Meaghan will be pleased to know...

[owlectomy]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind got a Hugo nomination.
It's got some fairly good competition--The Incredibles, Spiderman 2, Harry Potter (which I haven't seen yet) and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (HUH???), and I'm not sure it's traditional enough to win, but that's rather nice.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell also was nominated in the novels category, along with a bunch of stuff I should have read but haven't.

Comments

I am

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

Hugos are for what, specifically? sci-fi/fantasy?

If one of the points of the genre is to make one think about the human ramifications of possible technologies, I think Eternal Sunshine succeeds like few other works.

I hope it wins.

As to Sky Captain: I wish it had been good (although I can't criticize it too much, because I haven't seen it, but the reviews were terrible) because stylistically it looked very nice.

Re: I am

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

There are two main sci-fi/fantasy awards, the Hugos and the Nebulas. Hugos are more populist--everyone who goes to WorldCon can vote. Nebulas are like the Oscars, you have to be a pro to vote. Traditionally, literary pretentious SF gets the Nebula, and fun SF gets the Hugo (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won the book award a few years ago), which makes me think that The Incredibles is more likely to win. Spiderman 2--not SF enough. Sky Captain--BAD. (I haven't seen it either, but that's the consensus). Harry Potter--maaaaybe.

I'm not at all saying that Eternal Sunshine was pretentious, but it's made in a certain intellectual mode and...may not be science-fictiony enough. Although, I do think that the human ramifications of technology is a huge point of SF, and none of the other nominated movies even nod in that direction.