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Thoughts And Opinions!

posted 16 years ago by Lucky-Irish
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Best Film
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Charlie Wilson's War
3. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Sweeney Todd
and the winner is... No Country For Old Men

Best Director
1. The Coen Brothers - No Country For Old Men
2. Andrew Dominik - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
3. Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
4. Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
5. Mike Nichols - Charlie Wilson's War
and the winner is The Coen Brothers - No Country For Old Men

Best Actor
1. George Clooney - Michael Clayton
2. Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
3. Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War
4. Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
5. Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
and the winner is... Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
1. Marion Coutillard - La Vie En Rose
2. Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
3. Julie Christie - Away From Her
4. Marisa Tomei - Before The Devil Knows Your Dead
5. Elen Page - Juno
and the winner is... Elen Page - Juno (at least it should be - but Academy voters may see this as too much of a comedy and her being too young - ie her time will come)

Best Supporting Actor
1. Javier Barden - No Country For Old Men
2. Casey Affleck - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
4. Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
5. Josh Brolin - No Country For Old Men
and the winner is... Casey Affleck - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (although Hoffman is brilliant in Charlie Wilson's War and also in The Savages and Before The Devil Knows Your Dead)

Best Supporting Actress
1. Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
2. Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War
3. Laura Linney - The Savages
4. Jennifer Garner - Juno
5. Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
and the Oscar goes to... Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

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[–] Lucky-Irish 16 years ago

Bump

I smoke too much! I drink too much! I eat too much! But fu. ck me, I'm happy!

[–] Lucky-Irish 16 years ago

Christ I was close with my nominations. Apart from perhaps taking Academy voters feelings towards Charlie Wilson's War a little for granted (I mean its a good film, a good director, a good lead actor, a good supporting actor, a good supporting actress). I was always a little excited by The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, which I still think was criminally dealt with by voters with just one of the major nominations.

Overall though I've got a decent percent ratio in all the categories that I predicted.

Best Film 2/5
Best Director 2/5
Best Actor 4/5
Best Supporting Actor 4/5
Best Actress 3/5
Best Supporting Actress 2/5 (although I had Laura Linney down for this category and she was nominated for best actress - so I was kind of right)

So now it's all confirmed here are my revised winners

Best Film - No Country For Old Men or Juno (it is this years Little Miss Sunshine and has a lot of support - but I'm hoping its No Country For Old Men)

Best Director - The Coen Brothers (but maybe Oscar voters will go for the foreign guy whose name escapes - actually I have no idea how to spell it - who made Diving Bell And The Butterfly)

Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis is a shoe-in for this (unless he does a Russell Crowe and goes apesh!t at some point between now and February 24)

Best Supporting Actor - Javier Barden is the other shoe-in (but major props to Casey Affleck flying the flag solo for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford)

Best Actress - Julie Christie or Elen Page (Two way race for me between them and if Page wins great - but I think Christie will pip her to the title purely because this film and performance reminded people that not was she good but also that she wasn't dead)

Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett is going to be the front-runner and she will win so long as her other nomination doesn't detract votes. If not her than Amy Ryan would be my choice.

I guess the biggest loser of the night will be Michael Clayton. Plenty of nominations but I can't see it winning any of the major awards.

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