Oh boy. Well, with the 2006 Oscars come and gone, there are obviously a whole new batch of winners (lists are from best to worst. sometimes all the choices in the category are good. sometimes all the choices in the category are bad. often, some are good, some are bad.). Here are my rankings for the Oscar winners in major categories (IE, those I care about, IE, like, not sound mixing or whatnot). If there are parenthesis next to a winner's name, it indicates a nominee in that category that was my winner for the year. If there is a name in parenthesis that is starred, it indicates my winner in the category for the year who was not nominated. Anyway, this is how I feel right now. It may change in like 2 minutes.
Best Picture
1. The Departed
2. Chicago
3. Crash (A History of Violence *)
4. Million Dollar Baby (Sideways / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *)
5. Gladiator (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Requiem for a Dream *)
6. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Lost in Translation)
7. A Beautiful Mind (Moulin Rouge!)
Best Director
1. Martin Scorsese for The Departed (Darren Aronofsky for The Fountain *)
2. Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation)
3. Stephen Soderbergh for Traffic (Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
4. Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck. / David Cronenberg for A History of Violence *)
5. Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby (Martin Scorsese for The Aviator / Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill, Vol. 2 *)
6. Roman Polanski for The Pianist (Rob Marshall for Chicago / Spike Lee for 25th Hour *)
7. Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind (David Lynch for Mulholland Dr. / Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge!)
Best Actor
1. Denzel Washington, Training Day (Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind)
2. Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland (Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson)
3. Sean Penn, Mystic River (Bill Murray, Lost in Translation)
4. Jamie Foxx, Ray (Clive Owen, Closer - nominated but in supporting)
5. Russell Crowe, Gladiator (Christian Bale, American Psycho)
6. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote (Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain)
7. Adrien Brody, The Pianist (Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt)
Best Actress
1. Charlize Theron, Monster (Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 *)
2. Helen Mirren, The Queen (Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada)
3. Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
4. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby (Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
5. Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich (Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream)
6. Nicole Kidman, The Hours (Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven)
7. Halle Berry, Monster's Ball (Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! / Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr.*)
Best Supporting Actor
1. Tim Robbins, Mystic River
2. Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
3. Benicio del Toro, Traffic (Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me *)
4. Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby (Clive Owen, Closer)
5. Jim Broadbent, Iris (Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast)
6. George Clooney, Syriana (Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain / Michael Peña, Crash *)
7. Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls / Clive Owen, Inside Man *)
Best Supporting Actress
1. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
2. Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener (Maria Bello, A History of Violence *)
3. Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (Mia Kirshner, The Black Dahlia *)
4. Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain
5. Marcia Gay Harden, Pollock (Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream *)
6. Cate Blanchett, The Aviator (Virginia Madsen, Sideways)
7. Jennifer Connelly, A Beautiful Mind (Kate Winslet, Iris)
Best Original Screenplay
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Lost in Translation
3. Talk to Her
4. Crash (The Squid and the Whale)
5. Gosford Park (Memento)
6. Little Miss Sunshine (Volver *)
7. Almost Famous (You Can Count on Me)
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. The Departed
2. Sideways
3. Traffic (The House of Mirth *)
4. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Mystic River)
5. The Pianist (Adaptation. / 25th Hour *)
6. Brokeback Mountain (A History of Violence)
7. A Beautiful Mind (In the Bedroom / Lantana *)
Best Cinematography
1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (The Cell *)
2. Road to Perdition
3. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Girl with a Pearl Earring)
4. The Aviator (House of Flying Daggers / Collateral *)
5. Pan's Labyrinth (Children of Men)
6. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Man Who Wasn't There / In the Mood for Love *)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha (Brokeback Mountain / March of the Penguins *)
Best Art Direction
1. Pan's Labyrinth (The Science of Sleep *)
2. Moulin Rouge!
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. The Aviator (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou *)
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (The Cell *)
6. Chicago (Gangs of New York / Minority Report *)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
Best Costume Design
1. Marie-Antoinette
2. Moulin Rouge!
3. The Aviator
4. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (The Last Samurai / Kill Bill, Vol. 1 *)
5. Chicago (Gangs of New York)
6. Gladiator (Quills / The House of Mirth *)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha (Pride and Prejudice)
Best Original Score
1. Brokeback Mountain (possibly Munich)
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Requiem for a Dream *)
3. Frida (Catch Me If You Can)
4. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Girl with a Pearl Earring *)
5. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Finding Neverland (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Birth *)
7. Babel (NOT ORIGINAL!!!) (The Good German / The Fountain *)
whew
