Oscar nominations, for those who care

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)


Gustavo Santaolalla, BABEL
Thomas Newman, THE GOOD GERMAN
Philip Glass, NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Javier Navarrete, PAN'S LABYRINTH
Alexandre Desplat, 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


Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, CHILDREN OF MEN
William Monahan, THE DEPARTED
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta,LITTLE CHILDREN
Patrick Marber, NOTES ON A SCANDAL


Original screenplay


Guillermo Arriaga, BABEL
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Michael Arndt, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Guillermo del Toro, PAN'S LABYRINTH
Peter Morgan, THE QUEEN

I've seen two of those, neither up for best picture/actor/actress.

Have barley heard of the best picture nominees.

Time was, that wasn't the case...

So what are you saying, you used to get out more?

The Force is strong with Dreamgirls

(We really need a Vader smiley )

Let's see...

(I have not seen all those movies)

EDIT: To Lube the Beagle, re: Dreamgirls

Except it was snubbed for Best Picture, when most thought it was a lock for the category.

I guess the Acadamy felt that Chicago winning was enough for the new era of movie musicals....

Well, only seen "The Queen", via a bootleg DVD one of my ma's penpals sent us.
Meh.

Only one of those I wanna see is Pan's Labyrinth.

Well...yeah...and Venus for Peter O'Toole.

Of all those, I've only seen two of the three animated ones (Cars and Happy Feet...HF will win that, hands down) and POTC2.

Random guesses:

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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

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
MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS

Achievement in cinematography
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in costume design
DREAMGIRLS

Achievement in directing
UNITED 93

Best documentary feature
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best documentary short subject
TWO HANDS

Achievement in film editing
THE DEPARTED

Best foreign language film of the year
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Gustavo Santaolalla, BABEL

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Best animated short film
NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best live action short film
HELMER & SON

Achievement in sound editing
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Achievement in sound mixing
DREAMGIRLS

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

Adapted screenplay
Hawk Ostby, CHILDREN OF MEN

Original screenplay
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

I've seen LIttle Miss Sunshine, Pirates, and Pan's Labyrinth

I swear Hollywood loves nominating comedies so dry all humor has evaporated from them.

No, the academy used to nominate more than just artsie, rarely-seen, only-out-in-limited-release films.
They used to nominate (gasp!) the blockbusters. Now, if it makes it into the top 5 for the year, it seems to suddenly get dumped from the list.

Pirates is the only movie on that list i've seen and Last King of Scotland is the only one I have even the slightest interest in going to see.

Of the Best Pictures, I've seen The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine. I think it's a pretty wide open field, but I think Letters will take it. LMS is a great movie, but not Best Picture material. Babel was a little polarising and the Departed is basically a cop movie. The Queen might sneak in, but I doubt it. Letters will take it to honor Clint Eastwood, since there's no way in hell Scorcese doesn't finally win Best Director. I'm shocked Dreamgirls didn't get nominated.

I think most of the actor categories are pretty much locks except supporting actress. Eddie Murphy, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren are the front runners, but I don't have a clue about supporting actress. The nominees are two no-names, a ten year old girl and an American Idol contestant. I think Blanchett might sneak in and take it.

Sacha Baron Cohen got robbed!

That's more a reflection on the way films are released these days, IMHO.

Yep. The Oscars used to reflect actual successful films, not the ones that the elite thinks should be successful films.

Like POTC 2?

I thought PoTC2 was an animated film.

Yes, how arrogant of the Academy to consider films on artistic merit, as opposed to advertising dollars!

How dare they defy Midamerica by not nominating MONSTER TRUCK APOCALYPSE XXXVI: BLOODHUMMERS REUNITED

Yeah, I know. Never saw the movie, so I can't comment.

But one movie getting three nomination in the same category? Never seen that before

And what's with the Lube the Beagle crack? I haven't done shit to you lately?

Where did I criticize the practice?

I simply pointed it out

Anyways, are you saying that some decisions are better left to those who know what they're doing rather than to the masses?

I wonder if that logic can maybe be applied to some other topics in life

PS: What is POTC2? :flow2:

a) Don't go pissing on Mid-America. We're not all mullet-wearing Meth-cookers!
b) [action=Nautica]shudders. [/action] Sorry, but that's always my reaction when I read/hear the word "BloodHummer"

How about entertainment value?

This is, after all, one of the main reasons films are made...that and profit.

If a film does neither, what the fuck good is it?

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest.

Oh good. I was afraid it might mean Passion of the Christ 2

Oddly enough, I almost would have rather watched that than Pirates 2. God almighty did that movie suck.

I've only seen Jesus Camp and Little Miss Sunshine. POTC2 is around here somewhere thanks to Netflix.

There are several on there that I would like to see, but I'm waiting for them to come out on DVD. Movie theaters suck.

I so don't give a fuck about the Oscars.

(Just thought I'd poop on this thread.)

Remember that you're living in a world where Date Movie--a humour-free abortion of a movie--took more gross box office (inflation adjusted) than The Shawshank Redemption and Kangaroo Jack--a film about a CGI rapping Kangaroo--similarly outperformed Schindler's List.

The financial success of most movies has less to do with their quality and more to do with star power, public taste and marketing. There are plenty of awards ceremonies that reflect basic popularity--the MTV awards, for example--why should the Academy Awards do that, too?