BEST PICTURE
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney for "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp for "Sweeney Todd"
Tommy Lee Jones for "In the Valley of Elah "
Viggo Mortensen for "Eastern Promises"
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett for "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie for "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard for "La Vie En Rose"
Laura Linney for "The Savages"
Ellen Page for "Juno"
DIRECTING
Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Jason Reitman for "Juno"
Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton"
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Casey Affleck for "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem for "No Country For Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook for "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson for "Michael Clayton"
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett for "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee for "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan for "Atonement"
Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton for "Michael Clayton"
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"
SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
Christopher Hampton for "Atonement"
Sarah Polley for "Away from Her"
Ronald Harwood for "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"
SCREENPLAY (Original)
Diablo Cody for "Juno"
Nancy Oliver for "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton"
Brad Bird for "Ratatouille"
Tamara Jenkins for "The Savages"
ART DIRECTION
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Golden Compass"
"Sweeney Todd"
"There Will Be Blood"
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"
COSTUME DESIGN
"Across the Universe"
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"La Vie En Rose"
"Sweeney Todd"
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"No End in Sight"
"Operation Homecoming"
"Sicko"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"War/Dance"
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Freeheld"
"La Corona"
"Salim Baba"
"Sari's Mother"
FILM EDITING
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Beaufort"
"The Counterfeiters"
"Katyn"
"Mongol"
"12"
MAKEUP
"La Vie En Rose"
"Norbit"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
MUSIC (SCORE)
Marco Beltrami for "3:10 to Yuma"
Dario Marianelli for "Atonement"
Alberto Iglesias for "The Kite Runner"
James Newton Howard for "Michael Clayton"
Michael Giacchino for "Ratatouille"
MUSIC (SONG)
Falling Slowly from "Once"
Raise It Up from "August Rush"
Happy Working Song from "Enchanted"
So Close from "Enchanted"
That's How You Know from "Enchanted"
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
"I Met the Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Even Pigeons Go To Heaven"
"My Love"
"Peter and the Wolf"
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
"At Night"
"The Substitute"
"The Mozart of Pickpockets"
"Tanghi Argentini"
"The Tonto Woman"
SOUND EDITING
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Transformers"
SOUND MIXING
"3:10 to Yuma"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"Transformers"
VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Golden Compass"
"Transformers"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End"
Post who you think will win for each category. Feel free to leave out what you don't care about.
Btw, who in the fuck ranked Surfs Up as Oscar worthy? Jesus. Meet the Robinsons was 10x better than that piece of shit and even that dosen't hold well against the likes of Ratatouille.
There Will Be Blood deserves to win every damn thing it was nominated for (sorry Viggo, Day-Lewis was unbelievably believable), as well as original score. How the hell Jonny Greenwood's score didn't make it up there while 3:10 to Yuma, Ratatouille, or Michael Clayton did is beyond my comprehension. This isn't an attempt to trash those movies, they were great, but I can't recall a single tune or note from any of them. I can still hear TWBB's tense and chilling music echoing in my ears. I can't recall the last time music was so perfect for a film.
Anyway, I'm not good at predicting what the Academy picks (ex. Children of Men not winning cinematography previously - what the fuck?), but I hope Paul Thomas Anderson / TWBB steal the show.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Heart says Viggo, but I expect Daniel Day-Lewis is due, it's been a while since My Left Foot.
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Tricky one, I think this might be where Juno gets the nod, although Cate Blanchett looks good, and lots of people are in awe of her after the Dylan-thing.
DIRECTING
Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"
are all equal contenders here.
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem for "No Country For Old Men" - HAS to be. ARE YOU LISTENING, MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY? HAS TO BE.
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anyone but Cate Blanchett would be a fucking joke.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
I'm hoping for Persepolis, but I'm guessing Ratatouille. Both good movies, but one is entertaining fluff, the other is animated artistry.
SCREENPLAY (Adapted)
Ronald Harwood for "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"
Again, a tie in my mind. Hoping for the Coens, though.
SCREENPLAY (Original)
Diablo Cody for "Juno"
ART DIRECTION
Not sure, but I'd guess TWBB.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
"No Country for Old Men"
COSTUME DESIGN
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Sicko"
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
No clue.
FILM EDITING
"No Country for Old Men"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
For once I haven't seen any of these yet. I'll be back on this!
MAKEUP
Wtf Norbit? Comedy option? Going with La Vie En Rose.
MUSIC (SCORE)
Marco Beltrami for "3:10 to Yuma"
Alberto Iglesias for "The Kite Runner"
James Newton Howard for "Michael Clayton"
can all win.
MUSIC (SONG)
Falling Slowly from "Once"
All the others are fluff.
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dunno!
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Dunno.
SOUND EDITING
"No Country for Old Men"
SOUND MIXING
"No Country for Old Men"
VISUAL EFFECTS
"The Golden Compass"
IT'S HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT; SOMETHING IS WRONG
I'M LIKE THE UNCLE WHO HUGGED YOU A LITTLE TOO LONG
I havent seen most of those movies yet, but personally i hope for an oscar for Ellen Paige for Juno. After seeing her acting in Hard Candy i figured she was an upcoming actress, with Oscar potential someday. Didnt think it would be yet though .
And not, havent seen Juno yet, but i can still hope for it
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Drinsic Darkwood wrote:There Will Be Blood deserves to win every damn thing it was nominated for (sorry Viggo, Day-Lewis was unbelievably believable), as well as original score. How the hell Jonny Greenwood's score didn't make it up there while 3:10 to Yuma, Ratatouille, or Michael Clayton did is beyond my comprehension. This isn't an attempt to trash those movies, they were great, but I can't recall a single tune or note from any of them. I can still hear TWBB's tense and chilling music echoing in my ears. I can't recall the last time music was so perfect for a film.
Saw this last night, and totally agreed on best actor. Day-Lewis was superb. The movie was a lot different than I was expecting, but I really liked it. I didn't see Atonement or Michael Clayton, but I think it probably deserves Best Picture over Juno and No Country, even though I highly enjoyed both of those.
I think I read somewhere that the score was not an original composition for TWBB, which is why it was not qualified to be nominated. Otherwise I'm sure it would have been.
"It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant."- Barack Obama
Sylvus wrote:I think I read somewhere that the score was not an original composition for TWBB, which is why it was not qualified to be nominated. Otherwise I'm sure it would have been.
Yeah, I read about that. It's a crock of shit, too. From Wikipedia: "Henry Plainview" and "Proven Lands" feature excerpts from Popcorn Superhet Receiver by Greenwood. That's two tracks of the entire score, both of which only total to 6 minutes, and they feature excerpts from his previously written material. Lame.
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