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| Dilasha |
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on 27-Feb-04 11:25 PM
Unlike last year, this year I made an extra effort to see most of the movies nominated for the Academy Award Categories except one or two which I still have a chance to watch till sunday afternoon i.e if I have the time. I'm sure most of you guys who are movie buffs like I am are excited for the upcoming Academy Awards and have your own favorite picks. So, let's hear it all folks! Here's my list of prediction, what's yours?
BEST ACTOR
This year the best actor category is a very tough one. I liked all the actors' work. Johnny Depp was fabulous in the Pirates while Ben Kingsley did a phenomenal job in the House. Sean Penn was extraordinary in Mystic especially in his emotional scenes and Billy Murray captured my heart with his subtle yet humorous performance and Jude Law was captivating as well in cold mountain. I loved them all and they all deserve the award but I know only one can walk away with Oscar unless there's a tie....and guess what? it's a tie for me in this category. It's either Sean Penn or Ben Kingsley or both who I think will take home the oscar.
BEST ACTRESS
I loved Naomi Watts in 21 Grams but I think Charlize is the one who will be dancing away with joy this year.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
I haven't seen In America and The Cooler yet, but I have a feeling that Tim Robbins might take home the Oscar with his great performance in Mystic River.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Renee Renee Renee....she definitely deserves it this time for her superb performance as Ruby in cold mountain.
BEST DIRECTOR
Peter Jackson for his 18 months of passion and dedication are vivid in every frame of the epic movie that took everyone's breath away. If he doesn't get it, I'll be very disappointed.
BEST PICTURE
Lord of the Rings
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Seabiscuit was one of my favorite movies and I was very much impressed with its cinematography so I pick this one for this category.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
I doubt there's anyone who has not seen Finding Nemo! This is the best animated film I have every seen so far and this one's a no brainer!
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| tabasco |
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on 28-Feb-04 06:25 AM
. i am boycotting oscar this year. how could they not nominate KILL BILL as best picture and uma thurman as best actress. i have watched most of the movie nominated for this year's oscar but they were not at all as entertaining as KILL BILL.
totally baist.
QT u rock
i dont know either why 'the last samurai' was not nominated.
any answers????
;)
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| nepali_angel |
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on 28-Feb-04 08:16 AM
I don't know Dilasha, I personally found this year's movies to be relatively bland as compared to last year's movies, except for the final installment of LOTR, which definitely was off the chain. I am hoping for a big win by LOTR in all categories it was nominated fort. To not award LOTR will be HIGHWAY ROBBERY in my mind. They did it last year and the year before that, but to anyone with half a brain, it must be pretty clear that all three installments in aggregate were surreal.
I just bought a LOTR mug and couch. Not to mention that my ringtones are based on LOTR also. I am a big LOTR fanatic.
LOTR, yayyyyy!
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| nepali_girl |
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on 28-Feb-04 08:38 AM
Charlize Theron appears daring! forsaking her supermodel looks to star as killer.... Theron has given it her all in spite the character lacking depth.... Bill Murray has outdone da rest among male casts cos lost is translation' is fragmentary without him......
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| nepali_girl |
Posted
on 28-Feb-04 08:47 AM
in*
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| acharya |
Posted
on 28-Feb-04 10:50 AM
Anyone else NOT like LOTR too? What makes everyone think LOTR was a 'good' movie?? come on...We've seen similar stuff in other movies in the past!!
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 28-Feb-04 10:56 AM
My favorites:
Best Picture: Mystic River. [Least favorite: LOTR)
Best Director : Clint Eastwood
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley
Best Actress: Charlize Theron [ A shoo-in?]
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins
Best Supporting Actress : Renee Z.
[ Note: we all know other categories are meaningless:-) ]
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| KALANKISTHAN |
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on 28-Feb-04 10:56 AM
Best Picture: Lost In Translation should win, but won't be surprised if LOTR wins.
Best Director: LOTR (for the seven years of hard work and amazing result), Sofia is the honest choice tho.
Best Actor: Sean Penn all the way (if he doesn't get into politics), Johnny Depp was awesome.
Best Actress: Charlize Theron (Watched 21 grams before the Monsters, and liked Naomi in 21 grams a lot... but Charlize is the best)
(haven't seen Whale Rider and Something's gotta give tho)
Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe for the Last Samurai... he has a slim chance tho.. eh
Best Supporting Actress: Renne all the way. She was the only best thing about the over hyped Cold Mountain.
Best Org. Screenplay: Surprise, Kill Bill was not even Nominated. Have seen only Finding Nemo and Lost in Translation.... LIT might win... (the best bet).
Best Adapted screenplay: City of God... awesome movie with great performances and script.
Best Foreign language Movie: Raam jaane.. haha.. haven't seen any of them...
Animated Feature Film: NEMO yeah baby.
(It's surprising to see Matrix, which swept away many technical awards for the first installation of Matrix, is not even nominated)
I am sure LOTR will win all the technical awards.. eh... including sound and visual effects... since Matrix is not even nominated...
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| KALANKISTHAN |
Posted
on 28-Feb-04 11:12 AM
Isn't LOTR one huge movie filmed at the same time, and divided into 3 parts and released each part every year? Something like Matrix reload and revolutions and Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2? If Matrix reload/revolutions and Kill Bill each are considered as one whole movie, then why not the three parts of LOTR are considered as one movie. It seems like they are nominating the same movie for 3 years in a row. Well, anyway, I liked LOTR... so who cares, it was well made and lots of hard work and dedication was visible onscreen...
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| Robert Frost |
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on 28-Feb-04 12:12 PM
Ok this is funny!!
I came out of the theater after the POTC had ended and hapenned to overheard a conversation that the two ladies were having, she said "She went for Bloom, she came out with Depp". I think Mr. Depp will and should claim the best actor award. He deserves it more then anybody else this year. He never ceases to amaze me ever since I watched Edward Scissorhands, a simply spectacular performance that lasted a long lost legacy Depp had in peculiar roles and the Pirates was a no surprise either. With movies like From Hell, Blow and Sleepy Hollow, Depp followed his amazing roles since he debut in Nightmare in Elm Street.
Johny Depp. Thats it and thats almost that needs to be said in the Disney adventure of Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The movie revolved soully in the palm and he made in magical. With his quirky smile and lazy attitute he portrays a character of Cpt. Jack Sparrow. Depp energized his role with humor, both bodily and verbal, and delivered each line believably. I specially liked the way he dugged deep into his character. This is an Academy Award winning performace.
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| Tilkumari_ko_poi |
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on 29-Feb-04 09:39 AM
The best actor should go to one and only JOHNY DEPP .What an entertaining actor !!!!!!!! He was excellent in pirates of the carribean _curse of the black pearl .
In supporting actor category there are two foreigners one is ken watanabe and the other guy forgot thier name .Foreigners do get nominated but I am sure they wont win it .Robbins and del toro are good actors but Alec Baldwin should win this time .
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| Dilasha |
Posted
on 29-Feb-04 10:36 AM
Yes I agree with you Robert Frost and Tilkumari that Johnny Depp was awesome in the Pirates..i bet no other actor could've done justice to that role but him. Like I said, each actor deserves the big O in this category. However, I was deeply touched by Sir Ben Kingsley's phenomenal job in House of Sand and Fog. Those who haven't seen the movie yet, I highly recommend the movie. I wonder why Jennifer Connelly didn't get an Oscar nod as she has done an equally exceptional job as a frustrated woman full of fear, guilt and anger.
Another movie I really enjoyed this year was Lost in Translation. A brilliantly funny and captivating movie LIT brought in light three talented people; Bill Murray, Scarlett Johanson and Sophia Coppola.
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| Bob Marley |
Posted
on 01-Mar-04 01:51 AM
CT was good, but the little girl from the WHALE RIDER was better. It was a great sentimental movie. I thought she deserved more than CT.
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| nepali_angel |
Posted
on 01-Mar-04 02:30 PM
Ah, my hopes weren't misplaced either.
I am happy that Sean Penn won. This guy is not just hot, but also arguably the best actor of this generation.
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 01-Mar-04 02:33 PM
Kalankisthan got 5 out of 6 in 6 most important categories, and congratulation for that:-)
My prejudice against Fantasy worked against my prediction in major two categories this year. The best picture and the best director. Sean Penn was a good choice for actor but not as good as Sir Kingsley.
Anyway, this Oscar is over, and without any hitch! Passion may get quite a few nods next year, it seems.
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| the other one |
Posted
on 01-Mar-04 02:46 PM
How come Mel Gibson was not invitedthis Oscar?, "Passion" will be nominated but I think Mel will leave the oscars red faced and empty handed amongst the hollywoodiens who have been shouting fault at his movie, giving him hard times just to bring it to the theatre, with Speilburg giving the best picture, I feel like they are conspiring semite-antisemite duel next time around. Farfetched???
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| u_day |
Posted
on 04-Mar-04 08:41 PM
And the oscar goes to..... me for being myself and posting whatever I have in mind at the moment.
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| dazzling ko keti |
Posted
on 05-Mar-04 08:29 AM
Oscars for the Presidential candidates?? Hmm sounds pretty unlikely doesn't it?
Well, here's one brillianty written piece taken from the Washington Post. Its called: Oscars for the Primary Players and its worth a read.
Enjoy it folks!!!
And now the envelope, please.
One thing to be said for the accelerated timetable of Democratic presidential primaries is that the nomination was settled just hours after the Academy Awards went off the air.
With that inspiration (and no pretense of matching Billy Crystal's wit) let's hand out the political Oscars of this season. More will be announced after November.
It's obvious that the John Kerry campaign was the political equivalent of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Just as that epic dominated the Oscars, the Massachusetts senator won battle after battle, starting in Iowa and going right through Super Tuesday.
That he did so even after his chances had been dismissed by his rivals and by many reporters before the turn of the year spoke volumes about Kerry's tenacity.
It was not a surprise. He had shown similar qualities in turning back the challenge to his continued Senate tenure in 1996 from Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, the most appealing Republican officeholder in a generation in the commonwealth.
Looking ahead to his race with President Bush, Kerry can draw some comfort from the fact that he has faced a Republican as personable as Bush and beaten him on the issues.
But this will be a tougher contest by far, and there will be plenty to write as it unfolds.
For now, those envelopes, with a few freehand variations:
Best Director: It has to be Mary Beth Cahill, who took over as manager of a badly divided and staggering Kerry campaign on Nov. 10 and led it flawlessly and unobtrusively to victory. Cahill had a talented group of consultants and advisers on her staff, but it was her calm and competence that seemed to liberate Kerry from worries about what was going on in headquarters and allowed him to focus on his job as candidate.
Best Actor: John Edwards finished second in delegates, but no one delivered his lines better than the young senator from North Carolina. When Sam Brown, a Kerry volunteer who traipsed across the country helping his friend from the anti-Vietnam protest days, finally got to hear Edwards give his stump speech at the party dinner in Milwaukee, two days before the Wisconsin primary, he was blown away.
He was far from alone. Starting in Iowa, people in increasing numbers came to see Edwards out of curiosity and left as converts. And the former trial lawyer had the actor's discipline to go through the script with the same degree of conviction and seeming spontaneity almost every time -- an awesome performance.
Best Supporting Actress: A tie between Elizabeth Edwards and Teresa Heinz Kerry, who campaigned vigorously and effectively on their own and managed, when on stage with their husbands, to avoid the adoring gaze that once was expected from the candidate's spouse. Smart, independent women, they did much to signal a welcome change in American society. And a special award to Judith Steinberg Dean, who sent the same message simply by sticking to her medical practice.
Best Supporting Actor: Ted Kennedy, who almost raised the roof when he introduced Kerry at rallies. And a special award to Max Cleland and the other wounded Vietnam vets for whom each trip to a new city and each climb onto the stage was an act of courage and a tribute to their buddy, John Kerry.
Most Gracious Withdrawal: Joe Lieberman, who left with his dignity and convictions intact, and went home to a deserved warm welcome in Connecticut.
Most Gracious Endorsement: Wes Clark, the retired general who went to Wisconsin to endorse former Navy lieutenant Kerry and said to the winner: "Sir, request permission to come aboard."
And an innovative Oscar, which the Academy is free to copy, the Worst Supporting Actor Award: Jerry McEntee of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, who jumped the gun on most other labor leaders in hopes of being the kingmaker in Howard Dean's campaign and then publicly abandoned Dean a week before Wisconsin.
Dean had plenty of faults, but he didn't deserve this. As columnist Mark Shields has written, McEntee's double-cross probably scotches whatever hopes he had to become the next president of the AFL-CIO. Loyalty is supposed to mean something in politics and in life, and he failed the test big-time.
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| Gerox |
Posted
on 05-Mar-04 08:54 AM
My Oscar goes to Dean even though his film was flop.
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