Time to PICK THE OSCAR WINNERS

[LynneSin]

Yahoo isn't doing the movie games this year with OSCARS so we'll just pick our winners right here.

http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/2004/

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Lost in Translation
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
  
• Mystic River
  
• Seabiscuit
  

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Cold Mountain - Jude Law
  
• House of Sand and Fog - Ben Kingsley
  
• Lost in Translation - Bill Murray
  
• Mystic River - Sean Penn
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp
  

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• 21 Grams - Naomi Watts
  
• In America - Samantha Morton
  
• Monster - Charlize Theron
  
• Something's Gotta Give - Diane Keaton
  
• Whale Rider - Keisha Castle-Hughes
  

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• 21 Grams - Benicio Del Toro
  
• Cooler, The - Alec Baldwin
  
• In America - Djimon Hounsou
  
• The Last Samurai - Ken Watanabe
  
• Mystic River - Tim Robbins
  

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Cold Mountain - Renée Zellweger
  
• House of Sand and Fog - Shohreh Aghdashloo
  
• Mystic River - Marcia Gay Harden
  
• Pieces of April - Patricia Clarkson
  
• Thirteen - Holly Hunter
  

Best Achievement in Directing

• Cidade de Deus - Fernando Meirelles
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Peter Jackson
  
• Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir
  
• Mystic River - Clint Eastwood
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Dirty Pretty Things - Steve Knight
  
• Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton; Bob Peterson; David Reynolds
  
• In America - Jim Sheridan ; Naomi Sheridan; Kirsten Sheridan
  
• Invasions barbares, Les - Denys Arcand
  
• Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
  

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini
  
• Cidade de Deus - Bráulio Mantovani
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Frances Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson
  
• Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
  
• Seabiscuit - Gary Ross
  

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• Cidade de Deus
  
• Cold Mountain
  
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• Seabiscuit
  

Best Achievement in Art Direction

• Girl with a Pearl Earring
  
• The Last Samurai
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Seabiscuit
  

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• Girl with a Pearl Earring
  
• Last Samurai, The
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• Seabiscuit
  

Best Achievement in Sound

• The Last Samurai
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  
• Seabiscuit - Andy Nelson ; Anna Behlmer; Tod A. Maitland
  

Best Achievement in Editing

• Cidade de Deus
  
• Cold Mountain
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• Seabiscuit
  

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

• Finding Nemo
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  

Best Achievement in Makeup

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

• Cold Mountain - T-Bone Burnett; Elvis Costello - For the song "Scarlet Tide".
  
• Cold Mountain - Sting - For the song "You Will Be My Ain True Love".
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Frances Walsh; Howard Shore; Annie Lennox - For the song "Into the West".
  
• A Mighty Wind - Michael McKean; Annette O'Toole - For the song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow".
  
• Triplettes de Belleville, Les - Benoît Charest (music); Sylvain Chomet (lyrics) - For the song "The Triplets of Belleville".
  

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

• Big Fish - Danny Elfman
  
• Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
  
• Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
  
• House of Sand and Fog - James Horner
  
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
  

Best Short Film, Animated

• Boundin' - Bud Luckey
  
• Destino - Dominique Monfery; Roy Edward Disney
  
• Gone Nutty - Carlos Saldanha; John C. Donkin
  
• Harvie Krumpet - Adam Elliot
  
• Nibbles - Christopher Hinton
  

Best Short Film, Live Action

• Torzija - Stefan Arsenijevic
  
• Most - Bobby Garabedian; William Zabka
  
• Rote Jacke, Die - Florian Baxmeyer
  
• Squash - Lionel Bailliu
  
• Two Soldiers - Aaron Schneider ; Andrew J. Sacks
  

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

• Asylum - Sandy McLeod; Virginia Reticker
  
• Chernobyl Heart - Maryann DeLeo
  
• Ferry Tales - Katja Esson
  

Best Documentary, Features

• Balseros (2002) - Carlos Bosch; Loris Omedes
  
• Capturing the Friedmans - Andrew Jarecki; Marc Smerling
  
• Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The - Errol Morris; Michael Williams
  
• My Architect: A Son's Journey - Nathaniel Kahn; Susan Rose Behr
  
• The Weather Underground - Sam Green; Bill Siegel
  

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• Les Invasions barbares - Canada.
  
• Ondskan - Sweden.
  
• Tasogare seibei - Japan.
  
• De Tweeling - Netherlands.
  
• Zelary - Czech Republic.
  

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

• Brother Bear - Aaron Blaise; Robert Walker (VII)
  
• Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton
  
• Triplettes de Belleville, Les - Sylvain Chomet
  

[quispquake]

1. Here's my winner list...

Okay, OBVIOUSLY I'm a big "Lord of the Rings" fan! I personally think this trilogy has pushed the limit of what movies can be...I'm a huge fan, so this wins most of my choices.

Best Motion Picture-"Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (See above)

Best Actor: Bill Murray for "Lost in Translation" (What can you say? An amazing performance by Murray...he is totally vindicated for "Stripes"!)

Best Actress: Charlize Theron in "Monster" (A SHATTERING performance...I cannot believe she pulled this off as intensely as she did...one of the great all time acting jobs!)

Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins in "Mystic River" (I personally thought Penn was overacting a bit...the real acting in this movie for me was Robbins...just his look conveyed so much PAIN...)

Best Direcotr: Peter Jackson "Lord of the Rings" (Since he hasn't won it for the 1st two, he certainly deserves it for this one)

Best Screenplay: Sofia Coppola "Lost in Translation" (A funny, poignant screenplay...I absolutely loved this movie!!!)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Frances Walsh et al "Lord of the Rings" (They all did a specacular job of cutting three books down to 12 hours or so counting the extended versions)

Best Cinematography: Master & Commander (Although I personally thought "Lost in Translation" had my favorite cinematography of the year).

Best Art Direction: "Lord of the Rings" (This movie has pushed forward what cinema can look like)

Best Costume Design: "Lord of the Rings" (See above)
Best Sound: "Lord of the Rings" (Not only for the newest, but the first two are my best sounding DVD's!!!)

Best Editing: "Lord of the Rings" (See above)

Best Sound Editing: "Master & Commander" (Beautiful sound)

Best Visual Effects: "Lord of the Rings" (Was there really any other choice???)

Best Makeup: "Lord of the Rings" (See above)

Original Song: "Into the West" from "Lord of the Rings" (A beautiful song from a beautiful score)

Original Score: "Lord of the Rings" (The score added to the tension and the beauty so well)

Best Short Animated Film: Didn't see any of these

Best Short Live Action: Didn't see any of these either

Best Short Documentary: See above

Best Documentary Features: "The Weather Underground" (An AWESOME documentary that was released by some folks that run the Maine Int'l Film Festival up here in Waterville Maine...a harrowing, intense film)

Best Foreign Language: Didn't see any of these

Best Animated Film: "Finding Nemo" (Enjoyed this WAY more than I thought I would...)

And there you have it!!!
perkypat23

[Burma Jones]

2. My Reply

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Mystic River - Sean Penn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Monster - Charlize Theron

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Mystic River - Tim Robbins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Mystic River - Marcia Gay Harden

Best Achievement in Directing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Peter Jackson

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Frances Walsh; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Seabiscuit

Best Achievement in Art Direction
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Costume Design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Sound
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Achievement in Editing
Seabiscuit

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Makeup
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Frances Walsh; Howard Shore; Annie Lennox - For the song "Into the West".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore

Best Short Film, Animated
I have no Clue

Best Short Film, Live Action
I have no Clue

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
No clue

Best Documentary, Features
Capturing the Friedmans - Andrew Jarecki; Marc Smerling

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Les Invasions barbares - Canada.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton

[arwalden]

3. Johnny Depp

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp

[Burma Jones]

5. I loved that performance

But I agree with someone who said that Depp and Murray will split the humor vote

[Emboldened Chimp]

6. Which means Penn will win

He's been due...

[arwalden]

11. A Vote For Bill Murray Is A Vote For Sean Penn...

... oh well. He's deserving too.

-- Allen

[Skittles]

12. I though Marcia Gay Harden was so f***ing annoying in that role

I thought she almost ruined the movie

[terrya]

13. I agree with just about all of your choices. But it's Renee Zellweger

For Best Supporting Actress for "Cold Mountain".

Terry

[Emboldened Chimp]

4. This year's gonna be tough...here we go...

Best Pic: Lord of the Rings
Best Director: Peter Jackson
Best Actor in Lead Role: Sean Penn
Best Actress in Lead Role: Charlize Theron
Best Actor in Supporting Role: Tim Robbins
Best Actress in Supporting Role: Patricia Clarkson
Animated Feature: Finding Nemo
Best Screenplay - Adapted: LOTR - ROTK
Best Screenplay - Original: Lost in Translation
Art Direction: LOTR - ROTK
Cinematography: City of God
Costume Design: LOTR - ROTK
Foreign Language Film: The Barbarian Invasions
Editing: City of God
Original Score: LOTR - ROTK
Original Song: the one from A Mighty Wind
Makeup: Pirates of the Caribbean
Sound Editing: Master and Commander
Sound Mixing: Master and Commander
Visual Effects: LOTR - ROTK
Documentary Feature: Capturing the Friedmans
Documentary Short: Ferry Tales
Short Film - Animated: Destino
Short Film - Live Action: Two Soldiers

[Burma Jones]

7. Master and Commander had STUNNINGLY good sound

Enough for someone to really notice the difference

[LynneSin]

8. My Choices:

Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Mystic River - Sean Penn
(Although I'm hoping for a tie between him and Bill Murry - this was a tough choice)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Monster - Charlize Theron

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mystic River - Tim Robbins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: House of Sand and Fog - Shohreh Aghdashloo (she was just wonderful in this movie!!!)

Best Achievement in Directing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Peter Jackson

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola (she'll get this since folks feel they need to give the best director to Peter Jackson)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Achievement in Cinematography: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Achievement in Art Direction: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Costume Design: The Last Samurai

Best Achievement in Sound: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Editing: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Achievement in Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Makeup: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: A Mighty Wind - Michael McKean; Annette O'Toole - For the song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared

Best Short Film, Animated: Destino - Dominique Monfery; Roy Edward Disney

Best Short Film, Live Action: Two Soldiers - Aaron Schneider ; Andrew J. Sacks

Best Documentary, Short Subjects: Chernobyl Heart - Maryann DeLeo

Best Documentary, Features: Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The - Errol Morris; Michael Williams

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Les Invasions barbares - Canada.

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton (althought that triplet film could be a sleeper)

[Emboldened Chimp]

9. Shohreh Aghdashloo might be the sleeper pick

It was a tough choice for me between her and Clarkson. I don't think Zellweger will win, even though she's the favorite.

[Ramsey]

10. My picks!

I haven't actually seen all of these movies, so some are votes for those I have seen. (I see that I really liked LOTR!):


Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Mystic River - Sean Penn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Monster - Charlize Theron

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Mystic River - Tim Robbins

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Thirteen - Holly Hunter

Best Achievement in Directing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
In America - Jim Sheridan ; Naomi Sheridan; Kirsten Sheridan

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Seabiscuit

Best Achievement in Art Direction
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Girl with a Pearl Earring

Best Achievement in Sound
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Makeup
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Frances Walsh; Howard Shore; Annie Lennox - For the song "Into the West".

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore