Monday, July 21st, 2008
There is a new tune up on the myspace, www.myspace.com/combinationofthings. Its called State of Mind and I wrote it in about 15 minutes last week. It is quite literally about all of the things that were going on inside my head at the moment of its creation. I also happen to be listening to Eddie Vedder’s soundtrack to Into the Wild and the soundtrack to Body of War a lot recently. If you listen to the song Im sure you will see why that information is relevant.
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Today i will be picking my winners for the Oscars. A lot of people try to pick who will win, I’m going to pick who i believe should win. so, without further delay lets pick some freaking Oscars!
Best Picture
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Laura Linney - The Savages
Best Supporting Actor
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Best Director
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Now for the films that are inexplicably under represented or not represented at all:
Zodiac
Into the Wild
Christian Bale and Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn
Frank Langella in Starting Out in the Evening
Eddie Vedder’s soundtrack for the Into the Wild
Johnny Greenwood’s score for There will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood is by far the years best movie and Daniel-Day Lewis gives probably the best performance by any actor in over a decade. he is even better in this than he was in Gangs of New York. I have always been a big Laura Linney fan so if shes nominated for an Oscar I’m going to support her. I’m giving my supporting actor to Hal Holbrook because he was incredible in Into the Wild and Into the Wild got totally screwed this year. Maybe it was because it came out to early and no one remembers it, maybe people are put off by its earnestness. either way it got royally snubbed. I hate the word snub. Cate Blanchett is the only thing worth seeing in I’m Not There, which was by far the years most disappointing movie. I am a huge Dylan fan and i kept waiting for it to let me love it but only when Cate Blanchett’s Dylan was on the screen could you really see the potential within. Finally, The Coen Bros get my vote for directing No Country for Old Men because it would not have worked if it had been directed by any other director much like There Will be Blood wouldn’t have worked if Plainview was played by anyone else but Daniel Day Lewis.
I’m actually pretty pumped for tomorrow. Keep on chooglin’.
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