Should be nominated for an oscar or two, right?

No on all counts. Long winded, unlikable characters, tiresome script, poor acting and costumes that looks like they were put together with tape. I've spent most of my life watching quality period productions and this was an epic fail.

Like I said in another thread, I think Beckinsale will get an Oscar nod. (For the naysayers, remember that 5 women need to be nominated, and there are usually 2 great female roles per year.) I don't think she'll win, however.

I doubt best picture and director.

Possibly best costume.

I didn't see where all the music came from, but it was pretty fantastic, so if that was all original to the film, then I wouldn't be surprised if Benjamin Esdraffo got a nomination.

No, though I stopped caring about awards more than 30 years ago. This film never reached the heights of the best Austen projects. There were too many anachronisms, some mediocre acting and a near-fatal case of telling, without showing.

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After seeing it yesterday I'm surprised this is getting any Oscar Buzz at all. Costumes and production design might be good (I'm no expert on that time and period pieces in General) but I didn't find the script to be as clever as many critics say. There's no clever plan or anything that falls in place at the end, nor is there any big character development. I wasn't bored but in the end I was left with a "so what" feeling.

I really hope Beckinsale gets nomination.
But with the new Underworld, I doubt it, sadly.

Hope it does get something though.


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Obviously the nominations have been released, but it always strikes me that whenever someone likes a movie, they say "Oscar!!"

There are 5 Oscar nominees in each category, with 200+ films to choose from. Just because someone does well (like Kate in this film) doesn't make it Oscar worthy.

I did think it had a shot at best costume design, but there were some other films that did really well in that department.

No. The movie has some merit; however, the script is poorly constructed, and a small number of pretty good performances are surrounded by a lot of overacting and flat, nearly amateurish acting. This was not top-drawer filmed Austen. The epistolary short novel upon which it was based, "Lady Susan", is much more fun to read than this movie is to watch.

The only category it had a chance to be nominated in was Costume Design, nothing else.