almost all predictable.
bad for Peter Jackson and Richard Gere :( but overall was ok.
here's the list

Best Picture

Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
Michael Caine, The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

Best Actress

Salma Hayek, Frida
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Diane Lane, Unfaithful
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Renee Zellweger, Chicago

Best Supporting Actor

Chris Cooper, Adaptation
Ed Harris, The Hours
Paul Newman, Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly, Chicago
Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Julianne Moore, The Hours
Meryl Streep, Adaptation
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago

Best Director

Pedro Almodovar, Talk To Her
Stephen Daldry, The Hours
Rob Marshall, Chicago
Roman Polanski, The Pianist
Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York

my favs in those 6 are:

picture = chicago
actor = jack
actress = nicole
sup actor = Chris Cooper
sup actress = catherine
director = rob marshall (or whoever except Scorcese, I hate GoNY)

but the best of the oscars is that...

EMINEN IS GONNA SING!!!

[B]Original Song [/]

"I Move On" from Chicago--Music by John Kander; Lyric by Fred Ebb

"Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile--Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto; Lyric by Eminem

"Burn It Blue" from Frida--Music by Elliot Goldenthal; Lyric by Julie Taymor

"The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York--Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen

"Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie--Music and Lyric by Paul Simon


also in the minor categories: Star Wars 2 and Spiderman got nods for Special Effects but against LotR so I guess LotR will win this one and honor Andy Serkis/Gollum in the speech:rockman:

my picks are...

picture = The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
actor = Daniel Day-Lewis
actress = Renee Zellweger
sup actor = Christopher Walken
sup actress = Queen Latifah
director = it doesnt matter, i just think theres a lack of quality directors for this list

Originally posted by #1 Stunna

director = it doesnt matter, i just think theres a lack of quality directors for this list

Lack of quality directors? There's Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski amongst them

Originally posted by PhiLLer
Lack of quality directors? There's Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski amongst them

they're good and all but thay lack the greatness of a Spielberg or Lucas.

Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski are, at least, as good as Spielberg. But, above all, you have Almodovar!! What else do you want, man?
I hope Pedro gets it, for the good of cinema itself. Then they'll rerun his movies, which are as good as they are weird and different. "All about my Mother" is one of the best movies I've ever seen!

Scorsese will win it, though. Not bcs his movie is the best, but bcs he should have won it a long time ago.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
they're good and all but thay lack the greatness of a Spielberg or Lucas.

I hope that was meant to be sarcastic.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
they're good and all but thay lack the greatness of a Spielberg or Lucas.

:confused:

hahahaha, good one.

Originally posted by INFESTA
Scorsese will win it, though. Not bcs his movie is the best, but bcs he should have won it a long time ago.

So do u really think that he should win it for that?

I thought the Oscars were for the best of the year, and personally if he is not the best of the year i think he shouldnt win it.

Originally posted by rhizome17
I hope that was meant to be sarcastic.
Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
:confused:

hahahaha, good one.

Like it or not both Spielberg and Lucas have some of the most money-making movies of all time. And thats greatness.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
money...[is]...greatness.

That's one of the dumbest things I've seen anyone write.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
So do u really think that he should win it for that?

I thought the Oscars were for the best of the year, and personally if he is not the best of the year i think he shouldnt win it.

Unfortunately thats not how the Oscars work. If a film is great, but doesn't carry the right 'message' appropriate for the 'time', then it won't win. Too much lobbying, too much pressure on the judges, so if there was a great film this year, with an anti-war message, it wouldn't have a hope of winning.


Originally posted by #1 Stunna

Like it or not both Spielberg and Lucas have some of the most money-making movies of all time. And thats greatness.

More often than not, it is a sign of great marketing, not greatness per se. The Phantom Menace made alot of money, but the film itself was terrible. The 'more money' equals 'greatness' link is invalid. There are plenty of brilliant non-Hollywood and non-US films that don't make much money. It does not mean that they are not great, just because 40 million Americans don't see it.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
So do u really think that he should win it for that?

I thought the Oscars were for the best of the year, and personally if he is not the best of the year i think he shouldnt win it.

No, that's why I said that:
I hope Pedro gets it, for the good of cinema itself.

I do think Scorsese will get it, not bcs his movie is the best, but bcs he should have won it a long time ago. The academy usually works like that. ;)

Originally posted by Joe
That's one of the dumbest things I've seen anyone write.

C'mon people lets "get with it".

Believe it or not, in the movie industry money is a very important factor in determining greatness.

And those who say it doesnt are liars.

And ok, Phantom Menace wasnt The best movie ever made, but it must have had something, not just good marketing, to have attracted so any people.

Originally posted by #1 Stunna

And ok, Phantom Menace wasnt The best movie ever made, but it must have had something, not just good marketing, to have attracted so any people.

Star Wars is a cult and thats why makes that kind of money. And even if "clones" was worse than "phantom" the third one will still make a huge ammount of money.
Cults make it always.
Its like Star Trek. too many fans.


and I also think that Scorcese will win it cause its like they "own" him an oscar though he does not deserves it. I'd like to see Almodovar win and make a new "peace speech":rockman: but I didnt see Talk to Her and I did see Chicago, then I'd like to see Marshall win cause its a really great movie.

another guy that does not deserves an oscar is Daniel Day-Lewis. what a crazy guy. I think he's like that (the butcher, his character in GoNY) in real life.

I thought the bad guy in gangs of new york was AMAZING!!

:rockman:

Originally posted by yoyo_911
I thought the bad guy in gangs of new york was AMAZING!!

:rockman:

I havent seen it and it seems that it is actually amazing but I heard that the Actor who palys it its like that in real life.
He has some crazy face

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
So do u really think that he should win it for that?

I thought the Oscars were for the best of the year, and personally if he is not the best of the year i think he shouldnt win it.

Like it or not both Spielberg and Lucas have some of the most money-making movies of all time. And thats greatness.

Lucas didnt direct Empire or Return of the Jedi - the more grossing of all the Star Wars trilogys.

#1 Stunna : Have you seen Chinatown? I rest my case.

P.S. Don't reply about Schindler's List - I've seen it(and loved it)