Million Dollar Baby prevailed as the soul survivor of last nights awards, although The Aviator won 5 awards, M$B's 4 trophies were all in major categories including Best Picture, Director, Actress, and Supporting Actor. Hilary Swank received her 2nd Oscar, after winning in 1999 for Boys Don' Cry. Clint Eastwood earned his 2nd Oscar for Directing, his Million Dollar Baby Oscar will now sit beside his Unforgiven Oscar. Morgan Freeman took home his first statue for Supporting Actor, he was also nominated for The Shawshank Redemption and Driving Miss Daisy.
Million Dollar Baby's Best Picture award felt good to be given out it seemed, in everyone's mind they wanted Scoresese's Aviator to win, but Million Dollar Baby was truly much more heartfelt, and more about character development than about epic style.(Not taking anything away from the Aviator)
The Aviator seemed perfect early on, and then seemed stronger after Cate Blanchett won for best supporting actress, she gave The Aviator tons of momentum after that win due to the fact that many felt Virginia Madsen for Sideways would rather be a better story to tell if she had been victorius. Jamie Foxx took home best actor, he was the biggest shoe-in of the night, sort of like Charlize Theron from last year. Sideways' only award came in the category of best adapted screenplay,after that it was a quiet night for the breakthrough film of the year.
In the major categories there weren't any upsets, I was hoping that maybe Clive Owen(Closer) or Thomas Haden Church would provide an upset in the best supporting actor race. It's fair to say that when it comes down to awarding the best picture of the year, you look at the story, the acting, and the directing over everything else, and M$B provided the best in all of those 3 categories.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Academy Awards
The Oscars are quickly approaching, at about 8:10 on Febuary 27th, the first Oscar will inevitably be givin out, the first award is always Best Supporting Actor, I think that this has been one of the best year's for that category in a long while. I will be predicting the awards in the following entry.
Best Picture
-The Aviator
-Sideways
-Million Dollar Baby
-Ray
-Finding Neverland
Prediction-The Aviator
Preference-Million Dollar Baby
Darkhorse-Sideways
Best Actor
-Jamie Foxx (Ray)
-Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
-Johnny Depp(Finding Neverland)
-Don Cheadle(Hotel Rwanda)
-Leonardo DiCaprio(The Aviator)
Prediction-Jamie Foxx
Preference-Eastwood or DiCaprio
Darkhorse-Clint Eastwood
Best Actress
-Hilary Swank(Million Dollar Baby)
-Annette Bening(Being Julia)
-Imelda Staunton(Vera Drake)
-Kate Winslet(Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
-Catalina Sandino Moreno(Maria Full of Grace)
Prediction-Hilary Swank
Preference-Hilary Swank
Dark Horse-Imelda Staunton
Best Director
-Martin Scorsese(The Aviator)
-Clint Eastwood(Million Dollar Baby)
-Alexander Payne(Sideways)
-Taylor Hackford(Ray)
-Mike Leigh(Vera Drake)
Prediction-Martin Scorsese
Preference-Clint Eastwood
Darkhorse-Alexander Payne
Best Supporting Actor
-Morgan Freeman(Million Dollar Baby)
-Clive Owen(Closer)
-Thomas Haden Church(Sideways)
-Jamie Foxx(Collateral)
-Alan Alda(The Aviator)
Prediction-Morgan Freeman
Preference- Clive Owen
Darkhorse-Clive Owen
Best Supporting Actress
-Virginia Madsen(Sideways)
-Cate Blanchett(The Aviator)
-Natalie Portman(Closer)
-Kate Winslet(Finding Neverland)
-Sophie Okendo(Hotel Rwanda)
Prediction-Cate Blanchett
Preference-Natalie Portman
Darkhorse-Natalie Portman
Monday, February 14, 2005
NBA
Don't look now but the Orlando Magic (27-24) are riding on a wave of fresh faces and an injury plagued Grant Hill, who has replenished the Magic to the 5th spot in the Eastern Conference. With new faces including Hedo Turkoglu, #1 pick Dwight Howard, who is having a studly rookie season, and Steve Francis who tickles the fortune of having a triple double almost every night. They recently aquired Doug Christie from the Kings in exchange for Cuttino Mobley, I do not understand that move, which has lead to the breakup of Mobley and Francis, who had a close relationship in Houston, and now they have been seperated, for what? Christie's defense? Look out for this team in the playoffs, they could push themselves to the Eastern Conference Finals, although if they run into the Heat, this magical season, could come to a quick end.
Friday, February 11, 2005
The best of 04'
Million Dollar Baby
Garden State
Closer
The Aviator
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sideways
Collateral
Spiderman 2
Kill Bill vol.2
Hotel Rwanda
Friday Night Lights
Garden State
Closer
The Aviator
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sideways
Collateral
Spiderman 2
Kill Bill vol.2
Hotel Rwanda
Friday Night Lights
Thursday, February 10, 2005
College Ball
Truly hello, definitely have the Ocean's 11 look going on, with the cirlces at the top, very good. No stories for today except some discussion on the Duke UNC game that took place Wednesday night.
The Dukies prevailed at home with a great statement, something that everyone knows, but they do not talk about it to much. WE HAVE THE BEST COACH IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. Disagreeing with this, is a game of cat and mouse, one is surely to lose on a daily basis. When the LA Lakers tried to reel in Coach K months ago, they KNEW what they were getting, if you paid attention to the story, a key factor for Coach K staying was a letter that he had received from a Duke student, begging him to stay. This letter won a game lastnight, forget all of the players, both teams are ultimately equipped with enough fire power to play the God damn Ravens defense, with Coach K your getting much more, your being led by an ambassador of college hoops. It's all about family, and what is comfortable, Coach K, knows what he has with this team, and his future teams, he know's that his players will do anything for him, because he is the type of guy who will turn down the glitz and glamour of LA, to stay with his roots. I am not saying that Duke will win the NCAA championship, hell I'm not even saying they will beat UNC again this year at UNC. Just saying that Coach K is the man, I'm not even that big of a Duke fan, I like this Redick kid, and Ewing is solid, but Coach K breathes through his players, and that's why he is the man .
The Dukies prevailed at home with a great statement, something that everyone knows, but they do not talk about it to much. WE HAVE THE BEST COACH IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. Disagreeing with this, is a game of cat and mouse, one is surely to lose on a daily basis. When the LA Lakers tried to reel in Coach K months ago, they KNEW what they were getting, if you paid attention to the story, a key factor for Coach K staying was a letter that he had received from a Duke student, begging him to stay. This letter won a game lastnight, forget all of the players, both teams are ultimately equipped with enough fire power to play the God damn Ravens defense, with Coach K your getting much more, your being led by an ambassador of college hoops. It's all about family, and what is comfortable, Coach K, knows what he has with this team, and his future teams, he know's that his players will do anything for him, because he is the type of guy who will turn down the glitz and glamour of LA, to stay with his roots. I am not saying that Duke will win the NCAA championship, hell I'm not even saying they will beat UNC again this year at UNC. Just saying that Coach K is the man, I'm not even that big of a Duke fan, I like this Redick kid, and Ewing is solid, but Coach K breathes through his players, and that's why he is the man .
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