Oscar Nominations announced

www.oscar.com ^ | 1/25/05

[Borges]

BEST PICTURE

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2

ART DIRECTION

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE AVIATOR
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 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

DIRECTING

THE AVIATOR MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY SIDEWAYS VERA DRAKE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BORN INTO BROTHELS THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL SUPER SIZE ME TUPAC: RESURRECTION TWIST OF FAITH

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

AUTISM IS A WORLD THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY HARDWOOD MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH SISTER ROSE'S PASSION

FILM EDITING

THE AVIATOR COLLATERAL FINDING NEVERLAND MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN THE CHORUS DOWNFALL THE SEA INSIDE YESTERDAY

MAKEUP

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)

FINDING NEVERLAND HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)

"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2 "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

BIRTHDAY BOY GOPHER BROKE GUARD DOG LORENZO RYAN

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
LITTLE TERRORIST
7:35 IN THE MORNING
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
WASP

SOUND EDITING

THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

SOUND MIXING

THE AVIATOR
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY
SPIDER-MAN 2

VISUAL EFFECTS

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

[Borges]

I happen to not see many Hollywood films, having an inside knowledge of the dirty business of it all and having seen what damage the hollywood political activists have done in our country, turns my head from them.

Has nothing to do with the quality of the films.

My heroes are our military members

Mine too. Still has nothing to do with the quality of the films.>

The movies may well be the greatest movies ever made, however the fact that I have never heard of one of them tells me they are not great art, or pivotal works which will help shape our society.

One of the most astonishingly self absorbed things I've ever heard. The fact that The Passion of the Christ was not nominated tells me something.

Yes it does. That five other films got more votes.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

No, but inside people who are involved with making the news are pretty good and reliable sources.

[RightWingAtheist]

Because the Ray DVD is being released in less than a week (February 1), there's a good chance it will get Foxx the Best Actor award.

Less than a decade ago if someone said that two former stars of In Living Color were making some of the most interesting movies and giving some of the most compelling performances of late, they would have been laughed out of town.

[Borges]

It looks like Jim Carrey got snubbed because Foxx used up AMPAS's 'former In Living Color cast member' quota. :-)

[Bella_Bru]

Yep. I don't even bother arguing the point anymore; the religious people don't want to hear it. It was powerful. It was moving. It just wasn't that good a film.

Some people cannot look at films and decide if they are good from an acting, directing, etc standpoint if they become emotionally wrapped up in them.

[Military family member]

I think Fox is a shoo-in for Ray. The big surprise is Alan Alda for Best Supporting Actor in the Aviator.

[Bella_Bru]

I don't trust anyone in the media. No human comes without bearing an agenda.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I tend to agree with you.

I've only seen two of the motion pictures on that list, both of them documentaries.

Based upon the films that I've watched, I'd have to say that "Tupac: Resurrection" deserves the nod in the "Best Documentary" category.

Surprisingly, for a movie that was overseen-from start to finish-by Afeni Shakur, it was relatively impartial and professionally done.

Aside from the cloying first person monologue-primarily audio clips from her late son's interviews, spliced together in order to form a coherent narrative-and a few other less than savory elements in the picture, I thought that it was an enthralling profile of Tupac's career, in addition to his pre-Hip Hop life.

[Military family member]

Hotel Rwanda is a great movie..sort of an African Schindler's List

[Military family member]

What?

[RightWingAtheist]

And don't forget: it was released in February. The Academy has very short memories when it comes to nominating films.

A sign of a good critic is that while their political perspectives may inform their views, they allow other factors to determine whether or not a movie succeeds aesthetically and intellectually. Hence, liberal Roger Ebert praised the film as a personal expression of Gibson's faith, while conservative James Bowman condemned the film for being confused about what it was really trying to say about the nature of Jesus's matyrdom. Different critics, different perspectives-but both fine and thoughtful critics, and both equally valid interpretations.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Again with this. I think the people who vote for these awards are less than desirable makers of history or the ones I think should get to choose what is and what is not "art".

See.... I don't respect most people in Hollywood as great minds or even as great creative beings. So do you understand why I would not respect their choices or the awards they praise themselves with?

Sure- I can even understand how some see that there is a bit of fun in it all the hoopla, I never said there otherwise.

Believe it or not there are a few movies I have enjoyed- and some of them are even made by leftists, but I don't think the world revolves around those movies or anyone who had a part in making them.

And as I have stated before ,I don't begrudge anyone their time enjoying movies.

I just happen to think these awards are a joke.

[Borges]

That's a great point. Just for people's info...James Bowman also liked Vera Drake.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I am not referring to people in the media.

[Bella_Bru]

I don't care who it is. No one comes without an agenda.

[Pharlap]

The Libs are serious. I am being sarcastic.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

So then you don't believe it unless you see it with your own eyes huh? Ok. I have some pretty good sources so I will keep listening to them since I can't be everywhere at the same time -you shall do as you please.

[RightWingAtheist]

That must also be why White Chicks didn't get any nods :-)

[Bella_Bru]

I take everything I hear wqith grain of salt. To believe that anyone is going to present you with the whole story without even a hint of a slant is naive. But I know some people live very happily in their naivete.