Watanabe Ken

I just learned that Ken Watanabe has an Oscar nomination for his work on Last Samurai as a supporting actor

:applaud:


Ganbaro!! <<<Little joke for those who watched Kochira Dai San Shakaibu

Omedetto, Watanabe-san! Ganbatte!! :applaud: :D

yeah i saw that this morning right after i woke up and took a shower...
i turned on my t.v while i was changing... i remeber that cuz i was buck nekkid! i was like "wow ken watanabe"...
however i dun think 'the last samurai' got nominated for best picture did it? i dun think it did cuz i remember saying "all those movies suck".. am i wrong?

anyway hope he wins! but then again the ppl in the acadamy are old and out of touch with the general audience :nut:

lovelessemotion wrote:yeah i saw that this morning right after i woke up and took a shower...
i turned on my t.v while i was changing... i remeber that cuz i was buck nekkid! i was like "wow ken watanabe"...
however i dun think 'the last samurai' got nominated for best picture did it? i dun think it did cuz i remember saying "all those movies suck".. am i wrong?

I think that's the only nomination for Last Samurai, there's some big guns this year, stiff competition

Takez0 wrote:I think that's the only nomination for Last Samurai, there's some big guns this year, stiff competition

Yep, that's unfortunate, but if Ken wins it would be great... :applaud: :D

Waaa....I hope he'll get the oscar.

I think his strongest competitor will be Tim Robbins in "Mystic River"..that's a hell of good Hollywood movie that I've not seen in a while. :mrgreen:

I've heard that "Twilight Samurai" also got nominated for Best Foreign Film in the oscar?!

Akakage wrote:I've heard that "Twilight Samurai" also got nominated for Best Foreign Film in the oscar?!

yeah it did... i had never heard of it b4.. i was gonna go look it up...

did ya see the best pic nomination? "Lost in translation" was nominated for best pic.... :rolleyes: must've been a slow year!

lovelessemotion wrote: yeah it did... i had never heard of it b4.. i was gonna go look it up...

did ya see the best pic nomination? "Lost in translation" was nominated for best pic.... :rolleyes: must've been a slow year!

Well, I've not seen Twilight Samurai before but the casts are great such as Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. I think this movie has also won several international awards too. I better look it up and see it!

Whoot? "Lost in Translation" got nominated for best pic? Hmmm...I know it's a good movie but I've never thought that it got nominated.

For Best Picture, here are the nominees..(as if I'm announcing on the stage..hehehe..)

-Lord of The Rings
-Lost in Translation
-Master and Commander
-Mystic River
-Seabiscuit

Twilight Samurai is a very japanese movie, in the true sense of the word. Very average movie.

I heard that, which is good for him, now maybe we'll see him in something else big soon. Live action doraemon maybe?

wow that is so cool..!! omedetou..!! there's no chance that koyuki can get a special prize, can she? :sweat:

Takez0 wrote:

Ganbaro!! <<<Little joke for those who watched Kochira Dai San Shakaibu

Bwahahaa!! Gotta love the quote :mrgreen:

I wonder why the Last Samurai does not even nominated for the Oscar?! :crazy: It's a bloody good film.

Anyway..I also want to post the complete nomination list for the 2004 Oscar

Best picture
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Fernando Meirelles - City of God
Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River


Best actor
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Sir Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law - Cold Mountain
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Sean Penn - Mystic River


Best actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider
Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton - In America
Charlize Theron - Monster
Naomi Watts - 21 Grams

Best supporting actor
Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou - In America
Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

Best supporting actress
Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
Holly Hunter - Thirteen
Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain


Best foreign language film
The Barbarian Invasions
Evil
The Twilight Samurai
Twin Sisters
Zelary

Best animated feature film
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
The Triplets of Belleville

Best adapted screenplay
American Splendor
City of God
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best original screenplay
The Barbarian Invasions
Dirty Pretty Things
Finding Nemo
In America
Lost in Translation

Best music (score)
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Finding Nemo
House of Sand and Fog
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best music (song)
Into the West - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow - A Mighty Wind
Scarlet Tide - Cold Mountain
The Triplets of Belleville - The Triplets of Belleville
You Will Be My Ain True Love - Cold Mountain


Best documentary feature
Balseros
Capturing the Friedmans
The Fog of War
My Architect
The Weather Underground

Best documentary short subject
Asylum
Chernobyl Heart
Ferry Tales

Best visual effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl


Best cinematography
City of God
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

Best art direction
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

Best animated short film
Boundin'
Destino
Gone Nutty
Harvie Krumpet
Nibbles

Best short film
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
Most (The Bridge)
Squash
Torrzija
Two Soldiers


Best costume design
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

Best make-up
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl


Best sound
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Seabiscuit

Sound editing
Finding Nemo
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Film Editing
City of God
Cold Mountain
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

Akakage wrote:Waaa....I hope he'll get the oscar.
I think his strongest competitor will be Tim Robbins in "Mystic River".

just as robbins beat watanabe out for the golden globe, i hope watanabe beats robbins out for the oscar.

niko2x wrote:just as robbins beat watanabe out for the golden globe, i hope watanabe beats robbins out for the oscar.

That would be great. :D

Akakage wrote:I wonder why the Last Samurai does not even nominated for the Oscar?! :crazy: It's a bloody good film.

Like someone else said, there was some stiff competition. It's too bad. With just one nomination for Watanabe-san, let's hope he wins! :D

Would be gr8, when Koyuki would win an oscar :) In my opinion she was better than watanabe in "Last Samurai".
And why is Tom Cruise not nominated????? Because he did the worst work in the film. That was soooooo bad.

Watanabe is the man... heheh... i m rooting for him to win the oscars... i m abit bias though coz i really liked the The Last Samurai hehe...

and no offence but i really thought mystic river was crappy... seriously... for me it seemed as if the director tried to make it seem artistic but in the end it failed terribly... the movie had almost no connection between the plots... and somehow i really had this deja vu feeling watching this movie... i felt i have seen the totally same storyline b4 just can't remember where though... so to make a long story short...

Watanabe should win the Oscar ... :mrgreen:

DarKchylD wrote:Watanabe is the man... heheh... i m rooting for him to win the oscars... i m abit bias though coz i really liked the The Last Samurai hehe...

and no offence but i really thought mystic river was crappy... seriously... for me it seemed as if the director tried to make it seem artistic but in the end it failed terribly... the movie had almost no connection between the plots... and somehow i really had this deja vu feeling watching this movie... i felt i have seen the totally same storyline b4 just can't remember where though... so to make a long story short...

Watanabe should win the Oscar ... :mrgreen:

Mystic River was almost agonizingly somber. A sad story and a sad movie. I thought it was pretty good, but it's a hard movie to watch again and again, just like Saving Private Ryan, another depressing movie.

he's a longshot for an Oscar .. but i hope he wins.