Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Official Oscar Nominations 2008 & Reaction

Major surprises! I like a lot of these categories, except Actress :'(
My final prediction score was 66/101 (66%), which I'm fairly pleased with, considering there were a few surprises across the board. Three nominated songs for 'Enchanted'?!

Best motion picture of the year


“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”

Prediction Score: 3/5
Reaction: YES! YES! YES! Atonement makes it! I was getting worried after Wright was snubbed but thank god. Into The Wild way weaker than people thought.

Achievement in directing

Julian Schnabel - “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Jason Reitman - “Juno”
Tony Gilroy - “Michael Clayton”
Joel & Ethan Coen - “No Country for Old Men”
Paul Thomas Anderson - “There Will Be Blood”

Prediction Score:
4/5
Reaction: Well obviously they adore Juno, because I believe Reitman's only other nomination is for the ISA. Points for unpredictability though. Juno a contender for the win now?

Best actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Prediction Score:
4/5
Reaction:
Wow. Tommy Lee Jones makes it for a performance only previously nominated by the Golden Satellites. A prize for a good year most probably, and a shun to the young contenders to the Actor crown, Hirsch, Gosling and McAvoy. Oscar likes experience here.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role


Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

Prediction Score:
5/5
Reaction:
Pretty routine, although the lack of love for Into the Wild and surprising lead nom for Jones probably means that Holbrook was close to being ousted for Tommy.

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney in “The Savages”
Ellen Page in “Juno”

Prediction Score:
4/5
Reaction:
My poor Angelina! :'(

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”

Prediction Score:
4/5
Reaction:
FYI the next month will comprise of numerous digs at the overrated cameo of the now Oscar-nominated Ruby Dee.

Best animated feature film of the year

“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
“Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Prediction Score: 2/3

Achievement in art direction

“American Gangster”
“Atonement”
“The Golden Compass”
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
“There Will Be Blood”

Prediction Score:
3/5

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”

Prediction Score: 5/5

Achievement in costume design

“Across the Universe”
“Atonement”
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
“La Vie en Rose”
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Prediction Score:
3/5

Best documentary feature

“No End in Sight”
“Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience”
“Sicko”
“Taxi to the Dark Side”
“War/Dance”

Prediction Score: 3/5

Best documentary short subject

“Freeheld”
“La Corona (The Crown)”
“Salim Baba”
“Sari’s Mother”

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”

Prediction Score: 3/5

Best foreign language film of the year

“Beaufort” (Israel)
“The Counterfeiters” (Austria)
“Katyń” (Poland)
“Mongol” (Kazakhstan)
“12” (Russia)

Prediction Score: 3/5

Achievement in makeup

“La Vie en Rose”
“Norbit”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”

Prediction Score: 1/3

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Atonement”
“The Kite Runner”
“Michael Clayton”
“Ratatouille”
“3:10 to Yuma”

Prediction Score: 3/5

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”

Prediction Score: 2/5

Best animated short film

“I Met the Walrus”
“Madame Tutli-Putli”
“Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)”
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)”
“Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)

Best live action short film

“At Night”
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)”
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)”
“Tanghi Argentini”
“The Tonto Woman”

Achievement in sound editing

“The Bourne Ultimatum”
“No Country for Old Men”
“Ratatouille”
“There Will Be Blood”
“Transformers”

Prediction Score: 3/5

Achievement in sound mixing

“The Bourne Ultimatum”
“No Country for Old Men”
“Ratatouille”
“3:10 to Yuma”
“Transformers”

Prediction Score: 2/5

Achievement in visual effects

“The Golden Compass”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
“Transformers”

Prediction Score: 1/3

Adapted screenplay

“Atonement”
“Away from Her”
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”

Prediction Score: 4/5

Original screenplay

“Juno”
“Lars and the Real Girl”
“Michael Clayton”
“Ratatouille”
“The Savages”

Prediction Score: 4/5

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