Ian McKellan and 2002 Oscar nominations.

My sentiments exactly... I reckon Jackson will just sneak it. He took what many thought would be an impossible task, took it by the neck and shook out one helluva cool movie... plus he's a novice in the eyes of the academy. One hell of a way of marking your arrival in Hollywood!

 

see that's what made it difficult to decide

Jackson should win for his screenplay of LotR, no doubt there, but in the major awards, it tends to be one film that dominates... and if a beautiful mind is the film which dominates then howard will win it. And then there's Altman who is well received by them too isn't he? Scott won't win, not this year at any rate, so I see it as Howard Vs Jackson Vs Altman (as I said, I want Lynch cos he is cool)

 

Amelie should win best foreign film

 

So if LOTR doesn't sweep, does that mean ya'll are gonna get all whiney like when TPM got supposedly "snubbed?"

 

TPM was crap though......

 

TPM was rubbish...it did not deserve to win anything...

on the otherhand LOTR...

Look my argument is if films like Gladiator and Titanic sweep the boards..

 

If TPM had won anything major I would have gone over to the states and murdered the judges personally. The only non-wooden peripheral performance in the whole film was McDiarmid's

 

It's just not an....and I'll be quite pleased if no one yells at me for saying this...Oscar quality film.

 

What TPM or LotR?

 

So .......... am I the only one who thinks the Oscars are nothing but a convention for self-agrandizing back-slappers to explore the inner workings of each other's (_!_)holes in front of an audience of screaming proles desperately in need of somebody, anybody, to inject some meaning into the withered husks of their lonely, pointless lives?

 

No, but it's usually an entertaining show.

Both, Andy.

 

First off - TPM was a great movie but for it to win anything other than technicals would have been sheer stupidity - although Trisha Biggar was cruelly robbed!

Secondly - The fact that LotR has been nominated for 13 (quick pinch - yep, not asleep ) is a cause for celebration in itself.

As to whether it will win anything - perhaps the Academy will think 'We've nominated it - that's enough' Look at Crouching Tiger last year... QED

Re: whinging if LotR just gets the techs. Only a little!

No, I think that the fact that it's done so damn well for itself is just wonderous and of course it repays all the faith that Peter Jackson, New Line and everyone else had in this huge risk admirably.

The extra box office won't go amiss either!

 

>So .......... am I the only one who thinks the Oscars are nothing but a convention for self-agrandizing back-slappers to explore the inner workings of each other's (_!_)holes

// Salutes Mr Kenobi

 

I hear ya OJK.

 

Hey don't take that salute as a sign of respect

 

So how does this work? Is it even aired over there or do you just get tape delayed results?

 

I here what you're saying too OJK...

But i'm like this with the Mercury too..and that's the worst music award going..

Beth: they show it live..about 3 in the morning or something..

 

Sorry Becks but Lord of the Rings a risk?!

Due to the fact that the hype started a good two years before it came out, not to mention the massive budget and the strong fan base of the original books how on earth could it possibly fail?

Arun how can you say the Mercury is the worst? The Brits are by far more terrible!

 

What did Moulin Rouge get nominated for?

 

Hey don't take that salute as a sign of respect

I'm taking it as a sign of devotion.

The only way I would ever watch the Oscars would be through the sight of a sniper rifle.

 

It's usually reported on the news...usually ahead of the report about the five year old boy hacked to death by his stepfather and aftre the report about Prince Charles' broken toe

 

I've never even heard of The Mercury. Although I gots to say that after seeing Jennifer Lopez's dress at the Oscars last year, I think music people really should just stay in their own award ceremonies. That was soooooo not appropriate for the Oscars!

 

Here's the complete list

Best picture

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

Director

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


Actress in a leading role

Halle Berry: Monster's Ball
Judi Dench: Iris
Nicole Kidman: Moulin Rouge
Sissie Spacek: In the Bedroom
Renée Zellweger: Bridget Jones's Diary

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 supporting role

Jennifer Connelly: A Beautiful Mind
Helen Mirren: Gosford Park
Maggie Smith: Gosford Park
Marisa Tomei: In the Bedroom
Kate Winslet: Iris


Actor in a supporting role

Jim Broadbent: Iris
Ethan Hawke: Training Day
Ian McKellen: The Fellowship of the Ring
John Voight: Ali
Ben Kingsley: Sexy Beast


Foreign language film

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


Adapted screenplay

Akiva Goldsman: A Beautiful Mind
Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff: Ghost World
Rob Festinger and Todd Field: In the Bedroom
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson: The Fellowship of the Ring
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger SH Schulman: Shrek


Original screenplay

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


Art Direction

Amelie
Gosford Park
Harry Potter
and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Cinematography

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

Sound

Amelie
Black Hawk Down
The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Pearl Harbor


Sound Editing

Monsters Inc
Pearl Harbor

Original Score

AI: John Williams
A Beautiful Mind: James Horner
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: John Williams
The Fellowship of the Ring: Howard Shore
Monsters Inc: Randy Newman

Original Song

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

Costume

The Affair of the Necklace
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Documentary Feature

Children Underground
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Promises
War Photographer


Documentary (short subject)

Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
Sing!
Thoth

Film Editing

A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
The Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Moulin Rouge

Make-up

A Beautiful Mind
The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

Animated Short Film

Fifty Percent Grey
For the Birds
Give Up Yer Aul Sins
Strange Invaders
Stubble Trouble

Live Action Short Film

The Accountant
Copy Shop
Gregor's Greatest Invention
A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)
Speed for Thespians

Visual Effects

AI
The Fellowship of the Ring
Pearl Harbor

 

It could have sucked is what Becky's saying I think. They could have splashed all the cash and gotten all the fans going "hey, that film sucks! How come it cost so much!"

 

LMAO @ TTG.

EDIT: Arun, I bet you just recited them off the top of your head, didn't you?