Discuss:

Best picture
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best director
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed


Best actor
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




Best actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children


Best supporting actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikucki, Babel


Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed



Best foreign language film
Efter Brylluppet (aka After the Wedding), Denmark
Indigenes (aka Days of Glory), Algeria
El Laberinto del Fauno (aka Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico
Das Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others), Germany
Water, Canada




Best animated feature film
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Best adapted screenplay
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal


Best original screenplay
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Pan's Labyrinth



Best music (score)
Babel
The Good German
Notes on a Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Best music (song)
I Need to Wake Up - An Inconvenient Truth (performed by Melissa Etheridge)
Listen - Dreamgirls (performed by Beyonce Knowles)
Love You I Do - Dreamgirls (performed by Jennifer Hudson)
Our Town - Cars (performed by James Taylor)
Patience - Dreamgirls (performed by Eddie Murphy, Keith Robinson, Anika Noni Rose)



Best documentary feature
Deliver Us From Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq In Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country


Best documentary short subject
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing A Dream
Two Hands

Best visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns


Best cinematography
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige

Best art direction
Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige


Best animated short film
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time for Nuts


Best short film
Binta and the Great Idea
Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
West Bank Story

As far as the biggies are concerned:

Little Miss Sunshine was an awesome film, but I think The Departed was a real show stopper.

Also would love to see Forest Whittaker get an Oscar - haven't seen the movie yet but I have little doubt that he diserves it.

Funny to see Borat up for an Oscar, even if it is Adapted Screenplay....

Oh yeah and the Oscars are a load of old wank supported by luvies and shallow old movie stars with nothing better to do that make tearful speeches thanking God for creating America and all that.

As with other award ceremonies, it's best to see these things as PR exercises for the industry. And though it's always good to have deserving winners, the Oscars are about major studio politics and rivalry as much as anything else.

I <3 Little Miss Sunshine. It should so win.


Was a bit surprised at the Meryl Streep nomination- I'm not denying her awesomeness, but that role (although perfectly portrayed) was somewhat lightweight.

If Scorsese doesn't win it this year I will eat my poo.

Forest Witiker might nab best actor this year. He was outstanding in Last King Of Scotland. A truly scary and at the same time really hilarious performance. But then DiCaprio has been nominated for Blood Diamond, which I have yet to see but he could have also have been nominated for his role in The Departed just as easily so he will have double kudos points at this years Oscars. You never know...

It appears that Mumble from Happy Feet hasn't received a nomination - this is outrageous !

I love the Baftas and the Oscars but always record them so I can run through the boring parts. Am disappointed that Ellen DeGeneres is hosting it though. Really hope that Scorsese and Whitaker and Mirren come away with an Oscar

I am thoroughly disappointed that Pirates of the Carribean 2 didn't warrent an entry in the Best Picture Cataguory, or Johnny Depp in the Best Actor Cataguory, but My other half thimks ir might be a case of, like Lord of the Rings, it'll be up after the release of the 3rd one. He'd better be right, is all I can say! *shakesfist*

Predictions...

Best picture
Letters From Iwo Jima

Best director
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima

Best actor
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness

Best actress
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Best foreign language film
El Laberinto del Fauno (aka Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico

Best animated feature film
Happy Feet

Best adapted screenplay
Notes on a Scandal

Best original screenplay
Babel

Best music (score)
Babel

Best music (song)
Listen - Dreamgirls (performed by Beyonce Knowles)

Best documentary feature
My Country, My Country

Best documentary short subject
Rehearsing A Dream

Best visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best cinematography
The Black Dahlia

Best art direction
Pan's Labyrinth

Best animated short film
No Time for Nuts

Best short film
Helmer & Son


Arent You Missing Some, Such As Costume Design And Make Up?

I Think Foriegn Film Doesnt Always Go To The Best Film, Especially If Its The Most Popular, i Think Pan's Labyrinth Might Go Against The Trend This Year Though

Arent You Missing Some, Such As Costume Design And Make Up?


Yeah, I deleted a few because the post was long and people don't give two shits about "best key grip" etc.

I'd like to see Scorcese get one, Alan Arkin is deserving for the supporting actor. Although I really liked Wahlberg's character in the Departed, he doesn't deserve an oscar just for being a beligerant and foul mouthed cop.

I am thoroughly disappointed that Pirates of the Carribean 2 didn't warrent an entry in the Best Picture Cataguory, or Johnny Depp in the Best Actor Cataguory,

POTC2 was chode.

Best picture
Babel

Best director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed (or maybe the Babel director)

Best actor
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (or maybe O'Toole)

Best actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen (hope Cruz wins though)

Best supporting actress
Rinko Kikucki, Babel

Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Best picture
The Departed

Best director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond

Best actress
Kate Winslet, Little Children

oh god, someone has dusted off a joke character.