| Category | Prediction | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Picture: | Million Dollar Baby | Million Dollar Baby |
| Best Director: | Martin Scorsese (The Aviator) | Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) |
| Best Actor: | Jamie Foxx (Ray) | Jamie Foxx (Ray) |
| Best Actress: | Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) | Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) |
| Best Supporting Actor: | Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) | Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) |
| Best Supporting Actress: | Virginia Madsen (Sideways) | Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) |
| Best Original Screenplay: | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: | Sideways | Sideways |
| Best Cinematography: | The Passion of the Christ | The Aviator |
| Best Foreign Film: | The Sea Inside | The Sea Inside |
| Best Animated Film: | The Incredibles | The Incredibles |
Two alternate possibilities:
1. I think the Academy want to honor both Eastwood and Scorsese, but I'm not sure exactly how, so I think it's possible that the Picture-Director honors could be switched.
2. Though The Passion had remarkable cinematography, it's possible it could lose out to something like The Aviator because of how controversial it is, and the fact that many people in Hollywood haven't seen it. What a shame.
Post-coverage commentary:
Good: Charlie Kaufman winning for "Eternal Sunshine". Can you believe this was his first win, after writing such unbelievable screenplays as "Adaptation." and "Being John Malkovich"? He was way overdue, and well-deserving.
Bad: "The Passion" striking out. I guess I called it correctly in my "alternate possibility". If Hollywood would quit being so pretentiously liberal and self-indulgent, they would be able to recognize when a truly great movie is made. To rob the film of a Best Actor and Best Picture nomination is one thing: to leave it completely shut out should be a crime.
Very Bad: Martin Scorsese not winning? Are you kidding me? Not to take anything away from Clint Eastwood - he is a supreme talent and a legend - but Scorsese is a cornerstone in the pantheon of great directors. For him to lose again in the Best Director category stands as one of the biggest shames in Oscar history.
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