Is the Dark Knight an Oscar contender?

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]I meant which Oscar as in best picture, director etc silly:P. Also i think Superhero movie and Disaster movie this year had batman in them, so they win best movie with batman. zakkro

Dont deny the truth.

[QUOTE="zakkro"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]I meant which Oscar as in best picture, director etc silly:P. Also i think Superhero movie and Disaster movie this year had batman in them, so they win best movie with batman. Film-Guy

Dont deny the truth.

His score had no chance of winning anything though since he didnt write the majority of it. Still a great score, though Nick Cave's score for The Assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford was better imo. The score to there will be blood tried too hard at times to sound unique.

It was still a fantastic score overall, shame the Oscars didnt nominate it.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="dreDREb13"]Yeah, I agree. I'm a fan of indie films. But I never really watch them anymore, so I guess I don't have a good place to talk... But I still wish There Will Be Blood won Best Picture last year...dreDREb13

I was fine with No Country for Old men winning, I would have preferred There Will Be Blood but either is good.

Imo, No Country for Old Men is much better than There Will Be Blood. Then again, I'm also a huge Cormac McCarthy fan :D.

[QUOTE="dreDREb13"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I was fine with No Country for Old men winning, I would have preferred There Will Be Blood but either is good.

chessmaster1989

Imo, No Country for Old Men is much better than There Will Be Blood. Then again, I'm also a huge Cormac McCarthy fan :D.

Whats your favorite Cormac McCarthy book? Mine is Suttree, and Child of God.

dont question the film guy on movies of 08 that were great. he probably already watched so many movies we havent heard of that were probably a lot better than the dark knight.

taj7575

Oh noes!!! Fear his all knowingness!

Honestly though I dont watch the oscars so I won't be on the edge of my seat cheering for it. But if it did win I think that it would be nice, simply because there are so many people who think it cant win just because its a comic book movie.

[QUOTE="taj7575"]

dont question the film guy on movies of 08 that were great. he probably already watched so many movies we havent heard of that were probably a lot better than the dark knight.

kdsns

Oh noes!!! Fear his all knowingness!

Honestly though I dont watch the oscars so I won't be on the edge of my seat cheering for it. But if it did win I think that it would be nice, simply because there are so many people who think it cant win just because its a comic book movie.

There are probably just as many people who think it should win though. Most people I know think it should.

[QUOTE="taj7575"]

dont question the film guy on movies of 08 that were great. he probably already watched so many movies we havent heard of that were probably a lot better than the dark knight.

kdsns

Oh noes!!! Fear his all knowingness!

Honestly though I dont watch the oscars so I won't be on the edge of my seat cheering for it. But if it did win I think that it would be nice, simply because there are so many people who think it cant win just because its a comic book movie.

[QUOTE="barcx17"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Its all a matter of opinion though. I WOULD call it one of the best films of the year. And I would love to see it at least nominated for Best Picture - whether it wins, who knows. I really do think though that Heath Ledger should win best supporting actor. He is just superb in that film. It has nothing to do with his death.

I agree that the Oscars make poor choices sometimes. Chicago winning over The Pianist - which took Actor, Director and Screenplay - is just a joke.

kemar7856

Other jokes come to my mind like:
The English Patient over Fargo (1996)
Shakespear in Love over Saving Private Ryan (1999)
Crash over Good Night, Good Luck or Brokeback Mountain (2005)

The Pianist is amazing, it's one of my all-time favorite films.

[QUOTE="RobbieH1234"]

[QUOTE="3eyedrazorback"]I think, because of the hype surrounding it (not to mention its pure awesomeness), it's going to win quite a few. Look at Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Yeah, it was good, and it's my favorite, but it won mostly because of the hype. biggest_loser

Anyway, I think it'll go in the other direction for The Dark Knight; Heath will get a nomination, Nolan might, but that's it.

If it would have come out last year, it would have had a chance, but this year, no way. It wont be nominated for the main awards. It WILL get nominations (and probably wins) for Supporting actor (Heath Ledger is a lock-in, no other performance this year comes close), for cinematography, editing, sound editing and mixing, and also costume design, maybe makeup. If its lucky it could get a screenplay nomination, but its doubtful. For best director and best picture, theres no way, movies like Frost/Nixon, Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire, ext completely overshadow it.

Besides, look at the Golden Globes, 10 best movie nominations and they didnt include The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight only got 1 golden globe nomination (best supporting actor). Even Tropic Thunder got more nominations.

I really think the movie deserves nominations for best picture though, and especially Christopher Nolan deserves a best director nomination, but it probably wont happen.

(BTW, to that guy who asked about who chooses the winners, well, isnt it obvious? The Academy chooses the winners. Not film critics like Roger Ebert. The Academy consists of hundreds of people, actors, directors, and people involved in hollywood, and they all vote choosing the winners.)