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Old 01-23-2007, 11:08 AM   #1
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2007 Oscars Thread. Noms announced.
2007 Oscar nominations were announced this morning. Here's the list. Make your predictions. See you back here in Feburary.

1. Best Picture: "Babel," "The Departed," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Queen."

2. Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."

3. Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children."

4. Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"; Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."

5. Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."

6. Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"; Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"; Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Stephen Frears, "The Queen"; Paul Greengrass, "United 93."

7. Foreign Language Film: "After the Wedding," Denmark; "Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria; "The Lives of Others," Germany; "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico; "Water," Canada.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"; William Monahan, "The Departed"; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal."

9. Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"; Peter Morgan, "The Queen."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Cars," "Happy Feet," "Monster House."

11. Art Direction: "Dreamgirls," "The Good Shepherd," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "The Prestige."

12. Cinematography: "The Black Dahlia," "Children of Men," "The Illusionist," "Pan's Labyrinth," "The Prestige."

13. Sound Mixing: "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Dreamgirls," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

14. Sound Editing: "Apocalypto," "Blood Diamond," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

15. Original Score: "Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla; "The Good German," Thomas Newman; "Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass; "Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete; "The Queen," Alexandre Desplat.

16. Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; "Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman; "Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.

17. Costume: "Curse of the Golden Flower," "The Devil Wears Prada," "Dreamgirls," "Marie Antoinette," "The Queen."

18. Documentary Feature: "Deliver Us From Evil," "An Inconvenient Truth," " Iraq in Fragments," "Jesus Camp," "My Country, My Country."

19. Documentary (short subject): "The Blood of Yingzhou District," "Recycled Life," "Rehearsing a Dream," "Two Hands."

20. Film Editing: "Babel," "Blood Diamond," "Children of Men," "The Departed," "United 93."

21. Makeup: "Apocalypto," "Click," "Pan's Labyrinth."

22. Animated Short Film: "The Danish Poet," "Lifted," "The Little Matchgirl," "Maestro," "No Time for Nuts."

23. Live Action Short Film: "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)," "Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)," "Helmer & Son," "The Saviour," " West Bank Story."

24. Visual Effects: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Poseidon," "Superman Returns."
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Old 01-23-2007, 11:44 AM   #2
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Such a shame Forrest Whitaker won't win best actor, Hollywood doesn't value him nearly as much as they should
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Old 01-23-2007, 03:57 PM   #4
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If Scorcese doesn't get it this year, he should just give up.
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My Predictions for the only awards that matter:

Best Picture: The Departed
Best Director: Scorcese
Best Actor: Forrest Whittaker
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy *shudder*
Best Actress: Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett

And I am pretty sure these will be 100% correct.
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Old 01-23-2007, 04:33 PM   #6
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I'd agree with CoE's guesses except switch out Cate Blanchett with Jennifer Hudson.

I wonder why Wahlberg got the nom over Nicholson. That one is a bit of a head scratcher.
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Old 01-23-2007, 04:35 PM   #7
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I'd agree with CoE's guesses except switch out Cate Blanchett with Jennifer Hudson.

I wonder why Wahlberg got the nom over Nicholson. That one is a bit of a head scratcher.
I was originally gonna use Hudson, but her performance was more of a singing one than an acting one. Dreamgirls will already win an award, which will make the Academy feel less guilty about skipping over Hudson.

Babel, on the other hand, will not win Best Picture, which means it needs SOME award. Hence, Blanchett.
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Old 01-23-2007, 05:18 PM   #8
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Wow, can't believe Little Miss Sunshine got the nom for Best Picture.
I say:
1. Best Picture: The Departed,

2. Actor: Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson" (I bet Leo will win, and I haven't seen Half Nelson yet, but I'd like to see Gosling win just for The Believer.

3. Actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"

4. Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed." (Bet Murphy wins tho)

5. Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

6. Directing: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
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Scorsese HAS to win this year. If Clint Eastwood or some shit wins it would just be so awful. COME ON ALREADY.
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Babel was such a sick movie. It won the Golden Globe for Best Drama but I don't think it'll win best picture. I liked it better than The Departed.

Gonna finally watch Little Miss Sunshine tonight.
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Scorsese HAS to win this year. If Clint Eastwood or some shit wins it would just be so awful. COME ON ALREADY.
He's gotta win. The Academy realizes that it fucked over Hitchcock and they're gonna let him have the record for most times nominated without winning. They're not gonna let a living director take that from him.
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1. Best Picture: "The Departed" Assuming this because I think it's Marty's year.

2. Actor: Forest Whitaker

3. Actress: Judi Dench - Outside chance, but the Academy seems to like her.

4. Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou

5. Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson

6. Directing: Martin Scorsese

The Mark Walberg nomination just ruined my day. I'm usually terrible at these, and this year I haven't seen all of them. These names just stick out as a good looking ballot.
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I was originally gonna use Hudson, but her performance was more of a singing one than an acting one. Dreamgirls will already win an award, which will make the Academy feel less guilty about skipping over Hudson.

Babel, on the other hand, will not win Best Picture, which means it needs SOME award. Hence, Blanchett.
The only thing is that Blanchett won a couple of years ago for The Aviator. I suppose they may give it to her again, but I'm not sure. The only "supporting actress" I really hear about is Hudson, apparently she did a great job and plus the fact that Dreamgirls didn't even get nominated for best picture makes me think that the Academy will make up for that with wins for Murphy and Hudson.

Mirren is probably the biggest lock out of every nominee.
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The only thing is that Blanchett won a couple of years ago for The Aviator. I suppose they may give it to her again, but I'm not sure. The only "supporting actress" I really hear about is Hudson, apparently she did a great job and plus the fact that Dreamgirls didn't even get nominated for best picture makes me think that the Academy will make up for that with wins for Murphy and Hudson.

Mirren is probably the biggest lock out of every nominee.
I kind of did the same thing you're talking about last year with my picks. I picked Jake Gyllenhaal for Best Supporting Actor because I overestimated how much The Academy would feel guilty for not giving Brokeback Best Picture. Perhaps I'm compensating for that mistake, but I'm feeling pretty good about Blanchett.
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Here's my list. The major awards. And a few minors.

Best Pic.: The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker
Actress: Helen Mirren
Director: Martin Scorsese (As much as I like Eastwood, he got his share.)
Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg (Probably will go to Norbit)
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson
Animated: Cars. But this catagory should be on a worldwide basis.
Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
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Forest Whitaker most definitely should win. Unbelievable performance.
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Suprised no one thinks O'Toole is going to get the best Actor.

He turned down a lifetime achievement award because he wanted to win one outright, I think this could be his time
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I meant to post my annual nominee-speculation thread, but this year is flying by and I never got a chance.

So, anyway, here are my predictions for the big categories.

Best Picture - "The Departed"

Before the nominees were announced, I thought this would be a toss-up between "The Departed" and "Dreamgirls." But with "Dreamgirls" getting snubbed, this category gets a whole lot easier to call. "Babel" has an outside shot after getting the Golden Globe, and "Iwo Jima" has a couple of critics' awards, but I'm fairly sure this one is going to "The Departed."

Best Actor - Forest Whitaker, "The Last King Of Scotland"

Whitaker's performance is probably the most talked-about of the year. O'Toole may get the sympathy vote, but he's still got that magic that makes him Peter O'Toole. Barring a tragedy, he'll get at least one more shot at this award. Whitaker gave the best performance this year, so he deserves the win.

Best Actress - Helen Mirren, "The Queen"

This is Helen Mirren's year. Two Golden Globes, the National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the National Society of Film Critics, the Chicago Film Critics Association... EVERYONE is giving this award to Helen Mirren, and the Academy won't be any different.

Best Supporting Actor - Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"

Personally, I was happy to see Wahlberg get the nomination over Nicholson. I love Jack, don't get me wrong, but we've seen that performance from him before. A pretty solid batch of nominees, but I think Murphy will win. Few things are more satisfying than a riches-to-rags-to-riches story, and Murphy's return from oblivion should win this.

Best Supporting Actress - Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
This one could really go to any of the nominees. I don't think Blanchett will win, since she just won two years ago. Breslin might take it, because she's young and adorable and the Academy likes to reward that (see: Oscar winner Anna Paquin). Hudson is probably the favorite, but I just don't think she'll win. It will go to one of the "Babel" actresses. I went with Kikuchi.

Best Director - Paul Greengrass, "United 93"

As awesome as a Scorsese victory would be, I just don't think it's ever going to happen. He did a phenomenal job on "The Departed," but I just don't think this was the movie that's going to win the award for him. I was surprised to see Bill Condon get left out, but in his absence, Greengrass picks up the Oscar for the most provocative movie of the year.

Best Foreign Language Film - "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico

I was a little surprised to see "Pan" get the nomination instead of "Volver," but I'm glad it did. I haven't seen it yet, but everything I've heard about it makes it sound like it's the most visually fascinating movie of the year with some fantastic performances and effects. The only possible reason to snub it is that they tend to go with something less mainstream in this category.

Best Adapted Screenplay - Patrick Marber, "Notes On A Scandal"

As amazing as Cohen's acceptance speech would be, the Academy usually doesn't reward huge writing teams. So that knocks out "Borat" and "Children of Men." I was really disappointed to see that they left out Jason Reitman's amazing "Thank You For Smoking." Toss-up between "The Departed" and "Scandal," but I went with Marber's edgy script.

Best Original Screenplay - Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"

Not bad for a first produced screenplay, no? Arndt managed to put together one of the most clever scripts of the year, and the fact that "Sunshine" wound up being a sleeper hit certainly won't hurt. Arriaga's got an outside shot, since the Academy likes stories that juggle multiple plotlines, but I'm going with Michael Arndt.

Best Animated Feature Film - "Cars"

This is a really strong set of nominees. Any one of them could conceivably win, but the Academy loves Pixar, and after all of the recent rumblings about dissention between Pixar and Disney, the fact that they managed to produce yet another CGI masterpiece is all the more impressive. Smart, funny, sad, wistful. Yep. This is a Pixar movie.
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