Oscar Race 2006

[bellamia]

BEST PICTURE
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

BEST 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

BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Pan’s Labyrinth
Days of Glory
Water
After The Wedding
The Lives of Others

BEST DIRECTING
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93

[bellamia]

I predict that like the Golden Globes, "Babel" would take home the Oscar for Best Picture.

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Animated Feature Film: Cars
Best Directing: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel - however, i hope that it would go to Martin Scorsese for The Departed - he's way over due for an oscar.

[NetDriftr]

my prediction below:

BEST PICTURELetters from Iwo Jima --it seems Clint Eastwood can't lose!! grrrrr

BEST ACTORWill Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness

BEST ACTRESSHelen Mirren, The Queen --if she wins, then there is hope for actors who made R rated film early in their career

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOREddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSRinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILMHappy Feet

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMPan’s Labyrinth

BEST DIRECTINGClint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima

[bellamia]

my prediction below:

sweety, my predictions and yours are very different. why r u misleading people by quoting my name on ur post with urs predictions?

anyhow, Will Smith for Best Actor, really? This seems a little bit far-fetch to me.

[NetDriftr]

sweety, my predictions and yours are very different. why r u misleading people by quoting my name on ur post with urs predictions?

sorry bella dear... i was lazy to retype the categories and nominations

anyhow, Will Smith for Best Actor, really? This seems a little bit far-fetch to me.

i dont think its far fetched.. there are quite a few black people in this year's academy awards and Will Smith is quite popular among the academy voters.

[Kara]

I want Will Smith to get best actor because Pursuit of Happyness was a very good movie and he was very very good in it. There were many moments in the movie where he didn't speak but the look on his face and his body language was such that i truly felt that there was no need for words. This is why the ending to me, with him crying does not feel corny. If the movie had been set up any other way then it would have just felt too corny.

[c13:4567]

ahh, the oscars.....hollywood's annual pompous, self-indulging, masturbatory TV event catering to its overinflated sense of self-importance. it gets better every year

BEST ACTORWill Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSRinko Kikuchi, Babel

i have to agree with u on rinko. i thought her heartbreaking performance was the best thing in babel, taking into account that the film itself plus her costars were better than average. hope to see her get more international exposure.

have to disagree with u on will smith. while i thought his performance was effective, i don't think he deserves the win. the film was also for the most part, at least to me, dull and contrived.

[Sparky]

My picks (being completely unrealistic here)
BEST PICTURE: Little Miss Sunshine (I hate everyone. Basically, the best movie ever!)

BEST ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond (mmm I love Leo ...he totally deserved a nomination for The Departed as well)

BEST ACTRESS: Helen Mirren, the Queen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal

BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorcese, The Departed

[NetDriftr]

ahh, the oscars.....hollywood's annual pompous, self-indulging, masturbatory TV event catering to its overinflated sense of self-importance. it gets better every year

its more of a popularity award ceremony - hence why i put Will Smith down as best actor. IMO all these nominated films would put me to sleep!!!

[Crazy8]

i dont like babel. i think its a movie that went no where.
the only one i want on the list was departed so i go with that.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond-Best actor

Mark Wahlberg, The Departed -Best supporting actor. Can't go wrong with marky mark.

Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls- Best supporting actress

others i dont feel like having an opinion. Where is the best foreign film category?
i want curse of the golden flower!

[Lady Zhuge]

This year's Oscars aren't very appealing, but I'll be watching anyway. I hope Babel wins best picture.

Where is the best foreign film category?
i want curse of the golden flower!

The category is up there, just not bolded. Curse of the Golden Flower wasn't and doesn't deserve to be nominated.

[bellamia]

i dont think its far fetched.. there are quite a few black people in this year's academy awards and Will Smith is quite popular among the academy voters.

I just don't see it happening. I thought Will Smith had a great chance of winning an Oscar back in 2001 for Ali, but it did not happen.

I will wager u a if Will Smith wins. What do u say? If Will does win, then it would probably be the biggest upset of the night.

[NetDriftr]

i think the time has changed...after Halle Berry and Denzel Washington taking best actress/actor awards - the floodgate is open for other deserving (and popular) black actors to follow suit.

I will wager u a if Will Smith wins. What do u say? If Will does win, then it would probably be the biggest upset of the night.

lol whats with u and waging?
if Will Smith wins - you change your avatar to say 'Net is my sifu' for a month!
if u dont know how to do this - i'll send you the jpg file

[bellamia]

i think the time has changed...after Halle Berry and Denzel Washington taking best actress/actor awards - the floodgate is open for other deserving (and popular) black actors to follow suit.


lol whats with u and waging?
if Will Smith wins - you change your avatar to say 'Net is my sifu' for a month!
if u dont know how to do this - i'll send you the jpg file

U're on, Mr. Like wise, if Will Smith does not win, then u will have to change ur avatar to say 'I worship the ground that Bellamia walks on' for a month!!!

[Kara]

I'm looking forward to seeing this result.

[NetDriftr]

U're on, Mr. Like wise, if Will Smith does not win, then u will have to change ur avatar to say 'I worship the ground that Bellamia walks on' for a month!!!

lol now that i think about it - the odds are against me! its 1/5 to win and 4/5 to lose. however i have confidence that Will Smith will win so i will not try to amend the wager

[pemberly]

my predictions:

BEST PICTURE
Babel

BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
don't know

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cars

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST DIRECTING
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima

but i actually haven't seen any of the nominated films. i'm just basing my predictions on who's won what awards so far.

[Sparky]

i think the time has changed...after Halle Berry and Denzel Washington taking best actress/actor awards - the floodgate is open for other deserving (and popular) black actors to follow suit.

It's not about being black or white. Hollywood's as liberal as you can get. They're not going to discriminate. Not only have Halle Berry and Denzel Washington won the Oscar, but also Jamie Foxx...Hattie McDaniel was nominated for best supporting actress for Gone With the Wind, and that was made in 1939.

That said, I don't think Will Smith is going to win because Forest Whitaker is getting all of the critical acclaim. And he's black too, if that's what you're all concerned about.

By the way, I must add with Halle Berry's win, I personally was rooting for Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.

This year's Oscars aren't very appealing, but I'll be watching anyway. I hope Babel wins best picture.

I concur...there's Meryl Streep and the Devil Wears Prada, but she's unlikely to win anyway. Plus this year I've been lazy and haven't seen half these films. Last year had better films, and I thought last year sucked. Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Walk the Line...

[NetDriftr]

It's not about being black or white. Hollywood's as liberal as you can get. They're not going to discriminate.

Hollywood isn't all that liberal Miss Sparky.. it is only in recent times that black actors are getting deserved recognition. In the 80s and 90s, i've only heard of Sidney Pottier winning an Oscar. Maybe there may be a few others..but im lazy to google it.

That said, I don't think Will Smith is going to win because Forest Whitaker is getting all of the critical acclaim.

i don't believe the awards are handed down to the most critically acclaimed. if that was the case, there wouldn't be surprise winners in previous years.

[Moinllieon]

Predictions
BEST PICTURE
Letters from Iwo Jima - I'm a sucker for war movies, but why no Flight 93?

BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland - I would love it if Peter O'Toole wins, but if Forest Whitaker doesn't win, something is seriously wrong.

BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen - Not much debate here I suppose. But does this mean the Queen might have to attend?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls - Seriously, Mark Wahlberg? He played a tough guy from Boston... how does that work?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls - Why no Best Director at least? Seems like the Academy looks down on the effort and direction it takes to make a good musical.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Cars - I guess?

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Pan’s Labyrinth - W00t!

BEST DIRECTING
Martin Scorsese, The Departed - Seriously, it's about time. Though, I can see Clint denying Martin again.

i think the time has changed...after Halle Berry and Denzel Washington taking best actress/actor awards - the floodgate is open for other deserving (and popular) black actors to follow suit.

Except I don't believe Will Smith is deserving this time around, Forest Whitaker and Peter O'Toole were better.

And popularity has very little to do with it, neither Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, nor Harrison Ford ever won any Oscars, and they were/are pretty darn popular at one time or another.