I'm guessing that Maria was overlooked because tehy had nominated Moreno already.

As for Flying Daggers, perhaps it was because it just wasn't very good? I'm certainly not alone in that opinion.

I am very upset at the no props for "Eternal Sunshine". Kate deserves the oscar for that movie and It certainly deserves at least a running for best picture. What about editing, this film was perfectly edited!! I'm confused at why it was snuffed...

And why oh why wasn't The Incredibles nominated for best score?? Or the Aviator?? Does anyone even remember the score to the Village? That's bull poo.

I wish House of Flying Daggers was in there as well...

Lots of disappointments this year for me.

Because the people who decide the noms wouldn't know a good film if it were shoved up their ass and they had to shit celluloid for a week.

Not enough Eternal Sunshine

I agree 100% on this.


Didn't know that about the Polar Express. Oh well, the marketing team at Dreamworks earned their paychecks to have the Academy nominate Shark Tale for an Oscar. I'm still in disbelief about that one.

MARIA FULL OF GRACE is NOT eligible for Best Foreign Film!

That's a shame. I think that is also the reason that Bad Education was not nominated because Spain submitted a different movie as their official entry.

So if Jamie Foxx gets called for Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, he may as well go home. That category gets called very early in the show, and if he wins that, he'll know its all over for the Big Prize.

Of course, he did get the People's Choice Award for best movie.

How on earth can anyone think that it was the People's choice over Shrek 2 or Spiderman 2? Both of those movies had higher ticket sales, so obviously more people wanted to see those movies.

Nobody mentioned the omissions of Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine) and Kevin Bacon (The Woodsman). Do you think their absences are warranted?

How the hell is "Vois sur ton chemin" selected instead of "Caresse sur l'ocean" or "Cerf-volant"?!??! They're out of their minds!

I was wondering if that was the case, but I didn't see the countries of origin listed.

Boo Colombia! You stupid fucks!

Actually, I loved MDB and Clint Eastwood's performance (its my favorite movie of the year). BUT, I think it is more difficult to portray a real character over a fictional one (acting wise).

I for one loved the Jamie Foxx and Cate Blanchett performances. They both became their characters and I think deserve the oscars.

As for Leo, I didn't really like his performance. It was ok, but IMO not Best Actor material. He is the one nomination that I am disappointed with.

I am hoping that if The Aviator wins best picture, that Clint will at least get best director. He deserves it.

Haven't watched The Woodsman but you are right about Jim Carrey, that was his best performance so far and its a shame that it wasn't rewarded for it. I guess the members of the Academy will always think of him as the "guy that talked out of his ass" to make people laugh.

Maybe so, but I think its like the All Star games in sports. Sometimes, people just get overlooked. There just isn't enough noms to go around.

I think a big problem with that movie was that it came out so long ago.

I agree that it was a very good performance though.

Come on people...you should know better than that. MARIA FULL OF GRACE is completely funded by US money, directed by an American director, and most of the principle crew was American. It's NOT foreign. Just because it's in Spanish doesn't make it foreign.

Logic.

They really should change the name from "FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM" to.. I dunno.. just Foreign.

By your logic, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST is also a foreign film. Ahem - no. It's not.

I was screwing w/ you - I had forgotten some of the details in regards to it's production and the U.S.

The category is Foreign LANGUAGE Film, and the titles eligible for consideration this year were:

Afghanistan, "Earth and Ashes," Atiq Rahimi, director;
Argentina, "A Lost Embrace," Daniel Burman, director;
Austria, "Antares," Gŏtz Spielmann, director;
Belgium, "The Alzheimer Case," Erik Van Looy, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Days and Hours," Pjer Žalica, director;
Brazil, "Olga," Jayme Monjardim, director;
Bulgaria, "Mila from Mars," Zornitsa Sophia, director;
Canada, "Far Side of the Moon," Robert Lepage, director;
Chile, "Machuca," Andrés Wood, director;
China, "House of Flying Daggers," Zhang Yimou, director;
Colombia, "El Rey," Jose Antonio Dorado;
Croatia, "Long Dark Night," Antun Vrdoljak, director;
Czech Republic, "Up and Down," Jan Hřebejk, director;
Denmark, "The Five Obstructions," Jřrgen Leth & Lars von Trier, directors;
Ecuador, "Chronicles," Sebastián Cordero, director;
Egypt, "I Love Cinema," Osama Fawzy, director;
Estonia, "Revolution of Pigs," Jaak Kilmi, René Reinumägi, directors;
Finland, "Producing Adults," Aleksi Salmenperä, director;
France, "The Chorus," Christophe Barratier, director;
Germany, "Downfall," Oliver Hirschbiegel, director;
Greece, "A Touch of Spice," Tassos Boulmetis, director;
Hungary, "Kontroll," Nimród Antal, director;
Iceland, "Cold Light," Hilmar Oddsson, director;
India, "Shwaas," Sandeep Sawant, director;
Iran, "Turtles Can Fly," Bahman Ghobadi, director;
Israel, "Campfire," Joseph Cedar, director;
Italy, " The Keys to the House," Gianni Amelio, director;
Japan, "Nobody Knows," Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;
Korea, "Tae Guk Gi," Kang Je-gyu, director;
Macedonia, "The Great Water," Ivo Trajikov, director;
Malaysia, "The Princess of Mount Ledang," Saw Teong Hin, director;
Mexico, "Innocent Voices," Luis Mandoki, director;
The Netherlands, "Simon," Eddy Terstall, director;
Norway, "Hawaii, Oslo," Erik Poppe, director;
Palestine, "The Olive Harvest," Hanna Elias, director;
Philippines, "Crying Ladies," Mark Meily, director;
Poland, "The Welts," Magdalena Piekorz, director;
Portugal, "The Miracle According to Salomé," Mário Barroso, director;
Romania, "Orient-Express," Sergiu Nicolaescu, director;
Russia, "Night Watch," Timolir Bekmambetov, director;
Serbia and Montenegro, "Goose Feather," Ljubiša Samardžić, director;
Slovenia, "Beneath Her Window," Metod Pevec, director;
South Africa, "Yesterday," Darrell Roodt, director;
Spain, "The Sea Inside," Alejandro Amenabar, director;
Sweden, "As it is in Heaven," Kay Pollak, director;
Switzerland, "Mein Name Ist Bach," Dominique de Rivaz, director;
Taiwan, "20 : 30 : 40," Sylvia Chang, director;
Thailand, "The Overture," Itthisoontorn Vichailak, director;
Uruguay, "Whisky," Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll, directors;
Venezuela, "Punto y Raya," Elia Schneider, director.

Wrong. And wrong. Both Polar Express and Waking Life were elegible. The ani9mators who pick the nominees were probably turned off by Waking Live, but could have picked it if they had deemed it worthy. Snubbing Polar Express was a shocking omission.

This could very well be the WORST year for song in recent history (surpassing 1988 when they were only able to come up with three nominees including Phil Collins and winner Carley Simon). Adam Duritz must be doing backflips right now since "Accidentally in Love" is the only song anyone's actually heard at this point, but I wouldn't be suprised if Andrew Lloyd Webber takes home his second Oscar for a brief, drippy song that was tacked onto one of his musicals unnessicarily as Oscar bait. The performance of musical numbers will truly suck this year. Hope they get them over quickly (back to back) like they did in the 2000 telecast. I'll miss The Mick, that's for sure.

To Paul Giamanni being snubbed. He was the heart and soul of the film nominated for Picture, Director, Supporting Actor Suppoting Actress, etc. He really deserved at least a nom.

I know it came out a while ago, but I thought Kurt Russell was awesome as Herb Brooks in Miracle.

You're right! In my defense, the real guy was called Pig Virus. AnyHOO, he got snubbed. He wasn't nominated for that comic book guy movie either, was he?

I'm really surprised by Alan Alda's best supporting actor nomination. He didn't stand out at all in that movie. It should have went to David Carradine for Kill Bill 2.