2003 Academy Awards Nominations (Predictions)

[Tony_samo]

wich movie do you think they'll get Nominated for the 2003 Academy Awards?????????

I think Maybe this Movies will get Nominations

BEST PICTURE

The Last Samurai
Master and Commander
LOTR: ROTK
Open Range

Best Special Efects

Terminator 3
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
X2
LOTR: ROTK

and For Actor and Actress, I don't Have a Favorite Just yet!

[PapaGeorgioSmrf]

maybe Seabiscuit up in that list for best picture, i havent seen it yet but i hear good things.

[Seraph333]

Seabiscuit will be on there for BEST PICTURE.

[ILOVEKATIE]

It will depend on what comes out in the next couple of months, especially in December.
I know the ROTK will be nominated, theres no doubt about that.

[Doofy Gilmore]

The Academy awards are a waste.

[Laterose]

no, they're just rigged

[Boods]

if ROTK doesnt win i am fcuking gonna bomb the ceremony...
same thing if peter jackson doesnt win best director for christ sake...its just insane that he didnt get it for FOTR

my predictions for the 2003 oscar nominees and winners

best picture
LOTR: ROTK (winner)
the alamo
cold mountain
seabiscuit
mona lisa smile

best director
peter jackson for ROTK (winner)
quentin tarantino for kill bill
john lee hancock for the alamo
mike newell for mona lisa smile
anthony minghella for cold mountain

best actor
viggo mortensen for ROTK
johnny depp for pirates of the caribbean (winner)
tom cruise for the last samurai
russel crowe for master and commander
collin farrell for phone booth

best actress
julia roberts for mona lisa smile (winner)
nicole kidman for cold mountain
uma thurman for kill bill
catherine zeta jones for intolerable cruelty
halle berry for gothika

best supporting actor
andy serkis for ROTK (winner)
dennis quaid for the alamo
nick nolte for hulk
jack nicholson for anger management
johnny depp for once upon a time in mexico

best supporting actress
maggie gyllenhaal for mona lisa smile (winner or...)
julia stiles for mona lisa smile (...winner?)
jenifer connelly for the hulk
renee zellwegger for cold mountain
keira knightley for pirates of the caribbean (i cant think of anyone else)

best special effects
LOTR: ROTK (winner)
pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl
terminator 3: rise of the machines
the matrix reloaded
the matrix revolutions

best adapted screenplay
LOTR: ROTK (winner)

best original screenplay
pirates of the caribbean (winner)

best original score (not sure cos havent obvioulsy heard ROTK but LOTR scores are usually great)
pirates of the caribbean
LOTR: ROTK

best make up
LOTR: ROTK (winner)
freddy vs jason (haha joke)

best costumes
LOTR: ROTK (winner)
pirates of the caribbean
the alamo
mona lisa smile
master and commander

best animated feature
finding nemo (winner)

best song (again havent heard all)
LOTR: ROTK
finding nemo


theres all i can think of right now ...

[Phil Parma]

I don't think Cold Mountain is coming out this year, I believe Miramax pushed it back to next year because Harvey Weinstein felt nothing could beat Return of the King.

[Blueman]

they better have Johhny Depp win it for Pirates of the carribean!

[ILOVEKATIE]

Originally posted by Phil Parma
I don't think Cold Mountain is coming out this year, I believe Miramax pushed it back to next year because Harvey Weinstein felt nothing could beat Return of the King.
haha thats so cool. They're afraid.:applaud:

[dr_evil]

i still dont think ROTK will win all that you all think it does (i am not a fan of the series so thats of course my opinion)
i think a little movie is going to be a big winner this year

[pitcherpat]

Originally posted by Tony_samo
wich movie do you think they'll get Nominated for the 2003 Academy Awards?????????

I think Maybe this Movies will get Nominations

BEST PICTURE

The Last Samurai
Master and Commander
LOTR: ROTK
Open Range


I am really happy to see that someone else thinks that Open Range will be up for Best Picture. I have been waiting for Costner to come out with another movie like this, with a strong story and plenty of action. These roles suit him so well!! With Robert Duvall and Annette Bening, I think that Open Range will be another huge hit for Costner that will earn him a Best Picture nomination!

[Seraph333]

BEST PICTURE

Open Range
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Seabiscuit
The Last Samurai
Mona Lisa Smile

[hpk37067]

BEST PICTURE

Seabiscuit
ROTK
perhaps Pirates of the Caribbean
and other random movies that made no money but get nominated anyway.

[kryptonian_boy]

I don't think Pirates of the Caribbean will get nominated for any major awards, but it should get nominated for effects, costumes, etc.
And I think Lord of the Rings: Return of the King stands the best chance of any LOTR movie to win for Best Picture, since it's the final part of a large story. That is probably what killed the other parts (FOTR and TTT), in the end. The Academy didn't want to award an incomplete story, no matter how amazing its parts.
Also, I would say that the 3 lead actors in Seabiscuit should get acting nominations, but I'm afraid that they might cancel each other out. So, they might move either Chris Cooper or Tobey Maguire to Best Supporting Actor category. Also, don't be surprised if William H. Macy ends up with a Best Supporting Actor nomination. And I think Jeff Bridges should be nominated in the Best Actor category.

[Rain Man]

yeah kryptonian_boy is right POTC wont get nominated for any major awards.

Also to Phil Parma can you tell me were you heard Cold Mountain is being pushed back.

[obsessedwithsnl]

I don't think POTC will get nominated for the major awards, but I really want ROTK to win a lot of awards.

[Gandollum]

Here's a list of all the potential oscar nominees for best pic.

Return of the King
The Last Samurai
Master and Commander
The Alamo
Seabiscuit
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Open Range
Maybe Kill Bill Volume I and Volume II(if this gets released before they anounce oscar nominess)
And the rest are pretty low profile, many of you might not know what these movies are about but they look like oscar quality films
The Missing
The Company
The Statement
Lost in Translation
BTW, why is everyone mentioning Mona Lisa Smile as frontrunner isnt it just a comedy.

As for locks, im pretty sure its gonna be ROTK, Samurai and Cold Mountain. As for Mountain im sure, they're releasing it this year. Even though im a huge Rings fan, im pretty sure it wont win, its either gonna be Cold Mountain or Last Samurai.

[Phil Parma]

I believe it was theonering.net Of course, they could have been wrong, but I'm sure that's what I read.

EDIT: Okay, I've checked both IMDb and the Miramax site, and they both say it's coming out this December, so I guess I stand corrected.

[Rain Man]

I thought Cold Mountain was being released this December.

I think Gandollum is right with ROTK,Cold Mountain, and the Last Samurai being locks

[KayTang999]

I want to add one movie to Gandollum list, Whale Rider.

[Blueman]

that open range movie looks reallygood and could get some big oscar nominatons

and whats the big deal about cold mountain never heard of it yet you guys make ot seem like its gonna be a amazing film

[KayTang999]

It based on a book and the cast composed of Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee S. and Natalie Portman. It is about or have something to do with Civil War.

[lord_elrond]

the only thing certain for now is ROTK getting nominated for best picture and tons of other awards. seabiscuit is this summer's road to perdition, so it's likely it's also gonna be forgotten by oscar season.

ROTK is also destined to win the award for best visual effects (like the first two), and just so some of you know, only three films can qualify for this award, so the competition (for now) could be reloaded or revolutions, and hulk.

anyway, why don't we talk about the MTV movie awards next year? at least it'll be easier to predict next year's nominees, plus ROTK is surely gonna win here. pirates of the caribbean is surely gonna get nominated for best picture, as well as johnny depp for male performance, keira knightley for breakthrough performance, and geoffrey rush for best villain. whaddya think?

[kryptonian_boy]

I know it's strange to say, but I think Road To Perdition was forgotten for most of the major awards (Paul Newman's supporting actor nomination the exception) because it was considered too gloomy (though Oscar voters often vote for moody films). Also could have to do with a bias against graphic novels (seen as being like comic books, popular but not high art).
Seabiscuit won't be forgotten in that way, because: 1)the source material is a best-selling, highly regarded biography, 2)the story covers both the Great Depression, and a true-life uplifting story, and 3)the list of top-notch acting and action is too great to ignore. Sure, RTP had Tom Hanks (who should have gotten nominated for Best Actor, imo) and Paul Newman, but not much after that (Jude Law was effective, but had too small a part).
I expect Seabiscuit will be among the Oscar favorites.

[St.MaartenGyal]

Yeah, Pirates of the Caribbean won't get nominated for any big awards like Best Picture or Best Actor for Johnny Depp. But Special Effects and Costume etc, yes.
Lord of the Rings probably won't win again, and neither will Peter Jackson, as much as he deserves it. Its too much fantasy for the stiff bastards at the Academy. lol As close to fantasy as they get is the Animated Category.

And we all know Finding Nemo has that :D

And as someone else said as well, the Oscars are pretty much predecided. They either go with the popular vote to please people or reject the favorite because there was too much damn hype around it anyway. Cases in point?

Julia Roberts' win for Erin Brockovich: great role, kudos to Julia, but with all the hyper surrounding America's Sweetheart, did you really think they were going to give it to someone else?

Denzel Washington's Best Actor for Training Day combined with Halle Berry's win the same year for Monster's Ball: This I totally hated. Just to make him first/second black man to do blah blah blah? Support the hype in a year where everyone was crying racism in movies "they don't give the black people a chance dammit!" Training Day was just a vile movie and for the Academy to embrace it as it did, well, then the makers of other such vile movies should flip 'em the finger if they complain again.

Halle Berry, gold star in MB. But again...if there hadn't been all that hype, do you really think she would have gotten it? Nahhhh

Martin Scorcese losing: Poor Martin. his eyebrows about fell off when he lost. :( poor soul. Anyway. Again, a crapload of hype surrounding him...and to piss him off again. The Oscars held it back from him. It's kinda like Susan Lucci with the Emmys. She had to win once before she died, right? Maybe when Martin shows up with an oxygen tank, he can accept for Gangs of Miami or some other such nonsense.

I wasn't surprised when either of these people won or lost. It's what I've come to expect from the Oscars. Kinda like everything else, like Miss Universe...you just KNOW Miss USA is gonna be there, even if she does look like two miles of bad highway. lol

Cheers! :D

[Diablo]

when washington won the award i was mad, Will Smith should have won for Ali or Russel Crowe for A Beautiful Mind...

[Blueman]

hey sta martyen whjat u said about denzel and berry was just a pure dumb racist commment!

and i dont know why all you guys are mad that Dnezel Washing won it this guy is an amazing actor and on of the best out there

and he deserved it he was damn good in that movie

[roxx]

Cate Blanchett will win best actress, Renee Z- best supporting actress. Best actor will go to Sean Penn (Mystic River) and best picture for ROTK.

Or so I think ;)

[Rain Man]

Minority Report Was also forgotten along with Road To Perdition.

Here are my Nominees
BEST PICTURE
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King(winner)
The Last Samurai
Cold Mountain
Big fish
Seabiscuit
BEST ACTOR
Tom Cruise-The Last Samurai (winner)
Jude Law-Cold Mountain
Anthony Hopkins-The Human Stain
Ewan Mcgregor-Big Fish
Toby Maguire-Seabiscuit

BEST ACTRESS
Jennifer Connely- House of Sand and Fog
Nicole Kidman- Cold Mountain
Julia Roberts- Mona Lisa Smile
Noami Watts- 21 Grams(winner)
Cate Blanchett- Veronica Guerin

DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood-Mystic River
Peter Jackson- Return of the King(winner)
Anthony Minghella-Cold Mountain
Edward Zwick- The Last Samurai
Gary Ross- Seabiscuit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jeff Bridges-Seabiscuit
Albert Finney-Big Fish
Ed harris- The Humain Stain
Tim Robbins- Mystic River
Chris Cooper- Seabiscuit

[Gandollum]

Originally posted by KayTang999
I want to add one movie to Gandollum list, Whale Rider.

Good choice, i heard good stuff about it, i might watch it when it comes out on dvd. But as for a best pic nomination, i dont think it has a chance. They never recognize small independent films, its always the big budget epics. And some epics have been pure trash: The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love.

[KayTang999]

Well, for the past two year, they have something like In the Bedroom, The Hours, and The Pianist which are all small film, but I guess they are not independent film. May be they might get for Foreign Film, or not.

I think the academy should recognize small films that are diverse and well made. I think stick to the big hollywood movies that has a trend only make it boring. They should encourage small filmaker by recognize them. So that we get to see something new and different.

[roxx]

Originally posted by Rain Man


BEST ACTOR
Tom Cruise-The Last Samurai (winner)


Cruise won't win. Period. Now don't get me wrong, I love the guy and I'm a HUGE HUGE fan, but if he didn't win for Magnolia or Born on the fourth of July, which were some of the greatest performances ever performed by an actor (let alone best performance of the year) than I have no hope left.

Who cares anyway? The Academy are bloody bastards who choose not to recognize great cinema or actors, directors, etc until they are dead or too old to accept their awards.

Remember all the major awards Stanley Kubrick won? Not to mention the treatment Martin Scorsese recieved.

[Fanible]

I think it's too early for this thread, in my opinion.

[St.MaartenGyal]

Blueman, get a grip on yourself, mac.
And my name is St. MaartenGyal, learn a person's name if you want to try and insult them.
First off, it was not a racist comment. Where in my entire post did you see anything racist? :rolleyes:
My statement simply meant, in a year of hype that the Academy was mistreating black actors and actresses, they gave it to Denzel for a performance that I do not think rivaled anything else he has ever done. I have seen Denzel in much better performances, Training Day IN MY OPINION, since we're all entitled to one, was just a vile, disgusting movie. I don't think it deserved Oscar nods.

And FYI for people who still can't get it through their skull, Halle Berry is not even completely black, likewise with me. We're both from mixed parentage, so just take your stupid comments and put 'em in your pipe and smoke it like a joint, maybe it'll relax you, mac.

My post was about hype determining who wins the Oscar, not race. In case your eyes forget to see, I mentioned Julia Roberts, and she is no more black than Vanessa Redgrave.

Now then. After that. :D I do think Halle's performance was great, and I do think Julia's performance was great, and Denzel was all right, but if the hype hadn't been there surrounding their nominations, I really don't believe any of them would have one.

[Rizor]

Cruise may as well win. The Academy plays favorites. It's got as much voting sense as the staffers at some gossip paper.

[sunflower03]

i have to disagree with whoever thinks that small films or indie films are overlooked. it seems in the last few years, most of the winners, were these kinds of films. the only exception i can even think of was gladiator. look at what happened to saving private ryan, that is the one that most people i know wanted to win. but what won, shakespeare in love, and what movie is more probably has a better chance over time of becoming a classic movie, saving private ryan.

most of the people who watch the academy awards, want shows like the lord of the rings movies to win. but instead these weird movies win. when nicole kidman for best actress for the hours, most people i know hadn't even heard of that movie. it just seems to me that most critically aclaimed movies just turn out to be plan bad.

[johny_blues]

I dont care about 2004, it's already a won race for Return of the King

2005 is far more interesting!

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

Best Director
Best Actor - Jim Carrey
Best Actress - Kate Winslet
Best Screenplay

ROBERT ALTMAN'S ULTRAVIOLET

Best Director
Best Actress - Salma Hayek
Best Original Screenplay

AN UNFINISHED LIFE

Best Director
Best Actress - Jennifer Lopez

ALEXANDER

Best Director
Best Actor - Colin Farrell
Best Supporting Actress - Angelina Jolie

DOGVILLE

Best Director
Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
Best Original Screenplay

[ILOVEKATIE]

Peter Jackson has to win Best Director, if he doesn't that would totally suck. He deserves it more than anyone else. IMO.

[Fanible]

Yeah, after the first two films and nominations, he should definitly win for the third. He deserves it. His eye, his touch, his dedication to a great masterpeice. Although he's probably not the best director out there, his work should be more appreciated, and after not winning the first two, he might as well win the third, for the conclusion on the story.

[Jack's Thumb]

very cool to see that Open Range has Oscar buzz already. I'm definitely interested in seeing the movie and even more so now.

[Laterose]

I'd like LOTR to win one of the major awards, because they are superb movies, but they're always screwed at the Oscars.

[Space_Jockey79]

Unfortunately, I haven't been into the films of 2003, I will probably skip the Academy Awards next March. I have yet to see Finding Nemo and I would like to see it before they take it off the theaters. I have been disappointed with many of this year's release.

[Boods]

Originally posted by ILOVEKATIE
Peter Jackson has to win Best Director, if he doesn't that would totally suck. He deserves it more than anyone else. IMO.

so so true...if he doesnt win i will shoot them down ... i mean he spent what like 10 years on a trilogy and didnt get best director .. .the worst thing is he lost to shiitheads ... and FOTR and TTT lost to the shiiitest movies ...
:D

[KayTang999]

I think Finding Nemo is a lock for Oscar for animation cause the rest of the year, there is nothing else that would be able to compete with it.

[Mage]

Peter Weir will definitely be nominated for Master and Commander. It will probably be a best picture nom as well.

[Glordreen]

ROTK WILL WIN!!!

[Mage]

ROTK better have something more than just a lot of battle scenes with CGI monsters or else it won't be getting much respect from the Academy. LOTR:TTT was pretty awful in that respect. The entire franchise can make all the money it wants, it will be looked down upon as a kiddie franchise and in that case, it won't matter how popular it has become.

[Halofan1]

RotK deserves it this year. I don't care how good or bad it turns out to be, it deserves it for the screwjob FotR had.

[flunky]

Originally posted by Fanible
I think it's too early for this thread, in my opinion.


Yup... I agree. Some of those movies are not out yet.

[ILOVEKATIE]

Originally posted by flunky
Yup... I agree. Some of those movies are not out yet.
But, "I feel it in the water... I feel it in the earth... I smell it in the air..." ;):D

[Fanible]

Arg...

[dr_evil]

i think seabiscuit is goign to be big at teh oscars this year:D