2005 Oscars — Page 4

No, Moore's not submitting his film had to do with wanting it aired on TV, which would make it ineligible. He did then say that he was ok with it because he knew he would win and that this would give someone else a chance in a year of good docs.

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Yeah, the rules were always like that. Thats why Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon wasn't nominated for Best Drama Film despite it winning Best Director.

I don't think the celebrity chasers that call themselves the Hollywood Press Association even know what a documentary is, as they don't give awards for that category.

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What I'm rooting for:

Phantom
Finding Neverland

and I've heard Eternal Sunshine is awsome. though I've never seen it.

The following post is an observation, NOT a flame, NOR my attempt to change anyone's opinon.


I think that the Academy likes it's advertising dollars. After all, it is equated to the Superbowl when it comes to advertsing women's products.

If the Academy were to give a Best Picture Oscar to Farenheit 9/11 they would lose the 51% of us that voted for Bush.

One article I read indicated that if 9/11 is even nominated, millions of people won't tune in to the Oscars at all.


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On the Animated film category..

As far as only three nominations goes, sometimes there are barely that many. I mean didn't that crappy Atlantis movie get nominated a couple years ago just because there was no one else to nominate?

This also goes back to that it's unfortunate when a great movie losed Best Picture to a better movie just because they came out in the same year (like The Wizard of Oz losing to Gone With the Wind) but then a crappy movie like Unforgiven winning because there was nothing else good that year.

Ok, Plum, we heard you. Your opinion of F9/11 has been heard loud and clear. Thank you.

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If it makes you feel better, I loved F9/11, but I don't think it will be nominated for Best Picture.

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Sorry to burst your bubble Plum, but Hero was already nominated for Best Foreign Film back in 2002. The reason why it took so long for it to be released in the States was because Harvey Weinstein didn't feel like releasing it (not even on DVD) after he bought the American rights to it. It wasn't until Quentin Taratino, fresh off of Kill Bill success, finally got Harvey to do a theatrical release.

Since it was already nominated for Best Foreign Film, the rules state that it is no longer eligible for other awards too. So unlike City of God where it failed to get nominated for Best Foreign Film in 2002, but was able to get nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Director in 2003.

The rules are a bit weird for foreign films. If they are just submitted but not released theatrically in the U.S, then they are still eligible for Best Foreign Film (but no other category)if their host country(only one allowed her country) wishes to submit that film that year if they play in L.A. for 2-3 days. If they fail to get nominated for Best Foreign Film, but they do a wide theatrical (wide meaning limited too, I think) then they are still eligible to get nominated for other categories if they wish to do so. If they were nominated, they can't.

Some movies like Life is Beautiful and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon lucked out because they were widely released in the same year they were eligible for Best Foreign Film. Therefore could get nominated for all the categories including Foreign Film.

Of course, my citation of the rules are a bit iffy. You're best bet is to check out Oscar.org and read them yourself.

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PLUM: Why did 9/11, The Passion and Diaries piss you off? If you don't mind me asking?

I enjoyed all three.

Thanks for sharing Plum!