And the winner is...
Okay! Here is my list of winners for the 2006 oscars. As always my predictions are guaranteed 100% accurate unless they’re wrong. Enjoy!
I’ll start with the ones I really have no clue about.
Best Short Film, Live Action
Six Shooter (2005) - Martin McDonagh
Why? It’s called Six Shooter it must be tough
Best Short Film, Animated
One Man Band (2005) - Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez
Just a guess really, no reasoning
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005) - Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson
Emmmm…
Best Documentary, Features
Marche de l'empereur, La (2005) - Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau
Penguins are super cute!
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Paradise Now (2005) - Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine)
Don’t ask why, I know these things.
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) - Steve Box, Nick Park
Kicks Corpse Bride’s Ass!
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
King Kong (2005) - Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor
Screw you War of the Worlds!
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
King Kong (2005) - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
Again, see above
Best Achievement in Sound
Walk the Line (2005) - Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland
Because you’re mine, I walk the line
Best Achievement in Makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Howard Berger, Tami Lane
They gotta win something.
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Hustle & Flow (2005) - Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard ("It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp")
I just like the title
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Gustavo Santaolalla
Yee-haw, gay cowboys
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Colleen Atwood
I might have an easier time predicting if I had seen all these movies…
Best Achievement in Art Direction
King Kong (2005) - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Simon Bright
King Kong was actually quite the artiste!
Best Achievement in Editing
Munich (2005) - Michael Kahn
Eric Bana screwing, together with scenes of palestians killing people. Hilarious!
Best Achievement in Cinematography
The New World (2005) - Emmanuel Lubezki
This one deserves it
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
For some reason people think it’s novel to see two gay men romantically involved on the big screen, I don’t blame them
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach
SQUID!!!
Best Achievement in Directing
Steven Spielberg for Munich (2005)
I don’t care if he’s an underdog baby!
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener (2005)
I really liked her in this role.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Everyone is on about Heath, but I thought Jake did a really good job.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005)
She’s quite the singer
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005)
I’m not going to try and argue this one
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Diana Ossana, James Schamus
I liked it, shut up.
Well those are the predictions. Please feel free to post your own predictions, I’d love to compare and make fun of your choices.
Dan wonders how he could be any more awesome