DDS' Excellent Oscars Thread

[Deathsdoorstep]

Best Picture

Who Will Win: Babel
Who Should Win: The Queen
Where Oscar Screwed Up: By not nominating Thank You For Smoking or Pan's Labyrinth. As much as I liked Little Miss Sunshine, this movie certainly isn't Best Picture material. And as good as the performances are in Babel (they are outstanding), the material is weak, manipulative and contrived. The movie goes off the rails in the end. The Queen is my pick for the Best Picture of 2006.

Best Actor

Who Will Win: Forrest Whitaker
Who Should Win: Forrest Whitaker
Where Oscar Screwed Up: They didn't.

Best Actress

Who Will Win: Helen Mirren
Who Should Win: Helen Mirren
Where Oscar Screwed Up: They didn't.

Best Supporting Actor

Who Will Win: Alan Arkin
Who Should Win: Mark Wahlberg
Where Oscar Screwed Up: They didn't.

Best Supporting Actress

Who Will Win: Jennifer Hudson
Who Should Win: Rinko Kikuchi
Where Oscar Screwed Up: They didn't.

Best Director

Who Will Win: Martin Scorsese
Who Should Win: Paul Greengrass
Where Oscar Screwed Up: They didn't. Its time Scorsese won an Oscar dammit! Even though I truly believe that Greenegrass' fantastic handling of United 93 is more Oscar-worthy.

[BaronAmongYou]

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So, minimal controversy this year? Glad we got that wrapped up so soon. With a little time to spare too.

[Numberz]

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I was pissed when I saw that Children of Men was on this year's movie list, and yet wasn't nominated for Best Picture. It is ten times better than Little Miss Sunshine. I also think Thank You for Smoking should have nominated instead of Flags of Iwo Jima.

...and the only one there I disagree with you is with Best Supporting Actor...Eddie Murphy has won a lot of awards for his performance

[Numberz]

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we should post our predictions and see who gets the most right....

...better yet, just enter the contest:

http://www.rogersplus.ca/promo/contests/oscars2006.asp

[BaronAmongYou]

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Set it up, N.

[Numberz]

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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)
An Inconvenient Truth-“I Need to Wake Up”
Dreamgirls-“Listen”
Dreamgirls-“Love You I Do”
Cars-“Our Town”
Dreamgirls-“Patience”

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

[MotorSportsGord]

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I'll be too busy watching Wind Tunnel on Speed at 7pm on Sunday

[Deathsdoorstep]

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I was pissed when I saw that Children of Men was on this year's movie list, and yet wasn't nominated for Best Picture. It is ten times better than Little Miss Sunshine. I also think Thank You for Smoking should have nominated instead of Flags of Iwo Jima.

...and the only one there I disagree with you is with Best Supporting Actor...Eddie Murphy has won a lot of awards for his performance

I thought Children of men was crap.

[Numberz]

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I thought Children of men was crap.

I think YOU'RE cr....uh....nevermind

I thought it was good. Worthy of Best Picture.

[Deathsdoorstep]

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I think YOU'RE cr....uh....nevermind

I thought it was good. Worthy of Best Picture.

Why I oughta!!!!


Worthy of Best Picture? One of the worst of the year.

[Numberz]

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why?

[Deathsdoorstep]

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Well, it was pointless for one thing. Totally pessimistic for another. Finally, the performances were laughable.

[EskiPhenom]

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Picture: The Queen
Hon Mention - Letters of Iwo Jima

I prefered Letters, but I felt this year to be fairly weak overall. None stand out to me as being really deserving.

Actor: Forest Whitaker

It won't even be close, though both Gosling and O'Toole were fantastic. Very strong category, making Eckhart's nomination snub almost reasonable.

Actress: Helen Mirren

Again, it won't be close.

Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou-Blood Diamond

Upset, but Wahlberg has to make up for how bad an actor he was earlier in his career.

Supporting Actress: Haven't seen most of this films, so I won't bother picking a winner

Director: Scorsese, though I again won't be so choked if he doesn't win. IMO, he deserved his previous nominations, but only this year does his deserve to win. Okay, maybe for Raging Bull, but not over Rain Man, not over Dances with Wolves (I hated Goodfella's disgusting glorifications of violence, which were only repeated in Casino ), and certainly not over The Pianist or Million Dollar Baby.

If Letters takes it, I won't mind.

Foriegn: I mainly just want to include this category because I feel Joyeux Noel was perhaps the best film I saw this year, and was robbed for not being nominated.

[Muley69]

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I thought Children of men was crap.

They could / should have stayed more to the book...


It was "okay". Then again, I was hammered when I saw it. I was fascinated by the prospect that man kind would NEVER be able to reproduce, and then you find the pregnant chick....

It held me for parts...but the abrupt ending was weird. It was a good movie, but NOT "best picture of the year" material to me.

[Numberz]

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no one else going to post their predictions?