Just like last year, the Oscar Noms are in, and here I am to bitch and complain (and to praise as well) about the Academy.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Should Win - Whitaker, The man was really really fucking good in LAST KING.
Will Win - Whitaker. He's got the momentum.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED
Should Win - Eddie Murphy. Talk about a comeback. The man just gives a great, funny, and touching preformance
Will Win - Tough Call. I say it being Murhphy, but it could be Arkin, or Hounsou just as easily. And if Wahlberg won, well that means he's the one who does his fucking job.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penlope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN
Should Win - having only actually seen one of these films (PRADA) I can say that while the movie sucked, Streep was fantastic in it, because you really did hate her, but this one is up for grabs. If the words "Mud Pit" and "Wrestle" come up...it will be a very akward moment.
Will Win - Most Likley Mirren for The Queen
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL
Should Win - Wow. This is a great category. and congrats to Abigail for being the youngest actress since Tatum o'Neil to be nominated in this category. I really want Jennifer Hudson to win, because her preformance was movie magic, but I think all of this ladies did fine jobs, and deserve the award, at least in heart (wow, that was realllly stupid to say. I take it back.)
Will Win - Hudson, most likley, unless the Academy shoves its head up its own ass again.
Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE
Will win - Cars. Pixar is this category's daddy.
Should Win - The Other Two. While Cars was fun, and pretty, the soul that Pixar usually injects into its films is not as strong, and the other two take the cake. Monster House was fantastic 80's throwback fun, while Happy Feet was a musical, toe-tappin' lesson in intolerance. Take your pick.
Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE
Hmmm.
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth. The film is a piece of art from frame one.
Will Win - I don't know, but I have a sinking feeling its going to be Pirates. Yargh.
Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE
Should Win - Ouch. Two Great Films on this list, but if i have to choose, I have to go with the greater accomplishment. Children of Men is a fucking marvelously shot movie, and the steady-cam shots are the greatest in the history of film, in my opinion. Pan's was beautiful, but sadly, not as well done as Children.
Will Win - The Illusionist or The Prestige, I think. They both had the atmosphere of the era, and the Academy loves to jizz all over that shit.
Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN
Should Win - Marie Antoinette. These gowns were pretty damn awesome, and the were pretty much more the star of the film than Kirsten Dunst. Ouch.
Will Win - Don't Know. Maybe Dreamgirls, Maybe Prada (as the film is about...fucking clothes) but its a toss up, really. Anyone could snag it.
Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93
Should Win - Good Ol' Marty for The Departed. Paul Greengrass comes in close second, but to see Marty get an Oscar would make this Oscar night the best...ever.
Will Win - I don't know...but if Clint gets it, Marty better beat the living shit out of him with his Golden Globe.
Best documentary feature
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
Should Win - Jesus Camp. a scary look at the brain washing of today's youth. chilling stuff, and I have witnessed it first hand.
Will Win - Al Fucking Gore! You Go, you! Actually I wouldn't mind this winning, as this was also a good film.
Best documentary short subject
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS
Huh? I don't really know. um...you choose, Academy. I don't give a flying fuck.
Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93
Should Win - Children of Men, or the Departed.
Will Win - Babel, most likley. Not a bad choice, but still. I like Children of Men's edting, and Departed comes damn close.
Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth
Will Win - I don't see why Pan's can't take it. I really don't. (crosses fingers)
Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Should and Will win: Pan's Labyrinth. Hands Down. No Questions Asked. Click? because of a fucking Fat Suit? Bite Me, Rick Baker, Bite Me.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth. A beautiful masterpiece of a score (yeah, I know I am humping the film like I am in heat. I god damned loved it, okies?)
Will Win - Either The Queen or Babel. I think. I really don't know.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS
Should Win - Love you I do. A very well done (and well preformed) song.
Will Win - Listen. Beyonce will most likley get it. Unless Cars sweeps in and knocks the broad to her booty.
Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN
Should Win - The Departed. Its the best film on that list, by far.
Will Win - If not the Departed, I hope its Babel, just to see Clint and Paul Haggis get knocked on their asses.
Best animated short film
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS
Having Not seen any of these, i don't really know. I am sure I will see them after one wins.
Best live action short film
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
RAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY
Read the above statement.
Achievement in sound editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Should Win - I hate this category. If i have to choose, Pirates.
Will Win - One of the Clint Movies, I'm sure.
Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Should Win - Dreamgirls
Will Win - Flags or Pirates
Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Should win - Sorry, Supes. Davey Jones kicked your ass at the box office, and its because he looked cooler. The award will go to this. Its like when Gollum was in Two Towers. There would be a riot if they didn't win.
Will Win - Take a guess. Not fucking Poseidon. Yargh.
Adapted screenplay
BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Should Win - The Departed. William Monaghan deserves a fucking Oscar. Give it to him NOW i say.
Will Win - Not Borat. I just don't see the Academy doing that. Everything esle? it's possible.
Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth. (here I go again)
Will Win - Little Miss Sunshine.
Once again, some good choices, some surprises, and some..."oh, your really fucking stupid."
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Should Win - Whitaker, The man was really really fucking good in LAST KING.
Will Win - Whitaker. He's got the momentum.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED
Should Win - Eddie Murphy. Talk about a comeback. The man just gives a great, funny, and touching preformance
Will Win - Tough Call. I say it being Murhphy, but it could be Arkin, or Hounsou just as easily. And if Wahlberg won, well that means he's the one who does his fucking job.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penlope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN
Should Win - having only actually seen one of these films (PRADA) I can say that while the movie sucked, Streep was fantastic in it, because you really did hate her, but this one is up for grabs. If the words "Mud Pit" and "Wrestle" come up...it will be a very akward moment.
Will Win - Most Likley Mirren for The Queen
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL
Should Win - Wow. This is a great category. and congrats to Abigail for being the youngest actress since Tatum o'Neil to be nominated in this category. I really want Jennifer Hudson to win, because her preformance was movie magic, but I think all of this ladies did fine jobs, and deserve the award, at least in heart (wow, that was realllly stupid to say. I take it back.)
Will Win - Hudson, most likley, unless the Academy shoves its head up its own ass again.
Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE
Will win - Cars. Pixar is this category's daddy.
Should Win - The Other Two. While Cars was fun, and pretty, the soul that Pixar usually injects into its films is not as strong, and the other two take the cake. Monster House was fantastic 80's throwback fun, while Happy Feet was a musical, toe-tappin' lesson in intolerance. Take your pick.
Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE
Hmmm.
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth. The film is a piece of art from frame one.
Will Win - I don't know, but I have a sinking feeling its going to be Pirates. Yargh.
Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE
Should Win - Ouch. Two Great Films on this list, but if i have to choose, I have to go with the greater accomplishment. Children of Men is a fucking marvelously shot movie, and the steady-cam shots are the greatest in the history of film, in my opinion. Pan's was beautiful, but sadly, not as well done as Children.
Will Win - The Illusionist or The Prestige, I think. They both had the atmosphere of the era, and the Academy loves to jizz all over that shit.
Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN
Should Win - Marie Antoinette. These gowns were pretty damn awesome, and the were pretty much more the star of the film than Kirsten Dunst. Ouch.
Will Win - Don't Know. Maybe Dreamgirls, Maybe Prada (as the film is about...fucking clothes) but its a toss up, really. Anyone could snag it.
Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93
Should Win - Good Ol' Marty for The Departed. Paul Greengrass comes in close second, but to see Marty get an Oscar would make this Oscar night the best...ever.
Will Win - I don't know...but if Clint gets it, Marty better beat the living shit out of him with his Golden Globe.
Best documentary feature
DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
Should Win - Jesus Camp. a scary look at the brain washing of today's youth. chilling stuff, and I have witnessed it first hand.
Will Win - Al Fucking Gore! You Go, you! Actually I wouldn't mind this winning, as this was also a good film.
Best documentary short subject
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS
Huh? I don't really know. um...you choose, Academy. I don't give a flying fuck.
Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93
Should Win - Children of Men, or the Departed.
Will Win - Babel, most likley. Not a bad choice, but still. I like Children of Men's edting, and Departed comes damn close.
Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth
Will Win - I don't see why Pan's can't take it. I really don't. (crosses fingers)
Achievement in makeup
APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH
Should and Will win: Pan's Labyrinth. Hands Down. No Questions Asked. Click? because of a fucking Fat Suit? Bite Me, Rick Baker, Bite Me.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
BABEL
THE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth. A beautiful masterpiece of a score (yeah, I know I am humping the film like I am in heat. I god damned loved it, okies?)
Will Win - Either The Queen or Babel. I think. I really don't know.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS
Should Win - Love you I do. A very well done (and well preformed) song.
Will Win - Listen. Beyonce will most likley get it. Unless Cars sweeps in and knocks the broad to her booty.
Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN
Should Win - The Departed. Its the best film on that list, by far.
Will Win - If not the Departed, I hope its Babel, just to see Clint and Paul Haggis get knocked on their asses.
Best animated short film
THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS
Having Not seen any of these, i don't really know. I am sure I will see them after one wins.
Best live action short film
BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
RAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY
Read the above statement.
Achievement in sound editing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Should Win - I hate this category. If i have to choose, Pirates.
Will Win - One of the Clint Movies, I'm sure.
Achievement in sound mixing
APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Should Win - Dreamgirls
Will Win - Flags or Pirates
Achievement in visual effects
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Should win - Sorry, Supes. Davey Jones kicked your ass at the box office, and its because he looked cooler. The award will go to this. Its like when Gollum was in Two Towers. There would be a riot if they didn't win.
Will Win - Take a guess. Not fucking Poseidon. Yargh.
Adapted screenplay
BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Should Win - The Departed. William Monaghan deserves a fucking Oscar. Give it to him NOW i say.
Will Win - Not Borat. I just don't see the Academy doing that. Everything esle? it's possible.
Original screenplay
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN
Should Win - Pan's Labyrinth. (here I go again)
Will Win - Little Miss Sunshine.
Once again, some good choices, some surprises, and some..."oh, your really fucking stupid."