The official list of Winners/List Makers/Finalists (main 8 + animated, foreign)

Brokeback Mountain (12 Win, 4 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Picture
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Director
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Actor Runner-Up
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
Boston Film Critics - Best Picture
Boston Film Critics - Best Director
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
National Board Of Review - Best Director
National Board Of Review - Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actor
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Director
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Actor

Capote (10 Wins, 3 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress (tie with herself all over)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Screenplay (Tie)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
Boston Film Critics - Best Actor
Boston Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress
Boston Film Critics - Best Screenplay
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
National Board Of Review - Best Actor
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Actor
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Adapted Screenplay

Walk The Line (5 Win, 1 Finalist)
Hollywood Awards - Best Actor
Boston Film Critics - Best Actress
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Actress

The Squid And The Whale (4 Win, 1 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Screenplay (Tie)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
National Board Of Review - Best Original Screenplay
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Screenplay

A History Of Violence (3 Win, 4 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Picture Runner-Up
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Director Runner-Up
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Supporting Actor
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actress

Junebug (3 Win, 1 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up
New York Film Critics Online - Best Supporting Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actress
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress

Wallace & Gromit Meet The Were-Rabbits (3 Win)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Animated Feature
New York Film Critics Online - Best Animated Feature
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Animated Feature

Cinderella Man (2 Win)
Boston Film Critics - Best Supporting Actor
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Supporting Actor

Crash (2 Win, 3 Finalist)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Screenplay
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Original Screenplay

Good Night And Good Luck (2 Win, 3 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
National Board Of Review - Best Picture
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Screenplay

Howl's Moving Castle (2 Win)
Hollywood Awards - Best Animated Feature
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Animated Feature

Munich (2 Win, 3 Finalist)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Picture
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Director

2046 (China (or Taiwain...), Not Offical Selection) (1 Win, 2 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Foreign Film Runner-Up
National Board Of Review - Best Foreign Film Finalist
New York Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film

Cache (No Sure Where From, Ineligible For Oscars) (2 Win)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Foreign Film
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film

Cassanova (1 Win)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Supporting Actor

The Constant Gardner (1 Win, 1 Finalist)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Director
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist

The Corpse Bride (1 Win)
National Board Of Review - Best Animated Film

Down To The Bone (1 Win)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Actress

Downfall (Germany, Oscar nom LAST year) (1 Win, 1 Finalist)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Foreign Film
National Board Of Review - Best Foreign Film Finalist

Elizabethtown (1 Win)
Hollywood Award - Best Supporting Actress

Jarhead (1 Win)
Hollywood Awards - Best Director

Kung Fu Hustle (China...and no, no) (1 Win)
Washington Area Film Critics - Best Foreign Film

Memoirs Of A Geisha (1 Win, 1 Finalist)
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
National Board Of Review - Best Supporting Actress

North Country (1 Win)
Hollywood Awards - Best Actress

Paradise Now (Unknown) (1 Win)
National Board Of Review - Best Foreign Film

Pride & Prejudice (1 Win)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Actress

The Producers (1 Win)
Hollywood Awards - Best Supporting Actor

Star Wars Ep. 3 (1 Win)
Hollywood Awards - Best Picture

Syriana (1 Win, 3 Finalist)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist
National Board Of Review - Best Adapted Screenplay

TransAmerica (1 Win)
National Board Of Review - Best Actress

The Upside Of Anger (1 Win)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Supporting Actor

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (1 Finalist)
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Unknown) (1 Finalist)
National Board Of Review - Best Foreign Film Finalist

The Best Of Youth (1 Finalist)
New York Film Critics Online - Best Picture Finalist

King Kong (1 Finalist)
American Film Institue - Top Ten Picture

Match Point (1 Finalist)
National Board Of Review - Best Picture Finalist

Mrs. Henderson Presents (1 Finalist)
Los Angeles Film Critics - Best Actress Runner-Up

Walk on Water (Israel, methinks) (1 Finalist)
National Board Of Review - Best Foreign Film Finalist

Finally, my favorite season of the year has just started!. The Oscar Buzz is everywhere, so it was the right time to start an official thread for it.

I’ve been reading a lot of articles and so far this is what’s been happening.



Best Picture

The front runner (and by far, according to some), is the long awaited Steven Spielberg drama about the 70’s Olympics, “Munich”. The people from the Academy love Spielberg, and they have been waiting for him to show up again with another great picture, after 1994’s ultimate award champion, The Schindler’s List, which won every single trophy on earth. The closest to Munich could be George Clooney’s noirish film “Good Night, And Good Luck”, which has had incredibly good reviews all over the place. “Walk The Line” is getting more and more buzz, so who knows.

So, those are the top 3 to date, just ahead of the Venice winner “Brokeback Mountain”, and the comeback Woody Allen flick “Match Point”, which has received a lot of attention lately too, and “Memoirs of A Geisha”.

To fill the comedy spot, there’s the british “Mrs. Henderson Presents” and “The Family Stone”, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Diane Keaton.

Cannes western hit “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” and “Capote” complete the list.



Best Director

These are the top possibilities:

Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain

Tommy Lee Jones for The Three Burials.

Steven Spielberg for Munich.



Best Actress

Tribecca’s film festival winner Felicity Huffman is a safe bet at this point, for her acclaimed performance as a preoperative male to female transsexual in the December release “Transamerica”. The Emmy win and all the buzz around Desperate Housewives should help too.

But no, she isn’t the lock in the category. Reese Witherspoon (the wife in “Walk The Line”) is, and looks like she could even win the award, according to the critics.

Charlize Theron for North Country completes the top 3 at the moment, but look up for Joan Allen (“The Upside of Anger”), Judi Dench (“Mrs. Henderson Presents”) and Gwyneth Paltrow for “Proof”, whose performance, despite the mixed reviews for the movie, was pointed out as outsdaing. Expect an snub though.



Best Actor

The category has 3 locks so far: Joaquin Phoenix for his performance as Johnny Cash in “Walk The Line”, Phillip Seymour Hoffman for “Capote” and David Straihairn for “Good Night, And Good Luck”. It would be quite difficult for them not to get into the final 5, considering they even are the 3 battling for a win.

Eric Bana (“Munich”) is a possibility, eventhough we know barely nothing about his role.

Venice festival winner Tommy Lee Jones (“The Three Burials…”) could make it as well, á la Clint Eastwood if he gets a nod for best director too.

Heath Ledger’s buzz is getting quite big these days for his role in Brokeback Mountain, though the Tom Cruise effect may hurt his chances. Viggo Mortensen (A History Of Violence) is in the list too, as well as Ralph Fiennes, who has 2 ways: “The Constant Gardener” and “The White Countess”, if you ask me, the first of the two may have more chances.



Best Supporting Actress

Uma Thurman is the one with the most chances for her role in “The Producers”.

Diane Keaton is almost a lock too, for “The Family Stone”.

Scarlett Johanson (Allen’s “Match Point”) is another quite safe bet if the studio makes a campaign for her in the supporting category.

Gong Li (Memoirs Of A Geisha) and Katherine Keener (Capote) are 2 other “maybes”.



Best Supporting Actor

The frontrunner is Bob Hoskins for Mrs. Henderson Presents. Peter Sasgaard for Jarhead and Daniel Craig (Munich), as well as Paul Giamatti (specially after the awful snub last year), are among the “likely to score a nod too.



Animated Feature

“Wallace and Grommit” and “The Corpse Bride” are the locks. Miyazaki’s “Howl Moving Castle” is willing to repeat the “Spirited Away” nod and win, and depending on the critic support, “Chicken Little” could be there too. Oh, and of course, Madagascar could be in too, considering the awful Shark Tale made it last year.



Screenplay

“Match Point” in the original category, “Crash” and “Brokeback Mountain” in the adapted one are the locks so far. (Please academy voters, get it right this time and give it to Crash!).

here are Oscar FYC (For your consideration ads): http://www.oscarwatch.com/FYC/

http://www.oscarwatch.com/FYC/index2.html

Yay! The first important critics group (sorry Washington) has weighed in with their results!
Picture: Brokeback Mountain (over A History of Violence)
Director: Ang Lee (over David Cronenberg)
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote (over Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain)
Actress: Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone (over Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, for four films (Capote, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Interpreter), over Amy Adams of Junebug
Supporting Actor: William Hurt, A History of Violence (over Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck)
Screenplay: Dan Futterman, Capote (over Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale)
Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck (over 2046)
Production Design: 2046 (over Good Night, and Good Luck)
Music: Joe Hisaishi, Howl's Moving Castle
New Generation Award: Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Documentary: Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man (over Alex Gibney's Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room)
Animated Feature: Wallce + Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Foreign Film: Michael Haneke's Cachet (over 2046).

Do we have a new contender for Best Actress? :eek:

from way before

2005 Hollywood Awards (huh) Winners:

Movie Of The Year: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
*note: this was decided by online voters*

Director of the Year: Sam Mendes, Jarhead
Breakthrough Director of the Year: Paul Haggis, Crash
Actor of the Year: Joaquin Phoneix, Walk The Line
Actress of the Year: Charlize Theron, North Country
Supp Actor of the Year: Matthew Broderick, The Producers
Supp Actress of the Year: Susan Sarandon, Elizabethtown
Breakthrough Actor: Jake Gyllenhall (Jarhead, Proof, Brokeback Mountain)
Breakthrough Actress: Rachel McAdams (The Family Stone, Red Eye, Wedding Crashers)
Ensemble of the Year: Crash

Others:

Sound: Batman Begins
Animated Film: Howl's Moving Castle
Makeup: Sin City
Visual Effects: War of the Worlds

Washington Area Film Critics Awards Nominations

Nominations: December 9, 2005
Awards: December 12, 2005

Best Actor

-- Phillip Seymor Hoffman Capote
-- David Strathairn Good Night, and Good Luck
-- Terrence Howard Hustle & Flow
-- Joaquin Phoenix Walk the Line
-- Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain

Best Actress

-- Joan Allen Upside of Anger
-- Felicity Huffman Transamerica
-- Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line
-- Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice
-- Charlize Theron North Country

Best Supporting Actor

-- Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
-- Peter Sarsgaard - Jarhead
-- Matt Dillon - Crash
-- Geoffrey Rush - Munich
-- Terrence Howard - Crash

Best Supporting Actress

-- Catherine Keener Capote
-- Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain
-- Brenda Blethyn Pride & Prejudice
-- Taraji Henson Hustle & Flow
-- Amy Adams Junebug

Best Director

-- George Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck
-- Fernandeo Meirelles The Constant Gardener
-- Steven Spielberg Munich
-- Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
-- Ron Howard Cinderella Man

Best Original Screenplay

-- Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco - Crash
-- Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
-- George Clooney and Grant Heslov - Good Night, and Good Luck
-- Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow
-- Angus MacLachlan - Junebug

Best Adapted Screenplay

-- Dan Futterman - Capote
-- Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
-- Arthur Golden, Robin Swicord and Doug Wright - Memoirs of a Geisha
-- Deborah Moggach - Pride & Prejudice
-- Tony Kushner - Munich

Best Film

-- Crash/Lions Gate
-- Good Night and Good Luck/Warner Bros.
-- Capote/Sony Pictures Classic
-- Munich/Universal
-- Brokeback Mountain/Focus Features

Best Foreign Film

-- Kung Fu Hustle/Sony Pictures Classic
-- Paradise Now/Warner Independent Pictures
-- Turtles Can Fly/IFC Films
-- Schultze Gets the Blues/Paramount Classics
-- Innocent Voices/Slowhand Cinema Releasing

Best Animated Feature

-- Chicken Little/Buena Vista
-- Madagascar/DreamWorks
-- Robots/Twentieth Century Fox
-- Corpse Bride/Warner Bros.
-- Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit/DreamWorks

Best Documentary

-- March of the Penguins/National Geographic
-- Grizzly Man/Discovery Channel
-- Mad Hot Ballroom/Nickelodeon Movies
-- Murderball/MTV Films
-- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room/Magnolia Pictures

Best Breakthrough Performance

-- Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
-- Amy Adams - Junebug
-- QOrianka Kilcher - The New World
-- Taryn Manning - Hustle & Flow
-- Aishwarya Rai - Bride & Prejudice

Best Ensemble

-- Good Night and Good Luck/Warner Bros.
-- Pride & Prejudice/Focus Features
-- Sin City/Dimension Films
-- Crash/Lions Gate
-- Rent/Columbia

Best Art Direction

-- Memoirs of A Geisha/Columbia
-- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Warner Bros.
-- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Warner Bros.
-- Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith/Twentieth Century Fox
-- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/Buena Vista

Broadcast Film Critics Announce
From the press release:

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 11th annual Critics’ Choice Awards. “Brokeback Mountain” leads in nominations with eight nods including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Actress and nominations for Best Composer, Writer and Song. “Crash” received six nods including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Writer and two nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Matt Dillon and Terrence Howard. Howard received three nominations, in addition to his Best Supporting Actor nomination for “Crash,” he received Best Actor and Best Song nods for “Hustle & Flow.”

NOMINEES FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

BEST PICTURE:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Walk the Line

BEST ACTOR:
Russell Crowe – “Cinderella Man”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “Capote”
Terrence Howard – “Hustle & Flow”
Heath Ledger – “Brokeback Mountain”
Joaquin Phoenix – “Walk the Line”
David Strathairn – “Good Night, and Good Luck.”

BEST ACTRESS:
Joan Allen – “The Upside of Anger”
Judi Dench - “Mrs. Henderson Presents”
Felicity Huffman – “Transamerica”
Keira Knightley – “Pride & Prejudice”
Charlize Theron – “North Country”
Reese Witherspoon – “Walk the Line”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
George Clooney – “Syriana”
Kevin Costner – “The Upside of Anger”
Matt Dillon – “Crash”
Paul Giamatti – “Cinderella Man”
Jake Gyllenhaal – “Brokeback Mountain”
Terrence Howard – “Crash”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams – “Junebug”
Maria Bello – “A History of Violence”
Catherine Keener – “Capote”
Frances McDormand – “North Country”
Rachel Weisz – “The Constant Gardener”
Michelle Williams – “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rent
Syriana
Sin City

BEST DIRECTOR:
George Clooney – “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
Paul Haggis – “Crash”
Ron Howard – “Cinderella Man”
Peter Jackson – “King Kong”
Ang Lee – “Brokeback Mountain”
Steven Spielberg – “Munich”

BEST WRITER:
Noah Baumbach – “The Squid and the Whale”
George Clooney and Grant Heslov – “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
Dan Futterman – “Capote”
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – “Crash”
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
“Chicken Little”
“Corpse Bride”
“Howl’s Moving Castle”
“Madagascar”
“Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Squid and the Whale”
Alex Etel – “Millions”
Freddie Highmore – “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
Owen Kline – “The Squid and the Whale”
Daniel Radcliffe – “Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire”

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Flora Cross – “Bee Season”
Dakota Fanning – “War of the Worlds”
Georgie Henley – “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”
Q'Orianka Kilcher – “The New World”
Emily Watson – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

BEST COMEDY MOVIE:
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Producers
The Wedding Crashers

BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dreamer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Into the West
No Direction Home
Rome
Warm Springs

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Cache
Kung Fu Hustle
Oldboy
Paradise Now
2046

BEST SONG:
“Hustle & Flow” – Terrence Howard – “Hustle & Flow”
“A Love That Will Never Grow Old” – Emmylou Harris – “Brokeback Mountain”
“Same in Any Language” – I Nine – “Elizabethtown”
“Seasons of Love” – Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast – “Rent”
“Travelin’ Thru” – Dolly Parton – “Transamerica”

BEST SOUNDTRACK:
Elizabethtown
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Producers
Rent
Walk the Line

BEST COMPOSER:
James Horner – “The New World”
Gustavo Santaolalla – “Brokeback Mountain”
John Williams – “Memoirs of a Geisha”
Nancy Wilson – “Elizabethtown”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball

* Munich...Munich might be DOA. The buzz is dying quickly with the reviewers and a lack of love from the BFCA hurts. Of course, watch the NBR and New York pick it ;)

Don't speak too soon Mikal! Here I am with NYFCO's (different from NYFCC - that's tomorrow) winners - AND - AFI's top ten list!


Picture - The Squid and the Whale
Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Actress - Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice)
Director - Fernando Meirelles (Constant Gardener)
Supporting Actor - Oliver Platt (Casanova)
Supporting Actress - Amy Adams (Junebug)
Breakthrough Performer - Terrence Howard (Hustle and Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Four Brothers)
Debut Director - Paul Haggis (Crash)
Screenplay - Paul Haggis (Crash)
Documentary - Grizzly Man
Foreign Language - Downfall
Animated - Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Cinematography - March of the Penguins

Top 9:
The Best of Youth (Miramax)
Brokeback Mountain (Focus)
Capote (Sony Classics)
The Constant Gardener (Focus)
Crash (Lions Gate)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent)
Munich (Universal/DreamWorks)
The Squid and the Whale (Samuel Goldwyn)
Syriana (Warner Bros.)

Oliver Platt :ghost:

And here's AFI's junk:

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Good Night and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong
Munich
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana

Yikes, Match Point and the New World are barely present. Are they DOA?

Edit - Match Point wasn't eligible for AFI (It's a British production)

Actually...now I'm thinking Memoirs might be...

Oh Mikal, Memoirs has been dead for WEEKS! Where have you been?
The smart posters at OW have pretty much distilled the BP race into 8 films (and I agree with them): BBM (lock), WTL (lock), Munich, Kong, Cinderella Man (It's making a comeback!), GNAGL, Capote and Crash.

I still believe that P&P and The New World can rally though!

Boston

Film: Brokeback Mountain
Director: Ang Lee
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Supporting: Catherine Keener, Paul Giamatti
Screenplay: Capote, Dan Futterman
Documentary: Murderball
New Filmmaker Award: Joe Wright for Pride & Prejudice

National Board Of Review

BEST TEN FILMS OF 2005

Best Film: Good Night, And Good Luck

And, in alphabetical order:

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
History of Violence
Match Point
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Syriana
Walk the Line

BEST FIVE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS OF 2005

Best Foreign-Language Film: Paradise Now

And, in alphabetical order:

2046
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Downfall
Walk on Water

BEST FIVE DOCUMENTARIES OF 2005

Best Documentary: March of the Penguins

And, in alphabetical order:

Ballets Russes
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
Murderball

Best Animated Feature: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica

Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain

Best Supporting Actress: Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Acting By An Ensemble: Mrs. Henderson Presents

Breakthrough Performance Actor: Terrence Howard, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and

Hustle & Flow

Breakthrough Performance Actress: Q’Orianka Kilcher, The New World

Best Directorial Debut: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies

Best Adapted Screenplay: Stephen Gaghan, Syriana

Best Original Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale

Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV: Lackawanna Blues

Career Achievement: Jane Fonda

Career Achievement in Film Music Composition: Howard Shore

Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects: King Kong

Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Direction: David Cronenberg

William K. Everson Award for Film History: George Feltenstein

Producer of the Year Award: Saul Zaentz

Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of _Expression:

Innocent Voices and The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking:

The National Board of Review, in keeping with its long tradition of recognizing excellence in filmmaking, is proud to salute the following films crafted by visionary artists, which demonstrate the creativity and determination always vital to the film industry.

(Listed Alphabetically)

Breakfast on Pluto
Cape of Good Hope
The Dying Gaul
Everything Is Illuminated
Hustle & Flow
Junebug
Layer Cake
Lord of War
Nine Lives
The Thing About My Folks
The Upside of Anger

New York Film Critics Circle goes to Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding!

picture: Brokeback Mountain
director: Ang Lee
actor: Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
actress: Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)
supp. actor: William Hurt (A History Of Violence)
supp. actress: Maria Bello (A History Of Violence)
screenplay: The Squid and the Whale

And, to up the love for Cowboys...San Francisco Critics Circle

Best Picture – Brokeback Mountain
Best Director – Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor – Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress – Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor – Kevin Costner, Upside of Anger
Best Supporting Actress – Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Screenplay – Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Documentary – Grizzly Man
Best Foreign Film – Cache

DC Film Critics

Best Actor
Phillip Seymor Hoffman Capote

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Junebug

Best Director
Steven Spielberg Munich

Best Original Screenplay
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco - Crash

Best Adapted Screenplay
Dan Futterman - Capote

Best Film
Munich/Universal

Best Foreign Film
Kung Fu Hustle/Sony Pictures Classic

Best Animated Feature
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit/DreamWorks

Best Documentary
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room/Magnolia Pictures

Best Breakthrough Performance
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

Best Ensemble
Crash/Lions Gate

Best Art Direction
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/Buena Vista

I'm surprised Heath Ledgar is doing so well.

Globes came out today!
7 for Brokeback. All the biggies including best picture, best director, best actor.

- SJP got a Best Actress nod for 'The Family Stone' :eek:
- Johnny Depp Best Actor for 'Charlie'

In Comedy/Musical categories of course.

Best Picture ranking post GG effect:

1.Brokeback Mountain - (unstoppable)
2.Good Night, And Good Luck - the NBR winner with GG support.
3.Walk The Line -its 2 lead actors will win GG's, and the movie itself will win it too, plus appeareances in various critics lists.

4.Munich -no major Critics support, no big Golden Globe support, the only thing that keeps it is just that it's a serious movie directed by Spielberg. Desperately needs guilds support.
5.King Kong -one of the best reviewed films of the year, will have huge box office. Director GG nomination for Jackson.

6.Crash -a critic darling with no big Golden Globe support, the buzz is still there after so many months. Guilds are needed to keep in the run.
7.Match Point -it seemed dead by yesterday, and now it's back in the game. The guilds will give it the right push to get Kong out of the top5.


8.Capote -fading away really fast.
9.The Constant Gardener - the suprise of the morning, by yesterday it wasn't even in the run. It's still unlikely unless something big happens (like a win in the GG), which is even more unlikely.
10.A History Of Violence -see The Constant Gardener

Rest In Peace
- Cinderella Man -no, simply, NO.
- The New World.

The GG's are crowd pleasers - they tend to nominate random people just for the shock value. Examples include Will Ferrell this year and Renee (Bridget Jones 2) last year. However, they are on with the winners

To aid us all...

Golden Globe Nominations

MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
"Brokeback Mountain"
"The Constant Gardener"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"A History of Violence"
"Match Point"

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Maria Bello, "A History of Violence"
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Gwyneth Paltrow, "Proof"
Charlize Theron, "North Country"
Ziyi Zhang, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Russell Crowe, "Cinderella Man"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Mrs. Henderson Presents"
"Pride & Prejudice"
"The Producers"
"The Squid and the Whale"
"Walk the Line"

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Keira Knightly, "Pride & Prejudice"
Laura Linney, "The Squid and the Whale"
Sarah Jessica Parker, "The Family Stone"
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Pierce Brosnan, "The Matador"
Jeff Daniels, "The Squid and the Whale"
Johnny Depp, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Nathan Lane, "The Producers"
Cillian Murphy, "Breakfast on Pluto"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Kung Fu Hustle" (China)
"Master of the Crimson Armor" aka "The Promise" (China)
"Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel)" (France)
"Paradise Now" (Palenstine)
"Tsotsi" (South Africa)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Scarlett Johansson, "Match Point"
Shirley MacLaine, "In Her Shoes"
Frances McDormand, "North Country"
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
George Clooney, "Syriana"
Matt Dillon, "Crash""Crash"
Will Ferrell, "The Producers"
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Bob Hoskins, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"

DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, "Match Point"
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Peter Jackson, "King Kong"
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Fernando Meirelles, "The Constant Gardener"
Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Woody Allen, "Match Point"
George Clooney & Grant Heslov, "Good Night, And Good Luck"
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, "Munich"
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"

ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Alexandre Desplat, "Syriana"
James Newton Howard, "King Kong"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Brokeback Mountain"
Harry Gregson-Williams, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
John Williams, "Memoirs of a Geisha"

ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" -- "Brokeback Mountain" Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla, Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
"Christmas in Love" -- "Christmas in Love" Music by: Tony Renis, Lyrics by: Marva Jan Marrow
"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" -- "The Producers" Music & Lyrics by: Mel Brooks
"Travelin' Thru" -- "Transamerica" Music & Lyrics by: Dolly Parton
"Wunderkind" -- "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" Music & Lyrics by: Alanis Morissette

And now we have the PGA and DGA winners, two of the four guilds to really predict what's going to happen.

PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
ANNOUNCES NOMINEES AND PRODUCERS
FOR THE 2006 PGA AWARDS

Sunday, January 22nd at The Universal Hilton

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006 (Los Angeles, CA)-- The Producers Guild of America is pleased to announce the nominated productions and eligible producers for the 2006 Producers Guild Awards, hosted by Intel and sponsored by Volvo. The event will take place on Sunday, January 22nd at the Universal Hilton.

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award
Theatrical Motion Pictures

Brokeback Mountain
(Focus Features)
Diana Ossana
James Schamus

Capote
(Sony Pictures Classic)
Caroline Baron
William Vince
Michael Ohoven

Crash
(Lions Gate Films)
Paul Haggis
Cathy Schulman

Good Night, and Good Luck
(Warner Independent Pictues)
Grant Heslov

Walk the Line
(Twentieth Century Fox
James Keach
Cathy Konrad

Producer of the Year Award
Animated Film

Chicken Little
(Disney)
Randy Fullmer

Madagascar
(DreamWorks)
Mireille Soria

Robots
(Twentieth Century Fox)
Jerry Davis
John C. Donkin
William Joyce

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
(Warner Bros.)
Tim Burton
Allison Abbate

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(DreamWorks)
(Credits are pending arbitration)

LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK -- The Writers Guild of America, west and The Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the 2005 season.


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

CINDERELLA MAN, Screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, Story by Cliff Hollingsworth, Universal Pictures

CRASH, Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Story by Paul Haggis, Lions Gate Films

THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, Written by Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, Universal Pictures

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, Written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov, Warner Independent Pictures

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, Written by Noah Baumbach, Samuel Goldwyn Films



ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Based on the Short Story by Annie Proulx, Focus Features

CAPOTE, Screenplay by Dan Futterman, Based on the Book by Gerald Clarke,

Sony Pictures Classics

THE CONSTANT GARDENER, Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Based on the Novel by John le Carré, Focus Features

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, Screenplay by Josh Olson, Based on the Graphic Novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, New Line Cinema

SYRIANA, Written by Stephen Gaghan, Based on the Book "See No Evil" by Robert Baer, Warner Bros. Pictures

Damn, Universal really is shockingly incompetent. How did they go from having three contenders to 1/2 of one? Let's hope the DGA and SAG nominations are kinder to them!

Thanks a lot SAG. Now those Northy Country hags are one step closer to get undeserved Oscvar nominations! :rolleyes:

Color me more surprised that Amy Adams and the Crash guys got in.

But if Russel gets an Oscar nod over a more derserving Terrence Howard or Viggo, Imma be pissed. Even more than if Charlize does get the nom she shouldn't have.

Oh, and the DGAs came into today. We have the six contenders for Picture. But my beloved Kong (and to a lesser extent TCG and AHOV) is dead. :'(

I am holding out hope for the Best Actress category though. Ain't nobody putting Charlize or Ziyi at number one for nothing. So I hope that the people who really deserve it (Joan, Keira, NAOMI) and some newcomers (Vera, Q'Rianka) can breaktrhough amidst the crap!

I'd even be happy if Bello showed up in lead, beating Charlize out of a spot. And I found her performance shockingly overrated!

I can't believe the buzz for A History Of Violence has completely lost all gas, except for the lovely Maria Bello. But that's only cos the supporting female category this year sucks.:-/

Reese better win Best Actress.

Reese won the Globe! Holla.

So far the awards are pretty split.
Constant Gardiner, Brokeback, all have one..

The Nominees Are...

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW
Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE
David Strathairn - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Clooney - SYRIANA
Matt Dillon - CRASH
Paul Giamatti - CINDERELLA MAN
Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
William Hurt - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench - MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA
Keira Knightley - PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Charlize Theron - NORTH COUNTRY
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - JUNEBUG
Catherine Keener - CAPOTE
Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
BATMAN BEGINS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
THE NEW WORLD

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTSPRIDE & PREJUDICE
WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
MURDERBALL
STREET FIGHT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB
GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA
THE MUSHROOM CLUB
A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
CINDERELLA MAN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
CRASH
MUNICH
WALK THE LINE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
DON'T TELL
JOYEUX NOèL
PARADISE NOW
SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS
TSOTSI

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
CINDERELLA MAN
STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
MUNICH
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"In the Deep" - CRASH
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW
"Travelin' Thru" - TRANSAMERICA

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
BADGERED
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO
9
ONE MAN BAND

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)
CASHBACK
THE LAST FARM
OUR TIME IS UP
SIX SHOOTER

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
KING KONG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
WALK THE LINE
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
KING KONG
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
THE CONSTANT GARDENER
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
MUNICH

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
CRASH
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
MATCH POINT
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
SYRIANA

Only three songs? Probably for the best. Although it should be fun to watch Beyonce sing country, rap about being a pimp, and taking on that Crash song.

Yeah, still hated that bullshit from last year.

Anyways, yay they picked a Female finally, since we went through like 9 possible choices for the last slot. And while I wanted Don instead of Matt, so happy William Hurt got in for his 3 minutes of brilliance.

Only three songs?

yes, i'm in shock for that :-/

I really hope hustle and flow wins best song.

...I cannot believe Charlize got nominated. Again.

what disappointing noms. I was hoping for 40 Year Old Virgin to get at least a screenplay nom, but I guess they would rather honor a terrible movie like Crash instead :rollseyes:

glad Munich got some love though.I also hope Terrence Howard wins Best Actor(won't happen, but that would be great).

'Crash' is not a terrible movie - I don't think.
Although I don't quite understand it, I can see what all the hoopula is about.

I'm FUMING that 'Munich' took the place of 'Walk The Line' in best picture.
Just freakin' awful / insane.

If Felicity beats Reese, or Hoffman beats Joaquim, ohh man. Hell to be paid Academy.

I'm FUMING that 'Munich' took the place of 'Walk The Line' in best picture.
Just freakin' awful / insane.

If Felicity beats Reese, or Hoffman beats Joaquim, ohh man. Hell to be paid Academy.

Big Walk The Line fan I see...

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Clooney - SYRIANA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
WALK THE LINE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR I never heard of these

DON'T TELL
JOYEUX NOèL
PARADISE NOW
SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS
TSOTSI

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
CINDERELLA MAN

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
I never heard of these either
BADGERED
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO
9
ONE MAN BAND

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Never heard of these
AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)
CASHBACK
THE LAST FARM
OUR TIME IS UP
SIX SHOOTER

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
KING KONG

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
KING KONG

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

'Crash' is not a terrible movie - I don't think.
Although I don't quite understand it, I can see what all the hoopula is about.

I'm FUMING that 'Munich' took the place of 'Walk The Line' in best picture.
Just freakin' awful / insane.

If Felicity beats Reese, or Hoffman beats Joaquim, ohh man. Hell to be paid Academy.
LFR Roger. These are just my opnions, but since you've stated yours so declaratively, I might as well do the same for myself.
- Munich is a much better movie than Walk the Line. MUCH BETTER. In fact, it really is the best nominee of the five.
- Joaquin easily gave the weakest performance of all five nominated actors. EASLIY. Seriously, I really wish he had been snubbed. Even Crowe was better than him!

BTW, North Country? Really? That's just awful.
And a 5/5 match-up for Picture and Director? Like, that happened last 25 years ago.
This is also the first time in 6 years that 3 BP nominees weren't nominated for a Golde Globe BP. That's really weird and one CRASH doesn't deserve it?

I'm happy for the "wildcards" in all the categories. I'm glad they made it, because they were all great - and one of them is going to win! MIKAL KNOWS WHO.

I should state that WTL wasn't a bad movie, just thoroughly mediocre.

And I must say. I was not the biggest fan of Bello's performance, but I'd much rather have her in then that wretched McDormand woman. Dude, she doesn't even show up to these things! She OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WANT THE NOMINATION SO WHY DID THEY GIVE IT TO HER?!?!?!

I'm rather confused by the Frances nod, since Zhang Ziyi gave the best perf of the year (IMO) as a ho in "2046." So it was in Chinese, she kicked all ass and should be in the chase for Supporting Actress.

Well, her or Bello or Linney (since either of those could have went either).

So, Dolly does the TransAmerica song, I'm guessing Luda will rap about being a Pimp...who sings "In The Deep." And if the answer is Beyonce, I will shoot someone.

Crash, Howl's Moving Castle <3

Respectable opinions.

I just am VERY partial to WTL :)
So that explains the bias.

Bello's 2nd awful snub was by far the worst thing of the morning, followed by no Walk The Line and no Joan Allen (she was a long shot, but still).

The best surprise was Keira Knightley's nod (ZiYi Zhang was expected to take her place).

I'm thinking Brokeback could be heading towards a shut out.

Roy, is that your name? Okay, well, I agree with you. Sometimes the best movies that are the most expected to win, are the ones that don't win at all. But I think this one will rack up 1-2-3 or so AAs.

I'm looking forward to Jon Stewart hosting. :)

Here's what I see and think for best picture:

I did see the first hour of BBM, plus looked up the movie spoilers, and I'm still not impressed. Brokeback Mountain is overrated, and it doesn't deserve to win best picture. To me, the movie is almost no different in some ways from some other chick-romantic films that I've been forced/conned to watch. But I greatly applaud the daring storyline, especially considering some of modern society's views of homosexuality. Other then that, I thought the film was nicely made, but in the end, so what?

I also caught Good Night and Good Luck, which I liked. I was entertained, it was well done, and it was even visually great to watch for being in Black and White. This one deserved its nom.

I did not catch Capote nor Munich. The only thing I have for these two: I have heard a couple positive raves about Munich from friends. As for Capote, a lot of critics have been exaggerating Phillip Seymore's acting, and that's all I've heard.

I think personally Crash should win, it's one of the best dramas I've ever seen. Crash is the better picture, and should win the Oscar. The themes, the acting; pretty much the whole movie in general is one of the best Dramas I've seen so far in my life. I think this film takes the same amount (if not more) bravery as BBM, when it brings the RAW hidden/"not-to-be-talked-about" issue of today's prejudism/racism into the real light. When I watched this film, I was sitting down at the computer trying to get some emails out of the way. I've rarely been invoked in a drama or an independent released film, but this was an exception. I stopped what I was I doing, and just watched it until the end credits started rolling.

As to who I think the academy will choose, I don't have an exact answer. I see GNAGL, Munich, and Capote as dark horses. As for BBM and Crash, they have been the most exaggerated films-to-see out of the 5. But from my view of the majority's choice, I see BBM having the bigger chance for the gold man for the attention its been getting.

I also want to mention that Walk the Line and North Country were excellent movies as well. I do see Witherspoon taking the Oscar, and it would be cool to see Phoenix take one as well. As for Theorin, she did a great job acting, but I wasn't buying her character fully. North Country, from my view was powerful, despite the criticism its been getting. Knowing some aspects/history about sexual harrasment, unions, and the rights to work, I thought the film portrayed the maximum when it came to the stories of the women who were in the film.

All I have to say is ... Reese better not lose to Felicity.
It's pretty much in the bag that Hoffman will beat Joaquim .. but Reese is the last hope WTL has.

Recognize the movie and the performances Academy!
C'mon douche bags.

I'm looking forward to Jon Stewart hosting. :)

Here's what I see and think for best picture:

I did see the first hour of BBM, plus looked up the movie spoilers, and I'm still not impressed. Brokeback Mountain is overrated, and it doesn't deserve to win best picture. To me, the movie is almost no different in some ways from some other chick-romantic films that I've been forced/conned to watch. But I greatly applaud the daring storyline, especially considering some of modern society's views of homosexuality. Other then that, I thought the film was nicely made, but in the end, so what?

I also caught Good Night and Good Luck, which I liked. I was entertained, it was well done, and it was even visually great to watch for being in Black and White. This one deserved its nom.

I did not catch Capote nor Munich. The only thing I have for these two: I have heard a couple positive raves about Munich from friends. As for Capote, a lot of critics have been exaggerating Phillip Seymore's acting, and that's all I've heard.

I think personally Crash should win, it's one of the best dramas I've ever seen. Crash is the better picture, and should win the Oscar. The themes, the acting; pretty much the whole movie in general is one of the best Dramas I've seen so far in my life. I think this film takes the same amount (if not more) bravery as BBM, when it brings the RAW hidden/"not-to-be-talked-about" issue of today's prejudism/racism into the real light. When I watched this film, I was sitting down at the computer trying to get some emails out of the way. I've rarely been invoked in a drama or an independent released film, but this was an exception. I stopped what I was I doing, and just watched it until the end credits started rolling.

As to who I think the academy will choose, I don't have an exact answer. I see GNAGL, Munich, and Capote as dark horses. As for BBM and Crash, they have been the most exaggerated films-to-see out of the 5. But from my view of the majority's choice, I see BBM having the bigger chance for the gold man for the attention its been getting.


LFR. You're so useless, in oh so many ways:
- It's pretty much acknowledged that all of BBM's power comes in it's last half-hour so you pretty much missed the whole point of the movie?

- Um, Crash is one of the best movies you've ever seen? It's undoubtably the worst of the nominated five. Hell, even Walk the Line is better than that trash. In fact, I wish it made it in over Crash - I'd rather have harmless mediocrity than pure evil. (TM Slant Magazine)

You should just stop at everything. :)

LFR. You're so useless, in oh so many ways:
- It's pretty much acknowledged that all of BBM's power comes in it's last half-hour so you pretty much missed the whole point of the movie?

- Um, Crash is one of the best movies you've ever seen? It's undoubtably the worst of the nominated five. Hell, even Walk the Line is better than that trash. In fact, I wish it made it in over Crash - I'd rather have harmless mediocrity than pure evil. (TM Slant Magazine)

You should just stop at everything. :)

lol. :)

First off, I'd like to make note that you've been on my case this weekend when it comes to this side of the board. And I'm useless? Your the one who said TRL should be cancelled, and your a mod on a TRL website.

Second off, I do know what happens in the last half hour of BBM, I read the movie spoiler. And no matter what much I missed, the movie is still overrated in my opinion. I'm not saying it was a terrible movie, I still think it deserved SOME of its' Oscar noms, but it wasn't good as everyone overly-exaggerated.

Finally, I said Crash was one of the best DRAMAS I've ever seen. But yeah, I guess could say that it was one of the best movies I've ever seen.
"Pure Evil?" umm...ok. :rolleyes:
I still stand and say that the movie is better than BBM. But I will somwehat-agree with you, and say that WTL was underlooked for BP, and that Reese has a great chance to take an oscar tonight. (That is if she can get past Huffman for Transamerica)

:)

I'm thinking Brokeback could be heading towards a shut out.
This is so typical. Its gonna be so funny to see how wrong you are.

wow! "crash" won best motion picture :eek:

Everybody, Best Picture: Crash!

:)!!!!

Well deserved!

I will gladly buy the DVD now!

Plus I wanna see Memoirs of a Geisha now, it looks visually entertaining.

Reese won! Cloony won! Even the Penguins won! *Applause*

Overall, I liked tonight. Jon Stewart did allright, he had some good material.

I can't believe Brokeback didn't win Best Picture. :(

omg! this made my day! CRASH so deserved this

SHOKER!

But Crash is a really good film.

would of much rather have seen Munich, Brokeback, or any other movie in the category win over Crash.

from the show being great throughout(Jon Stewart, the Colbert campaign ads, Three 6 Mafia winning), it just went horribly bad once Crash won.

My thoughts:

- Jon Stewart was awesome (especially the Felicity dig in the beginning)
- Three 6 Mafia winning was extremely entertaining
- I'm glad Reese won for best actress. 'Walk The Line' wasn't completely ignored.

To prove that boffo Box Office had nothing to do with the awards this year, who has ever seen such a divided set of winners?

- Geisha, Kong, Crash, Brokeback.. all with 3 or more. That's pretty intense.
- Crash beating Brokeback? Wow. I know it was the dark horse and it's really picked up speed, but wow.

Any chance of cracking $100 million at the B.O. for BM now is pretty much obsolete.

I can't believe Brokeback didn't win Best Picture. :(


thats movie sucks.... if it was a heterosexual case it wouldnt win nothing...... they added a gay couple to make it a Cultural complot.........crash deserves to win :D

Brokeback Mountain was robbed for best picture

LFR, Crash is so utterly terrible. The Academy really shot themselves in the foot with this one.

LFR, Crash is so utterly terrible. The Academy really shot themselves in the foot with this one.

Its was kind of a smart move though. It dispels the idea that hollywood is pushing a liberal agenda.

Any chance of cracking $100 million at the B.O. for BM now is pretty much obsolete.

I predicted this months ago so you can stop running your fat ----ing mouth.

I think that King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, BBM, and Crash might've tied for the total # of Oscars, with 3 each:
http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/nominees/

...Or at least for the televised awards.

I predicted this months ago so you can stop running your fat ----ing mouth.

LMAO. Oh man. You are something else.
Because, you know, I directly took your prediction and tried to make it my own.

That was my complete intent. Damn, you caught me.

Douche bag :rolleyes:

And for the record, had it won best picture, $100 million was easily in it's sights (like it was for M$B last year).

And isn't there a "scene kid" rant you should be throwing? Take your garbage bickering somewhere else buddy.

LMAO. Oh man. You are something else.
Because, you know, I directly took your prediction and tried to make it my own.

That was my complete intent. Damn, you caught me.

Douche bag :rolleyes:

And for the record, had it won best picture, $100 million was easily in it's sights (like it was for M$B last year).

And isn't there a "scene kid" rant you should be throwing? Take your garbage bickering somewhere else buddy. Hmmm...STFU. You always regurgitate crap you read in news articles or Box office sites to make your predictions. I hope you don't plan on going into anything business related because you suck major dick at it.

I WAS SO SURPRISED when Crash won!!!

But people seem to be happy!

Its was kind of a smart move though. It dispels the idea that hollywood is pushing a liberal agenda.
LFR. Crash's win is solely due to liberal guilt - well, that and homophobia.

It's funny how, in voting for a movie that "combats" prejudice, the Academy just made the most hateful statement possible. The gay media is going to eat them alive, and, I for one can't wait.:)

BTW, this will go down as the worst BP win ever. Even The Greatest Show on Earth and A Beautiful Mind were better movies. Well done AMPAS!

LFR. Crash's win is solely due to liberal guilt - well, that and homophobia.

It's funny how, in voting for a movie that "combats" prejudice, the Academy just made the most hateful statement possible. The gay media is going to eat them alive, and, I for one can't wait.:)

BTW, this will go down as the worst BP win ever. Even The Greatest Show on Earth and A Beautiful Mind were better movies. Well done AMPAS!

LMAO<3

Of course, people are going to be hormonal, and play the homophobia card over Crash winning BP instead of BBM. :rolleyes:

At least BBM has recieved more award success over Crash outside of the Oscars.

At least BBM has recieved more award success over Crash outside of the Oscars.
Which is exactly why it makes no sense that Crash won - and why there can only be one possible answer to its victory. And no, it;s not because people liked it more - if they did, it would've won more awards, yes?

What aggravates me about Crash winning - besides the fact that they must HIT YOU WITH A DAMN HAMMER THAT RACISM IS BAD, M'KAY WHILE PUSHING WHITE WOMEN DOWN STEPS AND TRYING TO KILL THANDIE NEWTON WITH THE RANDOM ACCENT AND MAKING MATT DILLON BUYABLE AGAIN - is the fact the film was so much better back in 1988 )or 1989) when it was called Do The Right Thing, and Spike Lee and the pic were royally screwed over.

Of course, it ended in violence. And it was set in NYC. Can't award that, but we'll make it up by giving some balding white man one about making race an issue in LA.

Which is exactly why it makes no sense that Crash won - and why there can only be one possible answer to its victory. And no, it;s not because people liked it more - if they did, it would've won more awards, yes?

NO, you cannot make the assumption that just because it won BP, that the film itself should've won more awards/the most amount of awards of the ceremony (as well as from the other ceremonies). It wouldn't suprise me if the voters were split in their choices between these 2 movies. (possibly as well with the others) There was a lot of tough and worthy competition this year. I'd also like to bring up the point that BBM won just as many Oscars tonight as Crash did, one of which includes best director. And It wouldn't suprise me to look in past awards shows and see that "Movie A" won best picture, while "Movie B" took home the most awards of the night.

Next, to me, you don't have actual evidance nor a reasonable cause to make the accusation of the academy being under "liberal guilt" and/or "homophobia." (Or at least not just yet.)
Personally, I think if there was some homophobia within the Academy, the movie wouldn't have been nominated in the first place. Also I could make your "liberal guilt" accusation towards the golden globes giving BBM Best Drama Pic (or whatever it recieved), over the other nominees it was against. (or if BBM happend to win the bp oscar this year) I could make that statement for the factor that the film dealt with homosexual themes, which has been much looked down upon in history - (With reference to hate crimes, Matthew Shepard, etc.), and now people are starting to feel that guilt, as well as seeing the view of a gay man, this turns around for a vote.
Now, I know a lot of people such as yourself hated the movie. To me, Crash had a powerfully-better story, as well as heavier and more prominant themes then that of the other nominees, most of which a lot of us can relate to. On top of that, for me, the film was way more entertaining than BBM. I seriously doubt there was an negative agenda for BBM not winning BP.
But then again, you nor I cannot speak for the 100s/1000s of minds who voted this year. Every mind is different.
I think the majority of the voting academy felt some of the same ideas/thoughts I had about Crash, and that's why it won.

Now that I've typed up this novel, and my fingers are getting sore, answer this:
Why did you personally dislike Crash?

Crash winning was a joke, seriously. I still can't believe that cheap stupid film won over the other 4 I mean, I'm not pissed cuz BBM didn't win (I wouldn't have cared if it won), but because Crash won, I mean, it's gonna be next to M$B, Ben Hur, Gone with the Wind and All About Eve in Oscar history.

They have lost all the credibility they re-gained with me after last year (!).

:shakeno:

I was expecting BBM to win picture of the year... :(

It really bothers me that the gay community thinks 'Crash' won just to spite them. And that if you were rooting 4 'Crash' instead of 'BBM' then you're a gay-hater.:shakeno:

Here's the honest truth:

'BBM' was a beautifully-filmed movie w/ great performances by Heath Ledger & Michelle Williams.

Ang Lee totally deserved his oscar.:clap:

The Argentian (forgot his name) deserved the Oscar for the awesome Score to that movie.:clap:

But, for me, where 'BBM' failed was in that I did not believe the romance between Ledger & Gyllenhall.

For me, it was 2 guys up in the mountains for almost a year.....w/ special needs. They get horny one night then all of a sudden...you know. Then, they say they're not gay, they leave and apparently they love each other....... sorry didn't the 'romance' part in this Epic Gay Romance.

I was rooting for 'Crash' because it genuinely moved me. It's a blunt, honest, ugly depiction of racism in America & yet the fact that it has a powerful uplifting message is something I totally did not expect when I went to see it.

I whooped & hollered when Jack Nicholson send 'Crash'! :woohoo:

For the last month, everyone drilled into my head (& probably all of America) that 'BBM' will win, that I basically just gave up hope and then.... JUSTICE IS SERVED!:cool:

I feel everyone that says 'BBM' lost because it was a gay movie, is just ignorant. :tsk:

In 1999, the amazing 'Saving Private Ryan' lost to the flamboyant 'Shakespear in Love' which all the Liberals saying Yippee! Now, we're even!:D

FINALLY SOMEONE MAKES SENSE!

*Gives points to Rayato*

I'm sorry but Crash wasn't the best movie last year... Good Night and Good Luck was. Damn that was good... I'm disappointed beyond belief with the academy. What a shame.

But I liked the show overall, it was better than what little I remembered last year.

BBM was amazing and should have won. Anyone who disagree's is an idiot.

Personally, I think if there was some homophobia within the Academy, the movie wouldn't have been nominated in the first place.
WORD.

It honestly seems like the reason why BBM got so much press is because it's was a story about two gay men well played by two famous straight actors and directed by Ang Lee althought I honestly think it might be a great film. But now people are saying that since that by choosing a movie about fighting racism instead of a movie with two gay men, the Academy is being hateful. Both movies (and I haven't seeing BBM) seem to have made huge strides in the mainstream media for different purposes. Crash ended up winning best picture at the Oscars. I fail to see what the big deal is. I think that people are looking at BBM as what it does for gays in mainstream culture and crap instead of judging the film. And there have been some crazy, odd wins in Oscar history but this one is causing controversy because it's a popular movie about gay men. It didn't win so that equals = homophobia.

Or maybe it's just does not matter than much.

WORD.

It honestly seems like the reason why BBM got so much press is because it's was a story about two gay men well played by two famous straight actors and directed by Ang Lee althought I honestly think it might be a great film. But now people are saying that since that by choosing a movie about fighting racism instead of a movie with two gay men, the Academy is being hateful. Both movies (and I haven't seeing BBM) seem to have made huge strides in the mainstream media for different purposes. Crash ended up winning best picture at the Oscars. I fail to see what the big deal is. I think that people are looking at BBM as what it does for gays in mainstream culture and crap instead of judging the film. And there have been some crazy, odd wins in Oscar history but this one is causing controversy because it's a popular movie about gay men. It didn't win so that equals = homophobia.

Or maybe it's just does not matter than much.

Two-faced douche.

type in I'm Really Glad Crash Won to Google.

pure genius.

type in I'm Really Glad Crash Won to Google.

pure genius.

:dies: