Monday, February 28, 2005

I told you I sucked at picking the Oscars

So, I was 9 for 20. Horrible, yes, but about as successful as usual.

Winners are in red.

PICTURE
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby (will win)
Ray
Sideways

DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford, Ray
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator (will win) (that's it: Marty will never, ever win)

ACTOR
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx, Ray (will win)

ACTRESS
Annette Bening, Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby (will win)
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby (will win)
Clive Owen, Closer

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways (will win)
Natalie Portman, Closer
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (will win)
The Incredibles
Hotel Rwanda
Vera Drake

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Before Sunset
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby (will win) (hahaha! go Sideways!)
Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Aviator (will win)
House of Flying Daggers
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement

ART DIRECTION
The Aviator (will win)
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement

COSTUME DESIGN
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ray
Troy (will win) (in my defense, I picked this one completely at random)

EDITING
The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby (will win)
Ray

SCORE
Finding Neverland
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Passion of the Christ (will win) (haha!)
The Village

SOUND
The Aviator (will win) (should have gone with my instincts and picked Ray)
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Ray
Spider-Man 2

SONG
"Accidentally in Love," Shrek 2
"Al Otro Lado Del Rio," The Motorcycle Diaries (apparently, the song is much better sans Santana)
"Believe," The Polar Express
"Learn to Be Lonely," The Phantom of the Opera (will win)
"Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)," The Chorus

VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
Spider-Man 2 (will win)

MAKEUP
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Passion of the Christ (will win) (haha! even though it deserved this one)
The Sea Inside

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Spider-Man 2 (will win)

ANIMATED FEATURE
The Incredibles (will win)
Shark Tale
Shrek 2

DOCUMENTARY
Born into Brothels
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Super Size Me (will win)
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith

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