2005 Oscars

I'm eliminating Fahrenheit 9/11, The Passion of the Christ, and The Motorcycle Diaries from my personal Oscars because they all piss me off. And I Heart Huckabees because I don't think it was that well-liked in some circle. We'll see about Alexander, but I really have my doubts about that. It looks like another Troy to me, but I could be wrong.

Oh, yeah. Why isn't Sideways on that list? It should be.

And I agree about the big epics, Borstalboy. They just don't look that great. The casting just doesn't impress me.

An exception may be Phantom, which I hate on principle, but since people like the musical so much what do I know?

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Becknsale were both quite good at earlier points in their careers. Cate Blanchett is great. We'll see.

And Gwen Stefani? Really?

F9/11 for best feature doc seems like a shoo-in.

The Aviator, and Alexander---really? I thought both looked pretty bad.

The Passion is way too controversial to have even a snowball's chance in hell in getting any Oscar nods.

I'm seeing Finding Neverland tonight though!

Edited: because I changed my mind about F9/11 after reading Auggie's post.

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Updated On: 11/4/04 at 06:07 PM

Fahrenheit 9/11 just wasn't that good a movie. The second half had good moments, but the first half was below average, to put it kindly. No way it should even be nominated for Best Picture.

Rath said it. I guess I'm not the only one who suspected we're sharing a brain. :)

The Oscars usually reward something that's at least meritorious, if not the best. We'll see.

I just hope Laura Linney wins one, she SO deserves it!
Either for p.s. or Kinsey, I'm not fussy. In my view she should at least have a few already.

Moore has said he's not submitting 9/11 in the documentary category--best picture or nothing. I think that's egocentric and foolhardy, and by March, we'll need a big dose of his mania,chutzpah and uncensored tongue. I dare say, he won't be booed this time. Which brings me to...

...JPR, I disagree with you that the film will lose steam and relevance in the shadow of W's ascendency. In a way, I think Bush not being kicked back to Crawford gives the film an ironic edge. Particularly in light of its 120 million hit status -- and remember, Hollywood is an industry town where hits bespeak power. I think the movie will now become that much more famous for the ways it empowered the anti-Bush base and yet didn't unseat him. I hope Moore changes his mind about the documentary nomination, because yes, he's a shoo-in. But to even nominate him for best picture will look like pandering. Not that it's been a stellar year... (I am a VERA DRAKE fan, particularly Staunton.)

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Updated On: 11/4/04 at 06:23 PM

If Passion of the Christ wins any Oscars, I don't think I would be able to stop barfing. It was the same old Mel Gibson movie with over the top one dimensional bad guys and the suffering her, but this time the hero was Jesus so it has to be good.

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Didn't Michael Moore say on Jay Leno that he had sacrificed his Oscar chances by breaking the eligibility rules by allowing F9/11 to be shown on TV?

But in the end it wasn't shown on TV because Pay Per View balked at it, right?

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Yeah but he didn't know that, so he never entered it!