First and foremost, however, condolences to the family of Heath Ledger. Very sad news...
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The biggest surprise here is probably Atonement...however, the surprise, as usual, comes not from what is nominated, but from what isn't nominated. I was really surprised to see Into the Wild passed up in all the Big 8 categories besides Best Supporting Actor. The rest is pretty much as expected. Also; and this is just a tidbit; this is the first year where I have seen every nominated film (came close last year with 4/5). Exciting.
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman, Juno
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm trying to keep my thoughts on the year's films bottled up until I release my ballot, but, since I've already reviewed Juno, I will just say:
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jason Reitman got in! I thought that the direction was the best element of Juno; even better than the performances and screenplay. Very happy about that.
Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Well, Johnny got in, which I guess I should have predicted. I dunno, I was just feeling a snub. Other than that, it looks pretty obvious. Wait a second...
TOMMY LEE JONES FOR IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH?????? Did anyone see that coming? I suppose it was compensating for not nomination him for No Country. Maybe? I don't know. But the Gosling and Hirsch snubs are surprising (to me at least).
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno
I've only seen two of these films (Away From Her and Juno), but I have to say that I'm pretty satisfied with these nominees. I haven't seen The Savages or A Mighty Heart, but I have to say: good for Laura Linney! Sure didn't see that coming...guess I should have listened to that last-minute buzz.
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Everyone was predicting a Tommy Lee Jones nomination as a last-minute surprise, but this really isn't a shocker. Bardem has this award in the bag.
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
The only real surprise in this category is that Catherine Keener was snubbed in favor of either Saoirse Ronan or Ruby Dee; whichever you think. This is a pretty exciting race, because, as is now, it could really go to either Blanchett or Ryan. It would be awesome if the SAG went to Dee, Ronan or Swinton, just to screw things up.
Best Original Screenplay
Juno
Michael Clayton
Lars and the Real Girl
Ratatouille
The Savages
We all knew Ratatouille, Juno and Michael Clayton would get in. The rest was just picking two from The Savages, Lars and the Real Girl, American Gangster or Knocked Up.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Away From Her is the big surprise here. Zodiac and Into the Wild being shut out certainly makes this category interesting. This will be a fun race to predict, as it could really go to No Country for Old Men just because it's the BP frontrunner, or There Will Be Blood because it is so script-heavy, and the writer's love Paul Thomas Anderson. We'll see.
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Showing posts with label Oscar Nominees. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Oscar Nominees!!!!
Best Picture
:: Atonement
:: Juno
:: Michael Clayton
:: No Country for Old Men
:: There Will Be Blood
Best Director
:: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
:: Jason Reitman, Juno
:: Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
:: Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
:: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
:: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
:: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
:: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
:: Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
:: Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Actress
:: Cate Blanchett, The Golden Age
:: Julie Christie, Away From Her
:: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
:: Laura Linney, The Savages
:: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
:: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
:: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
:: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
:: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
:: Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
:: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
:: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
:: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
:: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
:: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Will post reactions later. But, first off:
Yay.
:: Atonement
:: Juno
:: Michael Clayton
:: No Country for Old Men
:: There Will Be Blood
Best Director
:: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
:: Jason Reitman, Juno
:: Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
:: Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
:: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
:: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
:: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
:: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
:: Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
:: Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Actress
:: Cate Blanchett, The Golden Age
:: Julie Christie, Away From Her
:: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
:: Laura Linney, The Savages
:: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
:: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
:: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
:: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
:: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
:: Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
:: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
:: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
:: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
:: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
:: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Will post reactions later. But, first off:
Yay.
Monday, January 21, 2008
My FINAL Oscar Nominee Predix
This is one of my favorite days of the year: Nomination Eve. All the guesswork we've been doing since March is about to be either proven or not. Very exciting stuff.
I told all of you that I was only going to allow myself to change one nominee in my Top 5 Final Predix. However, I'm pretty confident in my predix...or so I thought I was considering taking out Michael Clayton, but I ended up keeping it in. It seems like Diving Bell and the Butterfly should be in there somewhere, but where? I decided to just leave Best Picture as it is. But, for Best Director, I am pretty sure that I will be taking out Gilroy in place of Joe Wright for Atonement. Making such a prediction might make it seem like I don't know what I'm talking about, but I simply cannot see Gliroy's name being announced tomorrow. Don't ask why...
All I hope for is that my top 3 make the cut (speaking of which...my ballot and top 10 will be published on February 3. I know that's really late for an Oscar site, but there are some contenders that won't even open in my town until February). I would say that there is a pretty good chance of that happening, but...ya never know.
Okay, here we go (because this isn't focused on winners, this will be one of the few times where nominees are listed in alphabetical order, rather than their likeliness of winning):
I hope I'm able to get the nominees up tomorrow morning, but I might run into time issues...we'll see. But be sure to watch the Oscar Nominee Announcement tomorrow at 5:30 Pacific Time on...I don't know what station. It's probably on E!, so look there. If you don't have cable, then I would guess ABC because they're hosting the telecast.
Yay!
I told all of you that I was only going to allow myself to change one nominee in my Top 5 Final Predix. However, I'm pretty confident in my predix...or so I thought I was considering taking out Michael Clayton, but I ended up keeping it in. It seems like Diving Bell and the Butterfly should be in there somewhere, but where? I decided to just leave Best Picture as it is. But, for Best Director, I am pretty sure that I will be taking out Gilroy in place of Joe Wright for Atonement. Making such a prediction might make it seem like I don't know what I'm talking about, but I simply cannot see Gliroy's name being announced tomorrow. Don't ask why...All I hope for is that my top 3 make the cut (speaking of which...my ballot and top 10 will be published on February 3. I know that's really late for an Oscar site, but there are some contenders that won't even open in my town until February). I would say that there is a pretty good chance of that happening, but...ya never know.
Okay, here we go (because this isn't focused on winners, this will be one of the few times where nominees are listed in alphabetical order, rather than their likeliness of winning):
BEST PICTURE
Into the Wild
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright – Atonement
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Cate Blanchett –
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page – Juno
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Catherine Keener – Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
American Gangster
Juno
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
12
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
The Unknown
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Autism: The Musical
No End in Sight
The Rape of Europa
Sicko
War/Dance
BEST FILM EDITING
American Gangster
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement
Into the Wild
The Kite Runner
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
“That’s How You Know” – Enchanted
“Grace is Gone” – Grace is Gone
“Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)” – Hairspray
“Guaranteed” – Into the Wild
“Falling Slowly” – Once
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Atonement
Enchanted
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd
BEST MAKEUP
300
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd
BEST SOUND EDITING
Hairspray
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
Transformers
BEST SOUND MIXING
300
Hairspray
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
300
Pirates of the
Transformers
I hope I'm able to get the nominees up tomorrow morning, but I might run into time issues...we'll see. But be sure to watch the Oscar Nominee Announcement tomorrow at 5:30 Pacific Time on...I don't know what station. It's probably on E!, so look there. If you don't have cable, then I would guess ABC because they're hosting the telecast.
Yay!
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