OUR Oscars 2005

[ZapRowsdower]

I can see you guys need more time. Very well, February 5th, final deadline.

[Bartwald]

Yeah, that would be good, I think.

[NightfallGuy]

As requested here is my list of suggestions. Feel free to pick faults or make comments. Had to get Team America in there somewhere ;D

Best Picture - Avaitor
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo Di Caprio, Aviator
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Zhang Ziyi, House Of
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Clive Owen, Closer
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Natalie Portman, Closer
Best Director - Jon Tutreltaub, National Treasure
Best Cinematography - Bruno Delbonnel, A Very Long..
Best Costume Design Troy
Best Visual Effects - House Of The Flying Daggers
Best Foreign Language Film - A Very Long Engagement
Best Animated Feature - Team America (F**k Yeah!!)
;D

Oh yeah and can we add Hellboy in there somewhere say in the 'the film far better than it was ever anticipated' section

JP

[ZapRowsdower]

2-day warning! This is your 2-day warning!

[Phoenix]

I sent you my votes today Smitty, I haven't seen Ray yet, so it wasn't on my list.

[Termination]

Phoenix said:

I sent you my votes today Smitty, I haven't seen Ray yet, so it wasn't on my list.

I have, So you better make some alterations to your list Phoenix.

[Bartwald]

Well, I haven't seen Ray either - and we can't wait until March when I finally do, so...

Ah, anyway: at least I managed to see Million Dollar Baby the other day. My, what a film!

[ZapRowsdower]

Here are our Oscar Nominees. Thanks to Heineken Skywalker, Phoenix, Bartwald, mightyalgo, and yours truly for participating. I was hoping to have more participation, but I can only wait so long. We need time to vote for our winners.

BEST PICTURE

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Million Dollar Baby
Passion of the Christ, The
Ray
Spider-man 2

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

James Caviezel in Passion of the Christ, The
Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio in Aviator, The
Jamie Foxx in Ray

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Bryce Dallas Howard in Village, The
Julia Roberts in Closer
Emmy Rossum in Phantom of the Opera, The
Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

David Carradine in Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby
Peter O'Toole in Troy
Clive Owen in Closer
Stanley Tucci in Terminal, The

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett in Aviator, The
Minnie Driver in Phantom of the Opera, The
Maia Morgenstern in Passion of the Christ, The
Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman in Closer

BEST DIRECTOR

Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
Mel Gibson for Passion of the Christ, The
Michel Gondry for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Martin Scorsese for Aviator, The
Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill: Vol. 2

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

Charlie Kaufman -- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
John Logan -- Aviator, The
Keir Pearson and Terry George -- Hotel Rwanda
Trey Parker and Matt Stone -- Team America: World Police
Quentin Tarantino -- Kill Bill: Vol. 2

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED

Benedict Fitzgerald and Mel Gibson -- Passion of the Christ, The
Paul Haggis -- Million Dollar Baby
David Magee - Finding Neverland
Patrick Marber -- Closer
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor -- Sideways

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Aviator, The
Collateral
Passion of the Christ, The
Phantom of the Opera, The
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

BEST ART DECORATION - SET DECORATION

Aviator, The
Passion of the Christ, The
Phantom of the Opera, The
Ray
Troy

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Aviator, The
Passion of the Christ, The
Phantom of the Opera, The
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Troy

BEST SOUND

Aviator, The
Passion of the Christ, The
Spider-man 2
Team America: World Police
Troy

BEST EDITING

Aviator, The
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I Heart Huckabees
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Spider-man 2

BEST SOUND EDITING

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Passion of the Christ, The
Ray
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Team America: World Police

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I, Robot
Passion of the Christ, The
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spider-man 2

BEST MAKEUP

Aviator, The
Hellboy
Passion of the Christ, The
Phantom of the Opera, The
Ray

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG

Jon Brion -- I Heart Huckabees -- "Knock Yourself Out"
Mark Collie -- Punisher, The -- "In Time"
Minnie Driver -- Phantom of the Opera, The -- "Learn to Be Lonely"
Josh Groban -- Troy -- "Remember"
Trey Parker and Matt Stone -- Team America: World Police -- "Freedom Isn't Free"

BEST MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE

Aviator, The
Incredibles, The
Passion of the Christ, The
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Troy

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

Winner by Default with Two votes
Fallen Art

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES

Fahrenheit 9/11
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Super Size Me

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Main Hoon Na -- India
Nicotina -- Mexico
Passion of the Christ, The -- USA (Aramaic)
Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers) -- China
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War) -- South Korea

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Incredibles, The
Polar Express, The
Shark Tale
Shrek 2
Team America: World Police

PM me again, this time putting all movies in each category in order of your preference. Winners will be announced February 27th. FEBRUARY 27TH, NO LATER.

[ZapRowsdower]

My beef with this list:

1. Spider-man 2 was a good movie, but did you guys REALLY think it was worthy of Best Picture? No Aviator, no Hotel Rwanda, but Spider-man 2? Kinda disappointing.

2. I'm also disappointed with the voter turnout, considering I postponed the deadline just to increase it. Thanks for those of you who participated, but I'm still disappointed that many of my selections went unchallenged (ESPECIALLY in the original song category)

3. Two categories were omitted, as no one voted in them. No problem, actually. I didn't vote in them either. They weren't important and would have been surprised if anyone DID vote in them. But just thought I'd let you know.

4. Shark Tale for Best Animated? Oh, wait. That was my vote. Never mind. (Just thought I'd put it out there, in case you guys were wondering.)

[Bartwald]

IamTheSmitty said:

I'm also disappointed with the voter turnout, considering I postponed the deadline just to increase it.

Yeah, I'm disappointed, too. But I think the votes of NightfallGuy and neptunes could have been used as well - true, they didn't PM them but still.

And Spider-Man 2 shocked me too, being nominated for Best Picture; I saw it recently and - surprise! - liked it much less than the original.

[Heineken Skywalker]

IamTheSmitty said:

My beef with this list:

1. Spider-man 2 was a good movie, but did you guys REALLY think it was worthy of Best Picture? No Aviator, no Hotel Rwanda, but Spider-man 2? Kinda disappointing.

I think it was worthy of our Best Picture. Heck, even Roger Ebert thought it was worthy of Best Picture consideration. Besides, wasn't the point to end up with a list of nominees that didn't mirror the Academy's choices?
I did vote for THE AVIATOR, but I didn't see HOTEL RWANDA. You have to keep in mind, that you work in a movie theater and it's much easier for you to see all these movies and have an opinion of them. As much as I go to the movies, which is quite a bit by normal standards, even I can't compete with someone who works there and sees them all for free.

2. I'm also disappointed with the voter turnout, considering I postponed the deadline just to increase it.

I think that's due to the fact that a lot of people here just don't go to the movies a lot, ie: Termination, LivingDeadGirl, etc. I think they catch most of them when they're released on dvd. I think a handful of potential nominees are available on dvd now, ie: RAY, SPIDER-MAN 2, KILL BILL VOL. 2, etc., but surely not enough to have a vast amount of choices. And rather than being able to vote for only a couple of choices, they opted to not vote at all.

There was a recent Trivia Question of the day at IMDB, where they asked "How many of the nominees for Best Picture have you seen?". The overwelming answer was "None.". I couldn't believe it. I was surprised that that many people who visit a movie site, and took the time to vote, hadn't seen any of the nominated films. Same thing over here, I guess.
BTW, I've seen four, haven't seen SIDEWAYS yet.

[Termination]

Now that you have Our Oscar Nominees Smitty, can others vote on them? I think I've seen enough of them to send ya a Pm.

[ZapRowsdower]

Yeah, send me in PM the nominees for each category in order of your preference.

[Phoenix]

I'm still sticking to my Spider-Man 2 nomination. I liked Aviator and all, but would I rather pop in Spidey into my DVD player or watch Aviator again? Give me Spidey! I almost put Dawn of the Dead on my list too, just because it was my favorite horror film of the year. I did want to be a little different from the boring ass Academy!

AND I did see Ray this weekend on DVD. Glad it made the list for best picture because it was AWESOME. Best biopic of the year for me.

[Bartwald]

Phoenix said:

I'm still sticking to my Spider-Man 2 nomination. I liked Aviator and all, but would I rather pop in Spidey into my DVD player or watch Aviator again? Give me Spidey! I almost put Dawn of the Dead on my list too, just because it was my favorite horror film of the year. I did want to be a little different from the boring ass Academy!

Sure thing, Phoenix! And I do agree with your initial instinct to vote for the great Dawn Of The Dead, though I did not vote for it myself. *I* just wanted to say that to me Spider-Man 2 was a huge disappointment and that's why it had no chance of getting there.

Also, I agree with Heineken's reasons for such poor participation - we generally don't see enough films in the cinema to compare all the "Oscar films" before the Oscars ceremony; look at me: no Ray, no Sideways, no Aviator.