And the Winner Is
Me! For my picks for the academy award winners with an accuracy of 0.95. Well, I'm sure there are million who did better than me though.
Chris Rock presented himself and the Oscars to 3,300 VIPs and 300 more hand-picked fans with a "Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars." at Tinseltown.
As expected it was Mr. Eastwood's boxing drama Million Dollar Baby that made the ceremony special even with just one short of Scorsese's Howard Hughes tale. However, it grabbed 3 of the top 5, IMO making it the most successful picture of the year. Mr. Eastwood is one proud director and he highly deserved his accolade.
The best comeback was obviously the boxing lady herself, after her debut in Boys Don't Cry. I don't think anyone expected to see her onstage since then, but she did, upstaging some of the most prominent figures in HW! Great work Ms. Swank!
I don't know what I did in this life to deserve this, I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. - Ms. Sawnk
Then there was Mr. Foxx who was quite sure of what he was to expect at the event. Sadly, I never had a chance to peak into Ray, but I have no doubt he was way above the others, though I might have favored Leo. That's probably because I watched it! But hey, after all those words Dr. Larry had to utter I think Mr. Freeman deserved his award for his portrayal and narration in the boxing tragedy.
Apart from Million Dollar Baby's success, the other I loved the most about is Finding Neverland. I can still hear Kaczmarek's notes echoing around trying to give life to Mr. Barry and all what surrounds him. No matter how bad Oliver Stone's epic stripped Vangelis' chances, I think Jan was ought to be on the top at any rate.
And to be honest, I had no doubt about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind's screenplay recognition. It's as if I read their minds! This is one of those which proves the mediocre judgment of the panel or whoever who's behind this. However that went, I think this year was fairly better in distribution and balance. After all, it'll take at least two of those Peter Jackson's epics to break that 12 barrier.
And so the list goes as...
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood
Best Achievement in Directing
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Best Achievement in Cinematography
The Aviator - Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Editing
The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Achievement in Art Direction
The Aviator - Dante Ferretti, Francesca LoSchiavo
Best Achievement in Costume Design
The Aviator - Sandy Powell
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Finding Neverland - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Diarios de motocicleta - Jorge Drexler("Al Otro Lado Del Río")
Best Achievement in Makeup
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso
Best Achievement in Sound
Ray - Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Incredibles - Michael Silvers, Randy Thom
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Spider-Man 2 - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
The Incredibles (2004) - Brad Bird
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Mar adentro - Alejandro Amenábar(Spain)
Best Documentary, Features
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids - Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Mighty Times: The Children's March - Robert Hudson, Robert Houston
Best Short Film, Animated
Ryan - Chris Landreth
Best Short Film, Live Action
Wasp - Andrea Arnold
Naz 
Monday, February 28, 2005 | 
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He.. I think Ms. Swank would have had her thoughts set too. Most preffered Annette Bening with all her experience and the earlier rivalry which ended up in a bad result. But again it was a repeat.
Only watched the trailer of Aviator, it was pretty nice though. So I think it deserved its place in the awards. Leaving that the only one I could be happy of is obviously MDB.. well done Mister Eastwood!!
Well, As I said earlier most were pretty much fair this time. But some that really missed their place in the awards were, The Passion of the Christ, The Polar Express and The Phantom of the Opera, though I doubt Mr Schumacher or Webber expected anything big out of it.
Finding Neverland was in the top charts from the very begining. However, it's rather silent drop was to be expected when contesting with such great peices.
Another thing that slipped pass me was Alan Alda's nomination. I thought Dr. Larry had his call, just to notice the irritating Senetor had a very strong presentation of himself to fall just short of the man known to be much more than just a Scrap-Iron.
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