Sunday, March 7, 2010

And the Oscar goes to


Mein Tippzettel für die 82ten Academy Awards
Legende:
♥ = Mein Tipp, ich wünsche mir den Oscar für …, manchmal das kleinere Übel
- Bester Film wird nicht, aber sollte "Fantastic Mr. Fox" werden. Punkt.
- Dokumentar- und Kurzfilme hab ich weggelassen, leider kannte ich noch keinen der nominierten.
- Mit dieser Liste ist kein Blumentopf zu gewinnen, ich weiß.
Edit: - Fett: Gewinner


My ballot for the 82nd Academy Awards

Explanations:
♥ = My fav, I'd like the Oscar for..., sometimes the lesser evil.
- "Fantastic Mr. Fox" won't but should win the Oscar for best movie. Period.
- No documentaries and short films, because unfortunately I haven't seen any of the nominated yet.
- I won't get far with this list, I know.
Edit: - Bold: Winner


Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges / Crazy Heart (Edit: Ich freue mich! Was für ein Charisma, da hat nur der White Russian gefehlt. Edit: I like this! He's so charismatic, he should have had a glass of White Russian in his hand.)
George Clooney / Up in the Air ♥ (Von mir aus auch Jeff Bridges. Leider kein echter Favorit dabei, wie Mickey Rourke im letzten Jahr. Jeff Bridges can have it, too. I don't really care for all of them, like I did for my fav Mickey Rourke last year.)
Colin Firth / A Single Man
Morgan Freeman / Invictus
Jeremy Renner / The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon / Invictus
Woody Harrelson / The Messenger ♥ (Irgendwie mag ich Woody Harrelson seit Zombieland. I like Woody Harrelson since Zombieland.)
Christopher Plummer / The Last Station
Stanley Tucci / The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz / Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock / The Blind Side (Edit: Tolle Rede, mir gefällt, dass sie jetzt einen Oscar und daneben eine goldene Himbeere aus demselben Jahr im Regal stehen hat. Edit: Nice speech, cool fact that she's got an Oscar and a Razzie now!)
Helen Mirren / The Last Station
Carey Mulligan / An Education
Gabourey Sidibe / Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep / Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz / Nine
Vera Farmiga / Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal / Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick / Up in the Air
Mo'Nique / Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
Coraline / Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox / Wes Anderson ♥ (Das kommt so richtig von Herzen! This is a decision from the depths of my heart.)
The Princess and the Frog / John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells / Tomm Moore
Up / Pete Docter

Art Direction
Avatar / Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus / Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro (Art Direction); Caroline Smith (Set Decoration)
Nine / John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)
Sherlock Holmes / Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Young Victoria / Patrice Vermette (Art Direction); Maggie Gray (Set Decoration)

Cinematography

Avatar / Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half/Blood Prince / Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker / Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds / Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) / Christian Berger

Costume Design
Bright Star / Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel / Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus / Monique Prudhomme
Nine / Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria / Sandy Powell

Directing

Avatar / James Cameron
The Hurt Locker / Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds / Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire / Lee Daniels
Up in the Air / Jason Reitman

Film Editing
Avatar / Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 / Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker / Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds / Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire / Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

Ajami / Israel
The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) / Peru
A Prophet (Un Prophète) / France
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) / Argentina
The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) / Germany ♥ (Großartiger Film. Great movie.)

Makeup
Il Divo / Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek / Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria / Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)
Avatar / James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox / Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker / Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes / Hans Zimmer
Up / Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
The Princess and the Frog / “Almost There”
The Princess and the Frog / “Down in New Orleans”
Paris 36 / “Loin de Paname”
Nine / “Take It All”
Crazy Heart / “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”

Sound Editing

Avatar / Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker / Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds / Wylie Stateman
Star Trek / Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up / Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
Avatar / Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker / Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds / Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek / Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen / Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson ♥ (Haha, ein Oscar für Transformers! Haha, an Oscar for Transformers!)

Visual Effects
Avatar / Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 / Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken ♥ (Das geringere Übel. The lesser evil.)
Star Trek / Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9 / Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education / Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop / Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire / Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air / Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Hurt Locker / Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds / Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger / Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man / Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up / Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

(Photo: Hollywood audition for a black cat.)

I'm so sick of goodbyes


Good night Sparklehorse.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Musik für Dienstage ~ Music for tuesdays (11)


Tunng ~ Hustle

Monday, March 1, 2010

Frühling

Manchmal hab ich sogar für den Frühling nur einen Stinkefinger übrig.

There are times when I can only give the finger, even when it's spring who rings the bell.








Thursday, February 18, 2010

Wattebäusche ~ Fluffballs

Mein neues Lieblingstier: die Schwanzmeise. Ooooooooh, uuuuuuuuh, der ganz links! Ich bin einer Ohnmacht nahe.

My new favorite animal: the Long-tailed Tit. Ooooooooh, uuuuuuuuh, look at the left one. I'm feeling faint.


Photo 1 via Cute Overload.
Photo 2 "Schwanzmeise" by Olaf Wolfram.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Musik für Dienstage ~ Music for tuesdays (10)

Schönes, animiertes Video vom kanadischen Filmemacher Alan Poon für das tolle "In Our Talons" von den Bowerbirds. Gefunden via BOOOOOOOM.

Beautifully animated video made by Canadian filmmaker Alan Poon for the great "In Our Talons" by Bowerbirds. Found it via BOOOOOOOM.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

My heart is a tree covered in snow






Thursday, February 11, 2010

Around the world

Durch das Blog der wunderbaren Carson Ellis bin ich auf dieses Juwel aufmerksam geworden.
"Die große Reise des kleinen Mouk" heißt das knallbunte Kinderbuch des Franzosen Marc Boutavant. Der Protagonist ist ein Bär, der sich aufmacht, die Welt zu erkunden. Ob Hotels aus Eis in Lappland, Felsmalereien in der Sahara, Elefantenvogel-Eier in Madagaskar, Riesen-Flughunde in Indien, schwimmende Inseln aus Schilf in Peru: gemeinsam mit Mouk kann man auf jeder Seite viel entdecken. Die Illustrationen sind erfüllt von unglaublicher Liebe zum Detail und köstlichem Humor. Wer so viel geballte Niedlichkeit aushält und wen das Getümmel in den Büchern von Richard Scarry schon immer fasziniert hat, der sollte sich "Die große Reise des kleinen Mouk" sofort besorgen. Erschienen ist das Buch im Hanser-Verlag.

The blog of wonderful Carson Ellis called my attention to this jewel:
"Around The World With Mouk" is a children's book by French illustrator Marc Boutavant. The protagonist is a bear and he is going, well, on a trip around the world. Ice hotels in Lapland, rock paintings in the middle of the Sahara Desert, eggs of elephant birds in Madagascar, giant fruit bats in India, swimming reed islands in Peru: there's so much to discover on every page. The illustrations are filled with a lot of love in the details and great humor. If you can bear the huge amount of cuteness and if you used to be fascinated by the turmoil in the books of Richard Scarry, you should get "Around The World With Mouk" right away. The book is published by Chronicle Books.



Fanpost

Ich hab gestern Fanpost bekommen!
Ich platze vor Stolz.

I received fan mail yesterday!
I'm beaming with pride.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Adventures (in black and white)