OSCAR NOMINATIONS!!!! COMPLETE LIST AND REACTION

Well, its been fun trying to predict the nominees. I nailed Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. (The category, not the actual nominees, mind you!)

As it goes, the easier it is to predict the nominations, the harder it is to predict who will win. Vice versa, but that doesn't apply here.



Nothing big as far as surprises! Here were the "surprises" (in the loosest sense of the word):



1. Alan Alda - Best Supporting Actor

2. Clint Eastwood - Best Actor

3. Mike Leigh - Best Director

4. Before Sunset - Best Adapted Screenplay

5. Shark Tale - Best Animated Feature (W! T! F!)



Biggest Snubs In Major Categories:



1. Paul Giamatti - Best Actor

2. Marc Forster - Best Director

3. The Kill Bill series - not a single nomination between the two films. BOOO!

4. No Mick Jagger at the Oscars. BOOO!



I just saw the technical nods. They suck beyond belief. NO FX NOD FOR SKY CAPTAIN??????? TROY FOR COSTUME DESIGN????? NO COLLATERAL FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY???? This is where all the surprises and omissions happened. Holy shit.



Congratulations to my four favorite performances so far this year, all of whom were nominated.



My favorite nominees are in bold.



Here's the complete nominations:



Best Picture:

The Aviator - Finding Neverland - Million Dollar Baby - Ray - Sideways



Best Actor:

Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda

Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

Jamie Foxx - Ray



Best 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



Best Supporting Actor:

Alan Alda - The Aviator

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

Jamie Foxx - Collateral

Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby

Clive Owen - Closer



Best Supporting Actress:

Cate Blanchett - The Aviator

Laura Linney - Kinsey

Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Sophie Okenedo - Hotel Rwanda

Natalie Portman - Closer



Best Director:

Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

Taylor Hackford - Ray

Alexander Payne - Sideways

Mike Leigh - Vera Drake



Best Screenplay (Adapted)

Before Sunset

Finding Neverland

Million Dollar Baby

The Motorcycle Diaries

Sideways



Best Screenplay (Original)

The Aviator

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Hotel Rwanda

The Incredibles

Vera Drake



Best Animated Film:

The Incredibles

Shark Tale

Shrek 2



Best Art Direction:

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Phantom of the Opera

A Very Long Engagement



Best Cinematography:

The Aviator

House of Flying Daggers

The Passion of the Christ

The Phantom of the Opera

A Very Long Engagement



Best Costume Design:

The Aviator

Finding Neverland

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Ray

Troy



Best Documentary Feature:

Born Into Brothels

Story of the Weeping Camel

Super Size Me

Tupac: Resurrection

Twist of Faith



Best Editing:

The Aviator

Collateral

Finding Neverland

Million Dollar Baby

Ray



Best Foreign Film:

As It Is In Heaven

The Chorus

Downfall

The Sea Inside

Yesterday



Best Makeup:

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Passion of the Christ

The Sea Inside



Best Score:

Finding Neverland

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Passion of the Christ

The Village



Best 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

Look to Your Path - The Chorus



Sound Editing:

The Incredibles

The Polar Express

Spider-Man 2



Sound Mixing:

The Aviator

The Incredibles

The Polar Express

Ray

Spider-Man 2



Visual F/X:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I, Robot

Spider-Man 2



Current Predicted Winners:

Picture - The Aviator

Director - Scorsese

Actor - Foxx

Actress - Swank (though I have a feeling Mr. Beatty is going to pull some strings for his wife)

Supp. Actor - Owen

Supp. Actress - eek! no clue. I'll go with Blanchett

Screenplay (Original) - Eternal Sunshine

Screenplay (Adapted) - Sideways

Animated Film - The Incredibles

Art Direction - The Aviator

Cinematography - The Aviator

Costume Design - The Aviator

Editing: Collateral or The Aviator

Makeup: Lemony Snicket

Score: Finding Neverland

Song: Shrek 2

Sound Editing: Spider-Man 2

Sound: The Aviator

Visual F/X: Spider-Man 2