Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

ACTRESS
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
**Carey Mulligan, An Education**
Maya Rudolph, Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
**Amy Adams, The Fighter**
Marion Cotillard, Inception
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer

Off the shouldabeens...

ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
George Clooney, Up in the Air
**Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer**
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

But since Gordon-Levitt wasn't nominated, I'd go with Bridges in this race.

ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, Che
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
**Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler**

Off the shouldabeens...

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Chris Cooper, Breach
**Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood**
Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her

If I recall correctly, Randy Newman did this last year as well for Toy Story 3.

Off the shouldabeens

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Craig, Casino Royale
**Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed**
Clive Owen, Children of Men
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Ken Watanabe, Letters From Iwo Jima

Off my 2005 Shouldabeens... ACTOR Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale Bruno Ganz, Downfall Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote **Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain** David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck In retrospect, Ganz' nomination should be in 2004, given Downfall's release in Germany in Septe...

Off my 2004 Shouldabeens...

ACTOR
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx, Ray
**Paul Giamitti, Sideways**

But voted on my second choice here, that being Eastwood.

Off my 2003 shouldabeens...

ACTOR
Paddy Considine, In America
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
**Sean Penn, Mystic River**

Based on my Shouldabeen list for 2002:

Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
Hugh Grant, About a Boy
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

Out of the line-up, Brody was still my choice, though it was a close one.

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PICTURE 127 Hours Animal Kingdom The Fighter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I **The Illusionist** Inception The Social Network The Town Toy Story 3 True Grit ACTOR Jeff Bridges, True Grit Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King's Speec...

One of the hardest decisions I've yet come across on these polls: It's a Wonderful Life or The Best Years of Our Lives. Two amazing films that I think would have won Best Picture in lesser years. While I view It's a Wonderful Life every Christmas with the tear ducts getting their workout right on c...