Comments on: List of 2006 Oscar Nominees http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/ Another Reason to Hate the Internet Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:11:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JJ http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-5263 JJ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:59:40 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=510#comment-5263 Sarah: Good picks! Flash: I say that's fair. Too much exposure can definitely sway my opinion of a film. English Guy: Yeah, Hoffman was phenomenal in Capote. Jimmy: I don't think you've ever posted that story - though you did tell me about it once. You should write someting up with all the details. Here are my picks: BEST PICTURE Brokeback Mountain BEST DIRECTOR Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain BEST ACTOR Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote BEST ACTRESS Felicity Huffman - Transamerica BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Matt Dillon - Crash BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams - Junebug ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Squid and the Whale - Written by Noah Baumbach ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Capote - Screenplay by Dan Futterman BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Paradise Now (Palestine) ART DIRECTION Good Night, and Good Luck CINEMATOGRAPHY Brokeback Mountain COSTUME DESIGN Memoirs of a Geisha DOCUMENTARY FEATURE March of the Penguins DOCUMENTARY SHORT God Sleeps in Rwanda FILM EDITING Munich MAKEUP The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ORIGINAL SCORE Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla ORIGINAL SONG “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” (Hustle & Flow) Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard ANIMATED SHORT One Man Band LIVE-ACTION SHORT Ausreisser (The Runaway) SOUND EDITING King Kong SOUND MIXING Walk the Line VISUAL EFFECTS King Kong Sarah:
Good picks!

Flash:
I say that’s fair. Too much exposure can definitely sway my opinion of a film.

English Guy:
Yeah, Hoffman was phenomenal in Capote.

Jimmy:
I don’t think you’ve ever posted that story – though you did tell me about it once. You should write someting up with all the details.

Here are my picks:

BEST PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

BEST ACTRESS
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Dillon – Crash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Junebug

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Squid and the Whale – Written by Noah Baumbach

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Capote – Screenplay by Dan Futterman

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Paradise Now (Palestine)

ART DIRECTION
Good Night, and Good Luck

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brokeback Mountain

COSTUME DESIGN
Memoirs of a Geisha

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
March of the Penguins

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
God Sleeps in Rwanda

FILM EDITING
Munich

MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

ORIGINAL SCORE
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla

ORIGINAL SONG
“It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” (Hustle & Flow) Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard

ANIMATED SHORT
One Man Band

LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Ausreisser (The Runaway)

SOUND EDITING
King Kong

SOUND MIXING
Walk the Line

VISUAL EFFECTS
King Kong

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-5262 Jimmy Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:20:46 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=510#comment-5262 steve(sodenburg) introduced me to the chief editor of the washington post. i forget his name but he, the editor, said, "yeah, i know you you. i've seen you around. who do you work for?". i said, "ha, you don't know me at all. i work for bourbon and ginger". he soon walked away. and when i first met george clooney i pretended i thought he was bruce willis. i said, "hey man, you were AWESOME in die hard!" he gave me the most confused look. then i said, "hey man, i'm just fucking with you, i'm drunk". he replied, " we're both drunk, it's a good thing". i also fucked with "arvid" from head of the class and the executive producer from k street. hmmm. did i already write about this? steve(sodenburg) introduced me to the chief editor of the washington post. i forget his name but he, the editor, said, “yeah, i know you you. i’ve seen you around. who do you work for?”.

i said, “ha, you don’t know me at all. i work for bourbon and ginger”.

he soon walked away.

and when i first met george clooney i pretended i thought he was bruce willis. i said, “hey man, you were AWESOME in die hard!” he gave me the most confused look. then i said, “hey man, i’m just fucking with you, i’m drunk”.

he replied, ” we’re both drunk, it’s a good thing”.

i also fucked with “arvid” from head of the class and the executive producer from k street.

hmmm. did i already write about this?

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-5261 Jimmy Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:02:41 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=510#comment-5261 i haven't seen it, but i'll vote for syriana because sodenburg and clooney are my drinking buddies. yep, it's true. i'm down. i haven’t seen it, but i’ll vote for syriana because sodenburg and clooney are my drinking buddies. yep, it’s true. i’m down.

]]> By: the english guy http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-5258 the english guy Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:53:05 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=510#comment-5258 I hope Hoffman wins for best actor, he was amazing in Capote. And I think either Capote or Munich should win best pic. I hope Hoffman wins for best actor, he was amazing in Capote.

And I think either Capote or Munich should win best pic.

]]> By: Flash http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-5257 Flash Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:05:13 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=510#comment-5257 I was rooting for the Walk the Line sweep until "Baby baby baby baby" and "Tell me you don't love me." "I don't love you." "Liar!" played for the 42,482,284th time on a radio commercial and made me consider driving off a bridge. For that unfair reason, huzzah Phillip Seymour Hoffman and anything else not related to Johnny Cash. I was rooting for the Walk the Line sweep until “Baby baby baby baby” and “Tell me you don’t love me.” “I don’t love you.” “Liar!” played for the 42,482,284th time on a radio commercial and made me consider driving off a bridge. For that unfair reason, huzzah Phillip Seymour Hoffman and anything else not related to Johnny Cash.

]]> By: sarah http://www.thechurning.com/2006/03/03/list-of-2006-oscar-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-5249 sarah Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:13:20 +0000 http://www.thechurning.com/?p=510#comment-5249 brokeback, march of the penguins, wallace and gromit. that's who i want to win. oh, and narnia. brokeback, march of the penguins, wallace and gromit. that’s who i want to win. oh, and narnia.

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