Oscars 2008

Josh W said:
If I had to pick two, I'd say Zodiac and Into the Wild were the two best films of the year.
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I loved Zodiac, but I really don't think it stands up to No Country or Michael Clayton. It had great moments but it also fell at points, and I'm a big Zodiac buff. I've yet to see Into the Wild but I've heard great things, it's on my list.

My only point is that there are some great films nominated.

Mike
 
why do I recall some story about the Coens having some fun and hiring an actor to play Roderick when "he" was nominated for Fargo, in case he won? i'm going to look into that.
 
No love for the Brolinator?...Kind of suprised, he gave two great performances in No Country and American Gangster.
 
2 nominations for Roger Deakins!!!

Hopefully they don't cancel each other out, even though Kaminski and the others did fantastic jobs with their films I think its about time Deakins wins his first award. I think if it came down to it I'd put my money on Jesse James. I am kind of worried something like Atonement will take Best Cinematography because the Academy generally confuses good art direction for good cinematography. Not saying that Atonement was poorly shot but I definetly think Deakins, Elswit, and Kaminski deserve it more.
 
Here's what I think:

Best picture: There Will Be Blood (No Country a millimeter behind)
Best director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best supporting actor: Hal Holbrook
Best actress: Ellen Paige (haven't seen all 5 films)
Best supporting actress: not sure
Art direction: Atonement (haven't seen Sweeney Todd)
Cinematography: There Will Be Blood (Atonement a close second for its steadicam sequence)
Costume design: Atonement
Editing: No Country for Old Men
Sound editing: No Country for Old Men
Sound mixing: No Country for Old Men
Visual FX: Transformers I guess
Adapted screenplay: There Will Be Blood
Original screenplay: not sure. Juno? ehhh...
Makeup: Norbit why not
Original score: haven't heard all of them.

and the rest I haven't seen enough to make a good decision.

I'm really rooting for Hal Holbrook for best supporting actor. Aside from that I'm not passionate about anything in particular.
 
I can't believe Juno got nominated for so many major awards, and Zodiac got completely overlooked. I guess it has something to do with coming out in March as opposed to December.
 
Juno = This year's Little Miss Sunshine

Glad to see Tommy Lee Jones get a nod. For some reason I feel like I'm the only person who has seen In The Valley of Elah and Away From Her.
 
I CANNOT BELIEVE Aaron Sorkin didn't get a nod from the WGA for Best Adaptation. The dialogue in that movie was inspired. Maybe the strike has distracted them...:angry:
 
Of course the oscars are for the American Film Industry (apart from an aknowledgement of best foreign film), and as thats the case I must support the Aussies that have pushed into the fray, on the acting front this year Cate Blanchet is up for Best and Best supporting - go Cate bring home the bacon!!!

Of course it will extremely gratifying IMO if the Academy where to remember another Australian in Heath Ledger during the awards.
 
Qzar said:
I am kind of worried something like Atonement will take Best Cinematography because the Academy generally confuses good art direction for good cinematography.
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Me too. And that steadi shot. Which i thought was a bit gratuitous. But it was an awesome movie.

chris f said:
Glad to see Tommy Lee Jones get a nod. For some reason I feel like I'm the only person who has seen In The Valley of Elah and Away From Her.
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I loved Away From Her. They printed the short story it was based on (The Bear Came Over The Mountain) and an interview with Sarah Polley in Zoetrope: All Story a few issues ago. Julie Christie has a pretty good shot after winning the Golden Globe. But yeah not a lot of people saw it. Its on DVD already.

I haven't seen In The Valley of Elah yet but I can't wait cause its one more Deakins. Tommy Lee got his love for The Fugitive. But I think his best performance was Melquiades Estrada (and he directed too) and he got no love for that. Even though it came our at the end of December. For best actor I'd bet on either Daniel Day or Johnny Depp. But not for the nominated performance, for body of work.
 
Batutta said:
No love for the Brolinator?...Kind of suprised, he gave two great performances in No Country and American Gangster.
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Detective Trupo.....not sure if there was enough for a "supporting" nomination, but that character did rock.
 
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