OSCAR Predictions - Despite the fact that I will Still Boycott!

[ednbarby]

Well...  Yeah.   

[chefjudy]

  no one has mentioned Jackie Earle Haley from Little Children whose character was both pathetic and scary - his
performance has been called the comeback of the year, hell the last decade or two!!  I thought I knew most actors from
the late 60's and 70's but I never heard of him before.  He makes his tremendously good role, that much more tangible
and yet seamless - Bravo!  Check it out if you haven't seen it yet.  I would love to see him win but a nomination is great too!

   He did it!! snagged an Oscar nomination - way to go Jackie!!  I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

[ednbarby]

Jackie Earle Haley was in one of the Bad News Bears movies - the second one, I think.  And he was in one of my favorite movies ever, Breaking Away.  I think he reprised the role on the short-lived (but actually quite good) TV series based on that movie.  Breaking Away was also Dennis Quaid's first film, I think, and he and Jackie basically stole it from the "star" Dennis Christopher, as charming as he was.

I haven't seen Little Children yet but very much want to.  I keep hearing and reading good things about his performance in it, too.

[MaineWriter]

For all you boycotters, here are the nominations:

Complete list of the 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday

at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.:

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."

Academy Award winners previously announced this year:

HONORARY AWARD (Oscar statuette): Ennio Morricone

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (Oscar statuette): Sherry Lansing

Leslie

[moremojo]

The nomination of "Pan's Labyrinth" for Best Foreign Language Film is the one reason I would be tempted to watch this year's ceremonies. Still don't plan on doing so, though.

[Anya_Angie]

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.

*gasp* I cannot believe it, the Academy really does not respect scores. My hopes were dashed with Finding Neverland and restored with Brokeback Mountain, but this? I'm sure there's two in there that are worthy of the nomination but to neglect THE FOUNTAIN? Or Lady In The Water? Not to mention Thomas Newman got nominated for the wrong score!

No wonder Bernard Herman left the Academy in the 70s.

[Flashframe777]

The best call on this thread was whoever called MARKY MARK - Wahlberg. 

The best thing about the Oscars 2007?  There isn't the slightest reason to watch.

Snoresville.

But I'm glad the actors, tresses, energy, something, um -Pan's, diversity....

ooh, all this Oscar talk is making me hungry for an Oscar Mayer Hot Dog.

[ednbarby]

The best call on this thread was whoever called MARKY MARK - Wahlberg. 

The best thing about the Oscars 2007?  There isn't the slightest reason to watch.

Snoresville.

But I'm glad the actors, tresses, energy, something, um -Pan's, diversity....

ooh, all this Oscar talk is making me hungry for an Oscar Mayer Hot Dog.

That would be Leslie (MaineWriter).  And I concurred.  And it was the one thing I was happy to see in all the nominations.  After Forest Whitaker's, the one performance that stands out to me this year is his in The Departed.  And believe me, being glad for Marky Mark being nominated for an acting award is one thing I never thought I'd do.  Then I watched him steal that movie.  And enjoyed every second of it.

And I'm with you - beyond that, *YAWN*.  It's almost unfair how easy it's going to be for me to not watch this year.  I do still regret that I'll miss Ellen Degeneres' probably brilliant hosting of it.  But that's all I'm ever going to regret missing where they're concerned, I'm fairly certain.

[ednbarby]

Oh, right - An Inconvenient Truth.  I'm sorry I'll miss seeing that (most likely) win.  But then, winning doesn't really matter, anyway, so no big whoop.

And I haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth yet, but I plan to this weekend.  Judging from the glowing reviews here, it'll probably emerge as my new favorite of the year.

[ednbarby]

Well, at the risk of sounding self-congratulatory, that sounds wonderful, Adrian.  I can't wait!