Which movie will win best picture award at oscars?

[cycloneye]

This comming sunday March 5 the oscars will be given.I will go with Brokeback Mountain as the winner.

[GalvestonDuck]

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, but it's almost a given -- gay characters=Oscar. Then again, Capote was also gay, but I think Philip Seymour Hoffman will get the Statuette for his portrayal and BBM will get the picture trophy.

I liked Crash and although it's unfair for me to say I think it deserves the Award since I haven't seen the others, I will say it anyway.

It's odd for me to get this far into a year without having seen almost all the contenders.

[conestogo_flood]

Brokeback Mountain was extremely good. I loved the movie, I plan to buy it when it comes out on DVD.

I am suspecting it will win too, very good acting involved, and the story line was good.

[Miss Mary]

I ~really, really~ want to see Brokeback Mountain. But no one in my family will go with me. Let me explain, my oldest daughter (18, in college) saw it with friends, said it was excellent. I will like it, and cry, like she did. My youngest daughter (15)won't be seen with her ~mother~ in a movie theater. And well, my hubby said it's a movie he'll pass on. He might watch it later, if we rent it.

So, anyone want to go? LOL

I'm really hoping it wins. From all I've heard, it's such a good movie. And about time we broke out of the typical Hollywood movies.

Mary

[GalvestonDuck]

Anyone wanna wager on how many times we'll hear "I wish I could quit you" during the Oscar telecast?

If I hear it one more time, I'm gonna scream! I just know it's gonna take away from the emotional moment of hearing it onscreen when/if I ever see the movie.

[cycloneye]

There is still time to vote in the poll before the ceremony starts at 8:00 PM EST.

[TexasStooge]

Call me picky, but I think "Good Night,and Good Luck" will take this year's best picture.

[Tstormwatcher]

Don't really care but John Stewart had a really funny opening. Good jokes and funny gay cowboy scenes.

[TexasStooge]

Clooney, 'March of the Penguins' win Oscars

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) - George Clooney won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for the oil-industry thriller "Syriana," and Rachel Weisz took the supporting-actress prize for another corporate thriller, "The Constant Gardener."

The win capped a remarkable year for Clooney, who made Oscar history by becoming the first person nominated for acting in one movie and directing another.

Along with performing in "Syriana," Clooney directed the Edward R. Murrow tale "Good Night, and Good Luck," which earned him directing and writing nominations and was among the best-picture contenders.

In "Syriana," Clooney effaced his glamour-boy looks behind the bearded, heavyset facade of a CIA patriot who grows jaded over U.S. oil policy in the Middle East.

"All right, so I'm not winning director," Clooney joked, adding that an Oscar win always would be synonymous with his name from then on, including in his obituary. "Oscar winner George Clooney, sexiest man alive 1997, `Batman,' died today in a freak accident."

Clooney also lauded Oscar voters for their daring.

"This group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the back of theaters," Clooney said, referring to the supporting-actress winner from "Gone With the Wind," the first black performer to receive an Oscar.

In "The Constant Gardener," adapted from John le Carre's novel, Weisz played a humanitarian-aid worker whose fearless efforts against questionable pharmaceutical practices makes her a target for government and corporate interests in Africa.

Weisz thanked co-star Ralph Fiennes and director Fernando Meirelles, "and of course, John le Carre, who wrote this unflinching, angry story. And he really paid tribute to the people who are willing to risk their own lives to fight injustice. They're greater men and women than I."

The stop-motion family tale "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" won the Oscar for best animated feature film.

Co-director Nick Park, who also made the hit stop-motion film "Chicken Run," thanked voice stars Helena Bonham Carter and Peter Sallis, who has done the voice of cheese-loving Brit Wallace for 23 years, since the filmmaker came up with the character in his student days.

"You've been an absolute gem, Peter, and you've sparkled all the way," Park said.

The Antarctic nature tale "March of the Penguins," a surprise smash at the box office, was honored as best documentary.

"King Kong," from "Lord of the Rings" creator Peter Jackson, won the visual-effects trophy. The Japan drama "Memoirs of a Geisha" earned the costume-design Oscar, while the fantasy epic "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was picked for best makeup.

Clooney was one of the marquee names among a lineup of acting nominees heavy on lesser-known performers. And with a best-picture field of lower-budgeted films that drew smaller audiences than the commercial flicks that often dominate the Oscars, the question was whether Hollywood's big awards night could lure TV viewers.

Oscar organizers hoped new host Jon Stewart and the cultural buzz over front-runner "Brokeback Mountain" would beef up viewership.

The Oscars generally lure their biggest audiences in years when blockbusters such as "Titanic" or "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" are favored to win.

"Brokeback Mountain," though, has become a phenomenon far beyond those who have actually seen it, entering the pop-culture psyche with its tale of cowboys in love (best-actor nominee Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, who had been among supporting-actor nominees).

The show began with reprise visits from former Oscar hosts Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin and David Letterman, in which they all turn down offers to do the show again. Crystal and Rock did a "Brokeback Mountain" spoof, the two sharing a mountainside tent like the cowboys in the film and begging off as hosts, saying they were too busy.

Stewart used best-picture nominee "Capote," about gay author Truman Capote, to set up a "Brokeback Mountain" wisecrack, saying the film "showed America not all gay people are virile cowboys. Some are actually effete New York intellectuals. It's true."

Whether the "Brokeback Mountain" factor would boost ratings was uncertain. ABC, which airs the show, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences assembled an A-list collection of Oscar presenters to help offset a relatively unknown cast of nominees that included David Strathairn for "Good Night, and Good Luck," Terrence Howard for "Hustle & Flow" and Amy Adams for "Junebug."

"Brokeback Mountain" won top prizes at earlier Hollywood honors including the Golden Globes and was expected to earn best picture at the Oscars and the directing trophy for Ang Lee, who would be the first Asian filmmaker to receive that award.

Yet the ensemble drama "Crash," featuring a huge cast of characters in multiple story lines playing out over a chaotic 36-hour period, was a strong dark-horse contender to pull a best-picture upset.

Along with "Crash," "Brokeback Mountain" and "Capote," the other best-picture nominees were "Good Night, and Good Luck" and the assassination thriller "Munich."

[GalvestonDuck]

I liked Crash and although it's unfair for me to say I think it deserves the Award since I haven't seen the others, I will say it anyway.

[azskyman]

Take a bow, Duckie! As for Brokeback Mountain, Mary, Kathy and I did go see it....together. It is a good film, a sad story. Many will wait and see it on DVD in the comfort (and isolation) of their homes, I guess.

[Miss Mary]

Maybe I should reconsider Crash. I had heard Brokeback M. was very sad so I know that going in. I will see it.

This was one Oscar event my husband watched, b/c of Jon Stewart hosting. And we both sat there realizing we knew very little about the movies nominated! We ususally wait and rent the movies later - being the tightwads we are. LOL Of course I knew the celebs.......

And how proud I was of local homegrown 'boy' George Clooney........so proud!

Mary

[GalvestonDuck]

Crash is available on DVD now -- that's how I saw it. And that's part of the reason why it may have received more votes...it plays well on a small-screen as well as big-screen. Some movies (action, sci-fi, and fantasy, in particular, and other films with visually-stimulating cinematography) need the benefit of the motion picture screen to give the audience the "big" picture, literally. From what I've read, BBM was a big-screen flick.

I mentioned before that I hadn't seen any of the other films nominated. I should have clarified that I meant those nominated for Best Picture. I did see Walk The Line when it first came out. Reese truly deserved her award.

[GalvestonDuck]

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, but it's almost a given....
It's odd for me to get this far into a year without having seen almost all the contenders.

Finally saw Brokeback Mountain last night (and just finished it a few minutes ago because I was too tired to get through it all). Definitely a movie that would have been beautiful to watch on the big screen because of the cinematography. But beyond that, I wasn't too terribly impressed.

I mean, it was well-written. However, I couldn't get past Heath Ledger's mumbling. I kept having to rewind to figure out what he was saying. Does he always talk like that or was that in character? I looked over his list of other movies and realize I haven't seen anything he's done before, even the more well-known titles like "Monster's Ball," "The Patriot," and "10 Things I Hate About You." Haven't really seen much of Jake Gyllenhall's flicks either except for "The Day After Tomorrow" (and who here on S2K hasn't seen that one? ).

The first "love scene" was a bit shocking. It just sort of came out of nowhere, IMO. Did I miss something because of Ledger's mumbling? Was that expected? It just struck me as too intense and sudden. But maybe I just don't understand how guys think.

Anne Hathaway's performance was a surprise (as well as parts of her performance *ahem*).

And I'm glad no one here mentioned how it ended. I can't believe I made it over a year without even accidentally finding out.

I'm ready for this year's Oscars -- tonight!! Of course, I still haven't seen all the contenders. I really want to see "The Queen" if I can get to it before it leaves the theater here in Galveston. But it won't be before tonight unfortunately.

Now, how long does it take to get that darned Brokeback Mountain music out of your head?

[azsnowman]

It's not in the poll but I'll vote for "Little Ms. Sunshine!" one of the funniest dam movies I've seen in EONS!! I don't buy movies but when it comes out you can bet I will!

[Janie2006]

I'm going with Good Night and Good Luck as the darkhorse contender. It just might surprise a few people. I'm going to forgive the Academy for failing to give Best Actress to Felicity Huffman last year...but they shouldn't keep trying my patience.

[Lindaloo]

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, but it's almost a given -- gay characters=Oscar. Then again, Capote was also gay, but I think Philip Seymour Hoffman will get the Statuette for his portrayal and BBM will get the picture trophy.

I liked Crash and although it's unfair for me to say I think it deserves the Award since I haven't seen the others, I will say it anyway.

It's odd for me to get this far into a year without having seen almost all the contenders.

And it should not be that way. It should be because of how the actor/actress came across. It should not be because they both played a gay character.