Locks for Best Actor:
Jamie Foxx - Ray

Likely choices:
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Gael Garcia Bernal - One of the movies...
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

Long shots:
Zach Braff - Garden State
Jim Caviezel - The Passion of the Christ
Ethan Hawke - Before Sunset
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland

What WILL NOT Get Nominated:
Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man 2
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
Tom Cruise - Collateral
Jude Law - Anything
Denzel Washington - Man on Fire OR Manchurian Candidate

I've talked to Eagle about e-mailing the studios once someone wins. Who knows, maybe if we all rally behind a small indie film one year, our name will be printed on the website. That'd be cool!

tee hee!! :wink:

Well, it's possible and I do expect Scorsese to get the nod in Best Director. But, I don't think enough people love the film to garner it a nomination. It seems like everyone "likes" it, but no one finds it outstanding. Finding Neverland is mixed, so it COULD get it. Sideways still hasn't been seen by enough people on the boards. Closer is likely because it's got the emotional appeal and, while it's mixed, its supporters are much more firm on their stance than Finding Neverland supporters.

Visual Effects:
Locks:
Spider-Man 2

Likley:
Day After Tommrow
I, Robot
Harry Potter 3

Long Shots:
Aviator

wont get nominated:
Lemmony Snicketts
Troy

oddly enought i submited neverland for 8 catagories, but not for picture!

I'd bet my life on two things, though. Garden State getting the nod for Soundtrack and Eternal getting the nod for Picture.

Well, actually a lot more. Like Dawn of the Dead and Spider-Man 2 for Best Sequel and Anchorman for Comedy. But, shh, I don't want to be held accountable for it...

I think Napoleon Dynamite will get jack sheet.

animated film:
Locks:
Incredibles
Shrek 2

Likely:
Polar Express

Long Shots:
Shark Tale

Wont:
Spongebob
Home on the Range
Ghost in the Shell 2 (who even has seen this?!?)

I think its possible that none of the Best Picture Oscar nominees will be nominated here.

Locks for Best Actress:
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Volume 2

Likely choices:
Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Long shots:
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Nicole Kidman - Birth OR Dogville
Julia Roberts - Closer (by far the worst thing about the movie...=/)
Rachel McAdams - The Notebook

What WILL NOT Get Nominated:
Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
Scarlett Johansson - A Love Song for Bobby Long
Annette Bening - Being Julia
Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls
Reese Witherspoon - Vanity Fair

It is. I can see a Passion, Collateral, Eternal, Garden State, and Closer line up.

I think M$B will get it. It's on sooo many lists here

Honestly, if The Passion get's nominated for anything other than cinematography, makeup, or score... im gonna be PEEZED.

Locks for Best Supporting Actor:
Clive Owen - Closer
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby

Likely choices:
Thomas Hayden Church - Sideways
David Carradine, Kill Bill Volume 2
Topher Grace - In Good Company

Long shots:
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Timothy Olyphant - The Girl Next Door
J. K. Simmons, Spider-Man 2
James Garner - The Notebook

What WILL NOT be nominated:
Alan Alda - The Aviator
Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries
Peter Saarsgard - Garden State
Ian Holm - Garden State

Locks for Best Supporting Actress:
Natalie Portman - Garden State
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator

Likely choices:
Natalie Portman - Closer
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Barbara Streisand - Meet the Fockers

Long shots:
Monica Belluci - The Passion of the Christ
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
Rachel McAdams - Mean Girls
Sharron Warren - Ray

What WILL NOT be nominated:
Tina Fey - Mean Girls
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland

I'm a Jew. I gave Passion two nomiations: Cinematography and Art Direction...I honestly wouldn't mind them...

Impossible, I see Sideways and M$B getting through, but sadly, not my ultimate choice, Finding Neverland.

I think Kill Bill, Eternal Sunshine, will sneak into the best pic category over Aviator and Ray.

Also, I'm going to venture a couple of surprises with Maria and Motorcycle due to aggressive campaigning tactics. :wink:

I think Gael will get the nod, as will Catalina. Expect a Motorcycle nod in Adapted Screenplay, just because there isn't much else...

Galia...

I honestly hope our "aggressive campaigning tactics" for Bad Education worked out. If it's not nominated for a single thing, i'm gonna be rather dissapointed.

I wont be here at 530

Who's idea was it to have it so damn early?!?!

PST, lmr.

So that's 8:30 for you

Updated List:

Best Picture
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Million Dollar Baby
The Passion of the Christ
Garden State
Collateral

Best Actor
Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Paul Giamatti, Sideways

Best Actress
Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Volume Two
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Supporting Actor
David Carradine, Kill Bill Volume Two
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Topher Grace, In Good Company
Thomas Hayden Church, Sideways
Clive Owen, Closer

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Natalie Portman, Closer
Natalie Portman, Garden State
Barbara Streisand, Meet the Fockers

Best Original Screenplay
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Kill Bill Volume Two
The Incredibles

Best Adapted Screenplay
Closer
Mean Girls
Million Dollar Baby
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways

Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michael Mann, Collateral
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill Volume Two

oops

These are predictions right??

Yes.

i cant wait for you guys to see the nominees!!

Damn straight!
I think it'll go through on score and that's about it, which is too bad, because it should get at least screenplay, editing, and maybe direction. You know me, I think it should take the whole cake. Did you guys all check out the Countdown to the Oscars on the main page?

Yeah, 5:30pm, Pacific Standard Time. I assume that works the best for the east coast folks, although it could be a little inconvenient for the west coast.

You're just making it more obvious that mine are sooooo wrong...

Are you going to do a procedural thing...Like, release one nomination at a time?