2004 Oscar Shouldabeens

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2004
Best Picture
Before Sunset ***
Dogville
The Dreamers
The Return
Sideways

Best Actor
Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
Gabriel Garcia Bernal, Bad Education
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Paul Giamatti, Sideways ***
Mark Ruffalo, We Don't Live Here Anymore

Best Actress
Annette Bening, Being Julia
Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Nicole Kidman, Dogville ***
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Bettany, Dogville
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Clive Owen, Closer ***
Peter Sarsgaard, Kinsey
Rodrigo de la Serna, The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator ***
Laura Dern, We Don't Live Here Anymore
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Natalie Portman, Closer
Mabel Rivera, The Sea Inside

Best Director
Michael Gondry, Eternal Susnhine of the Spotless Mind
Jean Pierre Jeunet, A Very Long Engagement
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Lars Von Trier, Dogville ***
Andrei Zvyagnitsev, The Return




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Damien wrote:Not only did I not find this thing to be the second coming, I thought it was the second worst movie of 2004, after The Village.

I just died!!

Damien, is this because I made fun of Ethan Hawke? :D
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Best Picture
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset
Million Dollar Baby
Bad Education
Kinsey
Dogville
Birth
Kill Bill, Volume 2
Sideways
The Door in the Floor
Vera Drake

Best Director
Pedro Almodovar, Bad Education
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
Martin Scorcese, The Aviator

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, The Door in the Floor
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Jude Law, Closer
Liam Neeson, Kinsey

Best Actress
Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Nicole Kidman, Birth
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Supporting Actor
David Carradine, Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen, Closer
Peter Saarsgard, Kinsey

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Patricia Clarkson, Dogville
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Lynn Redgrave, Kinsey
Sharon Warren, Ray

Best Original Screenplay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Before Sunset
Kinsey
Vera Drake
Sideways

Best Adapted Screenplay
Million Dollar Baby
The Door in the Floor
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BEST FILM
1. Before Sunset
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Million Dollar Baby
4. Bad Education
5. Kinsey
6. House of Flying Daggers
7. Primer
8. The Dreamers
9. Hero
10. Mean Girls

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
2. Pedro Almodovar, Bad Education
3. Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers
4. Richard Linklater, Before Sunset
5. Bernardo Bertolucci, The Dreamers

BEST ACTOR
1. Liam Neeson, Kinsey
2. Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
3. Gael Garcia Bernal, Bad Education
4. Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
5. Jeff Bridges, The Door in the Floor

BEST ACTRESS
1. Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
2. Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
3. Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
5. Nicole Kidman, Birth

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. David Carradine, Kill Bill, vol. 2
2. Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
3. James Woods, This Girls Life
4. Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
5. Mark Ruffalo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Laura Linney, Kinsey
2. Maggie Cheung, Hero
3. Sophie Okenodo, Hotel Rwanda
4. Kirsten Dunst, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Sandra Oh, Sideways

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Before Sunset
3. Bad Education
4. Primer
5. Kinsey

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Mean Girls
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. The Door in the Floor
4. The Ladykillers
5. Sideways




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--Reza wrote:I finally caught up with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Am I the only one on this board who doesn't think this film is the second coming? I'm sorry, but what a load of crap! They actually also gave the film an award for its screenplay?

Reza, Give it a second chance! the screenplay is brilliant.

I'd rather swallow nails than sit through this film again!




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--Reza wrote:I finally caught up with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Am I the only one on this board who doesn't think this film is the second coming? I'm sorry, but what a load of crap! They actually also gave the film an award for its screenplay?

Not only did I not find this thing to be the second coming, I thought it was the second worst movie of 2004, after The Village.




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--Reza wrote:I finally caught up with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Am I the only one on this board who doesn't think this film is the second coming? I'm sorry, but what a load of crap! They actually also gave the film an award for its screenplay?

Reza, Give it a second chance! the screenplay is brilliant.




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--Big Magilla wrote:I thought Winslet was good, but I, too, preferred her subtler work in Finding Neverland.

I adore The Goddess, but even I would never describe her perfromance in Finding Neverland as "subtle."

It's subjective. I said it was "subtler" not "subtle" as opposed to her over-the-top acting in Spotless Mind which is anything but subtle. Okay, you can throw the dishes now - I'm ducking!




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I would describe her perf in Finding Neverland as adequate. Nothing spectacular. Perhaps maybe above average...definitely nothing compared to her work in Eternal Sunshine where I think she may have done some of her best work (IMO).



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--Big Magilla wrote:I thought Winslet was good, but I, too, preferred her subtler work in Finding Neverland.

I adore The Goddess, but even I would never describe her perfromance in Finding Neverland as "subtle."




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"Sublime" and "Finding Neverland" should never be in the same sentence. If you make sublime and adverb, you can say "sublimely overrated 'Finding Neverland'" or "sublimely flaccid 'Finding Neverland'" and that's okay. Other than that, you really have to work.
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I thought Winslet was good, but I, too, preferred her subtler work in Finding Neverland. I thought the film itself ws too cutesy poo with Jim Carrey once again trying too hard to give a "serious" performance.
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--Reza wrote:Winslet's ''all out'' playing of a free spirit seems to have conned Academy members into thinking this is an Oscar role. I suppose it is the sort of role that gets noticed. Call me old fashioned but I preferred her sublime work in Finding Neverland instead.

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--Reza wrote:I finally caught up with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Am I the only one on this board who doesn't think this film is the second coming?

No, but at 44 you're probably the youngest.




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I liked the film very much....i would have given winslet her nomination, not a win though...i would have also given the screenplay a nomination but not a win. No other nominations. But i was very entertained by the film, i found the story very interesting and carrey does a fine job leading us through this story.
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