Best adapted screenplay. I will go on a killing rampage if
LOTR doesn't win. I mean, to adapt
Tolkien's epic novel to three three-hour movies... Who'd dream of doing that? Dammit...
A Beautiful Mind won.
Akiva Goldsman wrote
Batman and Robin. That should get him automatically disqualified for all time to come. And come on, the work put into
LOTR...the amazing adaptation...the great dialogue...the way the complex mythology is communicated to the audience. Murderous rampage, here I come!
Original screenplay. Even playing-field. No clear favourite.
Memento could get it, but
The Royal Tenenbaums should definitely win. Amazing script.
Gosford Park wins? That's...strange. Really strange. It was a good movie, but nothing spectacular, and that was a movie driven by the actors and the direction, not the writing. Not really. Still...nice to see the movie being recognised.