OSCARS
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I'm happy! Okay, happy is a serious understatement. Elated is more like it. I don't remember the last time I was more pleased with the Oscars. Here's a list of the winners:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Sean Penn for Mystic River (2003)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Charlize Theron for Monster (2003)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Tim Robbins for Mystic River (2003)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003)
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Russell Boyd
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Jamie Selkirk
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Ngila Dickson
Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Richard Taylor, Peter King
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Howard Shore
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Frances Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox ("Into the West")
Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) - Richard King
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Finding Nemo (2003) - Andrew Stanton
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Invasions barbares, Les (2003) (Canada)
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) - Errol Morris, Michael Williams
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Chernobyl Heart (2003) - Maryann DeLeo
Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Harvie Krumpet (2003) - Adam Elliot
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Two Soldiers (2003) - Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks
Source: http://www.imdb.com (I just pasted this because it will probably be off of the homepage in a few days)
And now for the comments:
ROTK won in ALL 11 categories for which it was nominated, and they deserved it. Not only is LOTR 3 of the best movies I've ever seen, ROTK is the best installment. The critics always gave the Trilogy the recognition it deserved, but the Academy did not... until tonight. It is kind of sad that there won't be any more installments to anticipate, but what better way to close the book on the Trilogy than with a bang like tonight?
Master and Commander won Best Cinematography. I knew they had it the moment I walked out of the theatre. The shots, cuts, and everything else were pheonomenal. I loved this film too - it's a great one!
I have to see Mystic River now. I don't know how I missed it. I guess I didn't catch all of the buzz until the past 2 weeks or so. I'll have to rent it and see what the big deal is. Of course, with Tim Robbins and Sean Penn in it, I'm bound to love it. Those two know how to act.
Finding Nemo won Best Animated Feature. Yay!!!! That movie was so cute and just plain awesome. Of course I'm going to say that since I'm Pixar-Obsessed. I can't help it.
I don't think I'll be seeing Monster. A movie about a serial-killing prostitute? No way. Especially not if it has Christina Ricci in it. She's never been one of my faves. If I made a worst-actor/actress list, she'd be first.
There you have it - my two cents on the Oscars. Hope you enjoyed it.
Well tomorrow I go to get my car fixed. Then I'm headed off to Ang's house. We're going to go to the Country Club on Tues. with Kristen to see about getting her an application to work there. I'll try to get on to update this tomorrow, but if not I'll post again Tues. night. Hope everyone has a great Monday. It's the beginning of the week, but hey, it's one day closer to Friday :). Toodles everyone!