oscar recap

i'm doing the victory touchdown dance.

here's the oscar pick-count:

Group Results
Group Rank	Entry	Predict Pts
1	taragon21 (me)	14
2	anne	10
3	bellezza (kelly)	9
3	erinannie (erin)	9
5	shaka (corey)	5

here's how my picks worked out:

Nominee Category	Your Predictions	Actual Winners
Best Picture	CRASH	CRASH
Actor in a Leading Role	Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE	Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
Actor in a Supporting Role	Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN	George Clooney - SYRIANA
Actress in a Leading Role	Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA	Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE
Actress in a Supporting Role	Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER	Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Animated Feature Film	WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT	WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
Art Direction	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Cinematography	BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Costume Design	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Directing	BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN	BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Documentary Feature	MURDERBALL	MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
Documentary Short Subject	GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA	A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN
Film Editing	CRASH	CRASH
Foreign Language Film	PARADISE NOW	TSOTSI
Makeup	THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE	THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Music (Score)	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA	BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Music (Song)	"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW	"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW
Short Film - Animated	THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION	THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION
Short Film - Live Action	OUR TIME IS UP	SIX SHOOTER
Sound	WAR OF THE WORLDS	KING KONG
Sound Editing	KING KONG	KING KONG
Visual Effects	WAR OF THE WORLDS	KING KONG
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)	BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN	BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Writing (Original Screenplay)	CRASH	CRASH
Correct Predictions:		14

to see the complete matchup, click below.


overall, the oscars were pretty innocuous. no groping by isaac mizrahi on the red carpet. no majorly controversial political statements. lots of self congrats on how wonderful hollywood is to expose the issues of the world. you know--the usual. the only big surprise was how little brokeback won. don't get me wrong, that's ok. but with all the press, i expected it to do better.

i enjoyed jon stewart, but frankly didn't feel he had a lot to work with. my favorite joke of the night (paraphrased): 'bjork couldn't be here tonight. as she was getting ready for the show, dick cheney shot her.'

now that is a keeper.