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OFFICIAL: The Oscars Nominations 2003

Well, here they are people, see what you think and reply with your votes. As like MG, my choices is marked with an X.

THE OSCARS 2003 NOMINATIONS

Best picture
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
XX - The Pianist
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers


Best director
Stephen Daldry (The Hours)
Rob Marshall (Chicago)
Pedro Almodovar (Talk To Her)
Roman Polanski (The Pianist)
XX - Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York)


Best actor
Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
Nicolas Cage (Adaptation)
Sir Michael Caine (The Quiet American)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
XX - Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)


Best actress
XX - Salma Hayek (Frida)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Diane Lane (Unfaithful)
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Renèe Zellweger (Chicago)


Best supporting actor
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Ed Harris (The Hours)
Paul Newman (Road to Perdition)
John C Reilly (Chicago)
XX - Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can)


Best supporting actress
XX - Kathy Bates (About Schmidt)
Queen Latifah (Chicago)
Julianne Moore (The Hours)
Meryl Streep (Adaptation)
Catherine Zeta Jones (Chicago)


Best original screenplay
Far From Heaven
Gangs of New York
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Talk to Her
XX - Y tu Mama Tambien

Best adapted screenplay
About a Boy
Adaptation
XX - Chicago
The Hours
The Pianist

Best animated film
Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
XX - Spirited Away
Treasure Planet


Best art direction
Chicago
Frida
Gangs of New York
XX - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Road To Perdition


Best cinematography
Chicago
Far From Heaven
XX - Gangs Of New York
The Pianist
Road to Perdition


Best costume design
Chicago
Frida
XX - Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Pianist


Best documentary
XX - Bowling For Columbine
Daughter From Danang
Prisoner of Paradise
Spellbound
Winged Migration


Best documentary short
The Collector of Bedford Street
Mighty Times: The Legend of Rosa Parks
Twin Towers
XX - Why Can't We Be a Family Again?


Best editing
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
XX - The Pianist


Best foreign language film
XX - El Crimen del Padre Almaro (Mexico)
Hero (China)
The Man Without a Past (Finland)
Nowhere in Africa (Germany)
Zus & Zo (The Netherlands)

Best makeup
XX - Frida
The Time Machine



Best original score
XX - Catch Me If You Can (John Williams)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Frida (Elliot Goldenthal)
The Hours (Philip Glass)
Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman)

Best music (song)
Burn it Blue (Frida)
Father and Daughter by Paul Simon (The Wild Thornberry's Movie)
The Hands That Built America by U2 (Gangs of New York)
XX - I Move On (Chicago)
Lose Yourself by Eminem (8 Mile)


Best animated short film
The Cathedral
The Chubbchubbs!
Das Rad
XX - Mike's New Car
Mt Head

Best short film
Fait D'Hiver
I'll Wait for the Next One
Inja (Dog)
Johnny Flynton
This Charming Man (Der er en Yndig Mand)

Best sound
Chicago
Gangs of New York
XX - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Road to Perdition
Spider-Man


Best visual effects
XX - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Spider-Man
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

mleh... i dont think musicals should qualify for best picture.. but whatever...

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i thought chicago was ok, but i've already seen Dancer in the Dark and Moulin Rouge, and it just seemed like a mixture of the two.

plus.... i had absolutely no compassion for zelweggers character whatsoever, and im a fan of her's, so i can't say i liked the glorification of her role particularly....

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True---Musicals shouldn't, and since Gere didn't get nominated, usually a sign of how the Academy would think, here it goes for my picks.

I won't go into total detail like my Critic Brother Mystic, cause most of his picks in those categories are mine, xcept the main ones.

Best Song-Hands Across America-U2

Best Animated Film--(Tie) Spirted Away and Lilo and Stitch (Hey its a Hawaii vote for the Lilo, but overall Its Spirted.best animated film of the year)

Best Adapted Screenplay--The Hours--heading into the event I would have guessed Chicago, but after hearing Oscar Nominations, vote has switched to The Hours.

Best Original Screenplay--Gangs of New York

Best Supporting Actress--Kathy Bates and Julianne have been odds on favorite for this Cat. in fact I think I said in my Golden Globes handicap, the same 5 would be nominated again. But my pick, out of all 5 actresses, it would have to go to Meryl Streep for Adaptation, she was just simply amazing in this film, and should get award.

Best Supporting Actor--From the Beginning I would have said it would have came down to Paul Newman and Christopher Walken (This is one of his best roles that he has done), but my pick, out of all the actors would be Chris Cooper for his just amazing performance in Adaptation.

Best Actress--Sorry M.S., Salma as good as she was will not will the oscar, my pick and this is a hard cat. for that it is a three woman race between Kidman/Zellwegger/and Lane, and my pick for the Oscar will be Diane Lane for her role in Unfaithful.

Best Actor--Jack Nicholson--nuff said.

Best Director--Martin Scorscese

Best Picture--From the Beginning, I have been huge fans of the Globe winners Chicago and The Hours. The Hours will probably win, but my upset pick is The Gang of The Hours.

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these nominations are bull shit

theres basicaly the same 4 or 5 movies.. in all the nominations


Gangs of New York.. sucked folks..... i mean.. yea.. there was cool fighting and even some good acting... but the movie... just wasnt that amazing..

Adaptation.. should have a nomination in every category and yet it does not... it is one of the most amazing mixes of editing/screenplay/ and acting brilliance.. and deserves waaay more credit

My Big Fat Greek Wedding... is a prime example of EVERYTHING a movie SHOULD be.. and it only got a screenplay nomination... [was the acting in that movie not superb??]

i agree w/ pHo.... Chicago is a 'been there, done that' type of movie.. its certainly nothing new.. its well done.. and very entertaining.. but its based of broadway... i mean.. it can only be but soo good.

The Pianist... is a work of art... and should win most of its nominations... best director id say

MYSTi and i are both MYSTified... as to... how Y Tu Mama Tambien didnt get a foreign film nomination.. and how City Of God.. has no mention whatsoever... [a film that knocks the socks off .. almost all the nominations.


and i hope Spirited Away takes hom the Best Animated Film award... as the others are NOTHING by comparison..

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Y Tu Mama Tabien wasn't nominated cause their country didn't submit nomination in time. sucks doesn't it

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I was also saddened to see nothing from Confessions of a Dangerous Mind nominated. I thought the premise of the movie was incredible.

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Originally posted by krazyfoo

The Pianist... is a work of art... and should win most of its nominations... best director id say

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Re: OFFICIAL: The Oscars Nominations 2003

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Originally posted by Mystic Slippers

Best music (song)
Lose Yourself by Eminem (8 Mile)

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Originally posted by MovieGod
Y Tu Mama Tabien wasn't nominated cause their country didn't submit nomination in time. sucks doesn't it

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*^5's MG* hehe

Best Actress--Shame coz i think Salama was superb as Frida. And it's a shame the movie didn't get the recognition it so richly deserved in theatres.

"Best Actor--Jack Nicholson--nuff said." - Hell yeah, Jack was just breathtakingly good in About Schmidt and i totally loved that movie.

"Best Director--Martin Scorscese" = I also think Scorcese in my heart of hearts. Purely coz the media have played up the fact about it. More a 'pressure' gong than anything and i don't agree with it. I thought GoNY was boring and i normally like Scorcese movies. But he doesn't deserve it for this.

Best picture
Chicago

Best director
Martin Scorsese

Best actor
Jack Nicholson

Best actress
Renèe Zellweger

Best supporting actor
Paul Newman

Best supporting actress
Catherine Zeta Jones

Best animated film
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Best music
The Hands That Built America by U2
{but it should be lose yourself}

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Originally posted by Mystic Slippers



Me n h8y is so pissed about that. Y Tu Mama... was a masterpiece. *sob*

And City Of God getting no nominations is equally as disgusting! But then again, was that movie released too late for consideration this year?

Great to see an anime getting a nod. Three cheers for Miyazaki and Spirited Away!

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hah- kids want violence- get them sick of it at a young age, then they won't be looking for it when they're older- providing them with panzy-ass kangaroos and other shit like that just makes them want to beat the shit outta the homos that make it..... well maybe the kids dont, - but i sure as hell do!
From {Kangaroo Jack - TELESYNC - ESOTERiC}

The Pianist should win the oscar but Roman Polanski
troubles might stop it from getting the attention it needs and deserves. I just hope it don't stop Adrien Brody from getting his first oscar for this True master piece I love that movie.

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hah- kids want violence- get them sick of it at a young age, then they won't be looking for it when they're older- providing them with panzy-ass kangaroos and other shit like that just makes them want to beat the shit outta the homos that make it..... well maybe the kids dont, - but i sure as hell do!
From {Kangaroo Jack - TELESYNC - ESOTERiC}

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Originally posted by MovieGod
Best Song-Hands Across America-U2

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XChemical...


yea i saw this the first time... w/ no subs.. as i DID make it through about 6 years of Spanish... took the AP exams and all
not that i can speak it but so well... but i can def understand it.

anyhow... the movie loses little in translation.. as ive seen both the subb'd and non-subb'd so that really isnt a factor.

i thought it was artfully done.... and i assume the version u saw didnt have the boy kissing the other boy.. edited out.. cuz if it idd.. that would almost be ur problem right there.. .. cuz the movie w/o that scene.. is kinda silly.

all in all tho... it was a great story... of comin of age... sex...and mischief... of friendship... and how 'fake love' can tear two people apart... hehe.. blah.. i sound like a movie summary writer


and thats sad to hear that Y.Tu.Mama.Tambien failed... to submit themselves as a Foreign nomination. but at least i have a reason now.


Moviegod... are u not a big fan of Adaptation? .. i see u left only room for Meryl STreep (tho i agree she was amazing.) just thought ud see the genius of Charlie Kaufman... and his fake screen credits i mean his genius transcends the movie.... and film itself

hrm... /me gets of Kaufmans dick

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Originally posted by XCheMiCal
I would have to disagree with you on that Y Tu Mama tabien wasn't a very good movie. just out of curiosity did you see it from the english with sub's point of view or spanish?...EDIT

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i would like to see roman polanski for best director, adaptaition for best adapted screenplay, and the man without a past for best foreign language film, even though aki kaurismäki once said that hes feet are never going to touch the ground of hollywood.

for the rest, i go with mystics picks

the bad thing about the oscars for me is that the trend amongst the academy seems to be to vote for movies that well just wont be remembered as classics it happens too much, like for instance when shawshank redemption was nominated and umm....forest gump won. FOTR gets nominated and beautiful mind wins....i mean c'mon beautiful mind is a good film but not what i'd call a classic, a classic to me is something that will be remembered in years to come. I think the lord of the rings movies have potential to be classics. I mean look at the oscars 20 odd yrs ago wqhen star wars was nominated... it didnt win but became a classic. And look at titanic winning all those oscars i mean apart from the last 30 mins its just a run of the mill love story. nothing special about it. I think scorcesse will take something home, the academy tend to give stuff out to veterans and if jack nicholson gets another one well fuck that its a fix like last yr didnt anyone think how convenient it was that afro-americans won all that shit its all a dumb ass ploy its like the whole show was filmed that way, but dont get me wrong halle berry deserved her oscar i saw the movie n she played her character well, denzel i'm not so sure about. N how come antwone fisher aint in the nominations that movie was really good, and narc another good movie...the oscars just aint what they used to be, there are far many more independant movies out there that are much more deserving than the big name hollywood shite chicago is in my opinion over rated nothing that wasnt done 50 yrs ago by better ppl. a good yr for the box office but not that good for the oscars...GUYS DO UR SELF A FAVOR FIRE UR ACADEMY MEMBERS N GET SOME NEW ONES. pianist better win shit thats damn good movie, the one light of salvation for me is micheal moore getting nominated for bowling for columbine right on man!!! eminem nominated for loose urself, i wish he would do just that (i wonder when the eminem backlash is gonna start) he's over played now was novel at first but he's just a dumb twat with a big mouth n ppl think he's the voice of a generation welp he sure dont speak for most o the ppl i know. he pulled off the acting thing tho, in a wierd kinda ironic way i think i prefer him as an actor. all in all its sad but true 2003 oscars are gonna be a let down the obvious will win and the deserving will walk outa there thinking fuck it i'll stay at home n order pizza next time

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Originally posted by DrxLecter That would be interesting, i'd like to see polanski walk on stage and immediately be arrested...

BTW: I have no personal problem with polanski, it would jsut be funny to watch

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