The OFFICIAL OSCARS THREAD!!! Red Carpet 6:00pm E!, Awards 8:00 ABC

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Johnny Depp - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Jude Law - COLD MOUNTAIN Bill Murray - LOST IN TRANSLATION Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA Charlize Theron - MONSTER Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM BROTHER BEAR FINDING NEMO THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE ART DIRECTION GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT CINEMATOGRAPHY CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT COSTUME DESIGN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT DIRECTING CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BALSEROS CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS THE FOG OF WAR MY ARCHITECT THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT ASYLUM CHERNOBYL HEART FERRY TALES FILM EDITING CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS EVIL THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI TWIN SISTERS ŽELARY MAKEUP THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL MUSIC (SCORE) BIG FISH COLD MOUNTAIN FINDING NEMO HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MUSIC (SONG) "Belleville Rendez-vous" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE "Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND "Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN BEST PICTURE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) BOUNDIN' DESTINO GONE NUTTY HARVIE KRUMPET NIBBLES SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket) MOST (The Bridge) SQUASH (A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion) TWO SOLDIERS SOUND EDITING FINDING NEMO MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SOUND MIXING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SEABISCUIT VISUAL EFFECTS THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) AMERICAN SPLENDOR CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FINDING NEMO IN AMERICA LOST IN TRANSLATION

[HairOfTheDog]

We'll be happy to hand you a tissue as long as you share!

I soothed all my friends way back after the awards for Fellowship that they would never award the first two films with the BIG awards. They couldn't afford to have these movies dominate awards three years running. I promised that after RoTK they would reward the whole work.

I am in fact counting on it tonight! Very high expectations!

[John H K]

Well, the commander that was represented in the movie ("Tavington" was pretty obviously Banastre Tarleton) did, in fact, execute American prisoners, as shown in the movie. It was known mockingly as "Tarleton's Quarter" to Americans (no quarter.)

But there was nothing so spectacularly egregious as the mass organized murder of civilians.

On the other hand, there was a lot of tremendously ugly stuff done by rebels against loyalist families and their property.

One thing that annoyed me about The Patriot is that the actual battle of Cowpens was more interesting than the battle at the end of the movie; Cowpens was a work of tactical genius, a double envelopment like Hannibal at Cannae, and they didn't show the double envelopment.

[Johnny_Cipher]

I'm like totally amazed that nobody has asked "What kind of wood DOESN'T float?"

[dep]

the British never locked anyone in a church and set it on fire.

no, but vlad the impaler did, and banistre tarleton was just vlad in a red suit.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Egads! Who is that?!

[don-o]

Go away. (I sure wish FR had that bozo button Jim's been promising to put in).

Post abuse button works.

Bust on me big man

This whole thread is a waste of bandwidth that I help pay for with a monthly donation. This whole thread is about celebrating a degeneracy that threatens the survival of our nation.

And I hates it

[Windcatcher]

Why watch it at all? You love LOTR. I love LOTR. Why do we give a rat's behind whether Hollywood likes it? If they diss it, what's it to us? Over the past few decades they've already shown that their heads are somewhere between their pancreas and their recta :^)

The only way to get them to understand our displeasure is to NOT watch them, to NOT rent movies, to NOT buy tickets -- to avoid any way of putting more money in their pockets. What was that saying? "Selling them the rope with which they'll hang us?"

[Lil'freeper]

Sorry, but Will Farrell is NOT my favorite elf.

[Consort]

And the guitar he was playing looked like a........guitar.

[Hank Rearden]

This Belleville song is cool.

So's the movie. Strong rec to all to go see The Triplets of Belleville. Completely bizarre, will leave you stunned at times, good tunes, fascinating animation - a good time.

And I learned the most efficient way to gather frogs.

[DoughtyOne]

[Lil'freeper]

LOTR up for Best Song.....

[Clemenza]

Hmm, I just spent yesterday with 10 Marines, all of whom were looking forward to seeing LOTR win big tonight. Ya wanna try saying that to their faces?

Q: What is the difference between a butch Marine and a regular Marine?

I'm afraid to post the punchline, as children may be in the room...

[Dr.Deth]

That is Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara

Ya I know... that's why it's impressive. I remember them from SCTV. Count Floyd, Great White North... etc.

[Alouette]

I don't remember the British doing anything like burning folks up inside churches, as was shown in the Patriot...did such things happen?

No.

[LisaMalia]

I'm not sure if the film is elligible. While Mel did not lock the print until this year, he spent a good part of last year publicly screening the film (AintItCoolNews fans paid to see the movie in December even though they were unaware what films would be screened). This is not a dig at the movie. I honestly don't think Mel cares if the Academy acknowledges his film or not. We know what the Academy has stood for these past 20 years.

Funny you would know all that information. Interesting. Thanks for giving me that insight, WeeGee. It seems I'm learning more at FR everyday thanks to people like you!

[Rummyfan]

Don Johnson gay? Wasn't he married to Melanie Griffith - twice???

[Lil'freeper]

Who knew Jack Black could sing?

[DoughtyOne]

[Alkhin]

Howdy Hair!

LOTR is sure to win big tonight. I am holding out for something nice for Master and Commander (already got sound editing I believe) but will be happy that ROTK got the recognition it deserves.