Oscar Nominations

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain
Munich
Good Night, and Good Luck
Crash
Capote

I Got: 5/5
Likely Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk The Line)
David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Keira Knightly (Pride & Prejudice)
Charlize Theron (North Country)

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)

Best Director

Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Steven Spielberg (Munich)
Bennett Miller (Capote)

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
George Clooney (Syriana)
Matt Dillon (Crash)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
William Hurt (A History of Violence)

I Got: 5/5
Likely Winner: George Clooney (Syriana)

Best Supporting Actress

Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
Amy Adams (Junebug)
Frances McDormand (North Country)
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
Catherine Keener (Capote)

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)

Best Original Screenplay

Crash
The Squid And The Whale
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
Syriana

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Crash

Best Adapted Screenplay

Munich
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence

I Got: 5/5
Likely Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best Documentary Feature

March of the Penguins
Murderball
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Street Fight
Darwin’s Nightmare

I Got: 3/5
Likely Winner: Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room

Best Animated Feature

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Howl’s Moving Castle

I Got: 3/3
Likely Winner: Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Foreign Film

Paradise Now (Palestine)
Tsotsi (South Africa)
Joyeux Noel (France)
Don’t Tell (Italy)
Sophie Scholl (Germany)

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Paradise Now (Palestine)

Best Cinematography

Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
Memoirs of a Geisha
Batman Begins
The New World

I Got: 4/5
Likely Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best Art Direction

Pride & Prejudice
Memoirs of a Geisha
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Good Night, and Good Luck

I Got: 3/5
Likely Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Editing

Cinderella Man
Walk The Line
Crash
Munich
The Constant Gardener

I Got: 3/5
Likely Winner: Crash

Best Costume Design

Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk The Line
Pride & Prejudice
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Mrs. Henderson Presents

I Got: 2/5
Likely Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Original Score

Brokeback Mountain
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Constant Gardener
Munich
Pride & Prejudice

I Got: 3/5
Likely Winner: Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Song

In The Deep (Crash)
Travelin’ Thru (Transamerica)
It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp (Hustle & Flow)

I Got: 2/3
Likely Winner: Travelin’ Thru (Transamerica)

Best Visual Effects

King Kong
The Chronicles of Narnia
War of the Worlds

I Got: 1/3
Likely Winner: King Kong

Best Sound Mixing

The Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk The Line
War of the Worlds

Best Sound Editing

King Kong
War of the Worlds
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Documentary Short Subject

The Death of Kevin Carter
Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps In Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Cowin

Best Makeup

The Chronicles of Narnia
Cinderella Man
Star Wars Episode 3

Best Animated Short Film

Badgered
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
9
One Man Band

Best Live Action Short Film

The Runaway
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time Is Up
Six Shooter


All in all not a ton of huge surprises. I started out red hot before my predicting genius began to wear off when it came to the technical awards. I still did slightly better than last year coming in at 63 out of 84 right. Thats 75%. Not bad considering this year I picked more categories than last year. I'm no one year wonder after all...don't pretend you weren't thinking it.

Biggest Snubs

Star Wars Episode 3
Cinderella Man
Thandie Newton
Sin City

Biggest Surprises

Terrence Howard
Pride & Prejudice
Only 3 Songs Nominated
Memoirs of a Geisha