Travis66

Who do want to seen win the major Oscar in this coming Acadamy Award. Write your picks.
Best Picture:Finding Neverland
Best Director:Michael Mann
Best Actor:Tom Cruise in Collateral
Best S. Actor:Clive Owens in Closer (even though I didnt like the film, great performance)
Best Actress:Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best S. Actress:Kate Winslet in Finding Neverland

JayPen

Pic: Finding Neverland
Actor: Johnny Depp or Paul Giamatti
Actress: Emmy Rossum (great performance IMOP, but she won't win)
S Actor: Jaime Foxx or Thomas Hayden Church
S Actress: Natalie Portman or Kate Winslet
Director: Michael Mann

This is who I would like to win, but obviously my picks for who will win will be a bit different in a month or so. Looking forward to it as always.

Sooperior

Picture: Sideways or Million Dollar Baby
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actor: Johnny Depp
Actress: Imelda Staunton
Supp. Actor: Thomas Hayden Church
Supp. Actress: Cate Blanchett

I think they'll give Best Director to Scorsese this year, just a hunch.

PopcornTreeCt

Picture: Garden State
Director: Michael Mann
Actor: Johnny Depp
Actress: Natalie Portman
Supp. Actor: Jaimie Foxx
Supp. Actress: Kate Winslet
Cinematography: Finding Neverland

Caliking

Picture: Passion of the Christ
Director: Michel Gondry
Actor: Bill Murray
Actress: Natalie Portman
Supp. Actor: Jaimie Foxx
Supp. Actress: Kate Winslet

Rivero

conscience

Natalie Portman?

Even if she was placed for Closer or Garden State, it would be supporting.

What I want to win:

Picture: Dogville

Actor: Javier Bardem (The Sea Inside)

Actress: Nicole Kidman (Dogville not Birth)

Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)

Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson (Dogville)

Director: Martin Scorsese (The Aviator : excellent movie and reading about how he meticulously goes about directing...he deserves it)

Screenplay (Adapted) : Sideways

Screenplay (Original) : Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


Of course, I know three of my picks won't happen unless Hell freezes over. Can you pick which ones?

Charlie Goose

Yow. Out of all the movies mentioned so far, the only one I've seen is The Passion of the Christ. I need to see more!

Tarnower

PICTURE: "Sideways"
ACTOR: Jamie Foxx ("Ray")
ACTRESS: Annette Bening ("Being Julia")
SUPP. ACTOR: Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways")
SUPP. ACTRESS: Virginia Madsen ("Sideways")
DIRECTION: Mel Gibson ("The Passion of the Christ")
SCREENPLAY (Adapted): "Sideways"
SCREENPLAY (Original): "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

* This is preliminary, since I still haven't seen about a dozen or so Oscar contenders, including "The Aviator." So, I'm sure some of these picks will change.

Brain Stew

According to Dalvin, Jamie Foxx will win all of them.

Rivero

According to the media at the moment, Jamie Foxx shits diamonds and pisses gold

Goldberg74

SCREENPLAY (Adapted): Mel Gibson (The Passion of the Christ)
SCREENPLAY (Original): God (The Passion of the Christ)

Geofferson

Best Picture: Sideways
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best S. Actor: Thomas Haden Church
Best Actress: Uma Thurman
Best S. Actress: Virginia Madsen

Numanoid

It's great seeing Virginia Madsen being mentioned for a freakin' Oscar! This chick has been a TV and B-movie actress for my entire lifetime, though I've loved her in many of those TV and B-movies. Nice to see that she finally hit on something.

Cameron

Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best S. Actor: Jamie Foxx
Best Actress: Uma Thurman
Best S. Actress: Natalie Portman
Best animated picture: Polar Express....Incredibles....Polar Express...can't decide

bsktballDude1

Best Pictures: The Aviator
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx(Ray)
Best Actress: Uma Thurman(Kill Bill Vol. 2)
Best Supporting Actor: David Carradine(Kill Bill Vol. 2) or Thomas Haden Church(Sideways)
Best Supporting Actress:Cate Blanchett(The Aviator) or Natalie Portman(Closer)

Cygnet74

um... i don't think any of my favs have a chance at the Oscars, except for Sideways/Best Adapted...

Best Picture: Vera Drake
Best Director: David Gordon Green (Undertow)
Best Actor: Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (Sideways)
Best Original Screenplay: Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead)
Best Cinematography: Vincent Gallo (Brown Bunny)

conscience

When he was on Oprah, I just wanted to go through the screen and kick his overinflated ego. I when they were talkin' about Ray and then showed a clip of him as Wanda on In Living Color...

This guy cannot walk in Jim Carrey's shoes.

And those stupid women in the audience applauded like he was GOD (although they do that often...I watch with my mom sometimes )


and Oprah, Oprah, Oprah...."GO SEE THIS MOVIIIIIEEE!"

PopcornTreeCt

Could you elaborate on the "cannot walk in Jim Carrey's shoes" line? Foxx put in a performance in Ray that was as good if not better than Carrey's best. I like Jim Carrey as much as the next guy but Foxx's performance was incredible.

conscience

Did I say anything specific about Foxx in Ray? No.

I thought he was okay. I was talking about his ego and how he seems to think he is in the big leagues now.

How can I put it any clearer? Foxx's acting ability can't hold a candle to Carrey's.

Carrey was incredible in all of his comedies (however childish they may be), shined in The Truman Show, went berserk in Man On The Moon, went subtle in The Majestic, back to comedy hijinks in Bruce Almighty, and then downbeat in ESOTSM.

Carrey's a genius. Just because people don't go to his dramatic efforts doesn't mean a damn thing.

JasonF

What's all this talk of Jamie Foxx as Best Supporting Actor? He was the lead in Ray, he was the lead in Collateral, and he sure as hell ain't getting a nomination for Breakin' All the Rules (plus he was the lead there).

My dark horse pick is Peter O'Toole for Troy, just because of the Lifetime Achievment Award to-do the other year.

conscience

JasonF,

The studio is pulling for him in Supporting for Collateral (think of it as a Training Day type of thing)

If he does get nominated for that, I will seriously be sick to my stomach. If he can get nominated for a supporting role as a lead and Ethan Hawke can too...what the hell happened with Scarlett Johansson as Supporting in LIT?

bn_23_jordan

Pic: Eternal SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Actor: jAMIE FOXX (FOR "RAY") OR TOM CRUISE. or JIM CARREY (ETERNAL)...TOM CRUISE PREFERRABLY
Actress: KATE WINSLET (FINDING NEVERLAND)
S Actor: Jaime Foxx ("COLLATERAL")
S Actress: Kate Winslet
Director: Michael Mann

BEST SMALL FILM: BEFORE SUNSET



go "COLLATERAL", go TOM CRUISE, go KATE WINSLET,

Third Baseman

Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Actor: Jamie Foxx - "RAY"

Actress: Uma Thurman - "KILL BILL VOLUME 2"

Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx - "COLLATERAL"

Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman - "CLOSER"

Direction: Mel Gibson - "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST"

Joe Molotov

Best Picture: Return of the King: Extended Edition