Ofifical Academy Awards Predictions thread

[strange_one]

all of my predictions are in italics

Actor in a leading role

Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"(Buena Vista)

Ben Kingsley in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group)

Jude Law in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)

Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" (Focus Features)

Sean Penn in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)



Actor in a supporting role

Alec Baldwin in "The Cooler" (Lions Gate)

Benicio Del Toro in "21 Grams" (Focus Features)

Djimon Hounsou in "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Tim Robbins in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)

Ken Watanabe in "The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.)



Actress in a leading role

Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider" (NewMarket Films)

Diane Keaton in "Something's Gotta Give" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Samantha Morton in "In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Charlize Theron in "Monster" (Newmarket Films)

Naomi Watts in "21 Grams" (Focus Features)



Actress in a supporting role

Shohreh Aghdashloo in "House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group)

Patricia Clarkson in "Pieces of April" (MGM)

Marcia Gay Harden in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)

Holly Hunter in "Thirteen" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Renée Zellweger in "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)



Animated feature film

"Brother Bear" (Buena Vista)

"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista)

"The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics)



Art direction


"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate)
Art Direction: Ben Van Os
Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman

"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox)
Art Direction: William Sandell
Set Decoration: Robert Gould

"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass)
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Leslie Pope



Cinematography

"City of God" (Miramax) Cesar Charlone

"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) John Seale

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Eduardo Serra

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Russell Boyd

"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) John Schwartzman



Costume design

"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (Lions Gate) Dien van Straalen

"The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.) Ngila Dickson

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Wendy Stites

"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Judianna Makovsky



Directing

"City of God" (Miramax) Fernando Meirelles

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Peter Jackson

"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Sofia Coppola

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Peter Weir

"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood


Makeup

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Richard Taylor and Peter King

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng

"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel



Music (original score)

"Big Fish" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Danny Elfman

"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) Gabriel Yared

"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Thomas Newman

"House of Sand and Fog" (DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group) James Horner

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Howard Shore



Music (original song)

"Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox

"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole

"Scarlet Tide" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello

"Belleville Rendez-vous" from "The Triplets of Belleville" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Music by Benoit Charest
Lyric by Sylvain Chomet

"You Will Be My Ain True Love" from "Cold Mountain" (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Sting



Visual effects

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox) Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg

"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee



Adapted Screenplay

"American Splendor" (HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features) Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman

"City of God" (Miramax) Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson

"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland

"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass) Written for the Screen by Gary Ross



Original Screenplay

"The Barbarian Invasions" (Miramax) Written by Denys Arcand

"Dirty Pretty Things" (Miramax and BBC Films) Written by Steven Knight

"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Original Story by Andrew Stanton

"In America" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox) Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan

"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Written by Sofia Coppola


Best picture

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
A Wingnut Films Production
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers

"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features)
An American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production
Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (20th Century Fox)
A 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers

"Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers

"Seabiscuit" (Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass)
A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment Production
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers

[Mooney]

i'm not going to predict anything since i haven't seen any of those films.

[oclaftap]

i think "Big Fish" should of been nominated for best picture

[GreenEggsNSpam]

Originally posted by Mooney
i'm not going to predict anything since i haven't seen any of those films.

Neither have I. :erm

[MercuryChild]

Originally posted by oclaftap
i think "Big Fish" should of been nominated for best picture

[sppunk]

I hated Seabiscuit. That movie sucked. Thank God it won't win Best Picture over Lord of the Rings.

[ReadMusic]

Originally posted by oclaftap
i think "Big Fish" should of been nominated for best picture

As do I, along with In America.




I hope Mystic River doesn't win anything.

[Altezano]

This is who I WANT to win, not necessarily who I think will win...

Originally posted by strange_one

Actor in a leading role
Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"(Buena Vista)

Actor in a supporting role
Ken Watanabe in "The Last Samurai" (Warner Bros.)



Actress in a leading role
Keisha Castle-Hughes in "Whale Rider" (NewMarket Films)

Actress in a supporting role
Holly Hunter in "Thirteen" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)

Animated feature film
"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista)


Art direction
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee

Cinematography
"City of God" (Miramax) Cesar Charlone

Costume design
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor


Directing
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Peter Jackson

Makeup
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Richard Taylor and Peter King

Music (original score)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Howard Shore

Music (original song)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole

Visual effects
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

Adapted Screenplay
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson

Original Screenplay
"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Written by Sofia Coppola


Best picture
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
A Wingnut Films Production
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers

[Dead]

Lord of the Rings, Johnny Depp, Ken Watanabe

These are who SHOULD win in my opinion. Depp probably won't win. The rest probably will.

[Ensoul]

Best Picture award is a joke. LotR and Mystic River have the only right to be there. Seabiscuit was good but its not deserving to be up there... and Master and Commander and Lost In Translation were both borefests in which Japanophiles pissed their pants over.

[Dead]

Originally posted by Ensoul
Seabiscuit was good but its not deserving to be up there...

I agree with this post.

[sppunk]

Oh, and Sean Penn will pull enough votes away from Bill Murray to let Johnny Depp slip in as best leading actor.

[sawdust restaurants]

Depp was very, very good, but there's no way his relatively unchallenging role displayed better acting than Bill Murray or, from what I've seen, Sean Penn.

I'd still much rather have gay sex with him than the other two, though.

[Dead]

Originally posted by sawdust restaurants
Depp was very, very good, but there's no way his relatively unchallenging role displayed better acting than Bill Murray or, from what I've seen, Sean Penn.

You should check the commentaries (and bonus crap) on Pirates, I gained a major appreciation for Jonny's acting skillz after listening to it.

[Sepiae]

Originally posted by ReadMusic


As do I, along with In America.

In America should definitely be in the Best Picture category, along with Best Director and Best Actor.

It should also win Best Original Screenplay. Lost in Translation's script is just not its strong suit. Of course Sofia Coppola will win as a consolation for not winning for direction. I love the Oscars, but that is just how it is.

Also, Johnny Depp will win a la Adrien Brody. Last year Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day Lewis split the vote; this year it's between Bill Murray and Sean Penn.

[mpp]

Did anyone actually see "Mystic River?"

No one's a bigger Penn fan than me (see his brilliant performances in "U Turn" and "Carlito's Way"). However, I felt like he "overacted" a bit in "Mystic River."

Tim Robbins stole the show, and he should win for Best Supporting Actor.

[Sepiae]

Originally posted by mpp
Did anyone actually see "Mystic River?"

No one's a bigger Penn fan than me (see his brilliant performances in "U Turn" and "Carlito's Way"). However, I felt like he "overacted" a bit in "Mystic River."

Tim Robbins stole the show, and he should win for Best Supporting Actor.

I saw it. I think it is hard to peg the performance as overacting because thankfully, most of us haven't ever had to endure a loss in such a gruesome way.

I also thought Marcia Gay Harden had the best performance in the entire film.

[lucky_13]

Originally posted by mpp
Did anyone actually see "Mystic River?"

No one's a bigger Penn fan than me (see his brilliant performances in "U Turn" and "Carlito's Way"). However, I felt like he "overacted" a bit in "Mystic River."

Tim Robbins stole the show, and he should win for Best Supporting Actor.

i thought tim robbins was overacting. not sean. if your daughter got killed you would be a maniac. tim just seemed way too stupid.

there's no way johnny will win. as much as i would like to see that acceptance speech.

city of god won't win anything except cinematography.

[mpp]

Originally posted by lucky_13

i thought tim robbins was overacting. not sean. if your daughter got killed you would be a maniac. tim just seemed way too stupid.

I certainly would be a maniac. His performance reminded me too much of his performances in other movies, though. Not much original.

Robbins, in my opinion, was a very hurt person. I felt his pain for some reason, much more than Penn's.



I will say Marcia Gay Harden was phenomenal. So was Laura Linney, for her limited role.

[alisonmonster]

on a side note- Capturing the Freedmans should win for best Documentary-its one of the best films i've seen all year

[Tchocky]

Best Picture

Lord of the Rings was the best of the nominated movies. I agree with whomever said that Seabiscuit was good, but not good enough to be considered best picture. Master and Commander was overrated, Mystic River was great (but not as good as LOTR), and Lost In Translation is nothing but a dull, dry-as-a-desert valentine to Tokyo.

Best Actor

I haven't seen House of Sand and Fog, but I'm gonna have to cast a vote for Johnny Depp because the Academy doesn't give well-done comedy roles enough justice. Bill Murray would be my runner-up, even though I didn't much care for Lost In Translation.

Best Actress

I'd give it to Naomi Watts, but it'll go to Charlize Theron, not because her role was any good, but because Hollywood loves it when hot chicks dress down.

Best Director

I love LOTR, but Fernando Merellies should win this.

[theLIMEY]

Johnny Depp deserves the Oscar, it'll be reward for them not giving it to him for Ed Wood. Savvy?

[vanilla]

Originally posted by strange_one
all of my predictions are in italics

Actor in a leading role
Sean Penn in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)



Actor in a supporting role


Tim Robbins in "Mystic River" (Warner Bros.)



Actress in a leading role


Charlize Theron in "Monster" (Newmarket Films)





Actress in a supporting role

Holly Hunter in "Thirteen" (Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox)





Animated feature film



"Finding Nemo" (Buena Vista)





Art direction


"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee





Cinematography



"Cold Mountain" (Miramax) John Seale




Costume design


"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor






Directing

"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Sofia Coppola



Makeup

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Richard Taylor and Peter King



Music (original score)

"Big Fish" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Danny Elfman



Music (original song)

"Into the West" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox

Visual effects
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke




Adapted Screenplay

no idea


Original Screenplay


"Lost in Translation" (Focus Features) Written by Sofia Coppola


Best picture

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (New Line)
A Wingnut Films Production
Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers