*** Official 2003 Academy Awards Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Vickie_M]

BEST PICTURE
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER
SEABISCUIT

DIRECTING
CITY OF GOD
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Johnny Depp - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Jude Law - COLD MOUNTAIN
Bill Murray - LOST IN TRANSLATION
:star: Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER
Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS
Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA
:star: Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER
Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER
Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA
:star: Charlize Theron - MONSTER
Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL
Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER
Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN
:star: Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BROTHER BEAR
:star: FINDING NEMO
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE

ART DIRECTION
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

CINEMATOGRAPHY
CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
:star: MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

COSTUME DESIGN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
:star: THE FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
ASYLUM
:star: CHERNOBYL HEART
FERRY TALES

FILM EDITING
CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
:star: THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
EVIL
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI
TWIN SISTERS
ŽELARY

MAKEUP
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

MUSIC (SCORE)
BIG FISH
COLD MOUNTAIN
FINDING NEMO
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SONG)
:star: "Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND
"Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN
"The Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

SOUND
THE LAST SAMURAI
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SEABISCUIT

SOUND EDITING
FINDING NEMO
:star: MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

VISUAL EFFECTS
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
CITY OF GOD
:star: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MYSTIC RIVER
SEABISCUIT

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
FINDING NEMO
IN AMERICA
:star: LOST IN TRANSLATION

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
BOUNDIN'
DESTINO
GONE NUTTY
:star: HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
:star: TWO SOLDIERS

(Admin note - Winners now have a :star: next to them)

 

[Dana Fillhart]

Is this prediction for winner or is this for discussion? If prediction...placeholder

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

I guess I do have one more film to see from the Top 6 categories and then I'm done - Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give.

~Edwin

 

[Craig S]

I hope this is for discussion. I'll be posting the prediction thread momentarily.

 

[Peter Kline]

Thread Title should say "Complete list of Oscar 2003 Nominations" or something like that.

Anyway go here for all nominees.

And yes, everybody will have a favorite that was not nominated. So what else is new?

 

[Craig S]

OK, this is wierd:

The main list at main list at oscar.com has Finding Nemo as a nominee for Sound Editing. The "printable list" has RotK!!

Major screwup by the Academy. They're going to have to go with both to be fair.

 

[Bryan Tuck]

Well, of course, I'm thrilled about ROTK's 11 nominatoins (espeially glad about the writing nod), although I wish Sean Astin had been in there, too.

But the one I was really happy with was Keisha Castle-Hughes for Best Actress. Seriously, anyone who has not seen Whale Rider needs to. What a wonderful film, and wonderful performance; I'm glad the voters remebered it.

As much as I realize how much politics goes into all this, I'm really pretty pleased with most of the nominations. Some really good films being recognized here.

EDIT: Wow, I hadn't noticed that discrepency between the two lists on Sound Editing. I hope they get that worked out.

 

[Haggai]

Wow, mad props for City of God, I wasn't even sure it was up for this year's awards. As usual, when a foreign language film gets a few major nominations, the weird Foreign Language Film category isn't one of them. The DVD is coming out within a couple of weeks of the awards ceremony, so hopefully more people will see this fantastic movie now.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Well, it's that time of the year again.

This is the Official 2003 Academy Award Nomination Discussion Thread.

Official 2003 Academy Award Winner Prediction Thread




Crawdaddy

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

That's because City of God isn't eligible for Foreign Language Film this year.

~Edwin

 

[Brian W.]

Oh, my God, guys... this may be historic, or the first time in many, many years this has happened:

3 of the 5 Best Picture nominees have NO acting nominations!

 

[Vickie_M]

I'm amazed, I've actually seen all the films in all the categories that aren't called Foreign Language (I've seen 2), Documentary (0), and the two shorts (0 each). I think that's a record for me!

This is for discussion of the nominations. If the mods want to change the thread title, no problem.


I'm just over the moon about
Djimon Hounsou
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Samantha Morton
Naomi Watts
CITY OF GOD (4 nominations!!)
THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI (2 nominations!! One of my favorite films from last year)
"The Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (the coolest song in the world)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR wasn't shut out
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS wasn't shut out

 

[Vickie_M]

Oh, while I was writing, I see the title was changed. Thanks!

 

[Craig S]

OK, looks like this is the official discussion therad. I've created the prediction thread here:

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...hreadid=180917

Still some details to fill in, but I've got to get to work!!

Everybody join the fun and make your predictions!

 

[Brian W.]

Craig is right about the discrepancy between the printable list and the online list. What is up with that? A typo, or are we seeing an Academy slip-up -- a runner-up being accidentally listed?

 

[Nathan V]

Holy Shit!

City of God- FOUR Noms including Best Director!!! I must be in Heaven. Admit it, NOBODY saw that coming. And also, Miramax does not have a BP nom. The streak is broken. Disappointed to se The Whale Rider Girl (not even going to try to type her name correctly) over Evan Rachel Wood. Oh Well.

 

[Brian Dobbs]

Where the hell is Matrix Reloaded for Visual Effects? I can't be the only one who thinks it's inherently wrong for it not to be nominated!

 

[Kevin Grey]

This was discussed a while ago but sadly neither Matrix film made the final seven finalists for the Visual Effects nomination. There is no greater proof of Matrix backlash than that.

 

[Haggai]

Can you give a quick rundown of why that is, Edwin? I know that each country can only nominate one film for the foreign language category, but how is it that a movie can be nominated for other categories without even being eligible for best foreign film?

 

[Jake Gove]

Three comedic acting nominations are surprising. Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, and Diane Keaton. IMHO the only worthy one is Murray. Keaton is too over the top in Something's Gotta Give, and Depp's role is too lightweight.