Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron, Avatar
LIVIA: Again, Cameron should clean up on the technicals.
NASTINCHKA: I can still remember the fit I pitched in our Tahoe chalet when Titanic picked up the editing statue. "NO EDITING AWARDS FOR MOVIES THAT ARE THREE HOURS LONG." I threw things. Also, I hated Titanic with the heat of a thousand suns. Obvs does not apply here.
Julian Clarke, District 9
LIVIA: J'ADORE DISTRICT 9!
NASTINCHKA: Me too, but from a purely technical standpoint I didn't think the job here was anything special.
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker
NASTINCHKA: Very, very well done and a great example of how patience can build tension just as effectively as LOUD BANGY NOISES. Though there's plenty of those to go around, you may have heard.
Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds
LIVIA: Dark horse, but they'll want to recognize Tarantino's technicals somewhere.
NASTINCHKA: This may be the one place Sally Menke (LOVE.) and QT can overtake for a tech award ... but I don't think they will. Unfortunate, since this is their best put-together film to date.
Joe Klotz, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
NASTINCHKA: Huh? Why? I feel like every non-acting award Precious is up for is sort of coasting on the amazing performances. It's a very good movie. No idea what it's doing in this category.
THREE STATE KILLING SPREE-INDUCING SNUBS
NASTINCHKA: 2012 and Star Trek. PEOPLE. COME ON.
WINNER
LIVIA: Inglourious Basterds
NASTINCHKA: I would love if that were the case, but I fear the crushing tread of Avatar will leave none alive in its wake. There are gonna be a lot of straight-ticket voters for that thing. And again, it's not undeserving. It was a great year for post geeks.
Posted by Nastinchka at March 7, 2010 12:04 PM