Oscar Time!

Well, this week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the nominations for this year’s Oscars. I only agree with part of their picks but then I only saw 29 of the films eligible for awards this year. From the movies I did see, my nominees for best picture are (and I get seven because it’s not an official list): AMERICAN SPLENDOR, BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, BIG FISH, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, IN AMERICA, LOST IN TRANSLATION, and WHALE RIDER.

With the best picture award going to: LOST IN TRANSLATION.

Tamara will undoubtedly have her own best picture pick (I hear she has a special place in her heart for UPTOWN GIRLS).

Here’s a list of the films eligible for this years awards that I did see. And after that are the films I’ve seen that were eligible in 2002, 2001, and 2000. Most of the films were seen in the year of eligibility but a few have been added since with DVD rentals. I’m not saying these are the best pictures of each year. I saw many films on these lists that I still want to see but haven’t yet gotten around to it. I’m not linking these to the Internet Movie Database (like I did above) but you can find information on all of them at that site.

2003 – 29 films

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
AMERICAN WEDDING
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
BIG FISH
BULLETPROOF MONK
COLD MOUNTAIN
DAREDEVIL
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
DR. SEUSS' THE CAT IN THE HAT
FINDING NEMO
FREAKY FRIDAY
HOLES
THE HULK
IN AMERICA
KILL BILL - VOL. 1
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
LOST IN TRANSLATION
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
THE MEDALLION
PETER PAN
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SCHOOL OF ROCK
SPUN
SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES
UNDERWORLD
WHALE RIDER
X2 (X-Men 2)

2002 – 26 films

ADAPTATION
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
IMPOSTOR
KISSING JESSICA STEIN
KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
THE MASTER OF DISGUISE
MEN IN BLACK II
MINORITY REPORT
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
RESIDENT EVIL
SCOOBY-DOO
SECRETARY
SPIDER-MAN
SPIRITED AWAY
SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS
STAR TREK NEMESIS
STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES
STUART LITTLE 2
THE TIME MACHINE
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN

2001 – 22 films

A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AMERICAN PIE 2
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
FROM HELL
GHOST WORLD
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS
JURASSIC PARK III
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
LEGALLY BLONDE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
MEMENTO
MONKEYBONE
MONSTERS, INC.
OSMOSIS JONES
PLANET OF THE APES
POKEMON 3 THE MOVIE
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
SHREK
SPY KIDS

2000 – 21 films

THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE
ALMOST FAMOUS
THE BEACH
CAST AWAY
CECIL B. DeMENTED
THE CELL
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
CHICKEN RUN
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
DINOSAUR
THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE
GLADIATOR
HAMLET
HIGH FIDELITY
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
THE PATRIOT
PITCH BLACK
POKEMON THE MOVIE 2000
SPACE COWBOYS
TITAN A.E.
X-MEN