em's oscar picks

best picture: brokeback mountain
it was a good story that was subtle, beautifully shot and deeply felt. and suprisingly you weren't overly conscious that you were watching a homosexual love story as much as you were watching a love story, which seems how it should be.

crash was good, but not oscar good. same goes for capote, although i think it was better than crash. didn't see good night and good luck or munich.




best director: ang lee
because of everything i listed above. does anyone else find it funny that george clooney is nominated? i didn't see good night so i'm not saying he doesn't deserve it and i certainly have way more respect for him after after o brother, but still...






best actor: philip seymour hoffman
his performance was the best i saw all year. and i actually saw everyone nominated for this category save david strathairn. but there are a lot of great performances in this category, especially joaquin pheonix. i would be happy if he or heath ledger won (although a brokeback sweep would be boring to watch).



best actress: felicity huffman
i was 100% reese and her sassy portayal of june carter cash...until i saw the trailer for transamerica. yes folks, just the trailer was enough to convince me this was an oscar worthy preformance. i did see the whole film and i was highly impressed. she plays a man who is undergoing hormnone treatment and a week away from having a sex change to be woman. she was incredible. i did love reese witherspoon and was amazed by her singing in walk the line. but as far as an oscar-winning performance, they got to give it to huffman.

note: i think this is the only major category that i go against what who the critics are picking. i did make my picks before i knew who was favored...i promise!



best supporting actor: jake gyllenhaal
he was good...i don't have too much opinion on this category.


best supporting actress: michelle williams
it is a shame that no one saw junebug. amy adams was incredible. trust me. you need to see this film. i would give her the academy award. having said that, i was impressed by almost all of the actresses ( i saw all but north country) and i was really impressed by michelle williams and catherine keener. out of the actresses that have a chance of winning, i would like williams
to win. which is funny because before walk the line and brokeback, i hated reese witherspoon and michele williams, but i really enjoyed them both in the aforementioned films. i did see most of the consant gardener and wasn't overly impressed by rachel weisz. sorry.


other notable categories for me:







best original screenplay: the squid and the whale

this is the only catergory that my favorite films get nominated for. another movie that was great that a lot of people didn't see.


best adapted screenplay: brokeback mountain

yeah...this will probably win...but i think this one should get it...








best animated feature: wallace and gromit: the curse of the were-rabbit

i loved this...