For some strange reason, we don't seem to have a thread like last year's where we made our own "nominations" based on movies we saw this year.

Give it a tryyyy.

Where's yours?

I haven't seen THAT many movies, so far, so it's a short list, but I'll try.

Best Picture:

United 93
The Devil Wears Prada
Inside Man


Best Director:

Paul Greengrass for United 93
David Frankel for Devil Wears Prada
Spike Lee for Inside Man


Best Actor:

Clive Owen for Inside Man
Denzel Washington for Inside Man
Hugo Weaving for V For Vendetta

Best Actress:

Meryl Streep for Devil Wears Prada
Anne Hathaway for Devil Wears Prada
Natalie Portman for V for Vendetta

Best Supporting Actor:

Stanley Tucci for Devil Wears Prada
Ian McKellan for Da Vinci Code


Best Supporting Actress:

Emily Blunt for Devil Wears Prada
Jodie Foster (by default) for Inside Man

I haven't seen anything that I would, even for a moment, consider nominating in any important category.

hahahahaha Ok, here goes. Based on movies I have seen this year.

Best Picture:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

Best Actor:
Tom Hanks (Da Vinci Code)
Will Ferrell (Talladega Nights)
Hugh Jackman (X3)
Clive Owen (Inside Man)
Denzel Washington (Inside Man)

Best Actress:
Leslie Bibb (Talladega Nights)
Audry Tautou (Da Vinci Code)
Rosario Dawson (Clerks II)
Famke Janssen (X3)
Jodie Foster (Inside Man)

Best Supporting Actor:
John C. Reily (Talladega Nights)
Paul Bettany (Da Vinci Code)
Ian McKellan (Da Vinci Code)
Willem Dafoe (Inside Man)
Jeff Anderson (Clerks II)

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams: (Talladega Nights)
Jane Lynch: (Talladega Nights)
Kim Director: (Inside Man)
Ellen Page: (X3)
Anna Paquin: (X3)

Best Original Screenplay:
Clerks II
Talladega Nights
Inside Man ?

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Da Vinci Code
X3

Best Art Direction:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

Best Cinematography:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

Best Score:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

Best Special Effects:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code

Best Costume Design:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

Best Editing:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

Best Sound Editing:
Talladega Nights
X3
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code
Clerks II

hmm... I'll just wait for December... yeah

Best Picture:

World Trade Center
Little Miss Sunshine
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Benchwarmers
United 93


Best Director:

Oliver Stone,World Trade Center
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Davis, Little Miss Sunshine
Brent Ratner, X-Men: The Last Stand
Neil Marshall, The Descent


Best Actor:

Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Nicholas Cage, World Trade Center
Hugh Grant, American Dreamz
Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine
David Duchovny, Trust the Man


Best Actress:

Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Natalie Portman, V for Vendetta
Nora Zehetner, Brick
Mandy Moore, American Dreamz
Scarlett Johansson, Scoop


Best Supporting Actor:

Willem Dafoe, American Dreamz
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Paul Bettany, The Da Vinci Code
Michael Pena, World Trade Center


Best Supporting Actress:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Trust the Man
Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center
Jodie Foster, The Inside Man
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Natalie Jackson Mendoza, The Descent

pretty short list

Best Picture
Little Miss Sunshine

Best Actress
Gretchen Mol, The Notorious Bettie Page
Ellen Page, Hard Candy
Keke Palmer, Akeelah and the Bee

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kinky Boots

Best Screenplay - Original
Kinky Boots
Little Miss Sunshine

Best Animated Feature
Cars
Over The Hedge

Best Documentary (not sure which are eligible)
An Inconvenient Truth
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Be Here To Love Me
The Heart of the Game
Leonard Cohen: Im Your Man
Unknown White Male

Best Score
Terence Blanchard, Inside Man

Best Picture
The Descent
The Hills Have Eyes
Inside Man
United 93
V for Vendetta

Best Director
Alexandre Aja, The Hills Have Eyes
Spike Lee, Inside Man
Neil Marshall, The Descent
James McTeigue, V for Vendetta
Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Actor
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Will Ferrell, Talladega Nights
Clive Owen, Inside Man
Denzel Washington, Inside Man
Hugo Weaving, V for Vendetta

Best Actress
Jodie Foster, Inside Man (or Best Supporting, whatever)
Natalie Portman, V for Vendetta

I have a couple I feel strongly about.

United 93, Best Picture
Paul Giamatti (Lady in the Water), Best Actor
Bryce Dallas Howard (Manderlay), Best Actress
Maggie Gyllenhaal (World Trade Center), Best Supporting Actress

I'm thinking Howard and Giamatti probably won't stay in my top 5, but so far, they're the two best performances I've seen this year.

Only United 93 and Little Miss Sunshine are eligible on my list and worthy of nominations.

And Denzel for Inside Man... he wasn't bad!

From what I've seen so far I can more easily compile a Razzie list than an Oscar list

Haven't seen much, neither U93 or LMS in fact, but anyways:

Best Picture
X-Men: The Last Stand
Click
Running Scared
Inside Man

Best Director
Spike Lee, Inside Man
Rian Johnson, Brick
Wayne Kramer, Running Scared
Brett Ratner, X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Actor
Denzel Washington, Inside Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brick
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Actress
Hayden Panettierre, Bring It On: All or Nothing
Queen Latifah, Last Holiday
Jennifer Aniston, The Break Up

Best Supporting Actor
John C. Reilly, Talladega Nights
Hugo Weaving, V for Vendetta
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mission Impossible: III
Ian McKellen, The Da Vinci Code
Clive Owen, Inside Man

Best Supporting Actress
Keira Knightley, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Jodie Foster, Inside Man

Heh, Best Supporting Actors have owned so far this year, while Best Supporting Actress sucks hard.

Best Picture
Clerks II
Idlewild
Little Miss Sunshine
Running Scared
United 93

Best Director
Michael Mann, Miami Vice
J.J. Abrams, Mission: Impossible III
Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Wayne Kramer, Running Scared
Paul Greengrass, United 93

Best Actor
Edward Norton, The Illusionist
Denzel Washington, Inside Man
Paul Giamatti, Lady in the Water
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Paul Walker, Running Scared

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Paula Patton, Idlewild
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Scarlett Johansson, Scoop
Natalie Portman, V for Vendetta

Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Anderson, Clerks II
Ian McKellen, The Da Vinci Code
Paul Giamatti, The Illusionist
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Pena, World Trade Center

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Naomie Harris, Miami Vice
Vera Farmiga, Running Scared
Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center

Best Original Screenplay
Idlewild
Inside Man
Little Miss Sunshine
Running Scared
Scoop

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Da Vinci Code
The Devil Wears Prada
The Illusionist
Miami Vice
V for Vendetta

Best Cinematography
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Running Scared
United 93

Best Art Direction
Idlewild
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
V for Vendetta
X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Costume Design
Idlewild
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
V for Vendetta

Best Sound
Idlewild
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
World Trade Center
X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Editing
Miami Vice
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Running Scared
United 93

Best Sound Editing
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
X-Men: The Last Stand
V for Vendetta

Best Makeup
The Devil Wears Prada
The Hills Have Eyes
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Original Song
Cars - Rascal Flatts, "Life is a Highway"
Curious George - Jack Johnson, "Upside Down"
Idlewild - OutKast, "PJ & Rooster"
An Inconvenient Truth - Melissa Etheridge, "I Need to Wake Up"
Snakes on a Plane - Cobra Starship, "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)"

Best Original Score
Inside Man
Little Miss Sunshine
Mission: Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
X-Men: The Last Stand

Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Best Animated Film
Barnyard
Cars
Over the Hedge

I guess I'll just post this in this thread.

My fantasy football draft is over, so for the next few days, I'm going to study my butt off on what's coming up and give a detailed analysis of this year's awards season before September 1st if anybody's interested.

Seriously...ask me in November at earliest.

The only things I'd put down now are United 93 and Hard Candy for Best Picture, Peter Greengrass for Best Direction, Ellen Page for Best Actress and Pirates/Superman for most technicals.

Winners in bold.

Best Picture
Cars
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93
V for Vendetta

Best Director
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Nicole Holofcener, Friends With Money
Spike Lee, Inside Man
Oliver Stone, World Trade Center

Best Actor (very weak so far)
Nicolas Cage, World Trade Center
Will Ferrell, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Vince Vaughn, The Break-Up
Denzel Washington, Inside Man
Hugo Weaving, V for Vendetta

Best Actress
Jennifer Aniston, The Break-Up/Friends With Money
Catherine Keener, Friends With Money
Queen Latifah, Last Holiday
Frances McDormand, Friends With Money
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Clive Owen, Inside Man
Michael Pena, World Trade Center
Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada

Best Supporting Actress (year's strongest category so far)
Maria Bello, World Trade Center
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Paula Patton, Idlewild

I agree with all of your picks for winner.

From what I've seen, I like Lib's list... Gong Li needs attention for her fantastic performance in Miami Vice, though. I'd also alternate Michael Mann for Oliver Stone, since I haven't seen WTC in its entirety.

Unfortunately for Gong, it looks like her chances went down the toilet with the movie

I forgot to add Abigail

Yea, same here. I haven't seen enough movies to fill this out let alone ones that are deserving.

Unfortunately indeed.

I firmly believe she deserves recognition for Vice, or at least considering the year thus far. She should be nominated if only to make up for her lack of attention in earlier years.

Gong Li wasn't that great in Miami Vice.

Miami Vice deserves a cinematography nom and likely a win. I doubt I'll see better camera work this year.

Disagree on the first count (she isn't outstanding, but strong and deserving for her overlooked career - from what little I have honestly seen from her). I'm not going to get passionate about this because I have a very fragmented view of her career and haven't seen but a handful of her films. Still, she's been getting praise long enough. I do agree she has little chance; this is just my personal choice.

And we've already agreed over the first... think Vice actually has a shot at a nomination?