and just to reiterate: i change my mind
a lot. for instance, the repeated viewing of
25th hour in one of my classes has made me realize i was crazy to have philip seymour hoffman in 10th place for that year in that category; he should actually be in first place. oh, self. who can figure me out?
Best Picture
1.
The Departed
2.
Children of Men
3.
The Fountain
4.
Inside Man
5.
Dreamgirls
6.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America...
7.
Volver
8.
Marie-Antoinette
9.
Letters from Iwo Jima
10.
Pan's Labyrinth
Best Director
1. Darren Aronofsky for
The Fountain
2. Martin Scorsese for
The Departed
3. Alfonso Cuaron for
Children of Men
4. Sofia Coppola for
Marie-Antoinette
5. Paul Greengrass for
United 93
6. Bill Condon for
Dreamgirls
7. Spike Lee for
Inside Man (#4 if you're including
When the Levees Broke as well)
8. Guillermo del Toro for
Pan's Labyrinth
9. Christopher Nolan for
The Prestige
10. Clint Eastwood for
Letters from Iwo Jima (and
Flags of Our Fathers)
Best Actor
1. Hugh Jackman in
The Fountain
2. Ryan Gosling in
Half Nelson
3. Forrest Whittaker in
Last King of Scotland
4. Clive Owen in
Children of Men (<3333)
5. Sacha Baron Cohen in
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America...
6. Leonardo DiCaprio in
The Departed
7. Matt Damon in
The Departed
8. Daniel Craig in
Casino Royale
9. Patrick Wilson in
Little Children
10. Heath Ledger in
Candy
Ooh...except for Whittaker, this is like a top 10 of extraordinarily good-looking men. I make good choices sometimes. ;)
Best Actress
1. Meryl Streep in
The Devil Wears Prada
2. Judi Dench in
Notes on a Scandal
3. Kate Winslet in
Little Children
4. Penelope Cruz in
Volver
5. Laura Dern in
Inland Empire
6. Naomi Watts in
The Painted Veil
7. Helen Mirren in
The Queen (OMG calm down people.)
8. Catherine O'Hara in
For Your Consideration
9. Maggie Gyllenhaal in
Sherrybaby
10. Cate Blanchett in
The Good German
Best Supporting Actor
1. Eddie Murphy in
Dreamgirls
2. Doug Jones in
Pan's Labyrinth
3. Michael Sheen in
The Queen
4. Steve Carell in
Little Miss Sunshine
5. Clive Owen in
Inside Man (<333. I AM ALLOWED MY BIASES DAMMIT)
6. Michael Caine in
Children of Men
7. Ben Affleck for
Hollywoodland
8. Jackie Earle Haley for
Little Children
9. Jack Nicholson for
The Departed
10. Sergio Lopez for
Pan's Labyrinth
(please note: in
The Departed, Baldwin >>>>>> Wahlberg)
Best Supporting Actress
1. Mia Kirshner in
The Black Dahlia
2. Jennifer Hudson in
Dreamgirls (um when will people realize she wasn't just singing. When you sing for musical theater,
you interpret a song!)
3. Shareeka Epps in
Half Nelson (...category fraud.)
4. Claire Hope-Ashitey in
Children of Men
5. Rinko Kikuchi in
Babel
6. Toni Collette in
Little Miss Sunshinse
7. Abigail Breslin in
Little Miss Sunshine
8. Kerry Washington in
The Last King of Scotland
9. Emma Thompson in
Stranger than Fiction
10. Vera Farmiga in
Running Scared
Best Screenplay
1.
The Departed
2.
Little Children
3.
Children of Men
4.
Volver
5.
Little Miss Sunshine
6.
The Painted Veil
7.
Stranger than Fiction
8.
Inside Man
9.
Half Nelson
10.
The Prestige
...I should do some major project next. Hmmm.
