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Here's something few people would be interested in:

Nomination Tallies For the Best Film Nominees

Crash-4 nominations

Brokeback Mountain-6 nominations

Good Night and Good Luck-1 nomination (but its the biggest one!)

The Chronicles of Narnia-4 nominations

Serenity-5 nominations

Because of the work ahead of me in the future, I decided to pull up the nominees today. The Winners will be announced one by one, in this thread, at March 4th, 2005. In order to vote, you must PM me(no E-mails) with your votes. Choose only one of the nominees. The nominees were chosen from E-mails I recieved and the ones posted in the nomination thread. Thank you all for participating...and here are the nominees.

Best Animated Film

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit

Robots

Madagascar

Best Fight

Anakin vs. Obi-wan Kenobi (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith)

Master Yoda vs. Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sideous(Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith)

King Kong vs. Three T-Rex's (King Kong)

Ejiofor vs. Fillon (Serenity)

The Battle for Narnia(The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe)

Best Cinematography

The New World

The Constant Gardener

Munich

King Kong

Crash

Best Villain

Emperor Palpatine(Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith)

The White Witch/Queen Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion....)

Lord Voldemort(Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire)

The Operative(Serenity)

The Scarecrowe(Batman Begins)

Best Supporting Actor

William Hurt(A History of Violence)

Jake Gyllenhaal(Brokeback Mountain)

Mickey Rourke(Sin City)

Chiwetel Eijofor(Serenity)

Mat Dillon(Crash)

Best Supporting Actress

Tilda Swinton(The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion...)

Anne Hathaway(Brokeback Mountain)

Micelle Williams(Brokeback Mountain)

Catherine Keneer(The 40 year Old Virgin)

Rachel Weiz(The Constant Gardener)

Best Actor

Heath Ledger(Brokeback Mountain)

Nathan Fillon(Serenity)

Ralph Fiennes(The Constant Gardener)

Joaquin Phenoix(Walk The Line)

Phillip Seymour Hoffman(Capote)

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon(Walk The Line)

Naomi Watts(King Kong)

Mario Bello(A History of Violence)

Laura Linney(The Squid and The Whale, Exorcism of Emily Rose) (Some people listed her twice in the same category, strange)

Ziyi Zhang(Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best Director

Ang Lee(Brokeback Mountain)

Peter Jackson(King Kong)

Steven Spielberg(Munich)

Joss Whedon(Serenity)

Paul Haggis(Crash)

EWB's nominees for Best Film

Brokeback Mountain

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

Crash

Serenity

Good Night and Good Luck

Wow, can't say anyhting but good things of the taste of all of our members in the EWB community. You can use this thread for commenting on the nominees and pulling up some for your consideration posts to sway some of your members....it might just work. On March 4th, the awards ceremony will take place here. Good Night....and good luck!

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

BEST ACTRESS: REESE WITHERSPOON: WALK THE LINE

BEST VILLAIN AND BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: TILDA SWINTON: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

Wohoo! I got a couple of PMs!!

Final Destination: 6/10

Bad acting? Check.

Holes in the plot? Check.

Awesome death scenes that make-up for all that? Check.

If you liked the first and second, you'll like this. Its not as good as the original(how surprising), but I liked it better then the 2nd, but not by much. Just don't expect anyhting mindblowing or oscarworthy, becuase this is not that type of movie.

When a Stranger Calls: 2/10

After FD3 we snuck in to see this load of crap, and left after 40 or so minutes. 1 point for the hottness of the lead, and another point for a cool house.

I loved that Kelly won 2 grammy's, she's such a cutie, and has seperated herself from the Americon Idol to a legit singer to be respected. (A great singer too)

Looking forward to the hockey of course and the skating competitions. Hell, I'll watch some of the Skiing stuff if I don't have too much work this month.

One more thing, when the nominations are announced should I:

1.) Have a poll with each category, where members choose one of the nominees

2.) Post the nominations, and have a secret ballot(members PM me with their choices, and then I announce them one by one in a thread)

3.) Post all the nominees and have the members post their choices in the thread

1.) Jessica Alba

2.) Elisha Cuthbert

3.) Kate Winslet

4.) Natalie Portman

5.) Keira Knightley

6.) Reese Witherspoon

7.) Kate Hudson

8.) Charlize Theron

9.) Rachel McAdams

10.) Zhang Ziyi (To be Politically correct )

Its funny how I put Tilda in the Best supporting actress category while everone else puts her in the Best Actress category, the funny thing is that this type of stuff happens all the time.....category confusion...and thats why Mario Bello wasn't nominated(or Laura Linney) because the academy split them up, some putting them in one category while others put them in the other one. The funny thing is no one is really wrong, but it killed Scarlett Johannson's chances in Lost in Translation, when members of the academy were split putting her on both actress categories and unfortunentley there wasn't enough for one, so she was snubbed.

Therefore, if there are more votes for Tilda Swinton in the Best Actress category then the Best Supporting Actress, she will be placed in the Best Actress category. If she has enough votes to move on to both categories she will be placed in the category with the higher placed number of votes. This goes for any actor.

(Personally I wouldn't mind seeing her in the Best Actress category )

I liked 3 better then 2 too(but thats not saying much), but the original is still the best of the bunch. As for the trailer, looks like the same stuff minus the fart jokes. But it doesn't matter because I know my friends will drag me into it.

There are no such things as Bad noms (Y)

Here is a list of eligible films!

Films for your consideration

I used the Academy's guidelines.

Screw the nominations rule, ROC sold me over. Just nominate with a max of five, and the ranking system is still the same. There, makes it easier for everyone.

EDIT: Sin City is not in the eligibility list...but you can add that film anyway

March 2004 until Now(Right after last years Oscar Season, until now)

-This is also regarding North America's dates and films.

ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster, why do you think I made this in the first place Competition brings the best out of everyone...oh...and yes...I am also waiting for your list.

With all this Award season madness(which ends at the Kodak theatre on March 5th), I think its about time we choose the best performers and films for our little board. Yes, I know we have this all the time, but I'm unoriginal, and bored, and I love films. You can choose up to 5 nominees(3 Being min!!) and rank them....

The ranking system goes like this:

1st Choice: 5 points

2nd Choice:3 points

3rd Choice: 2 points

(and number 4 and 5 are both one point)

So what are the categories? Well you sure won't find Best short Documentary, thats for sure!

The Categories:

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Visual Effects

Best Cinematography

Best Fight

Best Villain

Best Animated Film

Yep, 11 categories, and the nominations will be announced the final day of February! And the deadline for choosing the winner will be announced when the nominations are announced.

Here are my nominees:

Best Film

1.) Brokeback Mountain

2.) Good Night and Good Luck

3.) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith

4.) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

5.) King Kong

Best Director

1.) Ang Lee(Brokeback Mountain)

2.) George Clooney(Good Night and Good Luck)

3.) Peter Jackson(King Kong)

4.) Steven Spielberg(Munich)

5.) George Lucas (Star Wars Episode III)

Best Actor

1.) Phillip Seymour Hoffman(Capote)

2.) Heath Ledger(Brokeback Mountain)

3.) David Straitharn(Good Night and Good Luck)

4.) Ralph Fiennes(The Constant Gardener)

5.) Jeff Daniels(The Squid and The Whale)

Best Actress

1.) Reese Witherspoon(Walk The Line)

2.) Naomi Watts(King Kong)

3.) Felicity Huffman(Transamerica)

4.) Mario Bello(A History of Violence)

Best Supporting Actor

1.) William Hurt(A History of Violence)

2.) Jake Gyllenhaal(Brokeback Mountain)

3.) Mickey Rourke(Sin City)

4.) George Clooney(Good Night and Good Luck)

Best Supporting Actress

1.) Tild Swinton(Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

2.) Anne Hathaway(Brokeback Mountain)

3.) Michelle Williams(Brokeback Mountain)

4.) Catherine Keneer (The 40 Yr old Virgin)

5.) Rache Weiz(The Constant Gardener)

Best Visual Effects

1.) King Kong

2.) Star Wars Episode III

3.) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Best Cinematography

1) The New world

2.) Munich

3.) The Constant Gardener

4.) King Kong

5.) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Best Fight(Verbal or Physical)

1.) Anakin vs. Obiwan(Star Wars 3)

2.) Yoda vs. Emperor Palpatine/Dath Sideous(Star Wars 3)

3) King Kong vs. 3 T-Rex's (King Kong)

4.) The Battle for Narnia(The Chornicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

Best Villain

1.) Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sideous(Star Wars)

2.) The White Witch(Narnia)

3.) Darth Vader(Star Wars)

4.) Voldermort(Harry Potter)

Best Animated Film

1.) Wallace and Gromit

2.) Robots

3.) Corpse Bride

Grumpy Old Men: 7/10

Still a good film (Y)

The MVP should go to the Ref's.....fully deserved You can't blame it on the Steelers though, they played a hell of a game.

Underworld 2: Evolution: 6/10

I didn't like the first one, but I actually enjoyed this film, nothing really stands out(except the hottness of Kate Beckinsale) but I was entertained, which surprised me.

It looks good, and it looks like they have the atmosphere of the game which is a sigh of relief (*cough*Resident Evil*cough*). The film has potential, lets just hope they can deliver all the goods(from the script to the acting).

Wow that Goldberg one is hilarious....pure comedy genius(the turnbuckle one). There's a lot of painful ones too....like Lita trying to injure herself again. The opening clip is hilarious too with Orton announcing the tag match but for the World title on the line :lmao:

This is one of the few films I'm anticipating in 2006, and having Rachel McAdams would be a good choice. I love how they're going back to the old school Bond films....and I do hope they keep the torture scene from the novel, that would be kickass.

Quentin + Slasher =

Looking forward to all the films, hopefully they come out soon enough< I forget what its like watching a good horror film

The order is always something thats going to be argued, I don't know a lot of it, but I do have the the large book with all the books in it, and Caspian is the fourth, but didn't Lewis publish it 2nd?

Director back for Narnia follow-up Prince Caspian

02 Feb 2006 by Paul Martin

Contributing sources: Hollywood Reporter

Andrew Adamson is set to return to the director's chair, having just inked a deal to helm "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian." Adamson also will serve as a producer and co-writer, collaborating with returning scribes Christopher Markus and Steve McFeeley. The principal cast is coming back, as is producer Mark Johnson.

A screenplay is not yet written, but production is scheduled to begin this year with an eye toward a Christmas 2007 release. "Caspian" finds the four Pevensie siblings pulled back into the land of Narnia, where 1,000 years have passed since they left. The children are again enlisted to join the colorful creatures of Narnia, who have been driven into the wild, unfriendly parts of the land. The Pevensies must struggle to overthrow a usurping king named Miraz and restore the rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian.

"Caspian," published in 1951, is the second book in the seven-book series written by C.S. Lewis.

While it's no surprise that Disney and Walden would move ahead with a sequel, the behind-the-scenes negotiations have been drawn out. "Narnia" has grossed more than $637.8 million at the worldwide boxoffice. Internationally, it ranks as Buena Vista's top-grossing live-action release of all time, surpassing "Armageddon" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" with its gross to date of $359.4 million. The film has grossed $278 million domestically and is the studio's third-highest-grossing live-action film. It is on track to surpass "Pirates' " worldwide gross of $655 million to become Buena Vista's all-time top live-action grosser. The movie also received three Oscar nominations Tuesday.

"I'm unbelievably relieved that what we hoped has happened," Walden Media co-founder and CEO Cary Granat said about the success of the first film. "It reminds me of when I was kid and saw clouds and wondered how it would be to touch one. And when you're an adult and you're on a mountain and actually have a chance to touch one, all you can think is, How cool! We're incredibly elated right now."

About Adamson returning, Granat added, "To me, the most exciting aspect of all of this is that there is so much that Andrew wanted to express and do in the first film, and now he'll have a chance to."

Link: Link

I'm excited with this predictable news Although not my favourite in the series(the goes to Dawn Tredder) it is my 3rd(right after The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe). I do think they'll make only 3 or 4, the director wants to do Dawn Tredder, but Disney might just go in the end to "The Last Battle"

Edit: 2007 looks like its going to be an unbelievable year at the Box Office: Pirates 3, Shrek 3, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phenoix, Spiderman 3, and Prince Caspian.

Quick note; though I don't feel the urge to argue about a movie that I honestly enjoyed, I will note that I HATED the Sandra Bullock subplot. Hated it.

lol, so I was first?? Talk about a close race (Y)

Link

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE

Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW

Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE

David Strathairn - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

George Clooney - SYRIANA

Matt Dillon - CRASH

Paul Giamatti - CINDERELLA MAN

Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

William Hurt - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Judi Dench - MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA

Keira Knightley - PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Charlize Theron - NORTH COUNTRY

Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams - JUNEBUG

Catherine Keener - CAPOTE

Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY

Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE

WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

(OMG! No Crappy Animated films!!)

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

KING KONG

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

BATMAN BEGINS

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

THE NEW WORLD

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTSPRIDE & PREJUDICE

WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

CRASH

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE

ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

MURDERBALL

STREET FIGHT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB

GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA

THE MUSHROOM CLUB

A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

CINDERELLA MAN

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

CRASH

MUNICH

WALK THE LINE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

DON'T TELL

JOYEUX NOèL

PARADISE NOW

SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS

TSOTSI

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

CINDERELLA MAN

STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES

(ORIGINAL SCORE)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MUNICH

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

(John Williams is taking home another Oscar!!)

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES

(ORIGINAL SONG)

"In the Deep" - CRASH

"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW

"Travelin' Thru" - TRANSAMERICA

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

CRASH

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

BADGERED

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION

THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO

9

ONE MAN BAND

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)

CASHBACK

THE LAST FARM

OUR TIME IS UP

SIX SHOOTER

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

KING KONG

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

KING KONG

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

WALK THE LINE

WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

KING KONG

WAR OF THE WORLDS

(No Star Wars!! You knew one of them had to go, either War of The Worlds or Sith)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

MUNICH

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

CRASH

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MATCH POINT

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

SYRIANA