Jake Gittes

I don't know why I'm still reading this thread.

I'm guessing Batman is simply too good for this. Y'all just don't understand its brilliance.

The Reloaded and Revolutions scenes might be heavy on CGI, but to me, they still manage to be ridiculously exciting; I rewatched them as I was reading the thread, and I was grinning like a kid. Whereas 90% of today's CGI set-pieces leave me cold. I would've killed to see Reloaded and Revolutions on an IMAX screen.

A History of Violence at least should have gotten BP and BD noms (as well as Best Actor). It's one of Cronenberg's most accessible (yet still artistic) films, and 2005 was a fairly weak year. It was arguably his best shot, too bad it didn't happen.

Does Cronenberg count? The Fly is a classic, of course, and he's moved closer to mainstream in the past decade with A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. At the same time, not nearly enough people have seen - and of those who have, not nearly enough people fully appreciate - such films as Videodrome, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch and Crash, all absolutely excellent. He's never had a film nominated for BP or BD either, which is a total shame - he deserved that recognition more than once.

Wall Street didn't win BD, The Last Emperor did. Not a fan of Midnight Express myself, haven't seen MB and The Commitments. I'll always have a soft spot for Angel Heart, though.

Andrew Dominik. Three films and all three are absolutely outstanding. Yet, almost no Oscar nominations (and none for him personally), total indifference from audiences and even the critics aren't fully on his side - The Assassination of Jesse James couldn't even manage 80% on RT, although it seems to be getting more and more acknowledged as one of the best films of the 2000s. Lynne Ramsay. While I'm not enthusiastic about Morvern Callar, her debut Ratcatcher is a hell of a film, beautifully turning the grim kitchen sink drama on its head, and We Need to Talk About Kevin is an absolute stunner in nearly every respect, one of the most remarkable films of the past few years. Once again, no major prizes, not even from Cannes, and not enough attention from critics.

Greengrass seems to be a pretty strong contender for a nom based on the first reactions. Not a lock, but close.

I won't believe it's better than United 93 until I see it, but it's good to know that Green Zone was just a fluke. That was such a disappointing non-entity of a movie, especially following U93 and two fantastic Bourne films.

I think he shows that just fine in Django and the trailer for Wolf of Wall Street. And he's having a ton of fun almost all through Catch Me If You Can.

I don't know if Adams is chasing an Oscar, but I do know that she consistently delivers one strong performance after the other, and I wouldn't want her to stop doing that. Having a great career is exactly what she's doing. Can't say the same about Watts, unfortunately.

This is both sad and hilarious. Makes me wish all the more that they would've just given her a richly deserved Oscar for Mulholland Drive and maybe we wouldn't have to endure this embarrassment now.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_fifth_estate/ Yup, I think we've got the first one we can completely scratch out of the race. This is no Social Network. Shame about Cumberbatch, though; I would have liked to see him ride this role to actual acclaim and perhaps some nominations. Unfortunately it looks like there isn't anything to ride on.

CA2 opens on April 4, though, so that would make as much sense as starting, say, a 2010 BSG with Clash of the Titans. You might as well move it another few weeks forward to include Noah and Muppets 2 and shit, and that'll just completely mess everything up. Next year's actual summer season has more than enough high-profile movies on its own.

The last part is wrong. Paranormal Activity 3 opened with $52m.

And she's got that Janis Joplin biopic coming soon. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if she wins an Oscar within the next 5 years.

I sure hope so.

He's by far my favorite actor, so while I'm not terribly shocked to hear it, I've been in a downbeat mood because of this for a few hours now. Perhaps it's because his last role was such a non-role in a non-movie (even though he managed his career in the 2000s much, much better than the likes of Pacino and DeNiro) - maybe if he agreed to do Nebraska and then went out on top, this news would've had much better air around it? And of course there's the memory loss thing, which I seriously hope isn't the beginning of something terrible. In any case, the man's a legend and hopefully he enjoys his retirement, as Gene Hackman, Sean Connery and Peter O'Toole have already been doing for some time now.

I'd keep Before Midnight as one of the alternatives. It's still the most critically acclaimed movie of the year and it's already looking like a better "summer indie" contender than Fruitvale Station, which has totally died in wide release (so did BM, but I'd argue it doesn't need the box-office quite as much) and might easily be buried by the combined power of The Butler and 12 Years a Slave.

Since then: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan - Mud Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt Maria Hofstatter - Paradise: Faith Olivia Wilde (can hardly believe it myself) - Drinking Buddies

My preseasons: 2. Star Trek Into Darkness - $354m 6. Despicable Me 2 - $228.1m Actual totals: 2. Despicable Me 2 - $355.7m 6. Star Trek Into Darkness - $228.5m This is just... no words, man.

TDK might not have deserved to be one of the five nominees in most years, but 2008 was so weak that it absolutely deserved to get in. The only better movies from that year that I know of are Wall-E and Let the Right One In.

Yup, Herstory of Dance and the body-switching episode were the only good ones that came out of the whole trainwreck that was S4.

I just watched Bambi Meets Godzilla and even if the title didn't already say it all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCUBVS4kfQ Come on, how can you seriously remove this? Boys Beware should totally be gone, though.

If you take away E.T. and Jurassic Park's re-release grosses, Despicable Me 2 is actually set to be Universal's highest grossing film ever once it passes $359.2m.