My Final Oscar Picks

It has been really difficult for me to make my final Oscar picks this year. I'm torn in a lot of the categories. I think I should go with my heart in some of these categories, but if I do that, then I certainly won't win my Oscar pool. So here goes:

BEST PICTURE - Brokeback Mountain

BEST DIRECTOR - Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTOR - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

BEST ACTRESS - Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
who I really want to win - Felicity Huffman, Transamerica

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - George Clooney, Syriana
who I really want to win - Matt Dillon, Crash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
who I really want to win - Amy Adams, Junebug

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Brokeback Mountain

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Crash
who I really want to win - The Squid and the Whale

BEST ART DIRECTION - Memoirs of a Geisha

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Brokeback Mountain

BEST FILM EDITING - Crash

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - Memoirs of a Geisha

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - "In the Deep," Crash
who I would be thrilled to see win - "Travelin' Thru," Transamerica

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - King Kong

BEST SOUND EDITING - King Kong

BEST SOUND MIXING - King Kong

BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Memoirs of a Geisha

BEST MAKEUP - The Chronicles of Narnia

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Paradise Now

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BEST ANIMATED SHORT - One Man Band

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - March of the Penguins
who I really want to win - Murderball

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - God Sleeps in Rwanda (I picked this before I saw that Charlie picked it, too)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT - Ausreisser