Frank TJ Mackey

Look out for I Heart Huckabee's, Silver City and Sideways later this fall.

Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Passion will both get some nods, although not necessarily Best Picture.

Michael Moore's film will get nods simply because it was bold enough to rake a sitting president over the coals.


Colin Farrell was absolutely amazing in A Home At the End of the World, and he may get that nomination over Alexander.

Bryce Dallas Howard, let's face it. She is as close to a shoe-in as it can get. 1. Because she did a great job in her first feature. 2. Opie

Groucho

Considering that Spanglish comes from James L. Brooks, and considering that a lot of his films so far have picked up Best Picture nods (3/4, including one Winner...Terms of Endearment), it's not that surprising of a prediction. The film does look like "Oscar Bait" to me from the previews, and I imagine most of us would be considering it a "shoe in" if it had a different lead actor.

matome

I'll take a blue M3. Thank you!

Hiro11

"Howl's Moving Castle" will be a shoe-in for animation.

Get Me Coffee

C'mon Spider-Man 2!

raven56706

I have been reading in some places and its all saying The Passion of Christ is a shoe in for Best Picture.

it was a risk and it outperformed the estimates..... a cinematic achievement

bsktballDude1

I agree with a lot of what you say, I'm really looking forward to I Heart Huckabees, Silver City, and Sideways looks to be a hilarious comedy from Alexander Paine.

I was another one who thought Bryce Dallas Howard was absolutely great in the film, and it would be nice to see her nominated.

flyboy

It is still early but I would go with Passion to win Best Picture. I think the Academy is really going to suprise us just as they did last year with ROTK.

Groucho

ROTK was a surprise? People were calling that one back in 2001!Interesting analysis...certainly that was the criteria used to name Titanic Best Picture. Had it bombed, it wouldn't have even been nominated.

sundog

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PopcornTreeCt

Kinda like this guy:

bsktballDude1

Nobody has mentioned yet, but I actually think the Robert Zemekis and Tom Hanks film The Polar Express has Best Picture potential. If reviews are strong and becomes a hit, and I think it has the possibility of being one of the more memorable pictures to come out this year.

kms_md

it will be a shame that best original screenplay will probably pit two of the better movies against each other --"eternal sunshine .." and "garden state".

bsktballDude1

I agree, I loved both of those movies. I think Original Screenplay is all Eternal Sunshine can hope for, and as for Garden State, I think it has an uphill battle of actually getting nominated. But the Academy does have a record of recognizing smaller films in the screenplay categories, so you never know.

nightmaster

I'm not buying in the least the Passion Of The Christ won't be nominated. I'm actually going to be moderately suprised if it doesn't win a sackful of statues.

PopcornTreeCt

I have no problem with Eternal Sunshine winning Best Original Screenplay as long as Natalie Portman wins for her performance in Garden State.

V-ism

I also think Passion will get plenty of nominations. And Gibson with a good chance at getting best director.

And Hero didn't win Foreign Picture before because Miramax didn't have any screenings for it or supply any screening material (or so I'm told). So chances are it couldn't get any votes anyway.

Coral

Funny how the constant French bashing in the "Other" forum is perfectly acceptable.

Anyways,

We'll see the majority of the Oscar nominations coming from films in November and December.

I agree that Aviator looks to be another Scorsese attempt at grabbing an Oscar. It's just so obvious - and GONY was a poor film, especially for Scorsese.

Hopefully The Motorcycle Diaries is a quality film (regardless of what the Academy thinks of it) - I'm seeing it at the Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday. Can't wait.

Get Me Coffee

Lets poop on DVDtalk

Calculon

Isn't this the year Bill Murray's supposed to get his make-up-for-getting-shafted-last-year award?

Giles

If "Garden State" wins for best screenplay, I'll eat my hat.

Defiant1

Hero is not eligible for the Oscars this year. According to the official website:

It's unfortunate (and apparently a rule change from the 1970s) as Hero will be the prettiest movie to never win the Cinematography Oscar.

badger1997

But, unless I am mistaken, Hero was not nominated last year. It wasn't amongst the final five nominated so I think it would fit under "submitted" last year and therefore would be eligible this year. Or am I understanding that wrong?

Iron_Giant

I know that some of these movies have not been shown yet, I have not seen or care to see any of these movies listed abouve as "Academy Award" films.

This year has been a down year in the movie business. I have gone to see many movies this year, but there have been only a few that I have enjoyed: Spiderman, Hero and Passion have been my favorites.

There is only 3 or 4 movies I want to see by the end of the year.

If the Academy Award show want great ratings this year, they should Nominate both Passion and F 911 for best picture. It would create alot of buzz and interest.

PopcornTreeCt

Ehh, The Thin Red Line didn't win for Cinematography either.