Hey, make your Oscar predictions here! What does this have to do with sports? Lots! If you have an obsession for ranking things and picking winners, let's just call it a sport. Hell, some people think driving hundreds of miles counter-clockwise is a sport!
Here are the nominees for the major categories: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/
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 -- Elizabeth: 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 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
Best Supporting Actress
- Cate Blanchett -- I'm Not There
- Ruby Dee -- American Gangster
- Saiorse Ronan -- Atonement
- Amy Ryan -- Gone Baby Gone
- Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton
Best Director
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly -- Julian Schnabel
- Juno -- Jason Reitman
- Michael Clayton -- Tony Gilroy
- No Country for Old Men -- Joel & Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood -- Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Picture
- Atonement
- Juno
- Michael Clayton
- No Country for Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
Best Animated Picture
- Persepolis
- Ratatouille
- Surf's Up
2 comments:
Rosie's Picks:
Best Actor: Daniel-Day Lewis
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Director: Coen Brothers
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Best Animated Picture: Persepolis
Cinematography: Atonement
Screenplay, Adapted: No Country For Old Men
Screenplay, Original: Michael Clayton
I figure Cate Blanchett has to win at least one of those awards (more likely for Best Supp). I'd say that it's D-D Lewis' "turn", same with Javier Bardem. They also both just won the BAFTA - British Oscars. Atonement was snubbed by BAFTA - could happen again!
To see BAFTA winners:
http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominees-in-2008,224,BA.html
Will Michael Moore win for "Sicko", or are people sick of HIM?
I added "Atonement" for Cinematography - very interesting plays with light (you can see the sunlight shining through James McAvoy's ice-blue eyes - how cool is that?). There's also a great beach scene, reminiscent of "Apocalypse Now" ("Soldier, who's in charge around here?" "Ain't you?")
And I'm quickly losing patience with all these movies involving landscapes & violins (violence?)!
Tilda Swinton...
Okay, I stated on the show that Tilda Swinton reminded me of a witch for some reason. I was right! She played the White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia: LW&W" and will reprise that role in "Prince Caspian" (although the WW is not in the novel). She also played the Angel Gabriel in "Constantine" -- ethereal and witchy all at once!
I get the impression from the previews of "Michael Clayton" that she has not strayed too far from her witchy persona in this movie either!
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