THE USHER AWARDS
WHO WILL WIN?
It's that time of year again, the awards season. We've had the Golden Globes, the SAGS, the BAFTA's, Razzies and many more but none of them are as prestigious as the Oscars. Celebrating it's 74th and moving back to Hollywood into it's new home The Kodak Theatre, the Oscar ceremony is one of the most watched events in the world and this year is no exception. The speeches, the outfits, the stars and don't forget the movies themselves are celebrated in the grandest Hollywood fashion. But who will be this year's winner.
Using the same nominations as the Oscars I am going to give you just one opinion on who I think should go home with one of those shiny little statues, lets see how many I got right....
Best Picture
A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In The Bedroom, The Lord Of The Rings: The
Fellowship Of The Ring & Moulin Rouge
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - A Beautiful Mind
Actor In A Leading Role
Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind) , Sean Penn (I am Sam), Will Smith
(Ali), Denzel Washington (Training Day) & Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom)
THE USHER Winner - Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom)
Official Oscar Winner - Denzel Washington
(Training Day)
Actor In A Supporting Role
Jim Broadbent (Iris), Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast),
Ian McKellen (The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring) & Jon
Voight (Ali)
THE USHER Winner - Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Official Oscar Winner - Jim Broadbent (Iris)
Actress In A Leading Role
Halle Berry (Monster's Ball), Judi Dench (Iris), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge),
Sissy Spacek(In the Bedroom) & Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary)
THE USHER Winner - Judi Dench (Iris)
Official Oscar Winner - Halle Berry
(Monster's Ball)
Actress In A Supporting Role
Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), Helen Mirren (Gosford Park), Maggie
Smith (Gosford Park), Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom) & Kate Winslet (Iris)
THE USHER Winner - Maggie Smith (Gosford Park)
Official Oscar Winner - Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Direction
Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down) Robert Altman
(Gosford Park), Peter Jackson (The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of
The Ring) David Lynch (Mulholland Drive)
THE USHER Winner - Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
Official Oscar Winner - Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
Animated Feature Film
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Monsters, Inc. & Shrek
THE USHER Winner - Monsters, Inc
Official Oscar Winner - Shrek
Art Direction
Amélie, Gosford Park, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord Of
The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring & Moulin Rouge
THE USHER Winner - Moulin Rouge
Official Oscar Winner - Moulin Rouge
Cinematography
Amélie, Black Hawk Down, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of
The Ring, The Man Who Wasn't There & Moulin Rouge
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Costume Design
The Affair Of The Necklace, Gosford Park, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's
Stone & The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Adapted Screenplay
A Beautiful Mind, Ghost World, In The Bedroom, The Lord Of The Rings: The
Fellowship Of The Ring & Shrek
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - A Beautiful Mind
Original Screenplay
Amélie, Gosford Park, Memento, Monster's Ball & The Royal Tenenbaums
THE USHER Winner - Memento
Official Oscar Winner - Gosford Park
Film Editing
A Beautiful Mind, Black Hawk Down, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship
Of The Ring, Memento & Moulin Rouge
THE USHER Winner - Memento
Official Oscar Winner - Black Hawk Down
Foreign Language Film
Amélie, Elling Lagaan, No Man's Land & Son Of The Bride
THE USHER Winner - Amélie
Official Oscar Winner - No Man's Land
Makeup
A Beautiful Mind, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
& Moulin Rouge
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - The
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Music (Score)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's
Stone, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring & Monsters,
Inc.
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Music (Song)
Kate & Leopold, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, Monsters,
Inc. ,Pearl Harbor & Vanilla Sky
THE USHER Winner - Monsters, Inc
Official Oscar Winner - Randy Newman (Monster's Inc)
Sound
Amélie, Black Hawk Down, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring,
Moulin Rouge & Pearl Harbor
THE USHER Winner - Moulin Rouge
Official Oscar Winner - Black Hawk
Down
Sound Editing
Monsters, Inc. & Pearl Harbor
THE USHER Winner - Monsters, Inc
Official Oscar Winner - Pearl Harbor
Visual Effects
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The
Ring & Pearl Harbor
THE USHER Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Official Oscar Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
So there you have it THE USHER awards for 2002. In comparison to the actual Oscars only 7 out of 20 were the same but remember they are Just One Opinion.
As for the Oscars themselves, A Beautiful Mind winning Best
Picture was a total crime and Ron Howard as Best Director was not unexpected
even though I think he has done better work (Apollo 13).
Still The Lord of the Rings came away with five awards and Peter Jackson
and the team still have another two chances with The Two Towers next year
and The Return of the King the year after.
I was glad that Jim Broadbent won Best Supporting actor, as it was very
close between him and Ian McKellen as my choice. I'm also looking forward
to seeing Halle Berry in Monster's Ball when it is released.
Denzel Washington winning Best actor for Training Day was the big win of
the night, personally I think he should have won it for The Hurricane, so
this year's was deserved. It just goes to show how harmful Poetry can be
to your chances of getting an award.
Overall we'll see which movie from this year is remembered more over time, I don't think it will be A Beautiful Mind do you?
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