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Re: Treasure Planet. I've never understood the brickbats flung at this film. No, it's not in the class of Spirited Away, but it's an enjoyable little film, and it's superbly animated. Among the five nominees, I would rank it ahead of Spirit, which was gorgeous as well but was dragged down by the...

Lots of good discussion here about the MM incident. I'm going to offer my take on it, hopefully without going where I shouldn't go... My problem with Michael Moore (last night and overall) is not really political at all. It's with the fact that he is basically a boor. Although my politics...

Nice pics, Thomas. All of the ladies looked good tonight. There was a refreshing lack of swan costumes, etc.! ;)

My thoughts: Steve Martin has proven his success two years ago was no fluke. IMO he's earned the spot as long as he wants it. Bring him back next year!! As far as I was concerned, there were no stinkers (and some nice surprises) in tonight's awards. I'm very happy overall. A few pages...

As of 6:20 PM CST today, here's the HTF Consensus picks for tonight's Oscars. I counted everyone in the prediction thread, as well as those who recently posted predictions in this thread. The nominees are presented in order of votes received, with our picks for the winnera highlighted in red...

Don't get me wrong - I have no problem with Chicago winning. I'm just tired of hearing about it! ;) In fact, all five BP nominees are in my Top Ten - or will be when I finally post my long-overdue update (and HTF Award noms). As far as Miramax - no argument about the overall quality of...

OK, Brian, Seth, break it up... ;) David Poland's weekly Oscar column is up, and ole Dave seems pretty down on the whole Oscar thing, thanks mainly to the "dirty tricks" campaigning by one studio in particular (hint, begins with 'M', ends with 'x'). Interesting reading. I have to admit...

After finally seeing The Pianist today, I have to say the Academy did a pretty damn good job with their Best Picture nominees this year. I rated three of the five nominees (Hours, Pianist, TTT) 10/10, one (Chicago) I'm wavering between 9 & 10, and the "worst" of the lot is GoNY, which despite...

Someone asked earlier how Pixar's "Mike's New Car" short was eligible, being as most of us saw it on the Monsters, Inc. DVD last year. Here's the scoop from (of all places) MoviePoopShoot.com's Oscar analysis:

I'm glad Vickie chimed in - I distinctly remember Enya & Newman/Goodman's performances last year. The problem with Best Song performances in the past had been that so many of the nominees have been syrupy MOR crap. This year, I think the Academy made some pretty good choices:"Lose Yourself"...

David Poland's analysis is up at MovieCity News. Good reading. As a taste, here's what he said about LotR:

Interesting discussion. It's kind of hard to catch up. ;) For the folks asking why only 3 noms for Visual Effects - this category (along with Sound Editing & Makeup) is capped at 3 by the rules. See the AMPAS site for the complete rules. They really do help answer these type of questions...

Oh yeah... we NAILED Best Song!! That's always a tough one. Good job, guys!!

OK folks, I've started a thread for predictions only. When you're ready to weigh in, post your picks here. Relatively few surprises this year. The big one for me is Almodovar over Jackson for director. Quaid being overlooked is a minor surprise. The Pianist is stronger than most of us gave...