The Last 5 Year OSCARS
The Last 5 Year OSCARS
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#1The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:30pm
Pick your choice of the top Oscar winners for the past five years. I’ll compile the votes around the end of July and we’ll see which films/ performances are our favorite from the past five years. Choose carefully! This may be more difficult than you think.
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Slumdog Millionaire
No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Crash
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Sean Penn, Milk
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
George Clooney, Syriana
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Ethan & Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#2The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:39pm
I'll get the ball rolling.
BEST PICTURE
The Departed
BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
BEST ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
#2The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 3:58pm
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#3The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:02pm
Great game. Your right though it's not easy.
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan & Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
#4The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:05pm
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis- There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
I'm sorry but it's a tie
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Kate Winslet- The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'nique- Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee- Brokeback Mountain
"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#5The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:08pm
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (This was the hardest for me!)
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#6The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:18pmThe hardest, IMHO, was most definitely choosing between Winslet and Mirren.
#7The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:38pm
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: (TIE) Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener/Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
ADDING
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#8The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:39pm
The Hurt Locker
Daniel Day Lewis
Helen Mirren
Heath Ledger
Tilda Swinton
Ang Lee
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#9The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:30pm
No Country For Old Men
Sean Penn, Milk
Kate Winslet, The Reader
George Clooney, Syriana
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Americanboy, I agree my hardest choice was between Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren too.
KFTC!!!!!
#10The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 6:06pm
The Hurt Locker
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
(tied) Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker and Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
#11The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 6:13pm
BEST PICTURE
The Departed
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 7:23pm
BEST PICTURE
None of them are worthy of Best Picture. This award should go to THERE WILL BE BLOOD, which stupidly lost to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk tied with
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
#13The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 7:51pm
BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#14The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 8:22pm
Roscoe said,
"BEST PICTURE
None of them are worthy of Best Picture. This award should go to THERE WILL BE BLOOD, which stupidly lost to NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN."
Totally agree.
kover22
Leading Actor Joined: 5/13/05
#15The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 10:54pm
BEST PICTURE
should be There will be Blood!!!! but I will pick No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton
BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan & Joel Coen 'No Country for Old Men'
I have RSD...but it doesn't have me!!!!
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#16The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/28/10 at 10:58pm
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
#17The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 2:13am
I have to say some of these options are pretty terrible, but here it goes:
BEST PICTURE
THE HURT LOCKER
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, MILK
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, LA VIE EN ROSE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
tied with CHRISTOPH WALTZ, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS (So many wonderful villains to choose from, by the way)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA (A priceless, incredibly brilliant performance)
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#18The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 2:49am
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
(I don't even begin to understand the derision here for this film. I would call it, without hesitation, a masterpiece. It is the perfect marriage of filmmakers and source material.)
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#19The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 9:13amSee, I've never understood the adoration for NO COUNTRY. I would call it, without hesitation, entirely adequate in every way. It is the most surrealistically overrated non-Eastwood-directed film of the decade.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/
Updated On: 6/29/10 at 09:13 AM
#20The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 9:15am
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren, The Queen
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#21The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 11:14am
Roscoe, I hated Old Country. So did my husband and son. The only thing we liked was Javier Bardem's villain, and that wasn't enough to carry it. I remember everyone else raving about it, and thinking did we miss something?
Same thing happened with me with Lost in Translation. I didn't get the raves. Just one of those things I guess.
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#22The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 11:41amNO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN still gives me goosebumps. Brilliant, all the way through.
#23The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:23pmApparently you aren't Cormac McCarthy fans...
"I seem to have wandered into the BRAIN load-out thread... "
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"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
-skibumb5290
-best12bars
"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
-skibumb5290
#24The Last 5 Year OSCARS
Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:26pmMarion Cotillard gave what is probably the best performance I've ever seen on film.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
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