Half-Decade (2000-2004) Film Awards

The nominations have been announced! It is time to vote for winners. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the ceremony thread with their own comments.

HOW TO VOTE
1. Choose your top 3 choices per category, and organize them as such (1st, 2nd and 3rd).
2. Your 1st choice will receive 3 points, your 2nd choice will receive 2 points, and third choice 1 point.
3. The categories with 10 nominees or more will have 3 winners (first, second and third).
4. The categories with 5 nominees (the overall categories) will have only ONE winner. (However, you still vote for your top 3 choices for ALL categories, including the overall categories.)
5. Send your ballot to MikeQ. via PM.
6. Proceed back to this thread and post about which nominations you like, which you don't like, and who you are rooting for! (If you wish -- not required. Hehe.)

NOMINATIONS:

Best Picture
Before Sunset (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Memento (2000)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Best Director
Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Baz Luhrrman (Moulin Rouge)
Christopher Nolan (Memento)
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
Darrn Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream)
Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
Sofio Coppola (Lost in Translation)
Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)

Best Foreign Film
Amelie (2001)
Amores Perros (2000)
City of God (2002)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Hero (2002)
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Spirited Away (2001)
Talk to Her (Hable con ella) (2002)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)

Best Lead Actress
Charlize Theron (Monster)
Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream)
Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich)
Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Naomi Watts (21 Grams)
Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!)
Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation)
Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2)

Best Lead Actor
Adrian Brody (The Pianist)
Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)
Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Jamie Foxx (Ray)
Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
Russel Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)
Sean Penn (Mystic River)
Tom Hanks (Cast Away)

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago)
Holly Hunter (Thirteen)
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Kate Hudson (Almost Famous)
Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom)
Meryl Streep (Adaptation)
Natalie Portman (Closer)
Natalie Portman (Garden State)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog)
Virgina Madsen (Sideways)
Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Finney (Erin Brockovich)
Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams)
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Clive Owen (Closer)
David Carradine (Kill Bill Vol. 2)
Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Jaoquin Phoenix (Gladiator)
Paul Newman (Road to Perdition)
Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
Tim Robbins (Mystic River)

Best Score/Music
Catch Me If You Can
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Garden State
Gladiator
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Moulin Rouge
Requiem for a Dream
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Hours
The Village

Best Visual Effects
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Matrix Reloaded
Minority Report
Spiderman II
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
X2: X-Men United

[b]Best Overall Director
Clint Eastwood
Peter Jackson
Quentin Tarantino
Stephen Soderbergh
Steven Spielberg

Best Overall Actor
Johnny Depp
Jude Law
Russel Crowe
Sean Penn
Tom Hanks

Best Overall Actress
Julianne Moore
Kate Winslet
Natalie Portman
Naomi Watts
Nicole Kidman


PEACE, Mike.

Nomination counts per film: (does not include overall categories)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- 4
Lost in Translation -- 4
Moulin Rouge -- 4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- 4
Requiem for a Dream -- 4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- 4
Gladiator -- 3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -- 3
Kill Bill Vol. 2 -- 3
Million Dollar Baby -- 3
Adaptation -- 2
Garden State -- 2
A Beautiful Mind -- 2
Sideways -- 3
Memento -- 2
21 Grams -- 2
Kill Bill Vol. 1 -- 2
Before Sunset -- 2
Erin Brockovich -- 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- 2
Mystic River -- 2
All other films -- 1

PEACE, Mike.

Mine's already sent in.

And yet your ballot is incorrect, because you didn't read the HOW TO VOTE instructions! Hehe.

I anxiously await your correct ballot.

PEACE, Mike.

Submitted.

Sent

My predictions for the winners, many of which I'm not voting for in my ballot:

Best Picture
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2. Moulin Rouge (2001)
3. Before Sunset (2004) [I HOPE, if enough ppl put it as their #1's and 2's]

Best Director
1. Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
2. Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
3. Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

Best Foreign Film
1. Spirited Away (2001)
2. City of God (2002)
3. Amelie (2001)

Best Lead Actress
1. Charlize Theron (Monster)
2. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
3. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol. 2)

Best Lead Actor
1. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
2. Jamie Foxx (Ray)
3. Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)

Best Supporting Actress
1. Natalie Portman (Garden State)
2. Natalie Portman (Closer)
3. Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)

Best Supporting Actor
1. David Carradine (Kill Bill Vol. 2)
2. Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
3. Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator)

Best Score/Music
1. Moulin Rouge
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Garden State

Best Visual Effects
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
3. The Matrix Reloaded

Best Overall Director
Peter Jackson

Best Overall Actor
Johnny Depp

Best Overall Actress
Natalie Portman

As much as I love Lord of the Rings, and will vote for them in my own ballots for the major categories and such, part of me is really hoping that it won't win the biggies, and something will upset, for some surprises and to see what film people would rally behind if they were bent on beating Lord of the Rings out.

It will be interesting. The passion voting system allows for the smaller known, but more passionate films, to break through, so anything can happen.

PEACE, Mike.

I've said it before but I really think this is such an interesting concept!

I already made my ballot but will wait to turn it in to see if some of my thoughts change.

When is the deadline?

Oh, whoops.

Uh.... let's make it Sunday, May 7th. That will be the last day. Should be enough time to get lots of ballots.

PEACE, Mike.

The only reason why LOTR MIGHt not win this one easily is because there will be split votes between FOTR and ROTK. If it was just ROTK, it'd be a clear, clear winner.

I am still baffled that Million Dollar Baby made it into the Top 10. I mean, I know that Before Sunset has its small, but distinct fanbase here, but M$B..hmmm...

Interesting that CTHD got four noms, but not for BP.

Anyway, I suppose I should see Adaptation and Memento before voting. Haven't seen them yet...

Biggest Surprises

I'm not sure how this happened--but the best director category may have a higher gross average than best picture. I'm not saying collection of non-blockbusters is a bad thing--it just strikes me as a totally odd anomoly, considering the director's category seems to have more.

Natalie Portman as overall best actress, and managing two slots? How the hell did this happen? While I think she's pulled in a good performance every now and she's alarmingly inconsistent, and I think she'll be singled out as the biggest wtf of a list of nominees I think most of us could be happy with.

Day After Tomorrow making it into the best special effects. It's not that the effects are bad, but it doesn't really have a loyal fanbase behind it, or the name recognition of Stephen Spielberg.

I freakin' voted MikeQ.

Sending my ballot right now...

You definitely should see both, especially the latter.

See, the thing is, I would have seen it long ago, but someone spoiled the ending for me which diminished my interest in the film considerably since this is the kind of an ending that should not be spoiled beforehand...

I think (or I hope, at least) that Eternal Sunshine might surprise in the Picture/Director categories... just saw it again today, and it's still as brilliant as ever... my #2 of that year, but my #1 choice from that list

Well, M$B did win the 2004 WOKJ Motion Picture Awards against Eternal Sunshine and Kill Bill 2 (while Before Sunset wasn't nominated). So it would probably be the 2004 movie with the most votes here, except the passion factor of the ranking system will probably change things.

Yeah, but you see, 2004 it was very much fresh in minds of people. I am quite sure that in the same awards now with more people having seen all the films, it would never win against these two.

Well, for me, the large part of enjoyment didn't come from the ending, but with how everything is structured and how it forced me to think through the sequence of events afterward. In some ways, it's like The Usual Suspects in that the repeat-viewing value didn't diminish even when knowing the whole story.

I think Frida REALLY deserved a score/music nomination...although other than that great choices (not sure about natalie portman getting two nominations, but i did vote for her for closer )

Hope moulin rouge can pull some kind of upset!!! wishful thinking?

Oh and no Catalina Sandino Moreno either

And Naomi Watts for 21 Grams instead of Muholland Dr. ?

I'll stop looking at the nominations now or i'll find more

Screw those other "M" starting movies! Vote for Memento instead!

I'd really like to see a non-LOTR movie win and I'm a huge fan!

I do think that FOTR and ROTK might split it though most will vote for ROTK and it could very well end up winning and I'd actually be quite upset at that rather than indifferent.

If they do split, I see 3 movies having a possibility of winning...

Kill Bill Vo. 2: It definitely has more widespread support rather than just the passion index thing going for it plus only one volume was nominated, so it's easier for people to rally behind it as representing the entire KB film.

Before Sunset: I really don't think this is wishful thinking because if the passion index will help any film actually beat LOTR or Kill Bill it will be Before Sunset.

Eternal Sunshine: The passion index will help this alot too but I just don't see it winning over the other 2 mentioned above.

All the others are too widespread and will split the votes or not garner enough passion behind them.

This is why we needed an animated film category - no Incredibles, and only two animated films even mentioned.