Oscar Nominations

Oscar nominations were today. I hadn't really thought about predictions for the nominations but they seem pretty reasonable. Below are those films that got more than one nomination.

8 Dreamgirls
7 Babel
6 The Queen
6 Pan's Labyrinth
5 The Departed
5 Blood Diamond
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4 Notes on a Scandal
4 Little Miss Sunshine
4 Letters from Iwo Jima
3 Little Children
3 Children of Men
3 Apocalypto
2 United 93
2 The Prestige
2 The Devil Wears Prada
2 Flags of Our Fathers
2 Cars
2 An Inconvenient Truth

I've seen most of them. Dreamgirls got 8 because it got 3 nominations for 3 different songs. I'm seeing it tomorrow. And I think I'll see Pan's Labyrinth this afternoon. Of the rest I still need to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2, Children of Men, Apocalypto, The Devil Wears Prada, and Flags of Our Fathers. Of those non-documentary, short, or foreign film that got one nomination, I still need to see 9:

Borat
Click
Curse of the Golden Flower
Half Nelson
Marie Antoinette
Monster House
Poseidon
The Pursuit of Happyness
Venus

I can't believe I'm going to try to see Click, Poseidon and Apocalypto.

Of what I have seen, I think there were a lot of good movies this year but not a lot of great films. I really really liked Little Miss Sunshine and United 93. I also really enjoyed Thank You for Smoking. I also really liked Casino Royale, but it's right that it didn't get a nomination.

As far as the Oscar Pool this year I think a lot of the big categories have a very strong favorite (though not Supporting Actor), so it will come down to the smaller categories or an upset. I'd love to see Paul Greengrass (United 93) beat Martin Scorsese (The Departed) for director.