>BEST PICTURE
>"Brokeback Mountain," Diana Ossana and James Schamus,
>producers
>"Capote," Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven,
>producers
>"Crash," Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, producers
>"Good Night, and Good Luck," Grant Heslov, producer
>"Munich," Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel,
>producers

Brokeback's going to win. I only saw Crash and GN&GL in this category, and niether of them blew me away. Cinderella Man shits on both of those movies.

>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>Amy Adams, "Junebug"
>Catherine Keener, "Capote"
>Frances McDormand, "North Country"
>Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
>Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

I hope Rachel Weisz wins. It's probably between her, Keener, and Michelle Williams.

>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>George Clooney, "Syriana"
>Matt Dillon, "Crash"
>Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
>Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"
>William Hurt, "A History of Violence"

Matt Dillon's going to win, but Clooney should win.

>BEST ACTRESS
>Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
>Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
>Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"
>Charlize Theron, "North Country"
>Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

I imagine Reese Witherspoon's going to take this, and I can't say she doesn't deserve it.

>BEST ACTOR
>Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
>Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
>Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
>Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"
>David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

No way is Hoffman not winning this. Although how shocked would everyone be if Terrence Howard won?

>BEST DIRECTOR
>Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
>Bennett Miller, "Capote"
>Paul Haggis, "Crash"
>George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
>Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

Ang Lee's movie's winning Best Piccture, so he's winning Best Director.

>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
>George Clooney and Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
>Woody Allen, "Match Point"
>Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"
>Steven Gaghan, "Syriana"

I'd give the edge to Syriana here. Crash did not have that well-written of a script, I didn't see the Squid & the Whale, and Match Point's script was good, but not great. GN&GL's script has good dialogue, even if it is sort of unfactual. But I really think Syriana will and should win.

>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"
>Dan Futterman, "Capote"
>Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener"
>Josh Olson, "A History of Violence"
>Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich"

I saw nothing here. Probably Brokeback or Capote.

>BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
>"Don't Tell" (Italy)
>"Joyeux Noël" (France)
>"Paradise Now" (Palestine)
>"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" (Germany)
>"Tsotsi" (South Africa)

Tsotsi looks amazing, I'd like to see it win.

>BEST ANIMATED FILM
>"Howl's Moving Castle," Hayao Miyazake
>"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
>"Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit," Nick Park and
>Steve Box

Wallace and Gromit will win in the biggest landslide of the night.

>BEST ART DIRECTION
>"Good Night, and Good Luck," Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set
>Decoration: Jan Pascale
>"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Art Direction: Stuart
>Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
>"King Kong," Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan
>Hennah and Simon Bright
>"Memoirs of a Geisha," Art Direction: John Myhre; Set
>Decoration: Gretchen Rau
>"Pride & Prejudice," Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set
>Decoration: Katie Spencer

What is art direction? Ryan M, Longo, Buckshot, anyone?

>BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>"Batman Begins," Wally Pfister
>"Brokeback Mountain," Rodrigo Prieto
>"Good Night, and Good Luck," Robert Elswit
>"Memoirs of a Geisha," Dion Beebe
>"The New World," Emmanuel Lubezki

The movies I saw from here had really good cinematography, and I can imagine the other ones all look pretty nice. Fuck it, let Batman win.

>BEST COSTUME DESIGN
>"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Gabriella Pescucci
>"Memoirs of a Geisha," Colleen Atwood
>"Mrs. Henderson Presents," Sandy Powell
>"Pride & Prejudice," Jacqueline Durran
>"Walk the Line," Arianne Phillips

NOT Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Those Oompa Loompas sucked.

>BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
>"Darwin's Nightmare," Hubert Sauper
>"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," Alex Gibney and Jason
>Kliot
>"March of the Penguins," Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
>"Murderball," Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
>"Street Fight," Marshall Curry

Murderball does not deserve to lose. Darwin's Nightmare looked pretty interesting, but no way should anything beat Murderball. It's a Hoop Dreams-level doc.

>BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
>"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club,"
>Dan Krauss
>"God Sleeps in Rwanda," Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
>"The Mushroom Club," Steven Okazaki
>"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin," Corinne
>Marrinan and Eric Simonson

The Death of Kevin Carter, only because the name sounds like it's about the ex-St. Louis Rams defensive end.

>BEST FILM EDITING
>"Cinderella Man," Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
>"The Constant Gardener," Claire Simpson
>"Crash," Hughes Winborne
>"Munich," Michael Kahn
>"Walk the Line," Michael McCusker

What is good editing? Isn't good editing supposed to be unnoticable? How do they reward films for good editing? Again, film people, help me out.

>BEST MAKEUP
>"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
>Wardrobe," Howard Berger and Tami Lane
>"Cinderella Man," David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
>"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," Dave Elsey and
>Nikki Gooley

Cinderella Man will not win anything, because the Oscars suck. I don't know, Narnia.

>BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
>"Brokeback Mountain," Gustavo Santaolalla
>"The Constant Gardener," Alberto Iglesias
>"Memoirs of a Geisha," John Williams
>"Munich," John Williams
>"Pride & Prejudice," Dario Marianelli

John Williams is up against himself. It would be funny if he went 0-2.

>BEST ORIGINAL SONG
>"In the Deep" from "Crash," Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and
>Michael Becker; Lyrics by Kathleen "Bird" York
>"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow," Music
>and Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul
>Beauregard
>"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," Music and Lyric by Dolly
>Parton

THIS is what I will be watching for. If "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" doesn't win, it will ruin the Oscars. Unless they actually have Three 6 performing. And Jack Nicholson wears a grill.

>BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
>"Badgered," Sharon Colman
>"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation," John
>Canemaker and Peggy Stern
>"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello,"
>Anthony Lucas
>"9," Shane Acker
>"One Man Band," Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

No idea. Normally in these categories I like to pick the one with the best name, but none of these have exceptional names.

>BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
>"Ausreisser (The Runaway)," Ulrike Grote
>"Cashback," Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
>"The Last Farm," Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
>"Our Time Is Up," Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
>"Six Shooter," Martin McDonagh

See above

>BEST SOUND EDITING
>"King Kong," Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
>"Memoirs of a Geisha," Wylie Stateman
>"War of the Worlds," Richard King

Don't know what this is.

>BEST SOUND MIXING
>"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
>Wardrobe," Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
>"King Kong," Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael
>Hedges and Hammond Peek
>"Memoirs of a Geisha," Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick
>Kline and John Pritchett
>"Walk the Line," Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F.
>Kurland
>"War of the Worlds," Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald
>Judkins

Ditto

>BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
>"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
>Wardrobe," Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott
>Farrar
>"King Kong," Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers
>and Richard Taylor
>"War of the Worlds," Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra
>and Daniel Sudick

King Kong has to win here.

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