My personal awards

As of right now (they'll change in 15 seconds), with all Oscar nominees in their respective categories taken out. Sometimes, I don't nominate any of the Oscar nominees (Best Picture 2004). Sometimes, I nominate several of the Oscar nominees (Best Actress 2006). Note that if a person was nominated for an Oscar for one performance while also having another strong one in that year (like Nicole Kidman in '01), I didn't let the actor into my lineup for that year; also, I didn't count TV movies, notably Angels in America, Wit, and Something the Lord Made. In preference order. For now, up to and including 2003, I'll do the rest later:

2000
Best Picture
Requiem for a Dream
You Can Count on Me
Best in Show
Wonder Boys
The House of Mirth

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Amores perros
Lars von Trier, Dancer in the Dark
Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides
Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me

Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Psycho
Billy Crudup, Jesus' Son
Clive Owen, Croupier
Forest Whitaker, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys

Best Actress
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Ziyi Zhang, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cate Blanchett, The Gift
Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
Michelle Pfeiffer, What Lies Beneath

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me
Jeffrey Wright, Shaft
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous
Jack Black, High Fidelity
Bill Murray, Hamlet

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream
Samantha Morton, Jesus' Son
Kirsten Dunst, The Virgin Suicides
Kate Winslet, Quills
Goya Toledo, Amores perros


2001
Best Picture
In the Mood for Love
Lantana
Shrek
Memento
Zoolander (ask me how serious I am.)

Best Director
Wong Kar-Wai, In the Mood for Love
Christopher Nolan, Memento
Stephen Spielberg, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Todd Field, In the Bedroom
Alejandro Amenabar, The Others

Best Actor
Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!
Haley Joel Osment, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
Jake Gyllenhaal, Donnie Darko
Anthony LaPaglia, Lantana

Best Actress
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr.
Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
Maggie Cheung, In the Mood for Love
Lena Endre, Faithless
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom

Best Supporting Actor
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
Jude Law, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Brian Cox, L.I.E.
Will Ferrell, Zoolander
Justin Theroux, Mulholland Dr.

Best Supporting Actress
Laura Elena Harring, Mulholland Dr.
Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
Kerry Armstrong, Lantana
Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World
Uma Thurman, Tape


2002
Best Picture
25th Hour (this movie was so robbed, in so many categories)
Talk to Her
Minority Report
Adaptation.
Y tu mama tambien

Best Director
Spike Lee, 25th Hour
Spike Jonze, Adaptation.
Stephen Spielberg, Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can
Alfonso Cuaron, Y tu mama tambien
Todd Haynes, Far from Heaven

Best Actor
Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger
Edward Norton, 25th Hour
Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can
James Nesbitt, Bloody Sunday
Robin Williams, One Hour Photo

Best Actress
Samantha Morton, Morvern Callar
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher
Meryl Streep, The Hours
Catherine Keener, Lovely and Amazing

Best Supporting Actor
Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love
Barry Pepper, 25th Hour
Ray Liotta, Narc
Brian Cox, 25th Hour

Best Supporting Actress
Toni Collette, The Hours
Samantha Morton, Minority Report
Miranda Richardson, Spider
Emily Watson, Punch-Drunk Love
Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander


2003
Best Picture
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Big Fish
Finding Nemo
City of God
Love Actually

Best Director
Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Robert Altman, The Company
Andrew Jarecki, Capturing the Friedmans
Danny Boyle, 28 Days Later
Tim Burton, Big Fish

Best Actor
Hayden Christensen, Shattered Glass (lol?)
Kevin Spacey, The Life of David Gale
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dirty Pretty Things
Russell Crowe, Master and Commander: And the Rest of This Title Got Lost Somewhere
Robert Downey Jr., The Singing Detective

Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation *
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 *
Zooey Deschanel, All the Real Girls
Evan Rachel Wood, thirteen
Cate Blanchett, Veronica Guerin
* tied.

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Bill Nighy, Love Actually
Kevin Bacon, Mystic River
Bobby Cannavale, The Station Agent
Hugh Grant, Love Actually

Best Supporting Actress
Natalie Portman, Cold Mountain
Laura Linney, The Life of David Gale
Lucy Liu, Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Catherine O'Hara, A Mighty Wind
Emma Thompson, Love Actually

TBC when I'm not so darn tired

Part Two of the Unfortunate Oscar Losers

don't be ticked-off, Meryl. For once, you actually didn't deserve it.

The second part of this not-so-illustrious series will focus on the nominees who I think placed second in the actual Oscar voting. I think I know enough to include screenplays here, too. I don't know why this is really something I felt the need to blog, but...never be afraid to bore 'em, that's my motto.

2000
Best Picture: Traffic
Best Director: Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Best Actor: Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Best Actress: Juliette Binoche, Chocolat (Oscar LOOOOVED Chocolat. They did not LOOOOVE Requiem for a Dream.)
Best Supporting Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Hudson, Almost Famous (I'd love to see this vote tally.......)
Best Original Screenplay: Gladiator
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chocolat

2001
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Director: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Best Supporting Actor: Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, Gosford Park (Jennifer probably got every vote though. Gross.)
Best Original Screenplay: Memento (I don't wanna hear that it's too out-there for Oscar. Oscar sometimes goes out there for Original Screenplay. They gave it to Talk to Her!!! And Eternal Sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2002
Best Picture: The Pianist
Best Director: Rob Marshall, Chicago
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt (soooo hard to call. I think there was a huge push for Jack, and a huge push for Day-Lewis, and a huge push for Cage, and them splitting the votes caused Adrien to win. I'd love to see the vote tally on this one...)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Newman, Road to Perdition (see, it's decisions like this that do give me faith in the Academy. Even though Newman was great, ain't no one touchin' Cooper that year. And any sort of Oscar logic would deem that Paul would win...but he didn't.)
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, Adaptation. (love her here. But, see above. This is a stacked year for supporting actress, quality-wise...)
Best Original Screenplay: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (oh THANK YOU Talk to Her)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Hours

2003
Best Picture: Mystic River (Actually, this doesn't apply, because LOTR got every vote.)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River (actually, this doesn't apply, because Peter Jackson got every vote.)
Best Actor: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (actually, this doesn't apply, because Sean Penn got about 90% of votes.)
Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give (actually, this doesn't apply, because Charlize Theron got every vote.)
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, 21 Grams (actually, this doesn't apply, because Tim Robbins got every vote.)
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April (actually, this doesn't apply, because Renee Zellweger got every vote. Okay, I'll stop pretending I'm clever...2003 was really boring.)
Best Original Screenplay: Finding Nemo ?????
Best Adapted Screenplay: Mystic River

2004
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator (I like how he won an Oscar, so now he is "a hack who sold out to the Hollywood system." Whaaaaa)
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator (much like 2003, though, Jamie got every vote.)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake (Jesus Christ please tell me it was not Annette.)
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways (this means Clive was third. Dammit.)
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Hotel Rwanda
Best Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby (Paul Haggis!!! I'm the only one who loves you, but I do!)

2005
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain (ooh lordy)
Best Director: uhh...George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain (Phil got every vote)
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Screenplay: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Adapted Screenplay: uh Capote?

2006
Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine (not Babel. Yeah, I know it wasn't nominated for Director or Editing. But Arkin won = way more support than we thought. Babel not winning jack shit but Score = less support than we thought.)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima (I know, roughly around 25 people saw this movie. But the Academy LOVES CLINT. You know people voted for him without even seeing the movie...)
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole, Venus (On the other hand, I think 20 people saw this movie. But again, I'm sure people voted for him without seeing it)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (I am roughly 98% sure that Helen Mirren got every single vote, however. Even those of the other nominees.)
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel (thank youuuu Jenny!!!)
Best Original Screenplay: Babel
Best Adapted Screenplay: umm...Children of Men?

What'd we learn here? Basically, that 2003 was really boring and sometimes, the screenplay races are too. Um...right.

2003

figure i might as well get the "bad" years out of the way...but i don't actually think 2003 was that bad (only the third-worst of the new millennium, after 2000 and 2005). also note, i am including the hbo miniseries angels in america, the single best film in the time frame 99-06. also, 2003 had the godly lost in translation as well as mystic river, which still blows me away (shut it), and the first half of quentin tarantino's kill bill masterpiece.

Best Picture
1. Angels in America
2. Lost in Translation
3. Mystic River
4. Kill Bill, Vol. 1
5. City of God
6. Love Actually (shut it)
7. Cold Mountain (shut it...again)
8. Girl with a Pearl Earring
9. thirteen
10. Finding Nemo

Best Director
1. Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
2. Mike Nichols for Angels in America
3. Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (this is more of a cumulative award, to be honest, because I felt bad snubbing him)
4. Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill, Vol. 1
5. Gus Von Sant for Elephant (and to a much lesser extent the awful Gerry)
6. Clint Eastwood for Mystic River
7. Fernando Meirelles for City of God
8. Robert Altman for The Company
9. Andrew Jarecki for Capturing the Friedmans
10. Danny Boyle for 28 Days Later...

Best Actor
1. Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
2. Justin Kirk in Angels in America
3. Sean Penn in Mystic River
4. Jude Law in Cold Mountain
5. Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog
6. Hayden Christensen in Shattered Glass
7. Sean Penn in 21 Grams
8. Chiwetel Ejiofor in Dirty Pretty Things
9. Russell Crowe in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
10. Robert Downey Jr. in The Singing Detective

Best Actress
1. Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, Vol. 1
2. Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation
3. Charlize Theron in Monster
4. Evan Rachel Wood in thirteen
5. Scarlett Johansson in Girl with a Pearl Earring
6. Zooey Deschanel in All the Real Girls
7. Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give
8. Gwyneth Paltrow in Sylvia
9. Jennifer Connelly in House of Sand and Fog
10. Meg Ryan in In the Cut

Best Supporting Actor
1. Jeffrey Wright in Angels in America
2. Al Pacino in Angels in America
3. Tim Robbins in Mystic River
4. Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass
5. Bill Nighy in Love Actually
6. Kevin Bacon in Mystic River
7. Alec Baldwin in The Cooler
8. Patrick Wilson in Angels in America
9. Hugh Grant in Love Actually
10. Ben Shenkman in Angels in America

Best Supporting Actress
1. Meryl Streep in Angels in America
2. Mary-Louise Parker in Angels in America
3. Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain (totally deserving of her Oscar)
4. Patricia Clarkson in The Station Agent
5. Holly Hunter in thirteen
6. Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic River
7. Lucy Liu in Kill Bill, Vol. 1
8. Miranda Richardson in Spider
9. Emma Thompson in Love Actually
10. Emma Thompson in Angels in America

Best Screenplay
1. Lost in Translation
2. Kill Bill, Vol. 1
3. Angels in America
4. Mystic River
5. Love Actually
6. City of God
7. Cold Mountain
8. The Barbarian Invasions
9. The Station Agent
10. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

mmm-hmm.