Oscar Nominations announced

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[Borges]

BEST PICTURE

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2

ART DIRECTION

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE AVIATOR
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

COSTUME DESIGN

THE AVIATOR FINDING NEVERLAND LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS RAY TROY

DIRECTING

THE AVIATOR MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY SIDEWAYS VERA DRAKE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BORN INTO BROTHELS THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL SUPER SIZE ME TUPAC: RESURRECTION TWIST OF FAITH

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

AUTISM IS A WORLD THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY HARDWOOD MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH SISTER ROSE'S PASSION

FILM EDITING

THE AVIATOR COLLATERAL FINDING NEVERLAND MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN THE CHORUS DOWNFALL THE SEA INSIDE YESTERDAY

MAKEUP

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)

FINDING NEVERLAND HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)

"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2 "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

BIRTHDAY BOY GOPHER BROKE GUARD DOG LORENZO RYAN

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
LITTLE TERRORIST
7:35 IN THE MORNING
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
WASP

SOUND EDITING

THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

SOUND MIXING

THE AVIATOR
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY
SPIDER-MAN 2

VISUAL EFFECTS

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

[BlueNgold]

No.
I've heard of all of them.
I also made conscious choices NOT to watch virtually all of them.

What passes for 'art' in film is seldom entertaining, and even less often is it worth my hard earned $$. I don't need pablum or inanity, but it is, in fact, an entertainment medium ... so I don't think it's asking too much to want entertainment from the films I choose to see.

My $$, my choice, my opinion ... I'm not asking for approval or agreement, just spouting my piece. Have a good day.

[Hank Rearden]

At first glance, I thought this picture was Forrest Gump.

That's funny - at first glance, I thought it was Road to Perdition.

Which was another fine film, by the way.

[Borges]

Did you notice that both were directed by actor pretty boys turned director. The Academy has had a weakness for those. It even paid off for Mel Gibson when he won for Braveheart. And ever worse then both of those snubs was passing over Scrosese in 1976 for Taxi Driver and giving it to uber hack John G. Avildsen for Rocky!

[Borges]

Did you notice that both were directed by actor pretty boys turned director. The Academy has had a weakness for those. It even paid off for Mel Gibson when he won for Braveheart. And ever worse then both of those snubs was passing over Scrosese in 1976 for Taxi Driver and giving it to uber hack John G. Avildsen for Rocky!

[malakhi]

I guess you don't care for my point of view huh?

Considering that you are speaking out of admitted ignorance, no.

Your first post on the thread was:

I have not even heard of one of the movies nominated for "best Movie". I think the Oscars are a huge joke.

No different than someone who goes onto a World Series thread to complain that he hates baseball and never watches it.

BTW- Putting words in my mouth, and attributing things to me which I did not say

Call it a 'paraphrase' of what you said in #212. Now, I understood your criticism to be of Hollywood's immorality and lack of values. I supposed I arrived that this misunderstanding due to you saying:

Sometimes people in other countries get confused and think Hollywood represents American Values. That is part of the problem we have with the Arabs. They seriously think that all American are immoral because what they see and hear about America from Hollywood.

While I'm busy putting words back into the same mouth which uttered them, I'll note the cultural elitism of your #229.

BTW, the Arabs who think America is immoral because of Hollywood would have the same opinion of a great deal of Renaissance artwork.

You somehow manage to combine both moral and cultural snobbery. That's quite an accomplishment.

[Hank Rearden]

Agree about Alan Alda; he was sleepwalking that role. I suspect he took it just to play a nasty Republican.

[Bella_Bru]

will further alienate christians from hollywood and the crap they produce that few will go see. This will further drive more money into films such as the Passion and away from the vile and corrupt studios system.

Most of the folks claiming to boycott Hollywood have been doing so (or making the claims that they are) for years and things have been fine. Don't overestimate yourself.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Heehee.. Grasping at straws there don't you think?

What a show of contorted pretzel logic. Now that really is funny!

[Military family member]

The five nominated films are all quite good. Million Dollar Baby is great. and Jamie Fox as Ray Charles in Ray is astounding.

[Bella_Bru]

And it will be repeated eventually. Movies and movie-goers are fickle friends. This years hot film will be nostalgia next year.

[Hank Rearden]

Is it possible reason the POTC wasn't nominated because seen subjectively it really isn't all that good to where it doesn't deserve a Best Picture nomination?

Yep. I don't even bother arguing the point anymore; the religious people don't want to hear it.

It was powerful. It was moving. It just wasn't that good a film.

I could live with a nomination, but all three of the five nominees I've seen were better films than POTC.

[Bella_Bru]

I do not read newspapers because I get all my news from the internet and trustworthy sources- which 90% of newspapers are not

Every media outlet has a slant left or right. None will give you "the truth".

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

Yes, yes, YES! This is my holiday, brothers and sisters, and I LOOOVE IT.

I must say that the Oscars did a more than fair job this year, and that I will be looking forward to the exciting ceremony on Feb. 27.


A few notes about today's nominations:

1.) With no LOTR for once, therefore NO front-runner, look forward to an unpredictable ceremony, the first of it's kind in years.

2.) I'm feeling a little slight disappointment that the brilliant, mind-bending original Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind didn't perform as well as I had hoped. Still, a Screenplay nomination for Charlie Kaufmann and a Best Actress nod for the luminous Kate Winslet means that it didn't come up empty-handed.

3.) Jaime Foxx did the double after all, though his performance in Collateral was actually the lead of the film, and not a supporting role in any sense. It's Foxx's year, and he's the first male to score the double-acting nominations since Al Pacino in 1992 (for Scent of a Woman--HOOAH!-- and Glengarry Glen Ross).

4.) The Passion of the Christ beat out Farenheit 9/11 in the battle of the controversial, politically charged movies, with the Passion scoring three minor nods to 9'11's BIG, FAT ZERO (take that Michael Moron-- if you hadn't have gotten so greedy, your fat a** might have managed a documentary nomination, but NOOO, you just had to hold out for the top prize that would never come...)

5.) Alan Alda got nominated for Best Supporting Actor-- Didn't see that one coming. I'm rooting for Clive Owen anyway...


My Early predictions to win the gold in Feburary (with my personal pick of the nominees in parenthesis):


Best Picture: The Aviator (The Aviator, for now anyway)
Best Director: Martin Scorsese (give him a damn Oscar already...)

Best Actor: Jaime Foxx (Ray does it for me too)
Best Actress: Hilary Swank (but Winslet deserves it)
Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman (Owen, but I won't begrudge Freeman a well-deserved first Oscar)
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (but Portman is my pick)

Orig. Screenplay: Here's where Eternal Sunshine gets the goods, as well it should.
Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby (squeaking past Sideways).


The race is on!

[Ready4Freddy]

Holding my fingers crossed for Morgan Freeman. He's lost 3 times now (to Connery, Day-Lewis, and Hanks).

It's his turn!

[malakhi]

Is it possible reason the POTC wasn't nominated because seen subjectively it really isn't all that good to where it doesn't deserve a Best Picture nomination?

Better put on your asbestos longjohns.

[malakhi]

Heehee.. Grasping at straws there don't you think? What a show of contorted pretzel logic. Now that really is funny!

Yuk yuk yuk.

I notice you managed to avoid anything resembling a substantive response. Figures.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I guess it all depends upon what you think is great. That is my only point. I happen to not see many Hollywood films, having an inside knowledge of the dirty business of it all and having seen what damage the hollywood political activists have done in our country, turns my head from them.

My heroes are our military members- so I don't get all excited to see what awards the hollywood entertainers award themselves.

The movies may well be the greatest movies ever made, however the fact that I have never heard of one of them tells me they are not great art, or pivotal works which will help shape our society.

If I saw them I might agree they were cute, fun and enterataining- but I can tell you I wouldn't think they were great works of original art made and developed by heroes. The fact that The Passion of the Christ was not nominated tells me something.

Apparently the ticket buyers felt differently than the Hollywood set- but then again most fluffy folks in hollywood think most Americans are the little, ignorant people.

[RightWingAtheist]

Mike Leigh belongs to a stridently leftist "post-Angry Young Man" school of filmmakers which includes Ken Loach and Stephen Frears. He's much less polemical than Loach however, and less conventional than Frears (who has made more commercial films such as High Fidelity, Dangerous Liasons and Mary Reilly, in addition to the likes of Prick Up Your Years, The Van, and Liam), so he's my favorite of the bunch.