Best Character Intro
people stop and stare

"Clementine" Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine	"Grace" Nicole Kidman in Dogville	"Katharine Hepburn " Cate Blanchett in The Aviator	"Puss in Boots" Antonio Banderas in Shrek 2	"Ursula Udders" Selma Blair in A Dirty Shame
Waving on the subway platform and her extroverted intro on the train.	Arriving in Dogville, clearly frightened and alone. An illustration for Tom?	Her first meeting with Hughes: A jolt of electricity for him and the film	Easily one of the funniest characters of the year --the best moment in the film.	Exhibitionist Ursula (' Caprice' as her parents like it) padlocked up.
Finalists: "Alice" Natalie Portman in Closer...but that's covered below in "Opening sequences" Semi-Finalists: "Elastigirl" Holly Hunter in The Incredibles * "Edna Mode" Brad Bird in The Incredibles -her every moment feels classic already *

 

Best Titles Sequence
the bookending nominees are

Bad Education	Dawn of the Dead	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events	Spider-Man 2
(Opening) That great Bernard Hermann homage - score with torn screens. So lurid.	(Opening & Closing) Most unsettling titles since the often ripped off Se7en. Terrific editing.	(Opening) The makeup application. Today's politics...theater of the absurd.	(Opening and Closing) "The Little Elf" Hee. Visually a "wow"	(Opening) 'Last time on Spider-Man'; a clever retelling in comic imagery.
Finalists: Napoleon Dynamite * Semi-Finalists: Alfie, Dogville, Wimbledon

Best Opening Sequence
the first impressionists are

Birth	Closer	Dogville	The Incredibles	Spider-Man 2
The beautiful jogging tracking shot. That genius musical score setting the tone.	"The Blower's Daughter" the leads meet in slow-motion, amidst undulating humanity.	Prologue: In which we meet Dogville's inhabitants and the brilliant empty set design.	The "Super" interviews in a simpler time. Great clever comic stuff with actual ideas.	Pizza delivery as first action setpiece. Cute joke & perfectly Peter Parker-esque in its crisis mundane.
Finalists: Dawn of the Dead -but does 20-25 minutes qualify as an opening scene? Semi-Finalists: The Door in the Floor the haunted mother... * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-Harry under the sheets * Secret Things-in your face eroticism *

 

Best Ending
the SPOILERS are

Before Sunset	Closer	Dogville	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Since Otar Left
He's gonna miss that plane. An instantly classic finale.	Her name is Jane, thank you. And so it is...	The Von Trier heroine subverted --a true shocker.	"OK" Montauk again and again. Love worth the mistakes.	Observant film builds to big impact in its goodbye
Finalists: Fahrenheit 9/11 "Fool me twice..." * The Mother -Vanishing as she walks away.... * The Aviator "the way of the future" * Semi-Finalists: Spider-Man 2 "go get em tiger" * Hero pomp and cirumstance

 

Top Dozen Scenes of the Year
(EXCLUDING previous scene categories)
the moments that made the year are

Bad Education	Birth	Closer	Dogville	I ♥ Huckabees
Poolside	Opera	Striptease	The Hummels	How Am I Not Myself
The Incredibles	Infernal Affairs	Kill Bill Vol. 2	Sideways	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring
Edna & Helen	tap. tap. tap.	Pregnancy test	Double Monologue	Characters
		Finalists: Kill Bill Volume 2 -The Lonely Grave... * Maria Full of Grace "First paycheck" * The Life Aquatic -Tour of the Belafonte * Sideways Double Date * Semi Finalists: Closer -"That's the spirit" The Aviator Golf with Hepburn * The Door in the Floor -Goodbye at the car * Win a Date with Tad Hamilton -Bathroom Stall * Tarnation -pre-teen Dramatic Monologue
Vera Drake	The Village
Unexpected visit	Ivy at the door

Traditional Oscar categories: Majors / Technicals / Technicals 2 (Tally of Noms)
Special Categories: Extras / Extras 2 / Scenes 1 / Scenes 2 (Tally of Noms)

AWARDS TALLIES ( Oscar category tallies + Non Traditional "Extras")
These 7 awards pages follow the traditional awards categories and add double that! (I'm a total masochist!)
So total nominations so far...

53 films represented in some way (so far) out of the 94 I saw from 2004.
41 categories out of 42 have been announced to date...

15 nominations
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (4 Gold. 4 Silver. 4 Bronze)

13 nominations
Kill Bill, Volume 2 (1 Gold. 5 Bronze)

11 nominations
The Aviator (3 Gold. 4 Silver. 1 Bronze)

10 nominations
Spider-Man 2 (4 Gold. 3 Silver. 2 Bronze)

9 nominations
Dogville (2 Gold.1 Silver)
I ♥ Huckabees (2 Gold. 4 Silver. 2 Bronze)
The Incredibles (1 Gold. 2 Silver. 2 Bronze)
Sideways (3 Gold. 2 Silver. 1 Bronze)

8 nominations
House of Flying Daggers (3 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Vera Drake (1 Gold. 1 Silver. 4 Bronze)


7 nominations
Bad Education (1 Gold. 2 Silver.)

6 nominations
Birth (3 Gold. 1 Silver)
Closer (1 Silver. 4 Bronze)
Collateral (2 Gold. 2 Bronze)
Mean Girls (2 Bronze)

5 nominations
Before Sunset (2 Gold. 1 Bronze)

4 nominations
Being Julia (2 Gold. 1 Silver.)
De-Lovely (1 Gold. 1 Silver)
The Door in the Floor (1 Gold. 1 Silver)

3 nominations
Alfie (1 Gold. 1 Silver)
The Life Aquatic (1 Silver. 1 Bronze)
The Motorcycle Diaries (1 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Ray (1 Gold. 1 Silver)

2 nominations
Fahrenheit 9/11 (1 Gold)
Garden State
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1 Bronze)
Hellboy
Hero (1 Bronze)
Kinsey (1 Gold)
Maria Full of Grace
The Mother (2 Bronze)
Phantom of the Opera (1 Silver)
The Saddest Music in the World
Team America: World Police (1 Silver)
Troy
The Village

1 nomination
Alexander
Dawn of the Dead (1 Silver)
A Dirty Shame
Goodbye Lenin!
Home on the Range
Hotel Rwanda (1 Silver)
Infernal Affairs
Latter Days
Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events (1 Gold)
Million Dollar Baby
Napoleon Dynamite
P.S. (1 Gold)
The Passion of the Christ
Primer (1 Silver)
Shaun of the Dead
Shrek 2 (1 Bronze)
Since Otar Left
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring

Traditional Oscar categories: Majors / Technicals / Technicals 2 (Tally of Noms)
Special Categories: Extras / Extras 2 / Scenes 1 / Scenes 2 (Tally of Noms)

one last thing...
MOVIE MIXING GAMES -A GROUP ACTIVITY