February 28, 2006

Todd's Oscar Picks

(Posted In Giveaways )

oscar2.jpgWell, the Oscars are now less than a week away and our first annual Oscar Pool is, frankly, rather feeble. Feeble and shallow. Yes, we've got a whopping five entries so far, duking it out for the princely sum of ten dollars. So come on, people, get on it.

As added incentive - and to provide ample opportunity for mocking - I present here my picks.

I feel, in my own defense, that I should point something out before continuing here. I've usually seen at least three of the best picture nominees in any given year, but this year ... zero. Not a one. Seriously. Not sure how that happened, but there it is. So this is really all random guesswork based on other award wins, general buzz, and my own gut feelings.

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon
Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti ('cause he's got to win eventually, dammit!)
Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams
Director: Ang Lee
Foreign Film: Sophie Scholl (Holocaust angst gives this the edge over Tsotsi)
Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain
Original Screenplay: Crash
Animated Feature: Wallace and Gromit
Art Direction: Memoirs of a Geisha
Cinematography: The New World
Sound Mixing: War of the Worlds (tripod emergence alone should win this)
Sound Editing: War of the Worlds (they have two sound Oscars? What the hell?)
Original Score: Brokeback Mountain (when in doubt ...)
Original Song: Crash
Costume: Memoirs of a Geisha
Documentary Feature: March of the Penguins (but I hope Murderball gets it)
Documentary Short: God Sleeps in Rwanda
Editing: Munich
Makeup: Narnia
Animated Short: One Man Band (because it's Pixar, though I hope 9 gets it)
Live Action Short: Six Shooter (totally random pick)
Visual Effects: War of the Worlds

» Posted by Todd at February 28, 2006 03:59 PM
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Reader Comments

are you having another oscar party this year?

» Posted by Nick at February 28, 2006 04:41 PM

Nope, pulling a night shift.

» Posted by Todd at February 28, 2006 04:56 PM

we share a glimmer of hope that the new world will get a cinematography nod despite being overshadowed by the biggies at this year's ceremony.

» Posted by mike rot at February 28, 2006 05:15 PM

I dunno about some of your picks, insiders are telling me that Walk the Line is gonna take the mixing Oscar, and I have to agree with them.

» Posted by Joel at March 1, 2006 05:58 PM

Walk the Line would be the other obvious choice there thanks to the musical content but I went with the Speilberg because a) he's Spielberg and that alone will generate a lot of votes and b) as clumsy and manipulative as War of the Worlds was at times on a story level it's bloody fantastic on a technical level.

» Posted by Todd at March 1, 2006 06:17 PM

crash was so awful in my opinion.

» Posted by fannyslacks at March 2, 2006 02:57 PM

Wheee! I'm gonna win me some $10.

» Posted by Kurt at March 2, 2006 11:07 PM

I admit it, except the Foreign Film and the top 4 awards, I just chose at random. The jackpot's all yours! ^_^

» Posted by x at March 3, 2006 01:15 AM

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