Friday, February 22, 2008

Oscar predictions (not that it matters) Here it goes, faster that you can say The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (my hand cramped up just typing that.) Best Picture - No Country for Old Men (Ive been saying it since October, maybe longer.) Best Director - Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men Best Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day Lewis - There Will be Blood(Brooding!) Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Christie - Away from Her (which I havent seen.) of the films I have seen Ellen Page should win. Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men(Terrifying!) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There (Brilliant!) Best Original Screenplay - Diablo Cody - Juno Best Adapted Screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will be Blood Animated Feature - Ratatouille - though, Persepolis was the better "film" Documentary - No End in Sight - The Academy WILL not risk another Michael Moore rampage. Foreign Language Film - Falscher Die Best Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Its Janusz Kaminski for crying out loud.) Best Editing - The Bourne Ultimatum, but No Country for Old Men Should win. Best Achievement in Art Direction - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (I WILL NOT predict Atonement for anything) Best Achievement in Costume Design - Elizabeth: The Golden Age Orignal Score - 3:10 to Yuma (Brilliant, by far the best score here, but I would love to have seen a No Country nom here.) Sound - The Bourne Ultimatum Sound Editing - Transformers (why was Live Free or Die Hard not nominated?) Visual Effects - Transformers (I WILL not vote for Pirates 1, re-warmed thrice) Best Doc. Short Subject - Sari's Mother Best Animated Short - I Met the Walrus Best Live Action Short - Om natten There you have it.