Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Well, The Good Shepherd also has the ASC nomination, so there may be some rewarding of the art work put into the design of the film, but don't forget the other list of movies we have to call Oscar nominees: Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones, Pearl Harbor and Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole C...

I'm looking for The Departed to pick up the nod here. Shoot outs in a prestigeous Scorcese film; hands down nominee. Cars will have to settle for Sound Effects Editing and Superman Returns will have to be glad for whatever it gets. As far as Sound Editing is concerned, I'm expecting: Cars Casino Ro...

Here are the official nominations from the Cinema Audio Society: THE NOMINEES FOR THE CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 2006 Motion Pictures Babel Blood Diamond Dreamgirls Flags of our Fathers Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Television Movies and...

I'm just thankful that Babel didn't win because I feel it should be ineligable for any awards for it's score. Did anyone think that the music playing when Cate Blanchett was lifted away by the helicopter sounded a little familiar? Does anyone remember The Insider? It's the exact same score that was...

With 24, Lost and Heroes in the competition, Grey's Anatomy was just a popularity contest. Hopefully, we won't see anymore awards for it, I already devoted myself to one hospital drama where the doctors do nothing but sleep with each other and the hospital takes backstage (remember ER, anyone?). Th...

Yes, but The Passion of the Christ had made numerous headlines throughout the year (not just with Mel Gibson), broke over $600 Million worldwide, so it was a movie that was considered a juggernaut. If it was completely ignored by the academy, then there would have been a religious revolt against th...

I couldn't disagree more, since there is a distinct difference between the two catagories. While sound honors the use of all the sound elements (effects, music, dialog, etc) to achieve an artistic use. Think of The Insider; a surprise nominee for sound since this is a catagory typically reserved fo...

Is everybody forgetting another set of music video directors turned motion picture directors: David Fincher has made a great career for himself and Spike Jonze is a fantastic director. However, the only thing hindering LMS's chances in my book isn't the music video aspect, it's the dual director as...

I don't know how you could call Thank You for Smoking's chances wobbly. It would appear to have considerable support. Not to mention a strong family name around Hollywood as well, look what it did for little Sofia. A nomination for Smoking here would be a way to welcome a rookie writer. Prada also ...

In my opinion, the three nominees will be: Click Pan's Labyrinth The Prestige I've been saying The Prestige would be a finalist for make-up since I saw the movie and how it used faux make-up to disguise the two leads numerous times. Then there's the period make-up as well, not to mention the body d...

In that case, get rid of Apocalypto, since the make-up team from that film already earned a nomination back in 2004 for Passion of the Christ. If they couldn't win there, they will definantly falter with Apocalypto while Dreamgirls will make the final seven, even the final three. I wasn't aware of ...

Okay, this is usually the toughest to predict and I will be the first to admit that I'll be wrong, but I'll give it a shot anyway: Apocalypto Click The DaVinci Code The Good Shepherd Marie Antoinette The Prestige The Queen Other possibilties were Dead Man's Chest and The Fountain, but Apocalypto ha...

Dead Man's Chest will win for two factors: highest grossing film of the year and franchise denied during the LotR sweep. Superman Returns may have had the larger budget, but there were more detractors from this film than with Pirates, so it's chances of being a well liked dark horse candidate are o...