SubscribeCan 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' break Oscars curse?
Everyone will be wild about Harry once more with the July 15 release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." But while Harry Potter waves his magic wand over and over, he just can't enchant Oscar voters. Indeed, Harry Potter is fast becoming the Susan Lucci of the Oscars. Since 2001, his five films have netted just six nods and no wins.
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007) weren't nominated for anything!
The only Oscar bid cooked up by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005) was for art direction (it lost to "Memoirs of a Geisha"). "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004) did slightly better, capturing noms for music score and visual effects. It lost to, respectively, "Finding Neverland" and "Spider-Man 2."
It was the first flick that conjured up the most Oscar nods. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) reaped three nominations: art direction, costumes and music score. It lost to, respectively, "Moulin Rouge!" "Moulin Rouge!" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
However, Harry Potter has had the magic touch at the Grammys where two of Jim Dale's recordings won best children's spoken word album: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2000) and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (2007).
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She's a modern-day goddess, plain and simple. It's about time someone with genuine beauty, massive talent, and an enormous intellect was brought to the fore, so to speak. :-)
Posted by: runescape gold | July 14, 2009 at 08:12 PM
I would actually like to see an action movie win best picture. Normally they go to those artsy fartsy types that rarely anyone sees and movies that barely make any money.
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Each movie seems to improve, not only with the actors gaining experience, but with the overall maturity.
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Posted by: augusteyes | July 07, 2009 at 01:46 PM
my expectations for this one are low - I'm hearing they totally ruined the best book of the series by making it 90210 @ Hogwarts (i.e. teenage hormone-fest) instead of focusing on the Riddle/Voldemort backstory which is what made the book great...
Posted by: Sid | July 06, 2009 at 12:56 PM
harry potter has outshone most the books that have been written at about the same time as it! no doubt that even if they don't get grammys or any huge award, that the whole harry potter series will undoubtedly anniahlate any competion that comes in their way!!!
Posted by: danielle | July 03, 2009 at 09:45 PM
some critics say daniel radcliffe,michael gambon and alan rickman are very good job in hbp.if they right why not? i think they made better movie this one.
Posted by: travis | July 03, 2009 at 01:44 PM
I find the production design to be absolutely stunning, and Stuart Craig definitely deserves some Oscar love for his work.
I'm also surprised its received little love for Costume Design. I think the department does a fantastic job of blending the every day with the fantastical.
Posted by: Mark | July 03, 2009 at 01:11 PM
It wasn't until Lord of the Rings, Return of the Kings won the Best Picture did a best Picture Oscar EVER go to a fantasy film. When HP carries the production quality, the writing, the acting, and the overall quality in similar fashion, then it might stand a chance. An Oscar nod is not a failure, by the way.
Posted by: Carl from California | July 03, 2009 at 12:38 PM
You know why they haven't gotten that many oscars?
The movie weren't that great.
Posted by: Tim | July 03, 2009 at 12:22 PM