Silent Bob Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Best Picture Babel The Departed Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson Peter O'Toole - Venus Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland Best Actress Penelope Cruz - Volver Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal Helen Mirren - The Queen Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet - Little Children Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls Mark Walhberg - The Departed Best Supporting Actress Adriana Barraza - Babel Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls Rinko Kikuchi - Babel Best Director Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears - The Queen Paul Greengrass - United 93 Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel Martin Scorsese - The Departed Best Original Screenplay Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine Pan's Labyrinth The Queen Best Adapted Screenplay Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Children of Men The Departed Little Children Notes on a Scandal Best Cinematography The Black Dahlia Children of Men The Illusionist The Departed The Prestige Best Editing Babel Blood Diamond Children of Men The Departed United 93 Best Art Direction Dreamgirls The Good Shepherd Pan's Labyrinth Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Prestige Best Costume Design Curse of the Golden Flower The Devil Wears Prada Dreamgirls Marie Antoinette The Queen Best Original Score Babel The Good German Notes on a Scandal Pan's Labyrinth The Queen Best Original Song An Inconvenient Truth - "I Need to Wake Up" Dreamgirls - "Listen" Dreamgirls - "Love You I Do" Cars - "Our Town" Dreamgirls - "Patience" Best Makeup Apocalypto Click Pan's Labyrinth Best Visual Effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Poseidon Superman Returns Best Animated Feature Cars Happy Feet Monster House Tough crowd this year. Though I think Letters from Iwo Jima is the favorite this year, Babel also has a fairly good chance. It'd be cool to see The Departed win but I wouldn't bet on it. The Queen probably doesn't stand a chance against the other heavy-hitters and I think Little Miss Sunshine is the dark horse thrown in to get the indie crowd interested. The actors noms are even more of a crapshoot. If I had to choose, I'd lean towards Forest Whitaker for the best actor win, and probably Helen Mirren for best actress (Meryl has enough, and sorry Kate, you got gypped again). Supporting actor is completely up in the air (never thought I'd live to see Mark Walhberg on a list like that). I can see Jennifer Hudson winning supporting actress because Dreamgirls was surprisingly shut out from the top four categories and will most likely get one of those supporting wins. Eastwood's probably the favorite for best director, but if the voters have decided he's gotten enough of those statues in recent years they just might give Scorses his long-denied prize. As for the rest, well, I'd like to see Children of Men win something, if not best adapted screenplay, certainly best cinematography (it deserves it). That said, Borat has gotten some surprising critical backing and adapted screenplay is the only category it's nominated for, so Cohen may just take that one home with him. It's good to see a best original score list that doesn't included John Williams for once (or Hans Zimmer or Howard Shore, for that matter) and could they really not find two more original songs to go up against Dreamgirls in best song? If the frighteningly photo-real undersea pirates of PotC: Dead Man's Chest don't kick the visual effects pants off a cheesy flying man and a topsy-turvy boat, there's no justice in the world. And though Cars was the surprising animated win at the Golden Globes, I think the Oscar will go to Happy Feet. Just a few of my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Kap'n Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Qwhrre der fuck're the nominations fr Thokyo Drft? Shitr like tihs is why der acadmy aint goth no legi- lgt- letigimacy! Fuvkin pansies prolly7 wish they had 'Brokeback 2: Flamingh puddin' so they coulf nominate the hel;l out o gay cowboys agin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I wonder if Dreamgrls will win best original song, having 3 of the 5 noms . What was Clint's last directing effort that DIDN'T get nominated? Bridges of Madison County? Meryl Strep for Devil Wears Prada? Really? Abigail Breslin from Little Miss Sunshine, huh? I think that would bet Paquin for youngest win (if she won), is it the Academy's youngest ever nom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 What was Clint's last directing effort that DIDN'T get nominated? Bridges of Madison County? Meryl Strep for Devil Wears Prada? Really? Abigail Breslin from Little Miss Sunshine, huh? I think that would bet Paquin for youngest win (if she won), is it the Academy's youngest ever nom? Well, to be fair, he's only actually won statues for Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, but he was also nominated for Mystic River and...that's it. The last film he directed that wasn't nominated (not counting Flags of Our Fathers, anyway) was Blood Work in 2002. Meryl Streep will get an Oscar nomination no matter what movie she's in, she's just that good. And Abigail Breslin is 10. If she won, that would tie her with Tatum O'Neil for the youngest Oscar winner (Anna Paquin was 11). The youngest nomination, however, was Justin Henry for Kramer Vs Kramer. He was 8. And Shirley Temple got one when she was 6, but that was only an honorary achievement award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Who was the youngest actor/actress to get a nom in a starring role (and who was the youngest to win in a starring role?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I want Breslin to win. Fuck Jennifer Hudson. She has the best song in "Dreamgirls" but she's no way better than Beyonce in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 isnt there one for documentaries? I coulda sworn there was. I want levee-love. I only saw the Departed and much of Little Miss Sunshine, both good movies but i dont know that either was oscar-worthy. I mean, i like Marky Mark...didnt see 4 brothers yet but he was cool in I Heart Huckabees and some others, but i definitely cant see his role in Departed getting the award. Did anyone see The Last King of Scotland? How was that? Im curious about Iwo Jima too, and surprised to see the Prada nom. Borat should win for its one, i think Pan's Labrythn for its respective but again didnt see the others. Superman shouldnt win shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Who was the youngest actor/actress to get a nom in a starring role (and who was the youngest to win in a starring role?) The youngest nomination was Jackie Cooper way back in 1931, he was 9. The youngest winner was Marlee Matlin in 1986. She was 21. And yes, I did leave out a few categories (does anyone really wanna know the nominees for sound editing? Best animated short film? anything?). The list for best documentary is: Deliver Us From Evil An Inconvenient Truth Iraq in Fragments Jesus Camp My Country My Country I imagine Levees isn't in the running because it was produced for television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Was it? fuck, youre right. that sucks. I saw 1 from there, tried seeing Jesus Camp but the link went dead. Id be up for seeing any on that list, though. Anyone else seen them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Levees played at a few film festivals though... Oh well. Jesus Camp should win the catagory but I'm sure that dirty pinko Al Gore will. I'll celebrate his forthcoming win by felling trees, spraying aerosols and setting tires on fire. Last King of Scotland, Pan's Labyrinth and Letters from Iwo Jima are on my to see list. Stomp the Yard, wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Lemme know. I'm a closet Whitaker fan. You got Jesus Camp? Im curious, but the trailer looked like parts of my childhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Whitaker is the man. Jesus Camp was really good. I spent the whole two hours screaming at the TV. It just came out on DVD yesterday so it should be easier to get a hold of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Lemme know. I'm a closet Whitaker fan. Closet? From the way you talk about Ghost Dog, I'd never know your were trying to hide shit. Cars or Happy Feet? That one will be a nailbiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I do defend that one beyond reason. What i saw of Bird i liked too....he was a welcome addition to the Shield as well. Didnt see either Cars nor Feets. I miss anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I think so, both were excellect. I like Ghost Dog too. Hell, I own it. But I'd think if you were closeted about it, you'd keep ya damn mouf shut bout it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 For the record, Pan's Labyrith was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but Apocolypto was not. Borat was nominated for best adapted screenplay, and while reasonable people will agree that it was only nominated to attract attention and has little chance of winning, since Sacha Baron Cohen is credited with the screenplay, that means he gets to go to the ashow. This begs the question. Is he going as ...or as ...or even better, as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 Well he went as himself to the Golden Globes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 i liked his speech. and his fiance is hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 God, isn't she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silent Bob Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 The crazy sister from Wedding Crashers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Isla Fisher is still unbearably hot. Anyway, the winners are: Best Picture The Departed - I was sure that Letters From Iwo Jima or Babel would get this but I think it's great that The Departed won. Best Actor Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland - Not a huge surprise win, but Whitaker certainly wasn't without competition. Poor Peter O'Toole - at the end of his career and still no acting oscar. Best Actress Helen Mirren, The Queen - This was probably the biggest sure-fire bet of the whole show, so no one was shocked. Hang in there, Kate. Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine - Kind of an upset. Most people thought Eddie Murphy would be a shoe-in for his dramatic role but I was so happy that the great Arkin won. Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls - Take that, American Idol. Best Director MARTIN SCORSESE - Finally(!), Scorsese takes home a statue. After decades of being ignored, he finally got the accolades he deserves. And unlike his noms for Gangs of New York and The Aviator, this time he deserved it! Best Original Screenplay Little Miss Sunshine - It had to win something. First year in a few that Paul Haggis didn't walk away with one of these (though he was nominated for Letters From Iwo Jima). Best Adapted Screenplay The Departed - It would have been fun if Borat had won (it had a screenplay) and I wish Children of Men could have won something but the sharp, smart script for The Departed definitely deserved it. This also launches William Monahan to the top of Hollywood's writers list, an amazing achievement for only his second screenplay (Kingdom of Heaven was his first). Best Cinematography Pan's Labyrinth - All of the five movies in this category were absolutely gorgeous to look at and would have deserved the win, so Pan is as good as any other. Best Editing The Departed - If I had been voting, the unclear timeline of The Departed would have convinced me to vote for something else. Probably Children of Men or Babel but oh well. Best Art Direction Pan's Labyrinth - Another competitive category but Pan deserves the win. Best Costume Design Marie Atoinette - I've heard the costumes were the only good thing about the movie so no surprise. Best Music Babel - What, a best music category without John Williams, James Horner or Hans Zimmer? Well who cares, then! No, just kidding, I'm sure Babel had great music. Best Song "I Need to Wake Up", Melissa Etheridge from An Inconvenient Truth - Melissa Etheridge managed to beat out three(!) songs from Dreamgirls and the powerhouse team-up of Randy Newman and James Taylor. Best Make-up Pan's Labyrinth - Well, yeah. Have you seen the make-up in that? I mean, holy god, how could they even put Click in the same sentence. Best Visual Effects Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Davy Jones is undoubtably the most impressive visual effect I have ever seen so I'm so happy PotC won this one. Best Animated Feature Happy Feet - Somehow, Cars won the Golden Globe, but I had a feeling the penguins would take the oscar. If Shrek was able to beat Monster's Inc, I had no doubt that Happy Feet would beat Pixar's weakest film (though still better than most anything out of Dreamworks of Fox this year). Now for the categories I don't really have anything to say about... Best Sound Dreamgirls Best Sound Editing Letters From Iwo Jima Best Foreign Language Film The Lives of Others (Pan's Labyrinth loses one? Wow) Best Documentary An Inconvenient Truth Best Documentary Short Subject The Blood of Yingzhou Distric Best Animated Short Film The Danish Poet Best Live Action Short Film West Bank Story (never seen it but it looks bloody hilarious!) Now as for the show: I'd have to say this was one of the best Academy Awards shows I've ever watched. Ellen Degeneras kept everything moving lightly and smoothly without wasting too much time on extended comedy bits. The few lengthy bits that they did have were genuinely funny, including an opening gospel song about celebrating the nominees instead of just the winners and a hilarious duet by Will Ferrell and Jack Black (with surprise guest John C Reilly) about how comedians never win oscars. Even the presenters were actually good this year, with better writing, very few jokes that fell flat and presenters who actually had some charm and charisma. Highlights included Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt doing a take on their Devil Wears Prada roles and Abigail Breslin and Jaden etc etc Smith being fucking adorable. From the dance troupe representing the top films of the year (including Snakes on a Plane!) to the opening film that celebrated all the nominees instead of just the A-listers, I thought the show was fantastically done this year and I hope the same team comes back for next year's awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Best PictureThe Departed - I was sure that Letters From Iwo Jima or Babel would get this but I think it's great that The Departed won. Best Actor Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland - Not a huge surprise win, but Whitaker certainly wasn't without competition. Poor Peter O'Toole - at the end of his career and still no acting oscar. Well, I was sure the Departed was goign to win for the same reason you were sad Peter O'Toole didn't win. It's a long running Academy tradition recurring pattern that votign is based not just one the merits fo the film nominated but on past injustices as well. Until last night, Scorsese is the most celebrated American director without a statue, and sometimes the injustices of the past are enough to push the vote alot, and sometimes just a little. It can be self-pertetuating, but it's the name of the game. Or maybe it's all the affirmative action prejudice that made Forrest win this year, liek when Denzil and Halle won . Best Supporting ActorAlan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine - Kind of an upset. Most people thought Eddie Murphy would be a shoe-in for his dramatic role but I was so happy that the great Arkin won. Some were saying that with Norbit being out when the votes were being cast hurt Murphy's chances. I wonder if they're any truth to that.... Best Song"I Need to Wake Up", Melissa Etheridge from An Inconvenient Truth - Melissa Etheridge managed to beat out three(!) songs from Dreamgirls and the powerhouse team-up of Randy Newman and James Taylor. It seems having three songs nominated didn't help Dreamgirls, it hurt it. Obviously the vote was split. Question: When Dreamgirls comes out adn DVD and the box says "Nominated for X academy awards" can each song nom count individually towards the total number? Best Animated FeatureHappy Feet - Somehow, Cars won the Golden Globe, but I had a feeling the penguins would take the oscar. If Shrek was able to beat Monster's Inc, I had no doubt that Happy Feet would beat Pixar's weakest film (though still better than most anything out of Dreamworks of Fox this year). This is the reason I wanted to reply in this thread. I am probably almost as much as a Pixar nut as you (SB) are. I own all the DVDs and have heard all the commentaries and love all the in jokes. But Happy Feet was an excellent film (I only went to see if after I was upset that it beat Casino Royale in the box office and you said it had gotten good reviews) and though I loved Cars (it think it was their second weakest after A Bug's Life, which I still love), Cars was more formulaic (get it...formula...race cars...eh? eh?) and Happy Feet was cute and character driven and funny and unique and ten times more beautiful to watch than Cars and something you don't see as much of these days in many animated films marketed to kids: it was epic. The scope of the film was big like no animated kids film since The Lion King. It was closer to 2 hours in a market where most of these CGI films are under 90 minutes due to cost, and I appriciated the length because it helps make both the small story and the big story work together. All that on top of the fact that it was Animal Logic's first attempt to make and they hit it out fo the park the first time like no one since Pixar did with Toy Story. Pixar lost to Shrek with Monsters Inc, something I would nto have voted for personnally, but something I also understood and could accept. Pixar won for Finding Nemo and The Incredibles and obviously overwhelming deserved both. But frankly, I hope Pixar isn't slowly turning into a movie factory whilst resting on their laurels instead of a place were good art is created. Ratatouille looks like it has more in common with A Shark Tale, Madagascar or Flushed Away than it does with Toy Story, Monsters Inc or Finding Nemo. I'll obvioulsy reserve judgment, but let's just say my faith in Pixar has been shaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Now as for the show: I'd have to say this was one of the best Academy Awards shows I've ever watched. Ellen Degeneras kept everything moving lightly and smoothly without wasting too much time on extended comedy bits. The few lengthy bits that they did have were genuinely funny, including an opening gospel song about celebrating the nominees instead of just the winners and a hilarious duet by Will Ferrell and Jack Black (with surprise guest John C Reilly) about how comedians never win oscars. Even the presenters were actually good this year, with better writing, very few jokes that fell flat and presenters who actually had some charm and charisma. Highlights included Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt doing a take on their Devil Wears Prada roles and Abigail Breslin and Jaden etc etc Smith being fucking adorable. From the dance troupe representing the top films of the year (including Snakes on a Plane!) to the opening film that celebrated all the nominees instead of just the A-listers, I thought the show was fantastically done this year and I hope the same team comes back for next year's awards. It's just my luck that the first year I decide to skip in god knows how long it was good. I wonder if it's available online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Ratatouille looks like it has more in common with A Shark Tale, Madagascar or Flushed Away than it does with Toy Story, Monsters Inc or Finding Nemo. I'll obvioulsy reserve judgment, but let's just say my faith in Pixar has been shaken. Aw, give Brad Bird some faith. He's earned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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