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  1. Jake Gittes
    Deakins, Delbonnel and HVH I could all see winning. Deakins has to be #1 at this point, for obvious reasons.
  2. Jake Gittes
    Roger Deakins - Unbroken Robert Elswit - Inherent Vice Hoyte van Hoytema - Interstellar Bruno Delbonnel - Big Eyes Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel (seriously, enough snubbing this guy already) alternates: Creig Fraser - Foxcatcher Jeff Cronenweth - Gone Girl Guillaume Schiffman - The Search Emmanuel Lubezki - Knight of Cups (or the other Malick)
  3. Jake Gittes
    That rap was incredible.
  4. Jake Gittes
    I felt bad for Jasmine as a person who, I thought, was deeply screwed up by the environment she had spent too much time in.
  5. Jake Gittes
    I'm not saying they'll be nominated, but they are certainly contenders, IMO.
  6. Jake Gittes
    John Powell - HTTYD2 Jonny Greenwood - Inherent Vice
  7. Jake Gittes
    Oh yeah.
  8. Jake Gittes
    Basically this, with The Story of Princess Kaguya or some other foreign film possibly taking the place of Book of Life. Disney and Laika are both on a roll (I really hope Laika gets to win soon, they deserve it), Dragon 2 doesn't even need to be as good as the first one to be worthy of a nom, and TLM looks perfectly safe at this point.
  9. Jake Gittes
    If DDL could avoid getting a nomination for Nine, Streep could end up without one for ITW
  10. Jake Gittes
    I'd say Taxi Driver is at least as dark, but yeah, I know what you mean. One of the things that made me love it was how balanced it was, the movie isn't shy of being very grim and serious, but it also moves with energy, is hugely entertaining in spots (the I. B. Bangin' scene killed me), Cage and Arquette's relationship is instantly heartwarming and the uplifting ending feels earned. The overall tone is just about perfect.
  11. Jake Gittes
    I was shocked when I found out the budget here was $55 million. I get that Cage was bankable back then, but how could anyone read the script and believe this movie would be big enough to bring back that budget? It was always going to be divisive, and it doesn't surprise me that it got basically lost among all the more hyped/controversial adult films of late 1999. People will rediscover it, though, like they are already doing with The King of Comedy and After Hours.
  12. Jake Gittes
    One of the best films I've seen recently, and a good candidate for Scorsese's most underrated movie. An electrifying, powerful trip with a handful of great, distinctive performances from Cage, Arquette, Rhames, Sizemore, Goodman and Cliff Curtis. Would probably make a hell of a triple feature with Taxi Driver and After Hours.
  13. Jake Gittes
    Emily Watson. I'm speechless.
  14. Jake Gittes
    Why does it matter how much TGBH will do in the long run? Whether it finishes with $30m or $60m or anything in between, it's having an unprecedented opening.
  15. Jake Gittes
    That's pretty much the platform release equivalent of TA's OW record. From The Master's $147k to over $200k (even if not, over $180k seems guaranteed) just like that. Unless Inherent Vice goes limited I don't see this beaten for another couple of years.
  16. Jake Gittes
    I don't hate Cage at all. The man's a great actor and I say this without a shade of irony.
  17. Jake Gittes
    Recently he got out of it twice in a row with Ben Button and TSN. Then there's House of Cards. Besides, each one of his thrillers is pretty distinctive, and at least two (Seven and Zodiac) are fantastic films that also couldn't be more different from one another.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SVC_9V8K5Y
  19. Jake Gittes
    Should be noted that Frozen is released on Blu-ray on March 18 so its drops will likely get worse after that.
  20. Jake Gittes
    Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead might be my favorite Cage movie. (But, I have yet to see Vampire's Kiss, Wild at Heart, or Adaptation). The man is great in it too, although his performance is more quiet and sympathetic and less "Cage Rage".
  21. Jake Gittes
    It's about time Mulligan got nominated again. I kinda wonder about Kidman in Queen of the Desert. Since it's Herzog it likely won't be a very conventional biopic, but it could also be good enough to draw attention. And Kidman was great in (and got nominated for) Rabbit Hole just three years ago, so we know she can still bring it.
  22. Jake Gittes
    You know any details about her role? She was cast late and for all we know it might be a tiny part like Michael Caine's in Inception.
  23. Jake Gittes
    William Friedkin's BUG. Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon were robbed of Oscar nominations.
  24. Jake Gittes
    Yeah I see Fincher or Nolan nominated before Scott.
  25. Jake Gittes
    Voyage of Time is a documentary, no? His features are Knight of Cups and another as-yet-untitled one (formerly titled Lawless).
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