Cassi TOTALLY proves me wrong.

Slash not at all.

"We gave her so much love and support, maybe even more than the other girls, but at the back of my mind I knew she would do this and that's why I couldn't vote for her."


SIGH. Yeah, guys, I'll just be waiting over here for that Vogue cover...

Oh, and watching the stans trying to justify this? As much as I love Cassi, it's pretty hilariously sad. :( Some of them have gone all Monty in 25th Hour: "No, no, fuck you, Cassi Van Den Dungen. You had it all, and then you threw it away, you dumb fuck!!!!"

or maybe that's just me saying that...

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

YAY!

who wants to live in new york?
who wants the worry, the noise, the dirt, the heat?
who wants the garbage cans clanging in the street?
suddenly i do.

So today I learned that in my Cultures of the US Class, we are not in fact watching the awful Kids but the sublime 25th Hour, Spike Lee's best movie ever...so, I will start my top-10-in-random-categories-for-every-year, but with 2002 since that masterpiece will be playing a large part here. then, with the years, i will work backwards/forwards/in random order.

Best Picture
1. Chicago
2. 25th Hour
3. Minority Report
4. Y tu mama también
5. Talk to Her
6. Adaptation.
7. Far from Heaven
8. Morvern Callar
9. Spirited Away
10. Spider-Man

Best Director
1. Spike Lee for 25th Hour
2. Rob Marshall for Chicago
3. Spike Jonze for Adaptation.
4. Pedro Almodovar for Talk to Her
5. Stephen Spielberg for Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can
6. Alfonso Cuaron for Y tu mama también
7. Todd Haynes for Far from Heaven
8. Alexander Payne for About Schmidt
9. P.T. Anderson for Punch-Drunk Love
10. Lynne Ramsay for Morvern Callar

Best Actor (strong year)
1. Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt
2. Campbell Scott in Roger Dodger
3. Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York
4. Nicolas Cage in Adaptation.
5. Edward Norton in 25th Hour
6. Naseeruddin Shah in Monsoon Wedding
7. Adrien Brody in The Pianist
8. Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can
9. James Nesbitt in Bloody Sunday
10. Hugh Grant in About a Boy

Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven (take note, fanboys: the only Oscar she ever deserved)
2. Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar
3. Diane Lane in Unfaithful
4. Isabelle Huppert in The Piano Teacher
5. Nicole Kidman in The Hours
6. Maggie Gyllenhaal in Secretary
7. Meryl Streep in The Hours
8. Renee Zellweger in Chicago
9. Catherine Keener in Lovely and Amazing
10. Julianne Moore in The Hours

Best Supporting Actor
1. Chris Cooper in Adaptation.
2. Paul Newman in Road to Perdition
3. Dennis Quaid in Far from Heaven
4. Barry Pepper in 25th Hour
5. Christopher Walken in Catch Me If You Can
6. Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7. Brian Cox in 25th Hour
8. Stephen Dillane in The Hours
9. Benoit Magimel in The Piano Teacher
10. Philip Seymour Hoffman in 25th Hour

Best Supporting Actress
1. Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
2. Meryl Streep in Adaptation.
3. Samantha Morton in Minority Report
4. Michelle Pfieffer in White Oleander
5. Edie Falco in Sunshine State
6. Patricia Clarkson in Far from Heaven
7. Emily Mortimer in Lovely and Amazing
8. Bebe Neuwirth in Tadpole
9. Emily Watson in Punch-Drunk Love
10. Toni Collette in About a Boy

Best Screenplays
1. 25th Hour
2. Talk to Her
3. Adaptation.
4. Y tu mama también
5. Spirited Away
6. About Schmidt
7. The Hours
8. Far from Heaven
9. Chicago
10. Lovely and Amazing

It was a pretty darn good year. Unfortunately, every single category at the Oscars, be it Best Picture, Best Art Direction, or Best Documentary Short, had the unfortunate effect of nominating Chicago, The Pianist, Gangs of New York, The Hours, and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Zzz... Ranking those:
1. Chicago (A)
2. The Hours (B/B+)
3. The Pianist (B-)
4. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (B-)
5. Gangs of New York (C+...Scorsese's worst? Still a terribly fascinating mess.)
And I just realized 25th Hour was completely snubbed. EW. That's way worse than Julianne Moore not winning the Oscar...

Next up, unless I get distracted again: some other year!