AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...

[Pulpmariachi]

Sorry if I beat anyone to this, or spoiled it by any chance. Whoo-hoo! Mountain Time Zone! Yeah, I'm kinda mad so there's curse words and stuff. Beware.

BEST PICTURE
Million Dollar Baby (Goddammit).

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood (Fuck. Come on, I love Clint, but he's NOT better than Scorsese).

LEADING ACTOR
Jamie Foxx (Hell yeah, great job, Jamie)!

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Morgan Freeman (He's about the only thing that appealed me in Million Dollar Baby).

LEADING ACTRESS
Hilary Swank (Ugly whore, this should have been Kate's).

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (great job, Cate).

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
The Incredibles (you wouldn't believe the orgasm that hit when this was declared winner).

ART DIRECTOR
The Aviator (another great job).

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Richardson (yes, he did another great job, plus he beat Passion).

COSTUME DESIGN
The Aviator (awesome looks)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Born into Brothels (I was rooting for Super Size Me, but this is okay I guess).

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Mighty Times: The Children's March

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Seas Inside (most hyped of them all, never saw it, but saw it coming).

MAKE UP
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (who else could make Jim Carrey look creepier?).

ORIGINAL SCORE
Finding Neverland (I wanted Harry Potter, but again, it beat Passion and The Village).

ORIGINAL SONG
Al Otra del Rio (I was rooting for Accidenlty in Love till I heard this. It definitley deserved it).

SHORT FILM--ANIMATED
Ryan

SHORT FILM--LIVE ACTION
Wasp

SOUND
Ray

SOUND EDITING
The Incredibles (yeah, another win!).

VISUAL EFFECTS
Spider-man 2 (again, I was rooting for Harry, but this works too. I had fun in all three nominated movies).

SCREENPLAY--ADAPTED
Sideways (which is really funny and well-done).

SCREENPLAY--ORIGINAL
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Yes!!).

BEST EDITING
Thelma Schoomaker (Aviator deserved all it got, plus more).

[ZapRowsdower]

BEST PICTURE
Million Dollar Baby -- Excellent choice. I loved the Aviator, but considering the Passion wasn't nominated, this was the best of the five nominees.

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood -- Poor Scorsese. This is the second time he was one-upped by a boxing movie. Eastwood's direction WAS excellent. His use of lighting made him deserve this award entirely... but I was hoping it would go to Scorsese, the poor guy. Ah well. Good choice all the same.

LEADING ACTOR
Jamie Foxx -- Meh. Back in October, I would have agreed with this, but after DiCaprio's performance in the Aviator and Don Cheadle's in Hotel Rwanda, I was hoping it'd go to one of them. Still, neither surprised nor disappointed.

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Morgan Freeman -- I love Morgan Freeman, and I admit he deserved the Oscar... but Clive Owen deserved it more.

LEADING ACTRESS
Hilary Swank -- Calm down, Pulp. Sure, Winslet was excellent... but Swank's performance was the best female performance this year. I knew when I saw the movie she'd be getting the Oscar for it.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett -- Couldn't have made a better selection myself... although if she hadn't won, I would have liked to see Portman win.

BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
The Incredibles -- Well duh.

ART DIRECTOR
The Aviator -- Yeah ok.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Richardson -- Great cinematography in the Aviator, but the least the Academy could do was give ONE win to the Passion. One thing I hate about the Academy, they're so freakin' political.

COSTUME DESIGN
The Aviator -- OVER Troy? Troy's costumes were badass!

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Born into Brothels -- Haven't seen it, but am very interested.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Sea Inside -- I've been waiting for this to be widely released for some time now. I'm still waiting. I want to see this movie, damn it!

MAKE UP
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events -- Not surprised.

ORIGINAL SCORE
Finding Neverland -- Beautiful score, but see my comment on cinematography.

ORIGINAL SONG
Al Otra del Rio -- This was the best song of the five... and the performance was also among the best. Come on, Santana and Banderas? How could you go wrong?

SOUND
Ray -- Duh.

SOUND EDITING
The Incredibles -- Came as a surprise. Expected Spider-man 2 to get it. Not disappointed, though.

VISUAL EFFECTS
Spider-man 2 -- YES! Spidey took home some gold!

SCREENPLAY--ADAPTED
Sideways -- This shouldn't have surprised anyone. I did love this screenplay though.

SCREENPLAY--ORIGINAL
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- Finally, Kaufman wins something! Genius, simply genius.

BEST EDITING
Thelma Schoomaker -- Sure, why not? It should ease Scorsese's pain once he realizes he ONCE AGAIN goes home emptyhanded. Here's hoping the Departed is the best picture of 2006.

[Termination]

Jamie Foxx gets a best actor Oscar, man I bet Jim Carrey is pissed right about now. From Booty Call to having an Oscar in your hand, who whata thunk it. Good for him, now he'll get BIG money for every film he makes now.

[Heineken Skywalker]

My praise, rants & general opinion:

BEST PICTURE
Million Dollar Baby
YES!! This was the best picture of the year!
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood (Fuck. Come on, I love Clint, but he's NOT better than Scorsese).
My thoughts exactly! What's it gonna take for Scorsese to win an Oscar?? He has now tied Alfred Hitchcock & Robert Altman for most directing nominations without a win. Five nominations and zip!
At the very least I thought he'd get the sympathy vote! Especially since Eastwood has won one already for UNFORGIVEN. This was easily my biggest disappointment of the evening.
LEADING ACTOR
Jamie Foxx
Sorry Smitty, but nobody deserved this award more than Jamie. In another year Dicaprio or Cheadle might've won, but against that performance by Foxx? Not happening.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Morgan Freeman (He's about the only thing that appealed me in Million Dollar Baby).
You're on crack, but I digress. He was his usual brilliant. But I do think he deserved it more for SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION where he essentially played the same type of role and had a much more substantial role. But yeah, Morgan Freeman has deserved an Oscar for a while now.
LEADING ACTRESS
Hilary Swank (Ugly whore, this should have been Kate's).
Ugly whore? Wow. Bitter much? Swank was brilliant and I knew she had an Oscar sewed up when I first saw that movie. Winslet's good, but I wasn't knocked out by her performance.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett
No surprise. She was great!
BEST ANIMATED PICTURE
The Incredibles
It would've been a crime if anything else had won.
ART DIRECTOR
The Aviator
Sure.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Richardson
Sure.
COSTUME DESIGN
The Aviator
I agree with Smitty, TROY should've won this one.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Born into Brothels
Only saw SUPERSIZE ME in this category and that was good, but not Oscar worthy. SOME KIND OF MONSTER should've been nominated.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Didn't see it.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Seas Inside
Didn't see any of the nominations, but even I knew this was gonna win this category.
MAKE UP
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Sure, whatever.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Finding Neverland
Out of the nominations, THE PASSION should've won it. Frankly, SPIDER-MAN 2 should've been nominated.
ORIGINAL SONG
Al Otra del Rio
I had never heard it until last night, but I did enjoy the performance by Santana & Banderas, so that's cool. The Counting Crowes song just sounded like every other Counting Crowes song. An Oscar? I don't think so. Oh, and since when did Beyonce become Hollwood's darling? Beautiful and good voice, but did she really have to sing three of the nominated songs??
SHORT FILM--ANIMATED
Ryan
SHORT FILM--LIVE ACTION
Wasp
SOUND
Ray
SOUND EDITING
The Incredibles
VISUAL EFFECTS
Spider-man 2
Glad to see this win. Frankly, it should've got more noms, but whatever. How about costume design?
SCREENPLAY--ADAPTED
Sideways
Looking forward to seeing this. Paul Giamatti is brilliant.
SCREENPLAY--ORIGINAL
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This is going to be an unpopular comment, but I thought this was the most overrated movie of the year. My favorite "written by Charlie Kauffman" film so far, is still ADAPTATION. Didn't care for being BEING JOHN MALKOVICH either.
BEST EDITING
Thelma Schoomaker
Great! Happy for her, but it's really sad to see all these other folks winning Oscars and thanking Scorsese and the man goes home empty handed once again.

Oh, and I thought Chris Rock did a good job. I enjoyed the little jabs he took at some of the stars. "Star of the eagerly awaited, CATWOMAN 2, Halle Berry!" ;D "If you want Russell Crowe, but can only get Collin Farrell, wait!". And even himself, "If you want Denzel, but can only get me, wait!". "Clint Eastwood is a star! Toby Maguire's just a boy in tights!". "Why is Jude Law in everything? Gay, straight, British, American. Next year he's playing Kareem Abdul Jabbar in a movie!" Gotta agree. Take a break, Jude.

[Heineken Skywalker]

Termination said:

Jamie Foxx gets a best actor Oscar, man I bet Jim Carrey is pissed right about now.

Carrey should've been nominated for MAN ON THE MOON. That's been his best performance so far. But frankly, what's he got to be pissed about? Did he want to be cast as Ray Charles? Because he used to talk out of his ass in Ace Ventura movies and now he wants to be taken seriously as an actor? Because the poor baby gets $20 Million per movie? I didn't think he deserved a nomination for ETERNAL SUNSHINE... or THE MAJESTIC, if that's what you were implying. He didn't do anything in those, any other competent actor couldn't have done. Carrey's going to have to do something a lot more impressive than what he's done so far if he expects a nomination to just be handed over to him.

[Termination]

Heineken said:

Carrey should've been nominated for MAN ON THE MOON. That's been his best performance so far. But frankly, what's he got to be pissed about? Did he want to be cast as Ray Charles? Because he used to talk out of his ass in Ace Ventura movies and now he wants to be taken seriously as an actor? Because the poor baby gets $20 Million per movie? I didn't think he deserved a nomination for ETERNAL SUNSHINE... or THE MAJESTIC, if that's what you were implying. He didn't do anything in those, any other competent actor couldn't have done. Carrey's going to have to do something a lot more impressive than what he's done so far if he expects a nomination to just be handed over to him.

Not implying Jamie Foxx didn't deserve the best Actor Oscar, but it WAS handed to him. I guess collateral gave him some collateral for Ray. Other than Man on the Moon, The Truman Show was an excellent performance & the turn into semi-serious acting for Jim. As for my comment on Jim being pissed at Jamie, I was being sarcastic cause both actors came from In Living Color. that & you got to admit Jim's tried harder to gain the Academy's respect, but it doesn't matter how hard he tries because they will never give him an Oscar, even if he one day starred in a picture & acted better than Jamie's performance in Ray. Obviously because... Hmm.. What could Jim have done to piss off the Oscars?.. Hmm The Mask & the scene he did in that film mocking the Oscars. ;D

[Quorthon]

Pulpmariachi said:

SCREENPLAY--ORIGINAL
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Yes!!).

This was the only thing I was really thrilled with. God I love that movie--Charlie Kaufman is a fucking genius! Other than that, I only watched it because my wife wanted to--I'm not too interested in Hollywood patting itself on the back and going "Look how good we did! Fwa ha!!" I wanted to watch a show on the History Channel about Hitler's follow-up to Mein Kampf. Luckily is was on later that night.

[Phoenix]

I was totally sick with the flu when I watched the Oscars, and under my nyquil-haze I think it was a pretty good show overall. None of the choices really upset me and I agreed w/just about all the choices. Of course, I'm still on cold medication so that may be dulling the emotions.

I did however roll my eyes at Sean Penn's rebuttal to Chris Rock re:Jude Law.

[Heineken Skywalker]

Hope you feel better, Pheonix.
Sean Penn's a brilliant actor, but he really should spend some of his millions on a sense of humor.
Rock wasn't insulting Jude Law's acting ability. Just wondering why he seems to be in every movie.
It's true! He was in 5 movies last year. 6 if you count his narration in LEMONY SNICKET! Talk about overexposure.

As for my comment on Jim being pissed at Jamie, I was being sarcastic cause both actors came from In Living Color. that & you got to admit Jim's tried harder to gain the Academy's respect, but it doesn't matter how hard he tries because they will never give him an Oscar, even if he one day starred in a picture & acted better than Jamie's performance in Ray.

Oh, I got the IN LIVING COLOUR connection. Seriously though, Carrey needs to stop worrying about getting nominated for an Oscar and just do the work. If the Academy feels he deserves it, he'll get nominated eventually. The Academy doesn't seem to care what your origins were in film. Hell, Robin Williams started out on Mork & Mindy and his first film was POPEYE! He was nominated several times before he finally won an Oscar.
Even Jamie Foxx was in several movies that made his eventual Oscar win, questionable at best.