Chuck and James Split on Best Picture Prediction

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 79TH AWARDS
The following are our picks for the 79th Annual Academy Awards:

Best motion picture of the year
Chuck: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
James: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Chuck: Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
James: Peter O’Toole - VENUS (Forest Whitacker is the man to beat)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Chuck & James: Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Chuck & James: Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Chuck: Rinko Kikuchi – BABEL
James: Adriana Barraza - BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year
Chuck & James: CARS

Achievement in art direction
Chuck: PAN'S LABYRINTH
James: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST

Achievement in cinematography
Chuck & James: PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in costume design
Chuck & James: THE QUEEN

Achievement in directing
Chuck: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
James: THE DEPARTED (It’s Scorsese’s time)

Best documentary feature
Chuck: Chuck: JESUS CAMP
James: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

Achievement in film editing
Chuck & James: UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year
Chuck & James: PAN'S LABYRINTH
James: Though I would not be disappointed to see WATER walk away with the award.

Achievement in makeup
Chuck: CLICK
James: APOCALYPTO

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Chuck: THE QUEEN
James: NOTES ON A SCANDAL (I would like to have seen Eastwood’s haunting score for FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS nominated in this category)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Chuck & James: "Our Town" - CARS
James: Give Randy Newman an Oscar already!

Achievement in sound editing
Chuck: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
James: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Achievement in sound mixing
Chuck & James: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

Achievement in visual effects
Chuck & James: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Adapted screenplay
Chuck: THE DEPARTED
James: NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Original screenplay
Chuck: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
James: NOTES ON A SCANDAL (Though LETTERS is an achievement, co-penned by my favorite movie scribe Paul Haggis, who wrote CRASH, MILLION DOLLAR BABY and CASINO ROYALE.)

Comments

Chuck said…
Wow, 21% correct this year, that has got to be an all time low. I voted purely on the movies that I saw (except Will Smith), as opposed to really considering the odds (did I think Jesus Camp would beat Inconvenient Truth? No, but I had not see Inconvenient Truth, and I did see Jesus Camp).
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