Ladies and Gentlemen I now present you the Oscar Nominations for this year.....
Film of the Year:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Director:
Julian Schnabel -The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman -Juno
Tony Gilroy -Michael Clayton
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
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 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 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 Actress:
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement, Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her, Written by Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men, Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood, Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Original Screenplay:
Juno, Written by Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl, Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton, Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille, Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages, Written by Tamara Jenkin
Best Animated Feature:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Achievement in Art Direction:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Achievement In Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Achievement In Costume Design:
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd
Best Documentary Feature:
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
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
Best Foreign Language Film:
Beaufort Israel
The Counterfeiters Austria
Katyn Poland
Mongol Kazakhstan
12 Russia
Achievement In Make-Up:
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Original Score:
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Original Song:
Falling Slowly - Once
Happy Working Song - Enchanted
Raise It Up - August Rush
So Close - Enchanted
That's How You Know - Enchanted
Achievement In Sound Editing:
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Achievement In Sound Mixing:
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Achievement In Visual Effects:
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Best Animated Short:
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Szczerbowski Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf
Best Live Action Short:
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best Documentary Short:
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
My current predictions/opinions.....
No Country for Old Men should win Director and Best films, the unfair thing about that statement is that I haven't seen three of the others due to either them not being released (There Will Be Blood, Juno) or just missing them (Clayton).
Best actor for me is possibly Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises, but again I haven't seen some of the other entries which makes it difficult to judge.
Javier Bardem for No Country For Old Men with Best Supporting Actor because he was just great.
Best actress is a limited choice again so I'll go with Cate Blancett.
Difficult for best adapted screenplay as I haven't read of the original novels.
Original screenplay I'll go with Ratatouille but again limited viewing choice.
Best Animated for Ratatouille by a long long stretch.
I'm going with Into the Wild for Best film editing mainly due to the fact it deserves to win atleast one award, it was a fantastic film and seems to have gone under the radar a bit. Plus it didn't annoy me like the editing in Bourne.
Transfomers has got three nominations and it above all the others should win the SFX award, if it doesn't the Oscars need burning.
Batmanuel
Sorry...
But i am not up enough on movies to be able to comment here so i will sod off i always seem to be about a year behind everyone else, i just thought i would give some sort of reply, being as no one else has.
Reaper
You sir are a true Gent
Xeall
well i've only seen about 3 of those films on the list so i can't rwally comment. Still pissed at the animated film section from last year Advent children didn't even get a mention.
Need to see american gangster and sweeny todd though
Web of Fear
I've hardly seen any of those films. Interesting that Cate Blanchett is up for two gongs.
i always seem to be about a year behind everyone else, i just thought i would give some sort of reply, being as no one else has.