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[Prospero]

Oscar nominations

 

[Matlock]

1. What's so great about Million Dollar Baby? By all accounts, it looks like a LifeTime movie on the big screen.

2. I dunno about you guys, but seeing Don Cheadle, Jamie Foxx, and Leonardo DiCaprio in the "Best Actor" category makes me feel kinda strange. I remember when none of these guys acted worth a shit. :-|

 

[Solid]

3 nominations for Passion of The Christ! Me happy!

 

[Prospero]

Now then.

1. Nice to see Jamie Foxx there for Collateral.

2. Odd to see Alan Alda there for The Aviator. Didn't he do the same thing he always does?

3. What's so great about Finding Neverland?

4. Very nice to see John Williams' nomination for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as that's one of the most innovative scores he's ever done.

5. Aviator's nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay were expected, but:

a. Best Picture: The Aviator has four producers listed in the credits, and Academy rules say that only three producers can receive the Oscar. This is why Charles Evans is in court with Michael Mann right now, suing him because he claims Mann hijacked the project that he'd developed for twelve years. When The Aviator won a Golden Globe earlier this year, it led to Evans rumbling with a security guard who was instructed to bar him from participating in a photograph with the other producers. Bad karma for that.

b. Best Original Screenplay: John Logan had an absolutely ridiculous contract to write the screenplay for this movie--the producers couldn't demand a rewrite from Logan; Scorsese, Mann, and everybody else were forbidden to hire writers to rework Logan's submitted screenplay; and if Scorsese reworked the screenplay himself, he had to go uncredited. Moreover, Logan was supposed to use only public and multiple sources for material, but one of Hughes' biographers is alleging that at least some of the material for the screenplay came from his book, and nowhere else. Bad karma for that as well (putting aside the question of whether a screenwriter should have that much control over a film).

c. Best Director: see 5(b): who knows why Scorsese agreed to have his hands tied with that screenplay, but there it is. He deserves an Oscar at least once in his life, but I'd rather see it go to him for a film for which he has more creative control, not a "hired-gun" film. This may be the time, though.

6. Looks like The Incredibles has a guaranteed Oscar for Best Animated Film.

 

[Doth Togo]

Bow down to Thomas Haden Church.

 

[Ghost]

:lol ive seen exactly ZERO of the films on the best picture list.

 

[AeroGod]

Sky Captain didnt get nominated for best visual effects? I thought it would have.

 

[Matlock]

Also: What was so oscar-calibre about Jamie Foxx's role in Collateral? He seemed kinda...I dunno, I mean he fit into the role, but it wasn't anything that I thought much of.

 

[DrForester]

I still can't figure out how Jamie Foxx's role in collateral can be classified as a supporting role, he had more sceentime and probably more lines than Cruise.

 

[jenov4]

Hooray for this:

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

Best Writing
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

 

[Mama Smurf]

:lol ive seen exactly ZERO of the films on the best picture list.

Right there with ya.

 

[Trevelyon]

Damn, I thought Hellboy was a hot contender for a nomination in make-up. Eh, Lemony Snicket? I would've given Harry Potter: PoA the nod before that movie.

Looks like De-Lovely got the shaft.

 

[Prospero]

I still can't figure out how Jamie Foxx's role in collateral can be classified as a supporting role, he had more sceentime and probably more lines than Cruise.

There aren't any real rules behind what defines a role as "supporting": a supporting role is pretty much whatever the studio says it is. He was probably pushed as a supporting actor in Collateral so he wouldn't have to compete against himself for his role in Ray.

 

[dammitmattt]

Passion of the Christ is not a great movie, but it does deserve the Oscar for best makeup. The job they did on Jim Caviezel's body, especially his back, throughout the movie was amazing.

Jamie Foxx deserves both acting awards. He was spectacular in both roles.

 

[open_mouth_]

I still can't figure out how Jamie Foxx's role in collateral can be classified as a supporting role, he had more sceentime and probably more lines than Cruise.

Yet another instance where the black man is kept down by the system!

 

[sefskillz]

Is there any doubt as to The Sea Inside taking Best Foreign Film? I'm really happy to see Clive Owen and Natalie Portman got recognized for the awesome job they did in Closer, they picked up the Golden Globes but they deserve the Oscar recognition too. It's too bad Before Sunset can't beat Sideways for Best Adapted Screenplay, but at least it got the nomination.

 

[gigapower]

A Very Long Engagement not getting a single nomination is a tragedy if you ask me.

 

[JasoNsider]

Eternal Sunshine was missing from Best Picture category indeed. What a freaking shame.

All the best to Sideways, then.

 

[Duck of Death]

A Very Long Engagement not getting a single nomination is a tragedy if you ask me.

????

It got several nominations.

 

[Memles]

Only surprise was Eastwood for Best Actor over Bardem or Giamatti, in terms of acting, and Mike Leigh nomination was the only other surprise.

Disappointed, however, that the Incredibles was unable to get a nomination for Best Original Score. I LOVE the score for Prisoner of Azkaban, but I think that the understated and brilliant score from Giacchino...or however it's spelt, deserved a nod over it or any other picture there.

Still; Four Nominations for an animated film is the most in awhile, I think.

 

[hobart]

A rather predictable list...

I need to see more of these films to really get a hold of who's gonna win. Being abroad has killed my movie going mode.

Who's hosting this year?

 

[Duck of Death]

Chris Rock

 

[hobart]

Only surprise was Eastwood for Best Actor over Bardem or Giamatti, in terms of acting, and Mike Leigh nomination was the only other surprise.

Mark me down as being disappointed at not seeing Giamatti in there. He's just one of those guys who's been in it so long that you'd love for him to get some awesome recognition. Suberb actor who choses interesting... yet fun roles. I got yer back, buddy.

 

[hobart]

Chris Rock

Ah yes... I remember hearing that.

...oh Boy *thinks what will happen if Foxx wins both... or even one*

 

[MIMIC]

"The Aviator" was not that good.

 

[sefskillz]

"The Aviator" was not that good.

I agree... Hotel Rwanda is a being pimped a bit too heavy as well.

 

[Duck of Death]

Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE

I'm glad this film got some love from the academy.

 

[MrPing1000]

poor Jim Carrey

 

[MIMIC]

Since the list hasn't been posted:

Best picture
“The Aviator”
“Finding Neverland”
“Million Dollar Baby”
“Ray”
“Sideways”

Best director
Martin Scorsese, “The Aviator”
Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby”
Taylor Hackford, “Ray”
Alexander Payne, “Sideways”
Mike Leigh, “Vera Drake”

Best actor
Don Cheadle, “Hotel Rwanda”
Johnny Depp, “Finding Neverland”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Aviator”
Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby”
Jamie Foxx, “Ray.”

Best actress
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”

Best supporting actor
Alan Alda, “The Aviator”
Jamie Foxx, “Collateral”
Morgan Freeman, “Million Dollar Baby”
Thomas Haden Church, “Sideways”
Clive Owen, “Closer”

Best supporting actress
Cate Blanchett, “The Aviator”
Laura Linney, “Kinsey”
Virginia Madsen, “Sideways”
Sophie Okonedo, “Hotel Rwanda”
Natalie Portman, “Closer”

Best adapted screenplay
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, “Before Sunset”
David Magee, “Finding Neverland”
Paul Haggis, “Million Dollar Baby”
Jose Rivera, “The Motorcycle Diaries”
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, “Sideways”

Best original screenplay
John Logan, “The Aviator”
Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”
Brad Bird, “The Incredibles”
Mike Leigh, “Vera Drake”

Best foreign film
“As It Is In Heaven” (Sweden)
“The Chorus (Les Choristes)”
(France)
“Downfall” (Germany)
“The Sea Inside” (Spain)
“Yesterday” (South Africa)

Best animated feature film
“The Incredibles”
“Shark Tale”
“Shrek 2”

Best animated short
“Birthday Boy”
“Gopher Broke”
“Guard Dog”
“Lorenzo”
“Ryan”

Best live action short film
“Everything in This Country Must”
“Little Terrorist”
“7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Manana)”
“Two Cars, One Night”
“Wasp”

Best documentary
“Born Into Brothels”
“The Story of the Weeping Camel”
“Super Size Me”
“Tupac: Resurrection”
“Twist of Faith”

Best documentary short subject
“Autism Is a World”
“The Children of Leningradsky”
“Hardwood”
“Mighty Times: The Children’s March”
“Sister Rose’s Passion”

Best art direction
“The Aviator”
“Finding Neverland”
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“The Phantom of the Opera”
“A Very Long Engagement”

Best cinematography
“The Aviator”
“House of Flying Daggers”
“The Passion of the Christ”
“The Phantom of the Opera”
“A Very Long Engagement”

Best film editing
“The Aviator”
“Collateral”
“Finding Neverland”
“Million Dollar Baby”
“Ray”

Best costume design
“The Aviator”
“Finding Neverland”
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“Ray”
“Troy”

Best makeup
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“The Passion of the Christ”
“The Sea Inside”

Best original 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”

Best original song
“Accidentally In Love” from “Shrek 2”
“Al Otro Lado Del Rio” from “The Motorcycle Diaries”
“Believe” from “The Polar Express”
“Learn To Be Lonely” from “The Phantom of the Opera”
“Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)” from “The Chorus (Les Choristes)”

Best sound editing
“The Incredibles”
“The Polar Express”
“Spider-Man 2”

Best sound mixing
“The Aviator”
“The Incredibles”
“The Polar Express”
“Ray”
“Spider-Man 2”

Best visual effects
“Harry Potter and the Prince of Azkaban”
“I, Robot”
“Spider-Man 2”

Honorary Academy Award
Sidney Lumet

 

[MIMIC]

I haven't seen "Sideways." I'll have to downlo...er, see it at the movie theater.

 

[Minotauro]

Am I the only one who's completely jaded to this whole process? Aside from a general distaste towards trying to determine which film is "better", I'm sickened by all the pagentry and bullshit that goes along with the Academy Awards. I'm all for honoring filmmakers and actors and whoever but does it really have to be such an overblown event? Ugh, maybe it's just not for me. I guess the awards are really more aimed at people who watch Entertainment Tonight and like to discuss all the "star" gossip. It just seems to me that the original idea for the Oscars now takes a backseat to entertainment and fashion.

I know I'm definitely in the minority and I'm sure no one wants me crapping on all the super fun Oscar hoopla but it gets more and more absurd every year. I'm honestly considering not watching this year. Ah, who am I kidding?

EDIT: All that said, Sideways is an absolutely fantastic movie and deserving of all the adulation it will get.

 

[keiichi]

Best animated feature film
“The Incredibles”
“Shark Tale”
“Shrek 2”

No justice is The Incredibles doesn't win. Weren't there any more animated features released during the year? Ghost in the Shell 2 couldn't be considered for some reason?

 

[jenov4]

Best animated feature film

No justice is The Incredibles doesn't win. Weren't there any more animated features released during the year? Ghost in the Shell 2 couldn't be considered for some reason?

Yeah, Disney released Home on the Range. But I heard that was a real stinker.

 

[Jotaro]

No justice is The Incredibles doesn't win. Weren't there any more animated features released during the year? Ghost in the Shell 2 couldn't be considered for some reason?

Ghost in the shell? Come on, all this sadistic stuff coming from Japan, do you know it's utterly morbid, violent and sexually perverted? It may be blind censorship but it's good, let's protect our children.

Oh, and I can't wait to see the new Disney movie, Howl's Moving Castle. Disney sure knows their stuff, that will be a well-deserved oscar.

 

[Malakhov]

Once again Jim Carrey is shunned from the Oscars. He should of won an oscar a long time ago. On the other hand, Oscars means shit these days.

 

[EviLore]

No best picture for Eternal Sunshine? Passion of the christ with more nominations?

Shrek 2, SHREK 2...and SHARK TALE... for best animated feature and no GitS2? Absolutely fucking worthless.

Also, Jamie Foxx getting nominated for supporting actor, as was mentioned, is horribly retarded. He's the primary character in Collateral. WTF?

 

[FoneBone]

Am I the only one who's completely jaded to this whole process? Aside from a general distaste towards trying to determine which film is "better", I'm sickened by all the pagentry and bullshit that goes along with the Academy Awards. I'm all for honoring filmmakers and actors and whoever but does it really have to be such an overblown event? Ugh, maybe it's just not for me. I guess the awards are really more aimed at people who watch Entertainment Tonight and like to discuss all the "star" gossip. It just seems to me that the original idea for the Oscars now takes a backseat to entertainment and fashion.

I know I'm definitely in the minority and I'm sure no one wants me crapping on all the super fun Oscar hoopla but it gets more and more absurd every year. I'm honestly considering not watching this year. Ah, who am I kidding?

I feel similarly. I am interested in who wins, but the ceremony itself is so tiresome and fucking self-indulgent...

 

[Matlock]

Also, Jamie Foxx getting nominated for supporting actor, as was mentioned, is horribly retarded. He's the primary character in Collateral. WTF?

One could argue that Tom Cruise is the primary actor, and Jamie Foxx is just the glorified deus ex machina.

Although I agree, it's a big "WTF?!"

I still don't understand why he was nommed for it, but eh.


As for GITS2: it's origin is Japan, isn't it? Maybe that disqualified it from domestic best animated film. I dunno.

 

[AeroGod]

As for GITS2: it's origin is Japan, isn't it? Maybe that disqualified it from domestic best animated film. I dunno.

Spirited Away won an Oscar for best Animated Film and its origin is in Japan.

Anyways, now i look like a moron becasue i told my friends there was no way Finding Neverland would get the nod for Best Film or a Actor nom for Depp. I lose.

 

[jenov4]

Spirited Away won an Oscar for best Animated Film and its origin is in Japan.

Anyways, now i look like a moron becasue i told my friends there was no way Finding Neverland would get the nod for Best Film or a Actor nom for Depp. I lose.

Hrm, Spirited Away got released in North American theatres, but I'm not sure if GitS did? Maybe that's why.

 

[Memles]

Finding Neverland is just an Academy type film.

As per Animated Film, the real mystery is just how in the hell Shark Tale got in there in the first place. While there is little love for the Polar Express, it at least has its Effects to fall back on in the voters' minds, and it did, since it has 2 Technical nominations. You have to wonder if Dreamworks' celebrity marketing of the film may have paid off not only at the box office, but also with the academy. I can't think of another reason that it was picked over the better Animated Films, simply by reviews, such as Ghost in the Shell, Polar Express...hell, I think even the oft dissed Home on the Range ended up with better overall reviews than Shark Tale.

Damn Will Smith. It's a good thing it's The Incredibles' category regardless. Still pissed about the lack of an Original Score nod.

 

[Dead]

Hrm, Spirited Away got released in North American theatres, but I'm not sure if GitS did? Maybe that's why.

Yes it did.

 

[JasoNsider]

I completely ignore the red carpet bullshit and instead concentrate on seeing that people who put their neck on the line get rewarded for it. Every year it's the same deal - there are those who risked a great deal and finally get rewarded for their efforts and then there are those who are sorely overlooked.

The only thing I care about is that there really are people out there who sweat the small stuff and sometimes they get rewarded for sticking it out with an oscar nomination.

 

[Warm Machine]

Sideways is the best movie I've seen all year.

 

[yoshifumi]

wow, jamie foxx nominated twice

 

[bonesquad]

AHHH! Eternal Sunshine and Jim Carrey got SCREWED! Fuck you Mr. Oscar!

That has to be one of the worst lists for Best Movie I've ever seen. The only one I liked was Sideways but I still think that movie is overrated.


But if Hale Berry has taught us anything it's that winning an Oscar doesn't mean you can act...

 

[sprsk]

oscars are shit

Team america not in best soundtrack or best original song proves that.

 

[Amir0x]

AMERICA... FUCK YEAH!

Anyway, I'm just really happy about Maria Full of Grace getting a nod for best actress. Tis' all I wanted...

 

[border]

Akkk I didn't see this thread. I was griping in the wrong place.....

Why the hell is Tupac: Resurrection even eligible for Best Documentary? According to Box Office Mojo, it opened on November 14, 2003.....and left theaters on December 25, 2003. It wasn't even showing at all during the 2004 calendar year so why the hell is it nominated for Best 2004 Documentary? How is that fair to the other documentaries that were legitimately released in the past 12 months?

 

[Shig]

One could argue that Tom Cruise is the primary actor, and Jamie Foxx is just the glorified deus ex machina.

Do you even know what a 'deus ex machina' is?

Re: animated feature, yeah total gyp that Polar Express didn't get the nod, easily way better than Shark Tale... And didn't The Triplets of Belleville come out last year?