Dave's 2008 Oscar Preview - Part One: Iraq vs. Health Care - Page 3

Will Win: Transformers
Should Win: Transformers

Big films tend to win this award, with the odd Letters From Iwo Jima thrown in from time to time. So, really, this could just as easily be Bourne Ultimatum's prize. Or even Ratatouille, following in the footsteps of The Incredibles.

The only sound effect I remember from any of these films is the sound the transformers make when they transform, which is cool. Not as cool as the sound on the TV show, but still cool.

SOUND MIXING

  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Ratatouille
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Transformers

Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Should Win: The Bourne Ultimatum

This award tends to skew more Best Picture-y, so look for No Country to close.

I'd say I liked the sound during the fights in Bourne Ultimatum, but I'm pretty sure most of that noise was added later, and isn't that technically sound editing? But in that case, how is Ratatouille, which presumably had no live sound recording, up in here? I'm so confused.

Oh, and do the sound guys from There Will Be Blood and 3:10 to Yuma feel like one-termers or something for being the only ones to not make it into both categories?

In our next installment: That's "the Academy Award-nominated Norbit," thank you very much!

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  • 1 - handyguy

    Feb 13, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    Taxi to the Dark Side is a very powerful movie, much more so than No End in Sight [and certainly more than Slicko]. It did win the Writers Guild award, so possibly it has a chance.

  • 2 - David Dylan Thomas

    Feb 14, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Excellent point about the WGA. I'd say that puts Dark Side in play, but Sicko still has a considerable advantage.

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