Wow, some actual decent nominations this year

[OB1]

Oscar nominees:

BEST PICTURE
"Lost in Translation" (Focus)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (Fox)
"Mystic River" (WB/Roadshow)
"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks)

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

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, "The Cooler"
Benicio Del Toro, "21 Grams "
Djimon Hounsou, "In America"
Tim Robbins, "Mystic River"
Ken Watanabe, "The Last Samurai"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Shohreh Aghdashloo, "House of Sand & Fog"
Patricia Clarkson, "Pieces of April"
Marcia Gay Hayden, "Mystic River"
Holly Hunter, "Thirteen"
Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Barbarian Invasions" (Canada)
"Evil" (Sweden)
"The Twilight Samurai" (Japan)
"Twin Sisters" (Netherands)
"Zelary (Czech Republic)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Brother Bear" (Disney)
"Finding Nemo" (Disney)
"The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Classics)

BEST DIRECTOR
Fernando Meirelles, "City of God"
Sofia Coppola, "Lost in Translation"
Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Peter Weir, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
Clint Eastwood, "Mystic River"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"American Splendor"
"City of God"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Mystic River"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Barbarian Invasions"
"Dirty Pretty Things"
"Finding Nemo"
"In America"
"Lost in Translation"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
"The Last Samurai"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master & Commander"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"City of God"
"Cold Mountain"
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Seabiscuit"

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

BEST EDITING
"City of God"
"Cold Mountain"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Seabiscuit"

BEST MAKE-UP
"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 VISUAL EFFECTS
"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 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"

BEST SOUND EDITING
"Finding Nemo"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Balseros"
"Capturing the Friedmans"
"The Fog of War"
"My Architect"
"The Weather Underground"

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Asylum"
"Chernobyl Heart"
"Ferry Tales"

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
"Boundin'"
"Destino"
"Gone Nutty"
"Harvie Krumpet"
"Nibbles"

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
"Die Rote Jacke"
"Most"
"Squash"
"(A) Torzija "
"Two Soldiers"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Danny Elfman, "Big Fish"
Gabriel Yared, "Cold Mountain"
Thomas Newman, "Finding Nemo"
James Horner, "House of Sand & Fog"
Howard Shore, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Into the West", "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - Music & Lyrics by Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox

"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow", "A Mighty Wind" - Music & Lyrics by Michael McKean & Annette O'Toole

"The Triplets of Belleville", "The Triplets of Belleville" - Music by Benoit Charset, Lyrics by Sylvain Chomet

"Scarlet Tide", "Cold Mountain" - Music & Lyrics by Tbone Burnett & Elvis Costello

"You Will Be My One True Love", "Cold Mountain" - Music & Lyrics by Sting

I'm so friggin' excited about Twilight Samurai getting the nom for best foreign picture. That was one of the best movies I saw all year.

And City of God got four nominations which is just so awesome. It couldn't be nominated for best picture or best foreign picture this year since it's technically a 2002 movie, but for some reason it was able to get other nominations. I hope it wins them all because it definitely deserves it. By far the best movie of the past several years. The DVD should be coming out soon so I highly suggest everyone here rent it.

It's also nice to see Johnny Depp get a nomination for his role in Pirates, even though it's a big popcorn flick. But he really does deserve that best acting nomination for it.

And of course, I'm so happy that Bill Murray has been nominated for best actor as well. He's the man.

I still disagree with a lot of the choices but ah well, it's a bit better than last year's picks. I'm sure that Rings will win just about everything, though.

[A Black Falcon]

And it will deserve it. :)

[The Former DMiller]

I'm torn between whether I want Billy Murray or Johnny Depp to win Best Actor; they were both awesome in their respective movies. Sean Penn was pretty good in Mystic River as well. I don't watch as many foreign films so I don't know about the films you were talking about, but I think most of the other nominations were surprisingly good for the Academy.

[OB1]

And it will deserve it. :)

If you saw City of God you probably wouldn't think that. :)

[A Black Falcon]

Of all the nominated movies, I've seen LOTR ROTK, Master and Commander, Cold Mountain, Pirates of the Carribean, and Finding Nemo. :)

And yes, Johnny Depp deserved the nomination for Pirates of the Carribean. He was very, very good in that movie...

[Great Rumbler]

It's a pretty good list, but Millenium Actress not getting a nomination for animated picture is a dissapointment. That was a very good movie.

It's good to see that Lord of the Rings got a lot of nominations, hopefully it'll win best picture or at least best director [or maybe both].

[The Former DMiller]

ABF, for someone who admitted he doesn't watch many movies, and you hadn't even seen Jurassic Park, you are not allowed an opinion. ;)

[OB1]

Yeah, they chose Brother Bear over Millenium Actress? WTF?

Fernando Meirelles deserves the best director award for City of God. That movie needs more attention.

[alien space marine]

I bet 20 $ lord of the rings wins atleast one Oscar.

[A Black Falcon]

Jurrassic Park sounds like a bad action movie and I don't have much interest... I do want to see Independance Day, though...

And I think seeing five new movies in a year is a lot for me. :)

[Great Rumbler]

I bet 20 $ lord of the rings wins atleast one Oscar.

Yeah, they chose Brother Bear over Millenium Actress? WTF?

I figured that if Millenium Actress got nominated it would at least be a close race [although I figured that Finding Nemo would win anyway], but now there's almost no chance of Finding Nemo losing.

[OB1]

Jurrasic Park is about a hundred times better than Independance Day.

[Great Rumbler]

I think they're both good movies.

[alien space marine]

Jurrasic park 1-2 were good! The third one kind of sucked.

Independance day was a classic and one last movies that scared me and left me with some feeling.

[OB1]

JP 2 was pretty crappy, I thought.

[The Former DMiller]

Jurrassic Park sounds like a bad action movie and I don't have much interest... I do want to see Independance Day, though...

And I think seeing five new movies in a year is a lot for me. :)

You think Jurassic Park sounds like a bad action movie, but you want to see Independence Day? :hmm:

Please, please, see Jurassic Park. The first one was really, really good and is far from a bad action movie. You don't have to bother with the sequels, though, as they were mediocre at best.

[A Black Falcon]

ID4 doesn't sound great, but I like sci-fi, definitely more than I like dinosaurs...

[alien space marine]

I found that Jurassic park 2 was the best!I laughed my ass off when Trex stormed through the city.

The only reason the first one is so great is that all the characters like Docter Grant and Malcolm were in the same movie as the next two sequeils they were seperated.

[Fittisize]

Man, where the FUCK are the two Matrix movies for best special effects?

[OB1]

The Academy always screws up with technical awards.

[The Former DMiller]

The original Jurassic Park was great because it was something totally new and the actors fit their roles perfectly even if they weren't the best actors, if you get what I mean. In JP2 Jeff Goldblum did not work playing the leading role. His character was much better suited for the supporting role he played in the first movie. I understand they were following the book, but they even screwed that up because the book was much better. I did like the T-Rex scene, though. :)

[Fittisize]

In the book there was not T-Rex in whatever city, though. The book was way better.

[The Former DMiller]

Yes, but the T-Rex was a cool addition anyway. I did miss seeing those camouflaging dinosaurs that were in the book, though.

[Laser Link]

ABF, for someone who admitted he doesn't watch many movies, and you hadn't even seen Jurassic Park, you are not allowed an opinion.

I think that means I don't get an opinion either.

Oh well. Return of the King all the way!

[A Black Falcon]

ROTK was robbed... no acting nominations...

[Fittisize]

There's way too many actors though. No official *leading* actor, and way too many supporting.

[A Black Falcon]

Sam at least should have been in for supporting...

[Fittisize]

...But then the twenty-eight others would be overlooked. Which wouldn't be fair.

[OB1]

If you look at the people that were nominated, no one in RotK really stood up to them. It was a team effort.

Oh and because of all of these City of God noms, the DVD has been delayed from next month to June because Columbia wants to do another theatrical run. If it plays in your area, go see it! I promise you that you won't have seen a better movie in ages.

[Fittisize]

If I see it and it's not as good as you've been saying (and have said about 59 times) then you're a little bitch.

[A Black Falcon]

It might be, it might not be. All you really know is OB1 loved it. :)

[OB1]

Well if you don't want to take my word for it, how are 119 excellent reviews for ya?

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/CityofGod-1119797/

[Fittisize]

I GET IT. YOU LIKE THE MOVIE.

[OB1]

You know it!

[OB1]

After seeing Lost in Translation last night, I hope it wins the Best Picture award and Murray the Best Actor award. It's out on DVD so y'all should try and see it.

[Great Rumbler]

I'll try to get it when I can.

[OB1]

You better!

[Great Rumbler]

I'll tell Semnat to buy and then I'll borrow his copy.

[OB1]

Cool! I hope you li--... heyyyy!

[Great Rumbler]

:luigiwin:

[OB1]

WOO LUIGI PARTY!!

[A Black Falcon]

Luigi is better than stupid Mario!

[OB1]

You take that back!

[Great Rumbler]

Mariooooo?

[OB1]

Haha.... Luigi rocks.

[Great Rumbler]

Luigi's MANSION rocks!

[OB1]

yeah...

[A Black Falcon]

I've always preferred Luigi. He wears green. :)

[OB1]

That's fungi.