OSCAR TIME!!

Okay, all.. let’s post our oscar picks. Who do you think will win.. and who would you like to win! Whoever is closest gets an official Barnson.org “NOTHING AWARD”. It is an award with no value whatsoever except our amazement at how close you came.. that being said.. I am hoping it will be me, since I am posting on oscar day, and because I really want a “NOTHING PRIZE”.

Here are the nominees.. Best Picture LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Directing Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD Peter Jackson for THE LORD OF THE RINGS Peter Weir for MASTER & COMMANDER Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION Clint Eastwood for MYSTIC RIVER

Best Actor in a Leading Role Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Ben Kingsley in HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Jude Law in COLD MOUNTAIN Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER

Best Supporting Actor Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER Benicio Del Toro in 21 GRAMS Djimon Hounsou in IN AMERICA Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER Ken Watanabe in THE LAST SAMURAI

Best Actress in a Leading Role Keisha Castle-Hughes in WHALE RIDER Diane Keaton in SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE Samantha Morton in IN AMERICA Charlize Theron in MONSTER Naomi Watts in 21 GRAMS

Best Supporting Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo in HOUSE OF SAND & FOG Patricia Clarkson in PIECES OF APRIL Marcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVER Holly Hunter in THIRTEEN Renee Zellweger in COLD MOUNTAIN

Best Original Screenplay THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FINDING NEMO IN AMERICA LOST IN TRANSLATION

Best Adapted Screenplay AMERICAN SPLENDOR CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT

If you don’t have oscar picks.. or if you are reading this after Sunday.. what DID you want to win. (Or if you haven’t seen these.. what ones did you like this year.. even on video.)

Here I go: BEST PIC: It will Be LOTR I want LOTR

BEST DIRECTOR: PETER JACKSON I wans Peter Jackson

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn I want Johnny Depp

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tim Robbins I want Ken Watanbe

BEST ACTRESS: Charlize Theron I haven’t seen these movies.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Renee Zelwegger I havent seen these either

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Lost in Translation I want Lost in translation

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Mystic River I want LOTR

Okay.. That is the end of the ones contested (the ones most people care about).. here are the rest I care about..

Best Original Score LOTR I want LOTR

Animated Feature: Finding Nemo I want Finding Nemo

Original Song “Into the West” – THE LORD OF THE RINGS That is what I want

Cinematography LOTR I want LOTR (I would love Lance Acord for Lost in Translation, but he’s not nominated – Still. loved those shots of Japan, and the use of handheld stedicam photography in a sweeping way..)

Sound Editing MASTER & COMMANDER I want PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN

Best Visual Effects I think that Pirates might dominate here.. PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN I still loved LOTR, but I’m torn on what I want.

Okay.. go to town!!