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I honestly can't see it winning Oscars, but that's just me. I also don't think the song will win anything.
Thomas Newman's soundtrack for Skyfall is nominated for a Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2012 in the category Original Score - Feature Film (Theatrical Release).
Here is the complete list of competitors in this category:
Alexander Desplat - Rise of the Guardians (Paramount)
Howard Shore - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Warner Bros.)
John Williams - Lincoln (Walt Disney)
Jonny Greenwood - The Master (Weinstein)
Joe Kraemer - Jack Reacher (Paramount)
Marco Beltrami - The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)
Mychael Danna - Life of Pi (Twentieth Century Fox)
Moritz Schmittat - Shady Lady (Fact Not Fiction Films)
Nuno Malo – LUV (Indomina)
Thomas Newman - Skyfall (Columbia)
Anyway. I will see it this evening. Can't wait!
I would like to approach this more positively. Just ONE Oscar nomination for 'Skyfall' would be the FIRST Oscar nod ever since Sheena Easton's 'For Your Eyes Only' was nominated for an Oscar in 1981 (!) no less!
For me, that's already something big for Bond. And we should see that as such if you ask me. I expect two Oscar nominations, one for 'Best Original Song' (Adele with 'Skyfall') and one for 'Best Cinematography' (Roger Deakins). And I start to think Roger will actually win it, giving us Bond fans the first ever Oscar since John Stears won an Oscar for 'Best Special Effects' for 'Thunderball' in 1965.
Oh God! Really? I can think of at least three or four Bond movies that could have qualified for top notch awards. They never received them. So, I don't see the point in "SKYFALL" receiving such awards or nominations, either.
Of the 23 previous Bond movies over the last 49 years, only two have collected Academy Awards, both in technical categories.
Goldfinger won best sound effects in 1964 and a year later in 1965, Thunderball got best visual effects.
So could Skyfall be the first Bond film to achieve mainstream Oscar glory?
"Yes," Logan replies simply. "I think we made a proper movie, which was our goal."
John Logan has previous form with Academy voters, having been nominated for his work writing Gladiator, The Aviator and most recently, Hugo.
There has been chatter online that Dame Judi Dench could be nominated for her role as M in Skyfall.
Dench has six Oscar nominations to date, with one win in 1998, for supporting actress in Shakespeare in Love.
But when asked about Oscar prospects, Dench was keen to avoid the subject, saying: "Don't let's talk about that yet, that's a long way off."
Bond himself, Daniel Craig, was also keen to avoid Oscar hype at the world premiere, reluctantly admitting "of course" he'd like Skyfall to get noticed by the Academy Awards.
"I mean certainly Roger Deakins who did the camera work on this; it would be fantastic if he were to be recognised because he's done such a wonderful job."
Skyfall has already broken UK box office records, taking 10 days to hit £50m in ticket sales, the fastest film ever to do that. It opens in America on 9 November.
Rumours last week suggested that John Logan had already been tapped to write the next two Bond movies, as a possible two-part story, but that's been denied by Daniel Craig.
The film's makers, Eon Productions have yet to confirm that Logan will return.
However, when asked about the chances of working on future Bond scripts, Logan admits "nothing would make me happier".
And if he were to sign up, Logan doesn't see the franchise slipping back into cliched ways.
"I think we've established, and as have Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, we've established a tone that is the base line reality of Bond now," he said.
"So it can't become camp, it can't become grandiose in a bad way at this point, it simply has to be honest to the tone that we've worked so hard to create in Skyfall."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/20221206
I'd hazard a guess you're wrong. Can't see it at all myself.
Look at this:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-skyfall-oscar-best-picture-20121107,0,2598907.story
The Gold Standard
Building the case for Bond: 'Skyfall' for best picture
http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/skyfall-secret-screening-afi-fest-2012-graumans-chinese-hollywood/
‘Skyfall’ Is AFI Fest’s Secret Screening Tonight
I don't see how it falls into 'Best Picture' category. If it gets a best picture nomination I will post a shot of me standing naked in Trafalgar square with a Q mug preserving my modesty. I love Bond to bits but all this talk of oscars and making 900m is just pure fantasy. The Oscar talk in particular is just a publicity stunt on the part of the studio, you create Oscar buzz, you generate revenue where you may not have previously. Everyone should take this stuff with a pinch of salt.
..but yeah, I take EVERYTHING, that stands in a paper or is heard on the TV with a big grain of salt.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/deadline-hollywoods-the-contenders-today/
It means fans who still think Skyfall has Oscar chances are gonna have to accept it doesn't.
Then explain to me, why, for example, a film like Cloud Atlas is on this list, when its down to 60% something on RT and elsewhere?
Because it's an Oscar-type film. Welcome to the Academy Awards.
Personally, I don't see Bond getting nominated other than for maybe Best Original Score or Best Original Song. Bond has always been snubbed at these ceremonies and, apart from Empire Magazine Awards, I don't see there being much of a change in the near future.
Could be their thinking is Bond doesn't need awards to gain recognition but some of these smaller independent movies do? Or maybe Bond needs Bob and Harvey Weinstein behind them to win something?
SF is an action film. And unlike say Avatar or District 9, it doesn't have amazing CGI or political themes that could get it past that. So I really wouldn't expect it to get a best picture nomination or anything like that. Cloud Atlas is a drama that's Oscar bait.
Honestly I couldn't care less if SF doesn't win Osars or if it does.
I read thorough it again, and Les Miserables, of which I know, will go heavily for oscar is not on it either. So whatever this list is, its not complete. We shall see. There was an article some pages back perhaps now, that suggested, that they intent to send copies out unlike CR. The last word isn't spoken on the subject
Aside from music score or song, if this movie so much as receive one major Oscar nomination, I will have no respect for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
So what is this? Some statement that is supposed to convince me that my dislike of "SKYFALL" and the idea of it receiving major Oscar nominations is misplaced? Because I don't think so. There is nothing you can say or joke about that will convince me to change my mind. As far as I'm concerned, the movie is a load of crap.
Well thank you :D
James Bond At 50 Scores Big At The Academy But Could It Be The First To Get Best Picture Attention?
For Lincoln Academy Award attention is expected but now MGM/Sony’s (with Eon) Skyfall, thanks to top reviews and the best business ever for a Bond, is also surprising pundits as an emerging Best Picture contender. The Goldwyn was packed to the rafters on Sunday night and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, star Daniel Craig and director Sam Mendes appeared for the Q&A. One member told me they felt it is definitely Best Picture material and that was seconded by another, a self-confessed Bond uber-fan who proclaimed it the best ever.
Skyfall marks the 23rd Bond film out of the Broccoli factory and it is the first I can recall getting truly serious Oscar talk, not only for Best Picture but even in acting categories for supporting players Javier Bardem as the villainous Silva and Judi Dench with a particularly meaty turn as M this time around. It currently stands at an impressive 92% fresh score at Rotten Tomatoes survey of critics, the best critical response to a Bond film in decades. Mendes’ smart re-invention of the series after the not-well received Quantum Of Solace (2008) is a big reason why.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/james-bond-academy-best-picture/
It will not be too far away from 900m and i hope this means the next one will look like the money is up on the screen SF did not look like a big money film to me.
I still think it will be around $750-800m but I'm not an expert. We should also not forget that IMAX has added a decent amount to the B.O. - I'm sure CR would have hit $700m had it had the benefit of IMAX. To put it in perspective, I saw CR 3 times on opening day and it cost me around £35 for 4 tickets. I saw SF 3 times on opening day (IMAX) and it set me back £80.
But no-one's seen Les Miserables yet. Not press, not executives, nobody.
You mean SF or LM?
I doubt it. I don't think the Academy cares that much about Bond.