Originally Posted By DAR Best motion picture of the year Atonement Juno Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men There Will be Blood Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney, Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises Performance by an actor in a supporting role CaseyAffleck, 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 Performance by an actress in a leading role Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age Julie Christie, Away from Her Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose Laura Linney, The Savages Ellen Page, JUno Performance by an actress in a supporting role Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There Ruby Dee, American Gangster Saorise Ronin, Atonement Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton Best animated feature film of the year Persepolis Ratatouille Surf's Up Achievement in art direction American Gangster Atonement The Golden Compass Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street There Will Be Blood Achievement in 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 Achievement in costume design Across the Universe Atonement Elizabeth: The Golden Age La Vie en Rose Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Achievement in directing Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton Jason Reitman, Juno Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will be Blood Best documentary feature No End in Sight Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Sicko Taxi to the Dark Side War/Dance Achievement in makeup La Vie en Rose Norbit Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Achievement in film editing The Bourne Ultimatum The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Into the Wild No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Best foreign language film of the year Beaufort The Counterfeiters Katyñ Mongol 12 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) Atonement The Kite Runner Michael Clayton Ratatouille 3:10 to Yuma Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) "Falling Slowly" from Once "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted "Raise It Up" from August Rush "So Close" from Enchanted "That’s How You Know" from Enchanted Achievement in sound editing The Bourne Ultimatum No Country for Old Men Ratatouille There Will Be Blood Transformers Achievement in sound mixing The Bourne Ultimatum No Country for Old Men Ratatouille 3:10 to Yuma Transformers Achievement in visual effects The Golden Compass Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Transformers Adapted screenplay Christopher Hampton, Atonement Sarah Polley, Away from Her Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood Original screenplay Diablo Cody, Juno Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Ratatouille Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Originally Posted By DAR Well as usual I've seen only a handful of films on this list: Ratatouille, Bourne Ultimatium, Pirates, Transformers, Surf's Up, Once, 3:10 to Yuma and American Gangster. Some of these I've never heard of. Away from Her? The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? The Savages? Lars and the Real Girl? I might need to get out more.
Originally Posted By Spooky Ghost Good list. Loved 3 of the BP noms (Atonement, Juno and There Will Be Blood) and Liked No Country For Old Men. Great to see Depp nommed for Sweeney. Looking forward to see if he or Day-Lewis will take home that one. I notice a lot of people reffering to the two most nominated films No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood as being particularly violent films. Which I agree in the case of No Country, isint so much true for There Will Be Blood. Yeah the title sounds like the tagline for a Saw film, otherwise theres very little violence and yes blood in the film. The only scene of violence is largely off camera and implied, with only its aftermath breifly seen just after...
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Nothing suprising here. I can't say I'm necessarily disappointed with the nominations, but I would have rather seen Helena Bonham Carter nominated for Sweeney than Johnny Depp. I was much more impressed with her performance, and I think she has a much better chance of winning--particularly if they had pushed to have her nominated for Supporting Actress. It's a relatively wide-open race. I would've also liked to see John Travolta get a BSA nod for Edna in Hairspray, but I'm not surprised he didn't. An actor's job is to make you forget that you're watching John Travolta, and think only about Edna Turnblad. Not only did John Travolta manage this, he managed to make me forget I was watching a man. Edna really became a flesh and blood woman for most of the movie (You're Timeless to Me is the exception). I'm watching Away from Her tonight, and I can't wait. It really looks good.
Originally Posted By ecdc Good list. I'm seeing No Country and There Will Be Blood this week. I liked Juno, but not as much as everyone else, apparently. Same with Atonement. It seems like every year there's a nominee that sounds too depressing to see, and this year it's Michael Clayton. Glad to see No End in Sight and Sicko on the doc's list - great films. It's a shame films released earlier in the year don't get the recognition they deserve, because I think Zodiac was a masterpiece. But not a single nod. Great to see Ratatouille nominated for screenplay and score. And I don't care if it's only nominated for effects, Transformers still sucked, and Michael Bay is still a hack.
Originally Posted By utahjosh Wow. So few of the "Best Picture," and movies that the best actor/actresses are in, are not movies I want to see. Glad to see Ratatouille and Enchanted got some good noms.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <It seems like every year there's a nominee that sounds too depressing to see, and this year it's Michael Clayton.> I didn't find it depressing at all. In fact, it's almost like a good popcorny John Grisham-y movie, only with some real substance.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Good list. I'm seeing No Country and There Will Be Blood this week. I liked Juno, but not as much as everyone else, apparently. Same with Atonement. It seems like every year there's a nominee that sounds too depressing to see, and this year it's Michael Clayton.>> Funny Michael Clayton is the one of those I want to see the most. Followed by Juno, No Country, Blood and then Atonement. But I agree that there is always a depressing film on the list, Babel, which is a terrible film. <<Glad to see No End in Sight and Sicko on the doc's list - great films.>> It's not a real suprise these are on the list but political docs aren't my forte. I'm more interested in documentaries that focus on people. There's one out on dvd today called the King of Kong which focuses on two guys trying to get the all time high score on Donkey Kong. Or and I will keep singing its praises, Grizzly Man, one of my favorite movies ever. <<It's a shame films released earlier in the year don't get the recognition they deserve, because I think Zodiac was a masterpiece. But not a single nod. Great to see Ratatouille nominated for screenplay and score. And I don't care if it's only nominated for effects, Transformers still sucked, and Michael Bay is still a hack.>> I agree about Zodiac it gets better and better each time. Plus my favorite film of last year only got one nom American Gangster. You have to wonder if there was no best Animated feature would Ratatouille have been nominated for best picture which if I had a chance to pick five would have been and bear in mind I have to see all five best picture nominees: American Gangster Zodiac Ratatouille Knocked Up The Bourne Ultimatium. I know it's called best picture not popular picture but still in years past you've had winners like: The Departed, Forrest Gump, Gladiator, American Beauty, The Godfather. This year the closest you can call a crowd pleaser seems to be Juno. As for Transformers I liked it a lot, it seemed like it's only goal was to entertain and for me it achieved that goal. As for the biggest snub in my mind, where is the Best Screenplay nomination for Knocked Up?
Originally Posted By DAR For a little fun I looked the Best Picture nominees of the last 20 years, here now is what won and what I think should have won and what shouldn't have even been nominated: Yes it's a little slow here at work 1988-Rain Man The Accidental Tourist Dangerous Liaisons Mississippi Burning Working Girl Won:Rain Man Should Have:Missippi Burning Shouldn't Have:Working Girl 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Born on the Fourth of July Dead Poets' Society Field of Dreams My Left Foot Won: Driving Miss Daisy Should Have: Field of Dreams Shouldn't Haveead Poet's Society 1990 Dances with Wolves Awakenings Ghost The Godfather, Part III Goodfellas Wonances with Wolves Should Have:Goodfellas Shouldn't Have: The Godfather Part III and Ghost. 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Beauty and the Beast Bugsy JFK The Prince of Tides Won:Silence of the Lambs Should Have:Silence of the Lambs Shouldn't Have:The Prince of Tides 1992 Unforgiven The Crying Game A Few Good Men Howards End Scent of a Woman Won:Unforgiven Should Have:Unforgiven Shouldn't Have:The Prince of Tides 1993 Schindler's List The Fugitive In the Name of the Father The Piano The Remains of the Day Won:Schindler's List Should Have:Schindler's List Shouldn't Have:I never saw anything else on this list except for the Fugitive and that belonged here 1994 Forrest Gump Four Weddings and a Funeral Pulp Fiction Quiz Show The Shawshank Redemption Won:Forrest Gump Should Have:The Shawshank Redemption Shouldn't Have: Four Weddings and A Funeral 1995 Braveheart Apollo 13 Babe Il Postino (The Postman) Sense and Sensibility Won:Braveheart Should Have:Apollo 13 Shouldn't Have: I don't know what Il Postino is. 1996 The English Patient Fargo Jerry Maguire Secrets & Lies Shine Won: The English Patient Should Have:Fargo Shouldn't Have:The English Patient really one of the worst films ever 1997 Titanic As Good as It Gets The Full Monty Good Will Hunting L.A. Confidential Won:Titanic Should Have:Good Will Hunting Shouldn't Have:The Full Monty I was going to add Titanic but I was impressed with how it was made. 1998 Shakespeare in Love Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) Saving Private Ryan The Thin Red Line Won:Shakespeare in Love Should Have:Saving Private Ryan Shouldn't Have:The Thin Red Line 1999 American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Green Mile The Insider The Sixth Sense Won:American Beauty Should Have: The Insider Shouldn't Have:I never saw Cider House Rules but I can't complain about any of the nominees, good year. 2000 Gladiator Chocolat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Erin Brockovich Traffic Won:Gladiator Should Have:Gladiator Shouldn't Have: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, I find Ang Lee vastly overrated 2001 A Beautiful Mind In the Bedroom The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Moulin Rouge! Godsford Park Won:A Beautiful Mind Should Have: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Shouldn't Have:I never saw Godsford or In the Bedroom and the other three are good choices. 2002 Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist Won:Chicago Should Have:Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Shouldn't Have:Chicago, hate this movie with a passion 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Mystic River Seabiscuit Won:Lord of the Rings:Return of the King Should Have:Lord of the Rings:Return of the King-Yep the third time LOTR won, I thought it should have won each year. Shouldn't Have:Lost in Translation 2004 Million Dollar Baby The Aviator Finding Neverland Ray Sideways Won:Million Dollar Baby Should Have:The Aviator Shouldn't Have:Million Dollar Baby, I love Clint but this movie depressed the hell out of me. 2005 Crash Brokeback Mountain Good Night and Good Luck Munich Capote Won:Crash Should Have:None really Shouldn't Have: All of them, not one of these films impressed me at all. The best film of that year? Batman Begins 2006-The Departed Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Won: The Departed Should Have: The Departed Shouldn't Have: Babel
Originally Posted By Tip Top Club Glad to see all the Disney Nominations too, five for ratatouille, and the three enchanted numbers in best song.
Originally Posted By mawnck GO SEE PERSEPOLIS. Best advice you'll get today. I don't think it will beat Ratatouille, but it deserves to. Seriously. It's THAT good. It's now playing in art houses in "selected cities". A couple observations I shall repeat from the Animation topics: Amy Adams got skunked for Best Actress . . . and "How To Hook Up Your Home Theater" got skunked for Best Animated Short. Don't'cha hate skunks? (Pepe Le Pew and Flower notwithstanding)
Originally Posted By Ursula So, how does one think the strike is going to change the Oscars, or not? On Persepolis, yet again one movie I won't watch because of my inability to separate work from my enjoyment of movies. Maybe someday it will be on cable and I will change my mind and find it terrific. If I see it now, I will just hate it no matter how good it is.
Originally Posted By ecdc Good to hear about Michael Clayton, I'll definitely check it out now. I'd obviously misunderstood some of the reviews I'd read that made it sound like it's just a depressing look at the soullessness of corporate America and their legal cohorts.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <GO SEE PERSEPOLIS.> Totally agree. Ratatouille will probably win, and was a fine film, but Persepolis was moving on a whole different level.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 My list based on #10: 1988-Rain Man The Accidental Tourist Dangerous Liaisons Mississippi Burning Working Girl Won:Rain Man Should Haveangerous Liaisons (of this group - not a great group) Shouldn't Have:Working Girl 1989 Driving Miss Daisy Born on the Fourth of July Dead Poets' Society Field of Dreams My Left Foot Won: Driving Miss Daisy Should Have: Born on the Fourth of July Shouldn't Haveead Poet's Society 1990 Dances with Wolves Awakenings Ghost The Godfather, Part III Goodfellas Wonances with Wolves Should Have: Dances with Wolves or Goodfellas (both great) Shouldn't Have: The Godfather Part III and Ghost. 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Beauty and the Beast Bugsy JFK The Prince of Tides Won:Silence of the Lambs Should Have:Silence of the Lambs Shouldn't Have:The Prince of Tides 1992 Unforgiven The Crying Game A Few Good Men Howards End Scent of a Woman Won:Unforgiven Should Have:The Crying Game Shouldn't Have:Scent of a Woman 1993 Schindler's List The Fugitive In the Name of the Father The Piano The Remains of the Day Won:Schindler's List Should Have:Schindler's List Shouldn't Have: All worthy flicks, actually 1994 Forrest Gump Four Weddings and a Funeral Pulp Fiction Quiz Show The Shawshank Redemption Won:Forrest Gump Should Have:Quiz Show I guess - not a truly great film among them, IMO. Shouldn't Have: Four Weddings and A Funeral 1995 Braveheart Apollo 13 Babe Il Postino (The Postman) Sense and Sensibility Won:Braveheart Should Have:Apollo 13 Shouldn't Have: Braveheart 1996 The English Patient Fargo Jerry Maguire Secrets & Lies Shine Won: The English Patient Should Have:Fargo Shouldn't Have:Shine 1997 Titanic As Good as It Gets The Full Monty Good Will Hunting L.A. Confidential Won:Titanic Should Have:L.A. Confidential, big time Shouldn't Have:Titanic. Technically impressive, but terrible script 1998 Shakespeare in Love Elizabeth Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) Saving Private Ryan The Thin Red Line Won:Shakespeare in Love Should Have:Shakespeare in Love Shouldn't Have:All good films 1999 American Beauty The Cider House Rules The Green Mile The Insider The Sixth Sense Won:American Beauty Should Have: American Beauty Shouldn't Have:The Green Mile 2000 Gladiator Chocolat Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Erin Brockovich Traffic Won:Gladiator Should Have:Traffic Shouldn't Have: Chocolat. Fun, but a trifle. 2001 A Beautiful Mind In the Bedroom The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Moulin Rouge! Godsford Park Won:A Beautiful Mind Should Have: A Beautiful Mind Shouldn't Have:Moulin Rouge. Good, but too reliant on flash. 2002 Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Pianist Won:Chicago Should Have:Gangs of New York Shouldn't Have:The Hours 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Mystic River Seabiscuit Won:Lord of the Rings:Return of the King Should Have:Lord of the Rings:Return of the King Shouldn't Have:All good films 2004 Million Dollar Baby The Aviator Finding Neverland Ray Sideways Won:Million Dollar Baby Should Have:Sideways Shouldn't Have:Ray. Great performance, but too much a standard showbiz biopic. 2005 Crash Brokeback Mountain Good Night and Good Luck Munich Capote Won:Crash Should Have:Brokeback Mountain Shouldn't Have: Capote. See above. 2006-The Departed Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Won: The Departed Should Have: Letters from Iwo Jima Shouldn't Have: Babel
