78th Academy Awards
Okay, so Sunday, March 4th is the Oscars. And I have been trying to get caught up on the nominees. I counted the other day, and there were 167 wide release movies in the year 2005. Well, I caught up with, ready?, 123 of them. Wowzers, I went back and counted, and I have watched way too many movies. So here is what I am going to do. I am going to put up the nominees after the jump, but I am going to have them highlighted according to who I think will win, who I think should win, and if I don’t think any of those are worthy, then I will write something below. I am not going to write in all of the categories, but the major ones I will be putting in. So click the link below to find out what’s going to happen.
Performance by an actor in a
leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" This one will win
Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" This one should win
Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck."
Performance by an actor in a
supporting role
George Clooney in "Syriana"
Matt Dillon in "Crash" This one will win.
Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man"
Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" This one should win.
William Hurt in "A History of Violence"
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" This one will win.
Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice"
Charlize Theron in "North
Country"
Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" This one should win.
Performance by an actress in a
supporting role
Amy Adams in "Junebug" This one should win.
Catherine Keener in "Capote"
Frances McDormand in "North Country"
Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener" This one will win.
Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain"
Best
animated feature film of the year
"Howl’s Moving Castle" Hayao Miyazaki This one should win.
"Tim Burton’s Corpse
Bride" Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
"Wallace & Gromit in
the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" Nick Park and Steve Box This one will win
Achievement in directing
"Brokeback Mountain" Ang Lee This one will, and should win.
"Capote" Bennett
Miller
"Crash" Paul
Haggis
"Good Night, and Good
Luck." George
Clooney
"Munich" Steven
Spielberg
Achievement
in art direction
"Good Night, and Good
Luck." This one should win.
"Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire"
"King Kong"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Pride & Prejudice" This one will win.
Achievement in cinematography
"Batman Begins"
"Brokeback Mountain" This one will win.
"Good Night, and Good
Luck."
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"The New World" This one should win.
Achievement in costume design
"Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory"
"Memoirs of a Geisha" This one should win.
"Mrs. Henderson Presents"
"Pride & Prejudice" This one will win.
"Walk the Line"
Achievement in makeup
"The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" This one should win.
"Cinderella Man" This one will win.
"Star Wars: Episode III
Revenge of the Sith"
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Brokeback Mountain" This one should win and will win.
"The Constant Gardener"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Munich"
"Pride & Prejudice"
Best motion picture of the
year
"Brokeback Mountain" This one will win.
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good
Luck." This one should win
"Munich"
Achievement in sound editing
"King Kong"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"War of the Worlds" This one will win, and should win.
Achievement in sound mixing
"The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"King Kong" This one will win
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Walk the Line"
"War of the Worlds" This one should win
Achievement in visual effects
"The Chronicles of
Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"King Kong" This one will win
"War of the Worlds"
The one that should win is Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Adapted screenplay
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote" This one will win
"The Constant Gardener"
"A History of Violence" This one should win
"Munich"
Original screenplay
"Crash" This one should win
"Good Night, and Good
Luck."
"Match Point"
"The Squid and the Whale"
"Syriana" This one will win
So, that is what I think. I know it is a long list, but it is something you can look at when the awards come on tomorrow night. So, enjoy the awards and we will see just who will win. And enjoy Jon Stewart hosting, that should be fun.