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* My original pick

+ Who I thought would actually get it

$ Who got it

Visual Effects

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN+

I, ROBOT

SPIDER-MAN 2*$

Sound Mixing

THE AVIATOR*

THE INCREDIBLES

THE POLAR EXPRESS

RAY$

SPIDER-MAN 2+

Sound Editing

THE INCREDIBLES*+$

THE POLAR EXPRESS

SPIDER-MAN 2

Makeup

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS*+$

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

THE SEA INSIDE

Film Editing

THE AVIATOR+$

COLLATERAL*

FINDING NEVERLAND

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

RAY

Costume Design

THE AVIATOR $

FINDING NEVERLAND

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS*+

RAY

TROY

Art Direction

THE AVIATOR $

FINDING NEVERLAND

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS*+

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Cinematography

THE AVIATOR $

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS+

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST*

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Original Song

"ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE", Shrek 2*

"AL OTRO LADO DEL RIO", The Motorcycle Diaries $

"BELIEVE", The Polar Express

"LEARN TO BE LONELY", The Phantom of the Opera"

"VOIS SUR TON CHEMIN", The Chorus+

Original Score

JAN A. P. KACZMAREK, Finding Neverland+$

JOHN WILLIAMS, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

THOMAS NEWMAN, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

JOHN DEBNEY, The Passion of the Christ*

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, The Village

Supporting Actor

ALAN ALDA, The Aviator

THOMAS HADEN CHURCH, Sideways

JAMIE FOXX, Collateral+

MORGAN FREEMAN, Million Dollar Baby*$

CLIVE OWEN, Closer

Supporting Actress

CATE BLANCHETT, The Aviator $

LAURA LINNEY, Kinsey

VIRGINIA MADSEN, Sideways

SOPHIE OKONEDO, Hotel Rwanda

NATALIE PORTMAN, Closer*+

Actor

DON CHEADLE, Hotel Rwanda+

JOHNNY DEPP, Finding Neverland

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO, The Aviator

CLINT EASTWOOD, Million Dollar Baby

JAMIE FOXX, Ray*$

Actress

ANNETTE BENING, Being Julia

CATALINA SANDINO MORENO, Maria Full of Grace

IMELDA STAUNTON, Vera Drake

HILARY SWANK, Million Dollar Baby+$

KATE WINSLET, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*

Adapted Screenplay

RICHARD LINKLATER, ETHAN HAWKE, JULIE DELPY, KIM KRIZAN; Before Sunset

DAVID MAGEE, Finding Neverland

PAUL HAGGIS, Million Dollar Baby

JOSE RIVERA, The Motorcycle Diaries

ALEXANDER PAYNE, JIM TAYLOR; Sideways*+$

Original Screenplay

JOHN LOGAN, The Aviator

CHARLIE KAUFMAN, MICHEL GONDRY, PIERRE BISMUTH; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*+$

KEIR PEARSON, TERRY GEORGE; Hotel Rwanda

BRAD BIRD, The Incredibles

MIKE LEIGH, Vera Drake

Director

MARTIN SCORSESE, The Aviator*

CLINT EASTWOOD, Million Dollar Baby+$

TAYLOR HACKFORD, Ray

ALEXANDER PAYNE, Sideways

MIKE LEIGH, Vera Drake

Best Picture

THE AVIATOR

FINDING NEVERLAND

MILLION DOLLAR BABY+$

RAY

SIDEWAYS*

--With the exception of 6 categories, everything that won was either a personal pick or prediction. Hee.

--The Terminator theme was used not once, not twice, but three times by the orchestra over the course of the show. I had no idea Bill Conti was such a fan.

--Scorsese screwed again. BAH.

--Spider-Man 2 won for visual effects! Score!

--Anyone else think Jamie Foxx was a bit confused when RAY won for best sound mixing? The look on his face just said, "Umm, hey guys, did we just win for something?"

--Since Cate won, this technically means that Katherine Hepburn now has a record five oscar wins.

--Chris Rock, while not as charming or entertaining as say, Billy Crystal or Johnny Carson, did a fairly good job. I liked him.

--Thank God Eternal Sunshine won. If it hadn't, I might've been forced to give up film.

--Hilary Swank just HAD to win for Million Dollar Baby. "I don't know what I did in life to deserve all this." Neither do we, Hilary. Now go away.

--Morgan finally got an Oscar. Woo-hoo Morgan!

--The score category sadly proceded as I predicted. Oh well.

--Unfair or not, but I am just sick of Clint Eastwood. I don't really care how good Million Dollar Baby is. I would just much rather have seen Sideways or Ray win instead. And his Lord of the Rings comment from last year? *smack*

And there you have it.

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--Since Cate won, this technically means that Katherine Hepburn now has a record five oscar wins.  

Wait a minute... JW has 5 oscars! (Fiddler, Jaws, Star Wars, ET, Schindler) What record?

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I haven't heard the scores for neither Finding Neverland nor The Village, so I can't really comment on those scores. But, to be honest, I'm sure they're not even half as Good as POA put together. Five Oscar Wins isn't exactly something to be too upset about. I think the thing we all need to remember is that the Academy need to give other composers a fair chance, Imagine if you were a film composer and John Williams kept taking all the Oscars, it just wouldn't seem fair. Also, if John Williams won 'em all the time, it would take away the magic :angry: ... I'm sure he will get at least one more win before he retires (I'm hoping on ROTS)

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Very astute point JackChapple. while I thought Williams HP3 score has some magnificant musical moments, I don't think it really affected the film as much as say, The Village. To be honest, I thought the best score of 2004 was The Incredibles. It works so well with the film. Take away the score and you'd lose something. Same applies to The Village. HP3 was a bloody mess in my opinion and actually diminished my appreciation for Williams' music after seeing it.

I wouldn't be so worried about Johnny. He'll most likely garner a couple nominations for WOTW and ROTS. Maybe even Memoirs of a Geisha. That would be something- 3 noms in one year.

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I don't think the fact that it was animated precluded it from being nominated. Remember Disney animated films won Best Score in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1994. But I think it had more to do with politics. Giacchino's first film project was The Incredibles and voters probably thought he has to "earn" the right to be nominated. Too bad because it was, regardless of its stylistic similarities to Barry, the best score of the year IMO.

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 HP3 was a bloody mess in my opinion and actually diminished my appreciation for Williams' music after seeing it.  

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Why do you say that?

K.M.Who thinks the score worked fine in the film,but didn't stand out that much for some reason

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This year was by far the absolute worst oscar ceremony ever. They cut out all the juice, everything that made those classic Carson and Crystal shows so fantastic. The show needs to be an hour longer at least.

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