Picks for the "Big 6" - Oscars

Let's see who can land all 6...can thrown in dark horse for fun

-Best Picture

The Departed
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel
Letters From Iwo Jima

-Best Director

Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima

-Best Actor

Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson

-Best Actress

Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Kate Winslet - Little Children

-Best Supporting Actor

Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond

-Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

I'm saying:

-The Deprted
-Martin Scorsese
-Forest Whitaker
-Helen Mirren
-Eddie Murphy
-Jennifer Hudson

Dark horse: Peter O'Toole

-Best Picture
The Departed

-Achievement in Directing
Martin Scorsese The Departed

-Best Actor
Ryan Gosling Half Nelson

-Best Actress
Helen Mirren The Queen

-Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg The Departedd

-Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett Notes on a Scandal

-Best Picture

Little Miss Sunshine

-Best Director

Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima

-Best Actor

Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

-Best Actress

Helen Mirren - The Queen

-Best Supporting Actor

Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls

-Best Supporting Actress

Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine

Originally posted by EPIIIBITES
Let's see who can land all 6...can thrown in dark horse for fun

-Best Picture

The Departed
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel
Letters From Iwo Jima

-Best Director

Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima

-Best Actor

Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson

-Best Actress

Helen Mirren - The Queen
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Kate Winslet - Little Children

-Best Supporting Actor

Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond

-Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Here's what I want to win:

Little Miss Sunshine - Picture

Paul Greengrass - Directing

Forest Whitaker - Actor

Best Actress - Don't give a shit

Alan Arkin - Supporting Actor

Adriana Barraza - Babel

What I think will win:

Departed will sweet all of it's catagories, or most of them.

I'd rather see Scorsese get his Susan Lucci moment when there aren't any real contenders to his movie. This year, it will be tough. I think the guy is overrated, and I'm willing to be there'll be some sympathy votes coming his way.

Certainly, I expect him to win Best Director just because it's "his time".

Originally posted by The Core
I think the guy is overrated, and I'm willing to be there'll be some sympathy votes coming his way.

I have to say though, if there's two words that I think couldn't possibly be put in the same sentence, it's "Scorsese" and "overrated".

...crap! I just did it 😉

Originally posted by BackFire
Certainly, I expect him to win Best Director just because it's "his time".

Originally posted by EPIIIBITES
...Ok.......I'll be good.......

I have to say though, if there's two words that I think couldn't possibly be put in the same sentence, it's "Scorsese" and "overrated".

...crap! I just did it 😉

He just has this penchant for making the same movie, in different time periods, until he thinks he'll get it right. Classic Scorsese flaw is him being over analytical of his own movies.

Best Picture - The Departed

Best Director - Martin Scorsese

Best Actor - Forest Whitaker

Best Actress - Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actor - Mark Wahlberg

Best Supporting Actress - Abigail Breslin

I HOPE the departed wins for Best Picture

I saw both the Departed and Little Miss Sunshine this week and I liked them both, but I loved The Departed

Sunshine was good, but it definitly doesn't deserve to win best picture. Then again most of the movies that win don't deserve best picture 😬

Originally posted by EPIIIBITES
I'm saying:

-The Deprted
-Martin Scorsese
-Forest Whitaker
-Helen Mirren
-Eddie Murphy
-Jennifer Hudson

Dark horse: Peter O'Toole

I'd agree with those choices, but I'd swap Eddie Murphy for Mark Wahlberg, and my dark horse would be either Abigail Breslin for best supporting actress, or Babel to take some of The Departed's thunder.

Again, I think Scorsese's movie will do well just because 'it's his time'; The Departed is a decent enough movie, but it's not the best movie of last year, and it's certainly not Scorses's best.

the departed may not be scorsese's finest, but it definitely should win best picture. letters from iwo jima is the only close contender. little miss sunshine does not fare well in hindsight. honestly, it's only a bit better than "good".

my picks
Best Picture- The Departed
Best Director- Martin Scorsese
Best Actor- Forest Whitaker
Best Actress- Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actor- Eddie Murphy
Best Supporting Actress- Jennifer Hudson

I honestly don't care. As long as Clint and Martin get something.

I wouldn't mind Nolan getting best cinematog, though.

Like some others, I think that Little Miss Sunshine really doesn't deserve to be up there. It is so far away from being best picture material.

As long as The Departed doesn't win a thing, I'm happy.

Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Like some others, I think that Little Miss Sunshine really doesn't deserve to be up there. It is so far away from being best picture material.

Not that these things mean anything to me, It's about time an indie feature took the statue home. Scorsese shouldn't win on his namesake alone, or out of pity. I don't think "The Departed" is Oscar material. It's unnecessarily violent, had a weak, tired plot and was way too drawn out for such a simplistic movie. "Babel" has been done 1,000 times before, and in entertaining fashion. "The Queen", I haven't seen. Same for "Letters", but war epics rarely get the nod.

For Best Picture, I'd like to see either The Departed or Letters From Iwo Jima get it.