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One is a silly cartoon of improbable absurdity set in an artificial universe of Holiday cuteness. And the other one is Bolt.
Bolt, fetch! Marley & Me, far fetched.
Battle of the tail-wagging puppy trailers after the cut.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 15, 2010: Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 20, 2010: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, March 7, 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation
Awards So Far
NBR Winner+/top ten*
LAFCA Winner+
BFCA Critics Choice Win+/Nominee*
NYFCC Winner +/*
SEFCA Winners+/*
Golden Globes Nominee+/*
SAG Winner+/Nominee*
National Society of Film Critics winners+
Producers Guild Winner+/Nominees*
Directors Guild Winners+/Nominees*
Art Directors Guild Nominees*
Writers Guild Nominees*
American Cinematographers Society*
American Cinema Editors*
Cinema Audio Society*
BAFTA Nominations*
Best Picture
The Hurt
Locker*+++**+++******
Avatar*+********
Inglourious Basterds***+****
Up in the Air+*+*******
Precious******
District 9*****
A Serious
Man*****
An
Education*****
Up****
The Blind Side
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart++++*
George Clooney, Up in the Air+*++***
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker**+*
Colin Firth, A
Single Man****
Morgan Freeman, Invictus+***
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side+++
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia++++**
Carey Mulligan, An Education+****
Gabby Sidibe, Precious****
Helen Mirren, The
Last Station**
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds+++++++*
Woody Harrelson,The Messenger+***
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones****
Matt Damon, Invictus***
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station*
Best Supporting
Actress
Mo'Nique, Precious+*+++++*
Anna Kendrick, Up
in the Air+****
Vera Farmiga, Up
in the Air****
Penelope Cruz, Nine**
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker++++*++*
Jim Cameron, Avatar*+**
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds****
Jason Reitman, Up in the
Air***
Lee Daniels, Precious**
Best Original
Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds+*
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man+*+*
Mark Boal, The Hurt
Locker***
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up*
Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camo The Messenger
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner,
Up in the Air+++++*
Armando Iannucci, In the Loop+
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious**
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9**
Nick Hornby, An
Education*
Best Editing
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron, Avatar+**
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski,
The Hurt Locker***
Julian Clarke, District 9**
Joe Klotz, Precious
Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds**
Best
Cinematography
Mauro Fiore, Avatar+**
Christian Berger, White Ribbon+++*
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker***
Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds***
Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter
Best Art Direction
Avatar+**
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus*
Nine*
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar+**
The Hurt Locker***
Star Trek* **
Inglourious Basterds
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen*
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Up
Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
Best Costume Design
Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria +*
Catherine Leterrier,Coco Avant Chanel*
Janet Patterson, Bright Star**
Colleen Atwood, Nine*
Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up+*
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker!
James Horner, Avatar*
Alexandre Desplat, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes*
Best Foreign Language Film (submissions)
A Prophet, France+*
The White Ribbon, Germany**
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
Ajami, Israel
The Milk of Sorrow, Pru
Best Documentary Feature
The Cove++**+
Food, Inc.**
The Beaches of Agnes++*
Burma VJ*
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Which Way Home
Best Animated
Feature
Up+++**
The Fantastic Mr. Fox+*+***
Coraline****
The Princess and the Frog***
The Secret of Kells
Best Visual
Effects
Avatar+*
District 9* *
Star Trek**
Best Makeup
The Young Victoria**
Star Trek*
Il Divo*
Best Song
The Weary Kind – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham, Crazy Heart ++
Down in New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog
Almost There – Randy Newman, The Princess And The Frog***
Loin de Paname, Paris 36
Best Live Action Short
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Best Animated Short
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of
Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
8 Responses for "Marley & Bolt"
Marley and Me kind of reminds me of those great – albeit severely kitschy – animal movies. Like Beethoven (not the sequels), Homeward Bound, etc. I really wish Owen Wilson would get back to writing. His script for Rushmore with Wes Anderson was perfect.
I love the book “Marley and Me”. It was a great story. not sure how much of that will be translated into movie.
Those are not the only canine superstars this year!
For what it’s worth, all those doggie pratfalls and hijinks are straight out of Grogan’s memoir. The book’s actually pretty smart and genuinely funny/touching. Call me a hopeless optimist, but so far I’m thinking the movie has a good shot at getting it right.
I’m sick to death of those Bolt previews though. Bleh.
For me, if a date asks me to go to see a dog movie, it’s time to have a serious talk.
BOLT, about a hero who lives in a self-contained world where everyone kisses his ass, prays on the ground that he walks on, severely delusional…
Wait, are we talking about BOLT the dog or John Travolta?
Myself for one am so sick of people disregarding family films as just mediocre trash that shouldn’t even be taken seriously. Marley and Me was a beautiful heartfelt book and from the looks of the trailer it looks like the studio may have gotten it right. I mean come on, in this time that we are living in with scary politics, bleak films, bad economy, I think the American people are dying for a film like Marley and Me about a loveable, but flawed dog that really brought a family together. Also, you never know but maybe the Golden Globes and the Oscars may be ready for a film like this as well. It’s positioned just right, a christmas release to get some awards consideration. Don’t discount a film until you have seen it.
I loved the novel. I have seen extended clips of the movie. By clips, I mean entire 30-minute to 15 minute scenes. I will not go into detail because I am not allowed to. This is a B-grade film with mediocre acting that does not do justice to the book. Those roles should have been easy for those two actors or for anyone to pull off but their presence just downgrades the movie and I think they were miscast.
There was just something hokey and superficial about their dialogue delivery and they lacked chemistry. It would be ridiculous and nonsensical for this film to receive Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. It is a standard family flick with nothing particulary special about it other than the fact it is based on a true story and it is just perfectly calculated to pull any pet-lovers’ heartstrings. Marley is just irresistible and you have to have a heart of stone not to become smitten with him, either through the novel or the film. There have been many movies about lovable but flawed dogs and there is nothing exceptional about this movie. It will probably be a big hit at the box office. I would be fine with that but I would be appalled if it received award nominations. I encourage people with younger children to go see it but the rest of you cinemaphiles that appreciate quality cinema and don’t want to waste your money on a puff picture
should just wait to rent it on DVD or see it on T.V. As for Bolt, I have to wait to see it to judge it. I personally always like to watch animated films on the big screen because it just enhances the visual effect and other entertaining factors. I am fairly confident that Wall-E will win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
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