! GG Pixar -- well deserved.

[National Kato]

I did actually enjoy In Bruges, partly because of the dialogue and partly because I was there a few years ago and loved how faithful they were in filming it. One of my favorite European cities. Go for the canals, stay for the nougat.

Never thought it would be nominated, though.

[Johan]

I'm struck by the variety of films from which the Supporting Actor nominees were taken.

Tropic Thunder? Really?

Have you seen it? He was terrific in that role, despite the inconsistencies of the movie (which was reasonably humorous at times).

[muddi900]

When will Hollywood stop treating animation as a separate medium? Sure most of it is family friendly tripe, but most of the movies that the Academy nominates is disease-of-the-week crap or run-of-the-mill biopics. Wall-E was a better movie than A Beautiful Mind, Ray and Chicago. Yet it gets treated as differently because no actor was oscar baiting by playing Abraham Lincoln or a "Very brave" cancer/aids/diarrhea patient. Instead it had a lovable robot :(

Of course this year, it seems to be different. But Wall-e deserved recognition.

[Dave]

The Wrestler only gets one nomination? I'm sure it will win that award but it should have easily been up for others like Best Director.

Two, actually. Check out the Best Supporting Actress category.

As neat as The Dark Knight was, I still wish that Robert Downey Jr. would win for Tropic Thunder. I think that's cool that both got nominated, though.

Also, I agree with the lot of you that think that Let The Right One In should be up for a foreign film award as well... but it's not like Nightwatch/Daywatch got nominated either. At least I don't think they were, and both of those were also foreign horror films (or could be seen as such).

[ShivaX]

I'd have to really disagree. This was such a good year for films. I can't think of another year I was alive for where so many of my favorite directors released films at the same time.


The Divingbell and the Butterfly
In Bruges
Genius Party
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Burn After Reading
The Wrestler
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Let the Right One In
A Country Doctor
WALL-E

That is a very long list of good movies! Compare that to the past seven years or so.

A big chunk of those came out pretty recently. Iron Man wasn't what I'd call a "good movie" by any means. It was a decent movie, but not good. In Bruges was decent and The Dark Knight was good. I haven't really seen any of the others.

For a year thats not really a huge list by any means (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is technically 2007 even, it won a Golden Globe last year).

[rinichanraar]

Go Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button, go! I hope they both rake in a bunch of awards.

It's kind of a shame (for Robert Downey, Jr., anyway) that Tropic Thunder came out the same year The Dark Knight did. He was so good. Even though he won't win that Oscar, it's only his second nomination, and at least everyone acknowledges how awesome he was.

Also, I'm with everyone who wishes Let the Right One In had made it. Oh, well.

[pomeroy]

Fucking Benjamin Button. Jesus.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d76506803/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump-from-fgump44

[Inspector Fowler]

I haven't seen even ONE of the movies that is nominated for Best Picture. I also haven't seen ANY of the movies for which the actors and actresses were nominated for Best Actor/Actress...

That is okay. The Oscars always interest me, but as I get older I have less patience for some flicks and I come to view movies more often as an escape or just entertainment. Therefore, the movies that enter my radar rarely make best picture. Except for The Departed.

Also, ever since Denzel Washington won for fucking Training Day, the dumbest cop movie I've EVER FUCKING SEEN, I just can't take the awards seriously. You didn't think the man deserved it for Malcolm Fucking X, but a shitty, half-assed cop flick? Argh.

[Lint of Death]

I don't care how good Ledger was, Downey Jr. had better win that award for Tropic Thunder.

[Seconds Out]

Surprised at no mention for Hellboy II for art direction or visual effects.

You're kidding right?

[Seconds Out]

Slumdog Millionaire should win Best Picture. Easily.

[Urizen]

Fucking Benjamin Button. Jesus.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d76506803/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump-from-fgump44

Funny, but inaccurate seeing as how Button was based on the Fitzgerald short story and Brad Pitt flexed his Producer muscle to set the story in NOLA and Fincher has had this project on his personal back burner for a long ass time.

Most importantly, Gump was a horrible, horrible movie. Deeply flawed in the story it tried to tell. It did everything it could to cash in on melodrama and contrived an awful premise for character development to juxtapose Forrest and Jenny.

Gump did not deserve the Oscars it got. Shawshank did. Failing that, Pulp Fiction did. Button shouldn't be cast in the same light as Gump because the former doesn't make a virtue out of ignorance and anti-intellectualism. Button's characters are far more human and their flaws show. The interesting take was how Brad Pitt chose to play that character - he decided to go Joe Black all over again.

[pomeroy]

Oh, it's not completely accurate, that's for sure. It's just funny that that writer goes back to those specific tricks to work an emotional response out of the audience. I'd credit Fincher for keeping the saccharine sweetness out of Button that ends up destroying Gump.

I still don't really like Button, though. It's too long and the length of that movie really affects its emotional scope. Although I'd rather it win than fucking Slumdog.

[Lint of Death]

I enjoyed Slumdog Millionaire, but I felt like I had seen it before, as if the format combined with the innocence-ambushing perversion had been lifted from another movie.

[Lint of Death]

Also, I agree with the lot of you that think that Let The Right One In should be up for a foreign film award as well... but it's not like Nightwatch/Daywatch got nominated either. At least I don't think they were, and both of those were also foreign horror films (or could be seen as such).

I hope you're not saying this to suggest that Nightwatch was a good movie. If one hasn't read the books, it doesn't make any sense, but, if one has, it's utterly maddening how they screw with the stories.

I never watched the second film, but reading a synopsis was enough to tell me they screwed up most everything cool and good about that part of the book. Who thought it would be a good idea to completely remove a major character around whom the second part of the book was supposed to focus?! Not to mention that said character, Maxim, is one of the coolest in the whole series!

[pomeroy]

When will Hollywood stop treating animation as a separate medium? Sure most of it is family friendly tripe, but most of the movies that the Academy nominates is disease-of-the-week crap or run-of-the-mill biopics. Wall-E was a better movie than A Beautiful Mind, Ray and Chicago. Yet it gets treated as differently because no actor was oscar baiting by playing Abraham Lincoln or a "Very brave" cancer/aids/diarrhea patient. Instead it had a lovable robot :(

Of course this year, it seems to be different. But Wall-e deserved recognition.

Only one animated movie has ever been up for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast. And it was a well-deserved nomination. Wall-E, while very, very good, isn't in Beauty and the Beast's league.

On a side note: Let The Right One In (which I still haven't seen...damn you Midwest!) wasn't nominated by it's country of origin, and is thus disqualified from even competing for best foreign film. Bit of an oversight there, eh?

[H.Bogard]

I'm struck by the variety of films from which the Supporting Actor nominees were taken.

Tropic Thunder? Really?

Judge Suave hath spoken! De-list Downey from the nominees and all should bow to his personal tastes!

[muddi900]

Only one animated movie has ever been up for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast. And it was a well-deserved nomination. Wall-E, while very, very good, isn't in Beauty and the Beast's league.


I don't remember much of Beauty and the Beast, but it certainly wasn't as good as Wall-E. It probably got nominated because it was a bad year. Plus, it gave rise to Celine Dion. So, you're right, Wall-E isn't in the same league, it's way better. Also, Shrek got nominated for best Screenplay.

But my real point was that only a certain type of movies get Oscars; disease of the week tripe and biopics. I can tell you right now that Benjamin Button will win because it had some sick dude and Sean Penn will win because he played a "real" dude. The quality of the movies is irrelevant. Wall-E was a better movie than most of the ones that won in the previous years, and It deserved at least that much recognition.

[Ink Asylum]

Only one animated movie has ever been up for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast. And it was a well-deserved nomination. Wall-E, while very, very good, isn't in Beauty and the Beast's league.

Whoa whoa whoa! Wall-E is miles above Disney-rapes-another-fable-with-over-the-top-musical-scenes!

[Borthcollective]

Where is the freaking love for Gran Torino? Was it too late in the year?

[roboninja]

I haven't seen even ONE of the movies that is nominated for Best Picture. I also haven't seen ANY of the movies for which the actors and actresses were nominated for Best Actor/Actress...

That is okay. The Oscars always interest me, but as I get older I have less patience for some flicks and I come to view movies more often as an escape or just entertainment. Therefore, the movies that enter my radar rarely make best picture. Except for The Departed.

Also, ever since Denzel Washington won for fucking Training Day, the dumbest cop movie I've EVER FUCKING SEEN, I just can't take the awards seriously. You didn't think the man deserved it for Malcolm Fucking X, but a shitty, half-assed cop flick? Argh.

I fucking love Training Day. It is my favorite Denzel pic. I have yet ot meet anyone else that likes it as I do, but this does not sway me.

[fitbabits]

The only comment I'll make on these nominations is that I'm sorely disappointed that The Dark Knight didn't get nominated for Best Picture or Best Director.

[Suave Peanut]

Judge Suave hath spoken! De-list Downey from the nominees and all should bow to his personal tastes!
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Where in my comment did you read that I thought Downey didn't deserve a nomination or that my tastes were superior? :confused: I'm pretty sure I just said that the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were varied, and Tropic Thunder stood out among the serious-drama-time movies.

Internets are serious business. :cool:

[pomeroy]

I don't remember much of Beauty and the Beast, but it certainly wasn't as good as Wall-E. It probably got nominated because it was a bad year. Plus, it gave rise to Celine Dion. So, you're right, Wall-E isn't in the same league, it's way better. Also, Shrek got nominated for best Screenplay.

First, I think it's a better flick than Wall-E. No need to get your panties in a bunch. And Wall-E is up for Best Screenplay...I don't get what your point was with bringing up Shrek.

Whoa whoa whoa! Wall-E is miles above Disney-rapes-another-fable-with-over-the-top-musical-scenes!

Eh. I liked it better than Wall-E's "OMG ENVIRONMENT! OMG FAT PEOPLE WHO DONT DO THINGS FOR THEMSELVES!" "messages". Sue me. If they could have made the whole thing work like the first half hour, I'd be an acolyte.

[Ink Asylum]

Eh. I liked it better than Wall-E's "OMG ENVIRONMENT! OMG FAT PEOPLE WHO DONT DO THINGS FOR THEMSELVES!" "messages". Sue me. If they could have made the whole thing work like the first half hour, I'd be an acolyte.

There is far more to the movie than that. I actually enjoyed the second half of the movie, though a bit less than the first half. I have only one complaint about Wall-E. If I could I would remove the lame "John, get ready to have some kids!" joke from the climactic scene. Thanks to a lack of dialogue during most of the film they thankfully avoided the typical lame jokes and puns you get in animated flicks, but that one slipped in and made me cringe.

[pomeroy]

I'm not saying I didn't like the movie...I did. The end just kind of sold out the earlier promise, to me. But hell, it's still better than anything Dreamworks has ever put out. It's just not as good as Beauty and the Beast. :D

[Ink Asylum]

I'm curious why you rank Beauty and the Beast higher. What did it do that was anywhere near as amazing as Wall-E? I recognize that it's a good movie but it is fairly standard Disney fare.

[Nuggsy]

I'm rather upset that The Wrestler didn't get more love. Rourke, sure, Tomei, sure, but Aronofsky should get a best director nod and the screenplay should have gotten some love too.

Let The Right One In is a great flick. I'm not entirely surprised that it didn't get best foreign film nods though.

The academy has been weak in their pics, etc. for years. If it's not some sentimental drama or holocaust pic then the Academy doesn't give a rats ass it seems.

[pomeroy]

I'm curious why you rank Beauty and the Beast higher. What did it do that was anywhere near as amazing as Wall-E? I recognize that it's a good movie but it is fairly standard Disney fare.

I think that Disney perfected their fairy tale storytelling in it. The songs are very well done. It's got some of the first CGI in animation (the ballroom scene) which still holds up. Finally, there wasn't some giant tonal shift in it that changes the entire movie. This is my sticking point with Wall-E. The movie becomes something less when they get to the spaceship, and that disappoints me. Beauty and the Beast is a complete package. It (and Monsters, Inc.) are what I judge animation by.

Again, I don't dislike Wall-E. I just don't like it as much as Beauty.

[pomeroy]

Let The Right One In is a great flick. I'm not entirely surprised that it didn't get best foreign film nods though.

The academy has been weak in their pics, etc. for years. If it's not some sentimental drama or holocaust pic then the Academy doesn't give a rats ass it seems.

Once again, blame the country of origin for not submitting the film. Blame the producers for not making sure it met eligibilty guidelines. This time it is actually not the Academy's fault.

[Suave Peanut]

My thoughts on WALL-E: I adored that film. I was watching it and I remember thinking, 30 minutes in, "Oh my god... this is really good!" For a little context, I am famous among my friends for my 'hating everything' and my harsh criticism of film and music. But once the people showed up, my appreciation for it diminished. I liked the movie so much because I was just a little robot doing little robot things, with no dialog moving the story. And it was adorable!

I dunno, I'm not saying that the direction they went was bad or anything negative toward that filmmakers, it just didn't end up where I wanted it to go.

[Lint of Death]

Where is the freaking love for Gran Torino? Was it too late in the year?
My mind totally flaked on that. If it did arrive too late, I hope it sweeps the next awards :D

[pomeroy]

Torino didn't arrive too late. Seems like the Academy is sick of Eastwood for right now.

[Suave Peanut]

Torino didn't arrive too late. Seems like the Academy is sick of Eastwood for right now.

I imagine the Academy approached him for consideration, but he just told them to get off his lawn.

[5y1v4r]

I feel like this sums things up nicely
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/werecat_its/oscarpreferences.jpg

(stolen from theaterhopper.com, who stole it from somebody else) I think it's pretty telling that RDJ got nominated for Tropic Thunder and not for Iron Man. I'm also disapointed by the lack of Dark Knight nominations.
I really enjoyed Benjamin Button though, I'm not sure why so many people seem to think it was tedious.

[Dave]

I hope you're not saying this to suggest that Nightwatch was a good movie. If one hasn't read the books, it doesn't make any sense, but, if one has, it's utterly maddening how they screw with the stories.

I never watched the second film, but reading a synopsis was enough to tell me they screwed up most everything cool and good about that part of the book. Who thought it would be a good idea to completely remove a major character around whom the second part of the book was supposed to focus?! Not to mention that said character, Maxim, is one of the coolest in the whole series!

I thought that they were neat movies. That's just my opinion, though. From what I hear they made a killing at the box office in their native Russia. One report that I read online mentioned the first film out-earning Spider-Man in Russia.

Now I don't know if Spider-Man tanked over there or what, although I'd doubt it since those first two films were pretty good, but still if Spider-Man was anything outside of the U.S. like it was inside the U.S. then that's probably quite a chunk of money.

I haven't read the novels that Nightwatch and Daywatch were based on, but I did like those two movies.

[5y1v4r]

I thought that they were neat movies. That's just my opinion, though.

I haven't read the novels that Nightwatch and Daywatch were based on, but I did like those two movies.

I enjoyed the movies but they didn't do the books justice at all. If you liked the movies you may well want to check out the books, they are really excellent.

[ShivaX]

I imagine the Academy approached him for consideration, but he just told them to get off his lawn.

Its probably because he shot them, their whole family and burned their damn houses down.

[Disgustipated]

I knew Benjamin Button would sweep.

[H.Bogard]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Where in my comment did you read that I thought Downey didn't deserve a nomination or that my tastes were superior? :confused: I'm pretty sure I just said that the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were varied, and Tropic Thunder stood out among the serious-drama-time movies.

Internets are serious business. :cool:

I didn't. I was talking about Tropic Thunder.

Also: Need rolleyes emote, people keep misunderstanding my attitude.

[Dave]

I enjoyed the movies but they didn't do the books justice at all. If you liked the movies you may well want to check out the books, they are really excellent.

Are they available in English at all? If so, would you mind giving me the titles (and an author name too, please).

Like I said, I really dug the two films, and if the books are even better then cool.

How many books are there? I think I read at one point that it was a trilogy? Is that true, or were there more written?

Thanks!