Academy Award nominations -- what are your picks?

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Full list of Oscar nominations
Performance by an actor in a leading role
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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN

Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93

Best documentary feature
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best documentary short subject
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS

Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN

Best animated short film
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best live action short film
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY

Achievement in sound editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS

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

Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

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I'm glad Gosling got on there. And I haven't seen Little Children yet, but Jackie Earle Haley was always aces.

Greenglass as best director for United 93 is at least a nod; that's cool. The Prestige for cinematography... good. How they missed the Fountain for best score, I don't know.

[Otis Driftwood]

The Oscars suck. Penelope Cruz is the worst actress ever.
I've only seen Prestige and the Black Daliah, both of which I liked but this list is a little low on substance considering some prior candidates. It would be fun to see Borat get an Oscar, though...

[Yorkshire~Rose]

The Oscars suck.

Nooooooo! They are my guilty pleasure.

I would like Kate Winslet to finally be recognised with a win, but i think Helen Mirren may win best actress in a leading role.

Jackie Earle Haley for best supporting actor.

I can't really comment on the best film of the year because i haven't seen any of them! BUT i think Babel will scoop that.

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I dunno. Some of these are hard.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Peter O'Toole - VENUS

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS

Achievement in art direction
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in cinematography
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in costume design
MARIE ANTOINETTE

Achievement in directing
THE DEPARTED

Best documentary feature
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Best documentary short subject
no idea

Achievement in film editing
CHILDREN OF MEN

Best foreign language film of the year
WATER

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
No idea -- but NOTES ON A SCANDAL!? That score was AWFUL

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
No idea

Best motion picture of the year
THE DEPARTED

Best animated short film
no idea


Best live action short film
no idea

Achievement in sound editing
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO

Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Adapted screenplay
THE DEPARTED

Original screenplay
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

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The Oscars suck. Penelope Cruz is the worst actress ever.
I've only seen Prestige and the Black Daliah, both of which I liked but this list is a little low on substance considering some prior candidates. It would be fun to see Borat get an Oscar, though...



The Oscars are kind of maddening because they combine some good choices with really sucky ones. I think this year's list is pretty good.

Haven't seen The Black Delilah, but if you don't think The Prestige should've gotten the nominations it did -- cinematography and art direction -- then you might've missed something. It's not like it got nominated for best picture; the nominations it did get were areas where it genuinely did excel.

[Otis Driftwood]

Haven't seen The Black Delilah, but if you don't think The Prestige should've gotten the nominations it did -- cinematography and art direction -- then you might've missed something. It's not like it got nominated for best picture; the nominations it did get were areas where it genuinely did excel.
Right, it was also one of only a handful movies that motivated me to go to the cinema instead of a bar on a tuesday evening.
I hope Helen Mirren wins best actress even though she's prolly twice as old as her competition.
Anyone seen Blood Diamond? It seems to be the default conscience flick in some categories...

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I hope Helen Mirren wins best actress even though she's prolly twice as old as her competition.


That's one of the few locks this year. Unless she does something genuinely repugnant between now and ballot-casting, it's hers.

Plus she was great. (y)

I don't think she's older than Dench, by the way. Probably about the same age as Streep.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Peter O'Toole better win...the man is a fucking legend. He's been denied it so many times...seriously. I'll hurt someone if this man doesn't win :D

[jabumbo]

it was a mediocre year for me, i have seen 3 of the movies nominated for anything on that list, so i am pretty clueless


they are screening that iraq documentary here on thursday, and the school had a sign up to get a free thai dinner before watching the movie for free, so i'm hoping that i get to go.

[na§tee]

helen mirren is 62. she looks fantastic. being old doesn't make her any less of a good actress, otis.

what my picks are as in who i would choose to win if i was in charge LOLz not what will probably happen:
actress - penelope cruz
actor - forest whitaker
supp actor - alan arkin
supp actress - cate blanchett
director - oooh, would like paul greengrass but gonna go for martin scorcese
film - the queen

[Yeti]

Will Smith is in a movie called The Pursuit of Happyness. The last time I checked it was spelled Happiness. Did they have to put the Y in? I guess they thought it would be a good idea or nobody would know that Happy was in the title.

I want Forrest Whitaker to win. I have not seen The Last King of Scotland but his transformation from Jefferson in Fast Times at Ridgemont High to Idi Amin is nothing short of miraculous.

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Will Smith is in a movie called The Pursuit of Happyness. The last time I checked it was spelled Happiness. Did they have to put the Y in? I guess they thought it would be a good idea or nobody would know that Happy was in the title.




It's spelled that way because, in the movie, part of how he knows his son is in a shitty preschool is that they have a sign outside the building which misspells the word, and he keeps trying to get it corrected.

I don't think that's a good reason to misspell the title, but that's why it's there.

[Yeti]

Thanks for shedding light on the subject. That explains it and now it won't bother me when I see the title. I won't see the film until it is in the video store.

Is it an Oscar worthy performance?

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No, but he's good. (y)

[roosta]

WAHLBERG FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR!!

im so glad he's there...he's excellent in The Departed.

WHITAKER FOR BEST ACTOR OSCAR!!

O'Toole will get it for oul times sake, but i'd love to see Forest get it...

And finally, GIVE SCORCESE HIS FUCKING OSCAR.

that is all.

[paul jones]

I think the guy who plays Glen in The Ringer should be up for an award

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WHITAKER FOR BEST ACTOR OSCAR!!

O'Toole will get it for oul times sake, but i'd love to see Forest get it...

And finally, GIVE SCORCESE HIS FUCKING OSCAR.

that is all.




Whitaker has been sweeping it everywhere else, but I have a feeling O'Toole is going to get it. They handed him an honorary Oscar and he explicitly said he still hoped to win one in competition someday; this is probably his last chance.

And, yeah -- Scorsese will get his this year. He's finally made a good enough movie in these last few can-I-have-one-this-year? bids that the timing is right.

[kll]

Full list of Oscar nominations
Performance by an actor in a leading role
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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN

Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93

Best documentary feature
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best documentary short subject
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS

Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) something from Dreamgirls"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN

Best animated short film
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best live action short film
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY

Achievement in sound editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS

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

Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

I think that Apocolypto will get snubbed

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You think they'll give it to Eastwood over Scorsese again?

Wow. That would make it pretty personal.

[kll]

It will at least make for an interesting show with everyone staying tuned in just for that.

[paul jones]

GLEN in The RINGER

[saz]

eastwood is great but he's won enough oscars already. give it to scorscese. and the academy really ought to get around to giving david lynch a lifetime achievement award. go gore go. obviously when the levees broke couldn't receive a nomination, because it was an hbo broadcast, so i want to see gore get his just deserts. for best pic i'm hoping for babel or the departed, but you just know that iwo jima or the queen is going to win best picture. the academy just loves eastwood and patriotic fests, but i really hope it's not the queen. i could care less about stuffy rich people who do nothing at the very top of an irrelevant and grossly outdated neo-colonial institution. and not only should mel gibson receive the shaft, but so should pirates of the carribean, ie pointless crap.


Full list of Oscar nominations
Performance by an actor in a leading role
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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN

Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93

Best documentary feature
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN

Achievement in sound editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS

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

Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN

[yeahwho]

Martin Scorsese and Peter O'Toole have become the Susan Lucci of the Oscars. I too, am a huge sucker for the Oscars and this year is head and shoulders above last year. Little Miss Sunshine rocked, Babel, Flags and a whole slew of other movies I haven't seen yet...that I will once the Oscars is over.

Scorsese just rocks IMO, he loves making movies and I love watching movies he makes. His Mom chips in around the set and his soundtracks are impeccable. Like Rupert Pupkin from the King of Comedy says, "Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime".

Peter O'Toole? Not giving him an Oscar is akin to letting the terrorists win.

[Randetica]

never saw any of those movies

if im bored enough to watch the oscars then only because of borat

[Documad]

I didn't like Dreamgirls. I don't feel sorry enough for Eddie Murphy yet to be rooting for him, but he sure must want the oscar to grovel for it on Oprah. Doesn't it bother anyone that the music in Dreamgirls is pretty awful? It made me want to listen to some Motown so bad. The costumes and makeup were super though.

The only movie I flat out loved was the Queen, but I didn't see many of the others.

[Laver1969]

It's such an outrage that Hornblower didn't get nominated...again. Those fuckers.

[Drederick Tatum]

Babel was awful.

[Gareth]

cars was average

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I didn't like Dreamgirls. I don't feel sorry enough for Eddie Murphy yet to be rooting for him, but he sure must want the oscar to grovel for it on Oprah. Doesn't it bother anyone that the music in Dreamgirls is pretty awful? It made me want to listen to some Motown so bad. The costumes and makeup were super though.

The only movie I flat out loved was the Queen, but I didn't see many of the others.


The Queen was a favorite of mine this year, too. It actually wouldn't surprise me to see it win best picture.

Zero interest in Dreamgirls.

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Performance by an actor in a leading role
Peter O'Toole - VENUS




Having now seen Venus, I'm think O'Toole won't get it. I still haven't seen Last King of Scotland, though, but I'm guessing it's Whittaker's to lose.