DFW, TX ...and the nominees are...

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LotR received 13 nominations including Sir Ian...wonderful, a Texan playing a Brit? Who da thunk it, Moulin Rouge gets one, but poor Baz Lurhman does not. The great one is nominated for both A.I. and HP.

Here is most of the list:

Best Picture:
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Actor in a Leading Role:
Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn I Am Sam
Will Smith Ali
Denzel Washington Training Day
Tom Wilkinson In the Bedroom

Actress in a Leading Role:
Halle Berry Monster's Ball
Judi Dench Iris
Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge
Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom
Renee Zellweger Bridget Jones's Diary

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Jim Broadbent Iris
Ethan Hawke Training Day
Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast
Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Jon Voight Ali

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren Gosford Park
Maggie Smith Gosford Park
Marisa Tomei In The Bedroom
Kate Winslet Iris

Director:
Robert Altman Gosford Park
Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
David Lynch Mulholland Drive
Ridley Scott Black Hawk Down

Animated Film:
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Monsters, Inc.
Shrek

Foreign Film:
Amelie France
Elling Norway
Lagaan India
No Man's Land Bosnia and Herzegovina
Son of the Bride Argentina

Screenplay based on material previously produced or published:
Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind
Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
Ghost World
Rob Festinger and Todd Field In the Bedroom
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H. Schulman
Shrek

Screenplay written directly for the screen:
Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amelie
Julian Fellowes Gosford Park
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan Memento
Milo Addica and Will Rokos Monster's Ball
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson The Royal Tenenbaums

Original Song:
"If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc. Music & Lyric by Randy Newman
"May It Be" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Music & Lyric by Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan
"There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor Music & Lyric by Diane Warren
"Until" from Kate & Leopold Music & Lyric by Sting
"Vanilla Sky" from Vanilla Sky Music & Lyric by Paul McCartney

Original Score:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence John Williams
A Beautiful Mind James Horner
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone John Williams
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore
Monsters, Inc. Randy Newman

Art Direction:
Amelie
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Cinematography:
Amelie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Man Who Wasn't There
Moulin Rouge

Costume Design:
The Affair of the Necklace
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Makeup:
A Beautiful Mind
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Film Editing:
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Moulin Rouge

Sound Editing:
Monsters, Inc.
Pearl Harbor

Sound:
Amelie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Pearl Harbor

Visual Effects:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Pearl Harbor

 

but they forgot Ewan

 

Moulin Rouge is getting snubbed for best song.

Nice to see LotRs getting nominated for so many, but I kinda doubt it'll win many. Not because it shouldn't, but that's just the way the academy goes for sci-fi/fantasy films.

 

Poor Ewan, he was great in Moulin Rouge! His character was sweet,subtle, and sexy.

AS for LOTR, what can I say...The movie was great. However, I do agree with Kurgan, It won't win many. It deserves best picture. I also hated how BHD was snubbed! And yes, Orlando Bloom as Legolas to me was worth an Oscar nod, LOL!

 

I can't see how Nicole Kidman can get nomineed and not Ewan

 

I hate to say this, but I think it's because Nicole Kidman is female and what happened to her character at the end. Hollywood loves a great tragic heroine. I really enjoyed Ewan's singing a lot. I had no idea he could sing at all! Oh and am I the only one that thinks Nabooty looks a bit like Ewan Mcgregor?!?! I swear, when he was clean shaven, he could have colored his hair a shade darker and presto! Ewan Mcgregor. Oh, course then again I could be wrong or a bit one sided...









Come what may.... Yes I will love Orli, come what may.

 

Run Brian, run!!! Run like the wind!!!

 

//sings

Clones This May...

Cloooooones This Maaaaaay...

I'll love Star Wars, until my dying daaaaaaaaaay!!!

Thank You!

Contact my agent for info on where to send my Golden Globe to

 

<---making a call to the Federation Funny Farm to pick up a man trying to impersonate Ewan Mcgregor.

 

Well, I just thought I'd make a small observation.... I've wanted to tell Brian that for a long time, but it never really came up until now. Actually with the beard, Brian looks like AOTC version of Obi-wan. Yummy!!

Ooooo and I love the Valentines day theme for the board.

 

Ep2 Obi-wan.

Yummy

 

Well, it comes from being City Rep and wanting to do a...

//raises arms as if tied to a post above his head...

Looks to the right, then up at his hands, then back to the right...

...good job





Back on topic, I saw BlackHawkDown last night. Very well done, very intense, and not too preachy. Ridley Scott definitely deserves the Oscar nod for this, though Baz Luhrman imo was robbed. He pulled off a spectacular musical, that even people like me (who loathe musicals) really enjoyed.

Still making up my mind on the other awards, though...

 

I feel for the director, Baz has made some good movies. I really liked Romeo and Juliet, alot. I cried about 5 times when I first saw that movie and I never cry at movies! BHD isnt really my type of movie. War movies bore me to death. I just went to go see it because Orli and Ewan were in it. However, for a war movie it was pretty good.





And yes, Brian, we are happy to have such a "talented" and pleasing city rep. (lol!)