Hey Ya!

Well well it's almost the end of the 1st quarter. Random thoughts:

1. Oscars are on tomorrow night. Good to see Sean Penn and esp Naomi Watts nominated. Good to see that Nicole Kidman was not. You already know who gets my vote - but in case there was any doubt you can check out the nominees by clicking here)
   Best Film - Mystic River
   Best Director - Fernandon Meirelles (City of God)
   Best Actor - the man Seann Penn (Mystic River)
   Best Supporting Actor - Benecio Del Torro (21 Grams)
   Best Actress - the awesome Naomi Watts (21 Grams)
   Best Supporting Actress - Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog)
   Best Original Screenplay - Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things)
   Best Adapted Screenplay - Brian Helgeland (Mystic River)
   Best Foreign Language Film - Haven't seen any of these so I can't judge.
   Best Art Direction - LOTR-TROTK
   Best Cinematography - Seabiscuit
   Best Costume Design - The Last Samurai
   Best Documentary - The Fog of War
   Best Editing - def City of God
   Best Makeup - LOTR-TROTK
   Best Score - LOTR-TROTK
   Best Song - Triplets of Bellville
   Best Sound - Seabiscuit
   Best Sound Editing - LOTR-TROTK
   Best Visual Effects - LOTR-TROTK
   Remember the above are just my votes. NOT my prediction of who will win. That'd be a completely different list.
2. Also I want to revise my Top 10 Movies for 2003 as follows:
   21 Grams
   Dirty Pretty Things
   Mystic River
   City of God
   House of Sand and Fog
   In America
   Lost in Translation
   Kill Bill Vol 1
   Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
   Monster
   I had to lose Cold Mountain - the further I got from it the less I liked it - which was a little weird.
3. As far as Indian movies go forming a Top 10 Movies of 2003 is much more difficult for two reasons. In my opinion this was not a good year for Hindi movies, but I also have not seen some of the better smaller films. If I had to pick some of the good and the bad of this year it'd go something like this:
   The Good:
   Koi Mil Gaya
   Mr and Mrs Iyer
   Teen Deewarein
   Samay
   Probably Good (but I have yet to see):
   Pinjar
   Khakee
   Munnabhai MBBS
   The Bad:
   Kal Ho Na Ho
   Bhoot
   LOC Kargil
   Qayamat
   The Hero
   Do I need to keep going?
4. Oh I have started writing again. Currently I am working on three different scripts - more on these later. If you are inclined to want to help on our next production - you know what to do. Drop us an email dude/dudetee!
   That's it for now folks. Get back to work - is this what you're getting paid for?!