Discussion 78th Academy Awards Night

[Gold Knight]

Tonight is Oscars night - honoring the best in film for 2005, and hosted by Daily Show host Jon Stewart.

What I'm wondering is if anybody here follows this event. If so, why? (Fashion, etc.) If not, why not?

Even if you don't, you might be interested to know that this is the second consecutive year that the field of major nominees did NOT include a bonafide blockbuster at the U.S. box office, actually, the movies did even worse this year.

Opinions?

Spoiler: By the way, the nominees this year:

Best Motion Picture

* Brokeback Mountain
* Capote
* Crash
* Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Munich

Achievement in Directing

* George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Paul Haggis - Crash
* Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
* Bennett Miller - Capote
* Steven Spielberg - Munich

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

* Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
* Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
* Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
* Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
* David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

* Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
* Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
* Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
* Charlize Theron - North Country
* Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

* George Clooney - Syriana
* Matt Dillon - Crash
* Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
* Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
* William Hurt - A History of Violence

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams - Junebug
* Catherine Keener - Capote
* Frances McDormand - North Country
* Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
* Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Best Animated Feature Film

* Howl's Moving Castle
* Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
* Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Foreign Language Film

* Don't Tell (Italy)
* Joyeux Noël (France)
* Paradise Now (Palestine)
* Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany)
* Tsotsi (South Africa)

Adapted Screenplay

* Brokeback Mountain
* Capote
* The Constant Gardener
* A History of Violence
* Munich

Original Screenplay

* Crash
* Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Match Point
* The Squid and the Whale
* Syriana

Achievement in Art Direction

* Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* King Kong
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* Pride & Prejudice

Achievement in Cinematography

* Batman Begins
* Brokeback Mountain
* Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* The New World

Achievement in Costume Design

* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* Mrs. Henderson Presents
* Pride & Prejudice
* Walk the Line

Best Documentary Feature

* Darwin's Nightmare
* Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
* March of the Penguins
* Murderball
* Street Fight

Best Documentary Short Subject

* The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
* God Sleeps in Rwanda
* The Mushroom Club
* A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

Achievement in Film Editing

* Cinderella Man
* The Constant Gardener
* Crash
* Munich
* Walk the Line

Achievement in Makeup

* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* Cinderella Man
* Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Achievement in Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)

* Brokeback Mountain
* The Constant Gardener
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* Munich
* Pride & Prejudice

Achievement in Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)

* "In the Deep" – Crash
* "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" – Hustle & Flow
* "Travelin' Thru" – Transamerica

Best Animated Short Film

* Badgered
* The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
* The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
* 9
* One Man Band

Best Live Action Short Film

* Ausreißer (The Runaway)
* Cashback
* The Last Farm
* Our Time is Up
* Six Shooter

Achievement in Sound Editing

* King Kong
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* War of the Worlds

Achievement in Sound

* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* King Kong
* Memoirs of a Geisha
* Walk the Line
* War of the Worlds

Achievement in Visual Effects

* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* King Kong
* War of the Worlds

EDIT:

Spoiler: And the winners are...

Best picture
Winner: Crash

Best director
Winner: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

Best actor
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Best actress
Winner: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best supporting actor
Winner: George Clooney - Syriana

Best supporting actress
Winner: Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

Best animated feature film
Winner: Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best foreign language film
Winner: Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best original screenplay
Winner: Crash

Best adapted screenplay
Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best documentary feature
Winner: March of the Penguins

Best cinematography
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best visual effects
Winner: King Kong

Best art direction
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best film editing
Winner: Crash

Best sound mixing
Winner: King Kong

Sound editing
Winner: King Kong

Best music (song)
Winner: It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp - Hustle and Flow

Best music (score)
Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best costume design
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best make-up
Winner: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Best short film
Winner: Six Shooter

Best animated short film
Winner: The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Best documentary short subject
Winner: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

Lifetime achievement award
Director and writer Robert Altman

 

[Leen]

Ang Lee all the way!!!!!!

This event is a really HUGE phenomenon all around the world. Everyone who go to the Academy Awards will come home with something. These stars are going to get goodies bags worth more than 100k US dollar which includes spa, 5 stars hotel stay, botox, HUGO BOSS suit, handphones and so on. Red carpet will be so hot since every single paparazi will come to ask these stars about everything from the wedding to their dress's designer. Also, they are trying to ban the movie "Paradise Now" which tells the story of two young boys who join the suicide bombing groups. As the director had won the Golden Globe award for it, many fear that if this film is listed on the nominees line-up, it might won as well and according to them, it should not win. That's because this film is described as "glorifying terrorism" or something along that lines.

Anyway, I really want Ang Lee to win the best director award. Best picture award should go to Munich or Brokeback Mountain. Ang Lee was nominated last time around for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but of course, he lose. I am sure that this Taiwanese director needs a bit more recognition around the world. He won the Golden Globe so I am rooting for him in this category. :knk

 

[Miso]

Ang Lee all the way!!!!!!
...
Anyway, I really want Ang Lee to win the best director award. Best picture award should go to Munich or Brokeback Mountain. Ang Lee was nominated last time around for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but of course, he lose. I am sure that this Taiwanese director needs a bit more recognition around the world. He won the Golden Globe so I am rooting for him in this category. :knk

You're right! His films are t3h sh1t! I just love them - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was so good!

Ok...Oscar's Night: no, I don't watch that. Somehow I'm not too interested and I'll learn who has one anyways the one way or the other...

 

[Leen]

Exactly. I am madly in love with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Anyway, the final result is out. Here are the winners. Congratulations to all.

Spoiler

Best picture
Winner: Crash

Best director
Winner: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

Best actor
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Best actress
Winner: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best supporting actor
Winner: George Clooney - Syriana

Best supporting actress
Winner: Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

Best animated feature film
Winner: Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best foreign language film
Winner: Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best original screenplay
Winner: Crash

Best adapted screenplay
Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best documentary feature
Winner: March of the Penguins

Best cinematography
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best visual effects
Winner: King Kong

Best art direction
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best film editing
Winner: Crash

Best sound mixing
Winner: King Kong

Sound editing
Winner: King Kong

Best music (song)
Winner: It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp - Hustle and Flow

Best music (score)
Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best costume design
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best make-up
Winner: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Best short film
Winner: Six Shooter

Best animated short film
Winner: The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation

Best documentary short subject
Winner: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

Lifetime achievement award
Director and writer Robert Altman

 

[Miso]

Thanks for letting us know, Leen!

That's why I said I don't have to watch it - I get the results nevertheless....

Spoiler

Leen! Ang Lee won!
(Although I don't know the movie....mmhz....

 

[Gold Knight]

It's about gay cowboys. ( No joke. )

Even had a love scene. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Next year they'll probably do a movie about gay astronauts, that'll nab some Oscars for sure!



Anyway, it was a fun night - I thought Jon Stewart did a good job hosting the show.

 

[Leen]

Yay!!!!!!!! Ang Lee won!!! I am so happy for that. GK is right, Brokeback Mountain is about gay. XD Crash winning the Best Picture award is really a huge surprise, I think.

 

[Miso]

I have heard of that movie - it is said that it's good. Gonna check it out perhaps.

 

[Gold Knight]

Yes, Crash winning surprised everybody I think. But it was the movie my mom wanted most to win. It has a really good cast.

 

[The Boff]

"just a recap, threesix mafia 1 oscar.
Martin Scorsese 0 oscars"

how i laughed and laughed when that happened