The Oscars

Mahotée

ok, i dont know anything about politics so who has any thoughts on the academy awards? did you thikn the winners were the ones who most deserved to win? disappointed? pleased? srprised? whhach would you have chosen? were some good films looked over for nominations?

here are the winners (all of them)-
BEST ACTOR
Denzel Washington
BEST ACTRESS
Halle Berry
ACTOR -- SUPPORTING
Jim Broadbent
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Jennifer Connelly
ART DIRECTION
Moulin Rouge
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Lord Of The Rings:
The Fellowship Of The Ring
COSTUME DESIGN
Moulin Rouge
DIRECTING
A Beautiful Mind
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Murder On A Sunday Morning
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Thoth
FILM EDITING
Black Hawk Down
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
No Man's Land
MAKEUP
The Lord Of The Rings:
The Fellowship Of The Ring
MUSIC (SCORE)
The Lord Of The Rings:
The Fellowship Of The Ring
MUSIC (SONG)
Monsters, Inc.
BEST PICTURE
A Beautiful Mind
SHORT -- ANIMATED
For The Birds
SHORT -- LIVE ACTION
The Accountant
SOUND
Black Hawk
SOUND EDITING
Down Pearl Harbor
VISUAL EFFECTS The Lord Of The Rings:
The Fellowship Of The Ring
WRITING (ADAPTED)
A Beautiful Mind
WRITING (ORIGINAL)
Gosford Park

and Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford got lifetime achievment awards.

Alk3

Didn't the Oscars happen like a month ago?

lordsippa

Biggest upsets for me were that neither of these won the awards they deserved:

LOTR (best film should've been...)

AND

50% Gray...

Cait

i think amélie should have got best foreign film. so i didn't see the other one. but amélie is wonderful

alaskagirl

the sad thing ( or is it sad?) is that i hardly saw any new movies this year. i DID like LOTR alot, though...

Alk3

Am I the only one who didn't want to see LOTR? And therefore I didn't see it. Simplicity. Personally, I don't like Tolkien, Sci-Fi / Fantasy or anything illogical in general. Am I strange?

Moni

No, you aren't the only one. I didn't really want to see it, so I didn't.
Maybe once I read the books, I might.

Elvish

Russel Crowe should have gotten best Actor, it's because he started a fight at the BAFTA's that he didn't get it. Does anybody else agree that the Best Actor award should be given for Acting ability solely, not a combination of other things?

-Rob

Mahotée

yes, the oscars were a few weeks ago. whats your point? i feel like talking about them.

I think Moulin Rouge should have won best picture. because of the three nominated films ive seen, it was the best film.

Russell Crowe was brilliant in A Beautiful Mind, but i havent seen training day, and denzel washington is always good, and in my opinion russell crowe shouldnt have won for gladiator last year. maybe it balances out a little.

amelie was really good, but it was also a romantic comedy. they tend not to do so well in the oscars. so renee zellwegger and nicole kidman didnt have much chance of getting the best actress award. and the latter would have had such a better chance if shed been nominated for The Others instead of Moulin Rouge, simply becasue it was more dramatic acting.

Alk3

No point, just making sure I hadn't had some funky assed hallucination that involved me seeing a month into the future.