Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

PICTURE American Beauty The Green Mile The Sixth Sense Sleepy Hollow The Talented Mr. Ripley DIRECTOR Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow Frank Darabont, The Green Mile Sam Mendes, American Beauty Anthony Minghella, The Talented Mr. Ripley M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense [Burton and Darabont's second nod...

PICTURE Almost Famous Billy Elliot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Gladiator Traffic DIRECTOR Cameron Crowe, Almost Famous Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Ridley Scott, Gladiator Steven Soderbergh, Traffic [Lee, on his second directing nod (after The Ice Storm (19...

PICTURE Bullets Over Broadway Ed Wood Interview With the Vampire Legends of the Fall The Shawshank Redemption DIRECTOR Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway Tim Burton, Ed Wood Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption Neil Jordan, Interview With the Vampire Edward Zwick, Legends of the Fall [Zwick sco...

PICTURE A.I. Artificial Intelligence A Beautiful Mind Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone In the Bedroom Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DIRECTOR Robert Altman, Gosford Park Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring David Lynch, Mullho...

PICTURE Chicago Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Minority Report Road to Perdition Spirited Away DIRECTOR Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Rob Marshall, Chicago Roman Polanski, The Pianist Steven Spielberg, Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg, Minority Report [Jackson earned h...

I enjoyed every one of these, but if I had to choose the least deserving of the actual award, I'd say "Gladiator" (although I own it and I think Crowe was among the best actor choices of the decade for a credible brooding lead performance in a gladiator epic, which few actors could do as ...

This is an almost complete listing for me, but I also need to see other DVDs in the coming months before making this the official 2004 Criddics Awards. PICTURE The Aviator The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Million Dollar Baby The Passion of the Christ Spiderman 2 DIRECTOR Pedro Almodovar, B...

My own feeling about this is that the President will do anything necessary to prevent having to use military force so soon after Iraq. But it is always possible. I read somewhere that Iran won't be an "iminent threat" for years. If that is true, it might be a good idea to wait a little lo...

1. I was never bored. 2. Don Cheadle was excellent at conveying his character's plight. 3. It was an interesting view of history. 4. The film was well-made. 5. It wasn't a higher rating because, while I felt for the main characters, I never quite felt like I was drawn into the events unfolding. It ...

Updates.... I have decided to bold my new additions from now on. * * * * The Aviator Baadasssss! Bad Education Born Into Brothels The Clearing The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Finding Neverland Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Hero The Incredibles Million Dollar Baby The Notebook T...