Monday, March 06, 2006 :: 1:05:00 AM

alright.. so oscars are over..
lets check out how i did.. pretty horrible if memory serves me right from watching earlier..

i'll give me 1 point for my top pick being the winner, and 0.5 points for my second pick being the winner..

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Winners

Performance by an actor in a leading role - Philip Seymour Hoffman CAPOTE

1 point
1 total

Performance by an actor in a supporting role - George Clooney SYRIANA

0 points
1 total

Performance by an actress in a leading role - Reese Witherspoon WALK THE LINE

1 points
2 total

Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Rachel Weisz THE CONSTANT GARDENER

I could have swore I picked Rachel Weisz instead of Michelle Williams... but apparently not..

0 points
2 total

Best animated feature film of the year - WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

1 point
3 total

Achievement in art direction - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

1 points
4 total

Achievement in cinematography - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

0.5 points
4.5 total

Achievement in costume design - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

1 point
5.5 total

Achievement in directing - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

0 points
5.5 total

Best documentary feature - MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

1 point
6.5 total

Best documentary short subject - A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

0 points
6.5 total

Achievement in film editing - CRASH

1 point
7.5 total

Achievement in makeup - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

0.5 points
8 total

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Gustavo Santaolalla

0 points
8 total

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - "IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP" FROM HUSTLE & FLOW Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard

0.5 points
8.5 total

Best motion picture of the year - CRASH

0.5 points
9 total

Best animated short film - THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION

0 points
9 total

Best live action short film - SIX SHOOTER

*gasp* i didn't pick one for this! but it was of the 2 that i listed, so I'll give myself 0.5 points just to be fair.

0.5 points
9.5 total

Achievement in sound editing - KING KONG

1 point
10.5 total

Achievement in sound mixing - KING KONG

1 point
11.5 total

Achievement in visual effects - KING KONG

1 point
12.5 total

Adapted screenplay - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

0 points
12.5 total

Original screenplay - CRASH

1 point
13.5 total

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so I got 13.5 out of a possible 23 for a whopping 59% LOL
Not as great as I had hoped.. Brokeback Mountain really surprised me. Granted I haven't seen it, but I didn't think it was going to come away winning in the areas where it was nominated. Good on them!

They weren't bad guesses though, for only having seen the movies I have out of ALL the winners. Those being:

Crash
March of the Penguins
Walk the Line
Wallace and Gromit
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

I wasn't too impressed with all the films of last year.. Hopefully this year brings something better....
Well, lets see.. we've got:

Mission Impossible 3 - May 5
The Da Vinci Code - May 19
X-Men - The Last Stand (X3) - May 26
Superman Returns - June 30
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - July 7
Rocky Balboa (Rocky VI) - December 2006

I know I'm missing some, but can you tell I'm a sucker for sequels?

Anyway, that's enough movie posting for a while... I'm gonna boogie - i'm tired.

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::