Monday, July 21, 2008

Awards Daily has an article up about the Oscar chances for The Dark Knight, which is easily the best film I have see this year. They go into the history of the Academy Awards rewarding genre films and mention the following:
Remember when no toga & sandal movie ever triumphed at the Oscars… until Gladiator was nominated for 12, and won 5? Remember when no sword & sorcery movie had ever conjured up squat, until the Rings trilogy nabbed a grand total of 17 out of 30 nominations? No serial killer movie ever amounted to much until Silence of the Lambs crept up and shocked audiences out of their socks. No contemporary crime thriller had won Best Picture since The French Connection — until two reinventions blasted to the top, the past two years in a row.
Of course this film will rake in the nominations for all the tech categories but why can't it break into some of the major ones? Its really that good. The article lists the possibilities for the film to nominated:

* Best Supporting Actor • Heath Ledger
* Best Cinematography • Wally Pfister
* Best Editing • Lee Smith
* Best Music • James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer
* Best Art Direction • Nathen Crowley
* Best Make-up
* Best Visual Effects
* Best Sound
* Best Sound Mixing
I would add at least one more, Christopher Nolan for Best Director. He really does deserve to at least be nominated. I don't know what the rest of the year holds but I'm not sure if anyone will do as good a job as putting a picture together as he has here. That would make 9 Oscar nominations, not bad for a summer blockbuster based on a mere comic book.

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