Post by ZapRowsdower on Jan 23, 2007 13:49:34 GMT -5
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
“Babel”
“The Departed”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“The Queen”
MY PICK: The Departed
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Children of Men instead of The Queen. Also, Dreamgirls.
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
“Babel,” Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed,” Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima,” Clint Eastwood
“The Queen,” Stephen Frears
“United 93,” Paul Greengrass
MY PICK: Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood or Paul Greengrass
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Alfonso Cuaron for Children of Men
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond"
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”
MY PICK: DiCaprio... for now.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
MY PICK: Eddie Murphy
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet in “Little Children"
MY PICK: Helen Mirren
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
MY PICK: Jennifer Hudson
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
“Cars” John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” George Miller
“Monster House” Gil Kenan
MY PICK: Happy Feet
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
“Dreamgirls”
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“The Good Shepherd”
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
“The Prestige”
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
MY PICK: Pan's Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Black Dahlia" Vilmos Zsigmond
“Children of Men” Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Navarro
“The Prestige” Wally Pfister
MY PICK: Children of Men
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Letters from Iwo Jima
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
“Curse of the Golden Flower” Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” Sharen Davis
“Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero
“The Queen” Consolata Boyle
MY PICK: Curse of the Golden Flower
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Deliver Us from Evil” Amy Berg and Frank Donner
“An Inconvenient Truth” Davis Guggenheim
“Iraq in Fragments” James Longley and John Sinno
“Jesus Camp” Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“My Country, My Country” Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
MY PICK: An Inconvenient Truth
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“The Blood of Yingzhou District” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
“Recycled Life” Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
“Rehearsing a Dream” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Two Hands” Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
MY PICK:
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
“Babel” Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
“Blood Diamond" Steven Rosenblum
“Children of Men” Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
“The Departed” Thelma Schoonmaker
“United 93” Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
MY PICK: Babel
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“After the Wedding” Denmark
“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” Algeria
“The Lives of Others” Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Mexico
“Water” Canada
MY PICK: Pan's Labyrinth
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima. The category is for foreign LANGUAGE, not necessarily from a foreign country.
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
“Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe
MY PICK: Pan's Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Babel” Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Good German” Thomas Newman
“Notes on a Scandal” Philip Glass
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Javier Navarrete
“The Queen” Alexandre Desplat
MY PICK: Probably Pan's Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from “Cars” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale
MY PICK: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale. I mean, seriously, did Dreamgirls NEED to dominate this category? We all know it was a great film and all, but it didn't need to dominate this category. Also, "Never Gonna Break My Faith" from Bobby. Glad to see the fucking Happy Feet song was left out.
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Danish Poet” Torill Kove
“Lifted” Gary Rydstrom
“The Little Matchgirl” Roger Allers and Don Hahn
“Maestro” Geza M. Toth
“No Time for Nuts” Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
MY PICK: "No Time for Nuts" - I believe it was that Ice Age short. That was pretty funny.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: "One Man Band". The one that played before Cars. I mean, it's the only animated short film anyone has actually SEEN this year.
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)” Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” Borja Cobeaga
“Helmer & Son” Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
“The Saviour” Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
“West Bank Story” Ari Sandel
MY PICK:
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
“Apocalypto” Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
“Blood Diamond” Lon Bender
“Flags of Our Fathers” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Alan Robert Murray
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
MY PICK: Apocalypto
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
“Apocalypto” Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
“Blood Diamond” Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
“Dreamgirls” Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
“Flags of Our Fathers” John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
MY PICK: Dreamgirls
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
“Poseidon” Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
“Superman Returns” Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
MY PICK: Pirates of the Caribbean
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men”
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
“The Departed"
Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children”
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal”
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
MY PICK: Children of Men or The Departed.
Also, I loved Borat, but did it really HAVE an actual screenplay? I mean, a majority of it was on the spot.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Babel”
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine”
Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen”
Written by Peter Morgan
MY PICK: Little Miss Sunshine
“Babel”
“The Departed”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“The Queen”
MY PICK: The Departed
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Children of Men instead of The Queen. Also, Dreamgirls.
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
“Babel,” Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed,” Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima,” Clint Eastwood
“The Queen,” Stephen Frears
“United 93,” Paul Greengrass
MY PICK: Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood or Paul Greengrass
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Alfonso Cuaron for Children of Men
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond"
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”
MY PICK: DiCaprio... for now.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
MY PICK: Eddie Murphy
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet in “Little Children"
MY PICK: Helen Mirren
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
MY PICK: Jennifer Hudson
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
“Cars” John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” George Miller
“Monster House” Gil Kenan
MY PICK: Happy Feet
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
“Dreamgirls”
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“The Good Shepherd”
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
“The Prestige”
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
MY PICK: Pan's Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Black Dahlia" Vilmos Zsigmond
“Children of Men” Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Navarro
“The Prestige” Wally Pfister
MY PICK: Children of Men
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Letters from Iwo Jima
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
“Curse of the Golden Flower” Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” Sharen Davis
“Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero
“The Queen” Consolata Boyle
MY PICK: Curse of the Golden Flower
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Deliver Us from Evil” Amy Berg and Frank Donner
“An Inconvenient Truth” Davis Guggenheim
“Iraq in Fragments” James Longley and John Sinno
“Jesus Camp” Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“My Country, My Country” Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
MY PICK: An Inconvenient Truth
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“The Blood of Yingzhou District” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
“Recycled Life” Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
“Rehearsing a Dream” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Two Hands” Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
MY PICK:
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
“Babel” Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
“Blood Diamond" Steven Rosenblum
“Children of Men” Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
“The Departed” Thelma Schoonmaker
“United 93” Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
MY PICK: Babel
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
“After the Wedding” Denmark
“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” Algeria
“The Lives of Others” Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Mexico
“Water” Canada
MY PICK: Pan's Labyrinth
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima. The category is for foreign LANGUAGE, not necessarily from a foreign country.
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP
“Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe
MY PICK: Pan's Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Babel” Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Good German” Thomas Newman
“Notes on a Scandal” Philip Glass
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Javier Navarrete
“The Queen” Alexandre Desplat
MY PICK: Probably Pan's Labyrinth
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from “Cars” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale
MY PICK: "Listen" from Dreamgirls
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale. I mean, seriously, did Dreamgirls NEED to dominate this category? We all know it was a great film and all, but it didn't need to dominate this category. Also, "Never Gonna Break My Faith" from Bobby. Glad to see the fucking Happy Feet song was left out.
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Danish Poet” Torill Kove
“Lifted” Gary Rydstrom
“The Little Matchgirl” Roger Allers and Don Hahn
“Maestro” Geza M. Toth
“No Time for Nuts” Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
MY PICK: "No Time for Nuts" - I believe it was that Ice Age short. That was pretty funny.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOMINATED: "One Man Band". The one that played before Cars. I mean, it's the only animated short film anyone has actually SEEN this year.
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)” Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” Borja Cobeaga
“Helmer & Son” Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
“The Saviour” Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
“West Bank Story” Ari Sandel
MY PICK:
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
“Apocalypto” Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
“Blood Diamond” Lon Bender
“Flags of Our Fathers” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Alan Robert Murray
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
MY PICK: Apocalypto
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
“Apocalypto” Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
“Blood Diamond” Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
“Dreamgirls” Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
“Flags of Our Fathers” John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
MY PICK: Dreamgirls
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
“Poseidon” Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
“Superman Returns” Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
MY PICK: Pirates of the Caribbean
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men”
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
“The Departed"
Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children”
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal”
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
MY PICK: Children of Men or The Departed.
Also, I loved Borat, but did it really HAVE an actual screenplay? I mean, a majority of it was on the spot.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Babel”
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine”
Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen”
Written by Peter Morgan
MY PICK: Little Miss Sunshine
