Standalone Categories
Foreign Film
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| Indigenes (Algeria) |
Water (Canada) |
After the Wedding (Denmark) |
The Lives of Others (Germany) |
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico) |
Should Win: Pan's Labyrinth/Lives of Others Could Win: Pan's Labyrinth Will Win: The Lives of Others
Indeed, for those that saw both movies, Lives of Others took the edge over Pan's Labyrinth
Documentary
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| Deliver Us from Evil | An Inconvenient Truth | Iraq in Fragments | Jesus Camp | My Country, My Country |
Should Win: (not seen enough) Could Win: Deliver Us from Evil Will Win: An Inconvenient Truth
Animated Feature
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| Cars(Pixar/Disney) | Happy Feet (Warner Bros) |
Monster House (Sony Pictures) |
Should Win: Monster House Could Win: Happy Feet Will Win: Cars
A small surprise. It's good that Pixar didn't win for a movie that's not really that great, but Monster House would have been the more edgy choice.
Documentary Short
- The Blood of Yingzhou District
- Recycled Life
- Rehearsing a Dream
- Two Hands
Live Action Short
- Binta Y La Gran Idea (Binta and the Great Idea)
- Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)
- Helmer & Son
- The Saviour
- West Bank Story
One of the best acceptance speeches in a long time. Brief, to the point and full of message (peace in the West Bank between Palestinians and Israeli) without being preachy.
Animated Short
- The Danish Poet
- Lifted
- Little Match Girl
- Maestro
- No Time For Nuts
Foreign Film
One of the more interesting races, between two movies that many consider to be the best two of the year! What makes it even more complicated to predict a winner is that we only have 40 people voting in this category, making it harder to count on hype or me-too votes. The one thing that these voters may take into account however is Mexico's lack of wins thus far. Nevertheless, The Lives of Others might earn the win by the narrowest of margins.
Documentary
Al Gore will win. Not the elections, but an Oscar for his global-warming awareness movie.
Animated
There is actually some doubt in this category for the first time in many many years. Cars was not that great, but it's Pixar and it will still edge out the dancing penguins.
Shorts
I hear all the shorts are available for download on itunes. I might check them out, but until then... wild guesses.
Posted on February 20, 2007 10:44 PM | TrackBack