The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

[imagineer boy]

Hmmmm....

Best Picture - No chance....Walk the Line, Brokeback Mountain, and Munich are pretty much locks while Good Night, and Good Luck, King Kong, The New World, The Producers, Match Point, and even Crash look to battle for the last two spots.

I think there is a small chance atleast. I highly doubt that Brokeback mountain, King Kong ( I'm sure it'll be good, but movies like kong just don't get nominated for best picture ), Produces, and some others would get nominated. I think the best picture list could look like Walk the Line, Munich, Cinderella Man, and ( hopefully ) Narnia.

Best Director - Again, no chance....Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, George Clooney, and Woody Allen are the favorites right now.

It's always hard to tell for best director, so I'll just wait and see.

Best Actress - No chance once again....everyone is looking at Reese Witherspoon, Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron, Judi Dench, and Felicity Huffman.

Best Supporting Actress - Doubtful....there's no single person anyone is talking about at the moment but Diane Keaton, Uma Thurman, Scarlett Johannson, and Maria Bello are the women that are being talked about right now.

I havn't seen any other of those performances, so its hard to tell. Although, the performace by Tilda Swinton has created quite a buzz among the critics.

Best Original Score - It's possible, but there's too many other good ones out there right now like Batman Begins, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Munich, King Kong and War of the Worlds.

The thing about that though is that you'd have 3 John Williams scores in a row. It would be John Williams over-kill. Over the scores of RotS, WotW, and Munich, I'd probably choose RotS. And from some earlier reviews I've read for Kong, they say that the musical score is terrible because for some reasons, Peter Jackson sacked Howard Shore, and hired James Newton Howard with only 2 months to write and record the score. So, the lineup could look like this: Epiosode 3, Narnia, Wallace and Gromit, and Batman Begins.

Best Visual Effects - Already locked up by War of the Worlds, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, and King Kong.

Hmm... You have a point there. War of the Worlds could be dropped though. As good as the effects were, they weren't truly ground-breaking.

Best Cinematography - Possible noms include Good Night, and Good Luck, Munich, Batman Begins, and Sin City....doesn't have a real shot here.

I don't know, we shall have to see.

Best Costume Design - Good chance of getting in but Memoirs of a Geisha is the current favorite.

Still, it'll atleast get nominated.

Best Art Direction - Strong possibility although Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Batman Begins, and The New World are the contenders at the moment.

Very hard to tell. I'm pretty sure it'll atleast get nominated.

As for sound, it might get nominated, but War of the Worlds will chew it up and spit it back out. The tripod war horns were incredable...

Still, I'm pretty sure this movie will get a hefty amount of nominations.

 

[NemoRocks78]

King Kong for best picture??

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yeah, keep on laughing....probably just mad because Kong is sitting with a 96% on RT, while Narnia is only at 75%.....

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I just don't understand how it's going to be 3 hours long, that's twice the length of the original

PJ has added quite a bit. Not sure why everyone is saying the length is going to kill it....Titanic and the LOTR films were all that length.

I think there is a small chance atleast. I highly doubt that Brokeback mountain, King Kong ( I'm sure it'll be good, but movies like kong just don't get nominated for best picture ), Produces, and some others would get nominated. I think the best picture list could look like Walk the Line, Munich, Cinderella Man, and ( hopefully ) Narnia.

Brokeback Mountain has amazing reviews (85% at RT, 8.0 at IMDB, 87 at Metacritic), opened with the highest PTA ever for a non-animated film over the weekend, and won the Best Picture award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (Ang Lee also picked up Best Director). Kong has some of the best reviews of the year, currently holding at 96% over at RT (22 fresh, 1 rotten) and if LOTR could pull it off then Kong certainly can (it's not necessarily being considered as a frontrunner, but now it's showing some chance as some of the earlier Oscar hopefuls like Jarhead and Memoirs of a Geisha have unfortunately not won over the critics). Good Night, and Good Luck also has VERY strong reviews (94% at RT), and there's also The New World, which has some good reviews so far, and Match Point, which is gaining some positive buzz. Earlier this year Cinderella Man was a leading contender, but it of course didn't attract an audience which could be a downer.

As of this moment I can easily say that Narnia won't go near the BP category. Why? Simple....it just didn't go over to well with some critics (hence why the 75% over at RT, a B at Yahoo, and a 78 at Metacritic). All of the Harry Potter films have recieved a lot of praise and since not a single one has gotten a BP nom, there's not much of a reason to believe that this could pull it off.

The thing about that though is that you'd have 3 John Williams scores in a row. It would be John Williams over-kill. Over the scores of RotS, WotW, and Munich, I'd probably choose RotS. And from some earlier reviews I've read for Kong, they say that the musical score is terrible because for some reasons, Peter Jackson sacked Howard Shore, and hired James Newton Howard with only 2 months to write and record the score. So, the lineup could look like this: Epiosode 3, Narnia, Wallace and Gromit, and Batman Begins.

The reviews for Kong's score have been mixed but if it can pull off some of the bigger categories like BP and BD then I think it will have a good chance. Problem with Narnia's score is that it's not being talked about at all. I've yet to hear any sort of buzz about it (don't get me wrong....it was good....I'm a fan of Harry Gregson-Williams). While three JW scores is definitely overkill, the guy can do some amazing things and all three are fantastic (even the Memoirs of a Geisha score has been getting some praise). I'd also watch out for The New World's score as well.

Hmm... You have a point there. War of the Worlds could be dropped though. As good as the effects were, they weren't truly ground-breaking.

Not groundbreaking?!? :lol: On pretty much any Oscar forum you'll go to you will always see those three....Narnia is only usually listed as a possibility. WOTW and ROTS were both known for their dazzling special effects, and Kong certainly will be too.


The only real places I can see it get nominated in are for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design, just like Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was last year.

 

[Timmay]

Of course, we all know that RT is the backbone of the Academy

I am not mad at all...I don't think LWW will even be nominated for best picture...but King Kong? Please.

All this excitement over a movie that has the same plot and story and characters as the previous two versions just doesn't make sense. I am sure if it were anyone else besides Jackson doing it, most people would be 'ho hum"

 

[NemoRocks78]

Of course, we all know that RT is the backbone of the Academy

I am not mad at all...I don't think LWW will even be nominated for best picture...but King Kong? Please.

All this excitement over a movie that has the same plot and story and characters as the previous two versions just doesn't make sense. I am sure if it were anyone else besides Jackson doing it, most people would be 'ho hum"

RT = reviews and nothing more....only place to get the "real" info.

You may not like it, but hey, the buzz is HUGE, the reviews are GREAT, and it's got everything it needs to be a certain crowd pleaser. If the Academy took on the LOTR films there's no reason why they wouldn't do it with Kong (and it's not just me saying this --- it's all over the Oscar forums).

 

[joanna71985]

I've seen it twice and I loved it both times I saw it. I absolutely love the soundtrack. I can't wait to see it again.

 

[catinthehat]

Sorry I posted this in another thread.
I didn't know this was where we were posting reviews.

Just got back. Some quick thoughts...
It was good, quite enjoyable, but it was no LOTR.
Seemed a little more fairytale-ish to me. Not as gritty as LOTR.

I don't see why a comparison should be made! LOTR is LOTR and Narnia ia Narnia. It seemed fairytale-ish because it is fairytale-ish-- it's magical and not supposed to be quite as dark as LOTR. Don't get me wrong. I love LOTR also, but I just don't see the need to compare as many others have becasue they are two very different films in my opinion.

 

[imagineer boy]

BTW, I thought of another possible nomination. What about best adapted screen play?

 

[mousermerf]

BTW, I thought of another possible nomination. What about best adapted screen play?

It'd have to fight Brokeback and that'd probably be a losing battle.

 

[Flower'sChild]

I've seen it twice and I loved it both times I saw it. I absolutely love the soundtrack. I can't wait to see it again.

So how many times do you plan on seeing it lol > I have only seen it once so far but I plan to see it more times. I am curious who will see it more between you and I lol >

 

[Madison]

I've just come back from seeing it and kinda thought that it was a really bad movie. It was tepid, predictable and boring. There was simply no mystery at all and that really made it difficult to be excited or interested in events that were inevitably going to happen.

 

[Timmay]

I don't see why a comparison should be made! LOTR is LOTR and Narnia ia Narnia. It seemed fairytale-ish because it is fairytale-ish-- it's magical and not supposed to be quite as dark as LOTR. Don't get me wrong. I love LOTR also, but I just don't see the need to compare as many others have becasue they are two very different films in my opinion.

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The only the thing the two stories have in common are they were written by men who were best friends, and both men were of strong Christian faith.

CON are written for kids, LOTR are not.

 

[imagineer boy]

Well, the only golden globe nominations it recieved were best musical score and best original song. Not bad. At least it got nominated for something. Oh well, I really don't like the Golden Globe awards anyway, so it doesn't matter. :lol:

 

[jrriddle]

I don't see why a comparison should be made! LOTR is LOTR and Narnia ia Narnia. It seemed fairytale-ish because it is fairytale-ish-- it's magical and not supposed to be quite as dark as LOTR. Don't get me wrong. I love LOTR also, but I just don't see the need to compare as many others have becasue they are two very different films in my opinion.

You are right they are 2 very different films, I see that now.
I was a Narnia virgin when I went to see the movie. My expectations were for a LOTR adventure not a Fairytale.
We read LOTR in school and my sister read Narnia but I never picked it up.
I still enjoyed it on a certain level. Still didn't seem as big and epic as the LOTR movies.

 

[catinthehat]

You are right they are 2 very different films, I see that now.
I was a Narnia virgin when I went to see the movie. My expectations were for a LOTR adventure not a Fairytale.
We read LOTR in school and my sister read Narnia but I never picked it up.
I still enjoyed it on a certain level. Still didn't seem as big and epic as the LOTR movies.

Glad I could clear that up-- it certainly wadn't the first time I have heard the comparison-- and each time I wonder why a comparison is even being made! Both are great films, but just not comparable!