'Your Pick from Among the Nominees' - Academy Awards 'o6

[The Little Merman]

It's that time of the year, Oscar season that is! It's your turn to play a member of the Academy and fill out your ballot of who you want to win, and who should have been nominated this year!

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Should Have Been Nominated: WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]
Should Have Been Nominated: Fernando Meirelles [THE CONSTANT GARDENER]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Heath Ledger [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]
Should Have Been Nominated: Ralph Fiennes [THE CONSTANT GARDENER]

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Reese Witherspoon [WALK THE LINE]

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jake Gyllenhaal [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]
Should Have Been Nominated: Ben McKenzie [JUNEBUG]

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams [JUNEBUG]
Should Have Been Nominated: Cameron Diaz [IN HER SHOES]

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
George Clooney & Grant Heslov [GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.]
Should Have Been Nominated: Angus Maclachlan [JUNEBUG]

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rodrigo Prieto [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
THE CONSTANT GARDENER

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Grant Major and Dan Hennah & Simon Bright [KING KONG]

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood [MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA]

ORIGINAL SCORE
Gustavo Santaolalla [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]

ORIGINAL SONG
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" [HUSTLE & FLOW]

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
KING KONG

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE OF THE YEAR
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
PARADISE NOW (Palestine)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

*tlm

[KangarooGirl92]

>ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
>Michelle Williams [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]
>Should Have Been Nominated: Cameron Diaz [IN HER SHOES]

I saw IN HER SHOES but I don't like Cameron Diaz so I disagree w/ u!

[NarniaDis]

Because I have yet to see any the nominies... (or should have beens)
I can't really judge but based on what I've heard should have really come down to:

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN or WALK THE LINE - Picture

other than that of all the info I have the cast of BBM gets my nod for the rest.

[dvdjunkie]

Although "Brokeback Mountain" is a truly beautiful movie and deserves a lot of awards, I don't believe that Hollywood is going give the movie the Best Movie Award. I think that they will be Politically Correct and safe and award it to "CRASH".

Best Actor will probably go to Philip Seymore Hoffman for 'Capote'.

Best Actress will probably go to Reese Witherspoon, but I would like to see Felicity Huffman get it for "Transamerica".

The rest will probably be disappointing so I am not watching the awards this year. Not one really deserving movie is going to get their just rewards.

[Prince Eric]

Although "Brokeback Mountain" is a truly beautiful movie and deserves a lot of awards, I don't believe that Hollywood is going give the movie the Best Movie Award. I think that they will be Politically Correct and safe and award it to "CRASH".

I really don't understand this statement that you have been making over in over again. If they Academy played "Politcally Correct," then wouldn't they give it to Brokeback Mountain, since acceptance of homosexuality is the latest politically correct topic?

[castleinthesky]

Although "Brokeback Mountain" is a truly beautiful movie and deserves a lot of awards, I don't believe that Hollywood is going give the movie the Best Movie Award. I think that they will be Politically Correct and safe and award it to "CRASH".

I really don't understand this statement that you have been making over in over again. If they Academy played "Politcally Correct," then would they give it to Brokeback Mountain, since acceptance homosexuality is the latest politically correct topic?

Yeah, I don't really understand that comment. If Brokeback isn't "politcally correct", neither is Crash, Munich, or even Goodnight and Goodluck, which would leave Capote the only "politically correct" film to win.