Oscar Nominations--2005 (NOW WITH WINNERS!!)

[Quorthon]

pulpmariachi said:

The Silence of the Lambs isn't a horror film. It's a thriller, isn't it? And isn't The Sixth Sense considered just a thriller too, rather than straight up horror?

Double yes.

Okay, so I jumped the gun. Through history a select few horror-type films have actually been considered for Oscars. Granted, aside from, say, The Exorcist, they've been pretty "friendly" and very mainstream. High budget, production flicks.

Typically, horror films are not considered anywhere near Oscar-worthy. Good thing the few that have been considered made oodles of money--or they still would've been ignored.

[Pulpmariachi]

The Winners:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: George Clooney for Syriana (2005)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener (2005)

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Dion Beebe

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: Crash (2004) - Hughes Winborne

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - John Myhre, Gretchen Rau

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Gustavo Santaolalla

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Hustle & Flow (2005) - Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard("It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp")

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Howard Berger, Tami Lane

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: King Kong (2005) - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: King Kong (2005) - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: King Kong (2005) - Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) - Steve Box, Nick Park

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Tsotsi (2005) - Gavin Hood(South Africa)

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Marche de l'empereur, La (2005) - Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005) - Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: The Moon and the Son (2005) - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Six Shooter (2005) - Martin McDonagh


Damn them all. Except for Hoffman and Weisz. But the rest....

[ZapRowsdower]

A few comments on the Oscars:

1. First, and most obvious of all, WOW. When Brokeback Mountain was taking all the major awards it was eligible for, Crash comes from behind and takes the surprise win. I'm glad for Crash, too. That little movie deserved a little something, and it was the least the Academy could do after anally raping it of its much deserved Original Song win. Which leads me to...

2. When people think of Oscar shame, the first thing that should come to mind is the Original Song win for Hustle & Flow. "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" was good enough for a nomination, but NOT for a win, and DEFINITELY not over "In the Deep". And the acceptance speech was just shameful. Jon Stewart made a very good point (whether or not he was joking), Martin Scorsese: 0 Oscars. Three Six Mafia: 1. Indeed, a sad, sad thing to say.

3. George Clooney for Supporting Actor AGAIN. God, Syriana was NOT that great.

4. Did I not call Memoirs of a Geisha sweeping the technical categories? I knew it!

5. Other than that, it was a great, entertaining show. It would have been nice to see Huffman win, but Witherspoon's win was also well-deserved.

[Termination]

Crash 2004 Best Picture for 2005.

Wow. I must of missed a good show. ;D

[Heineken Skywalker]

Other than CRASH taking Best Picture, the biggest surprise of the evening for me had to be John Travolta's hair. Seriously, what the hell was going on there? It looked like one of those large GI Joe action figures with the "realistic" hair. That hairline was so perfect it literallly looked like his hair was manufactured and glued to his head. Just weird.
Stewart was a good host.

[Phoenix]

My thoughts: Thank god they kept it short! I remember many a times where the show would go past midnight. They were rude and cut people off but honestly I dont really care, I much prefer that to hearing the boring thank yous to the winners' lawyers (we laughed when some dude thanked his lawyer last night).

Overall, much less painful to watch than in some past years.

[Pulpmariachi]

You complain about "Syriana" and I can see you there, but why single out George Clooney, Smitty? Every time he's mentioned you attack the film rather than saying whether or not his acting was any good. In my opinion, he did a great job ACTING--which he WON for--in that film. So you complaint doesn't make any sense to me.

"Crash" winning was a bummer, but of course, the last couple of winners were all bummers, huh?

I agree with Phoenix that it wasn't overly long and that was a good thing. I'm also glad they didn't present awards in the people's seat. That was annoying.

Jon Stewart was great.

My personal favorite moment of the night was when Ben Stiller was prancing around in his green suit and said, "I bet this is blowing Spielberg's mind." CUT TO Steven Spielberg who looks annoyed but is laughing at it, replying, "No it's not." That was great.

[Quorthon]

King Kong shouldn't have won for it's special effects. Aside from Kong himself, they were very average, below average at times. If that. War of the Worlds or Episode III should've got that.

Further proof the Oscars are pointless. Not as bad as a Grammy, but still pretty lame.

I didn't watch 'em. I watched Falling Down instead, then went to bed.