I have to say... I'm pretty excited. I sure hope that they figure out the WGA strike soon.
As always, I will color who I want to win, and bold who I think will win.





Complete list of 80th annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:

1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

3. 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."

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

11. Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "There Will Be Blood."

12. 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."

13. Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "3:10 to Yuma," "Transformers."

14. Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

15. Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard; "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami.

16. Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

17. Costume: "Across the Universe," "Atonement," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "La Vie en Rose," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

18. Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "War/Dance."

19. Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

20. Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

21. Makeup: "La Vie en Rose," "Norbit," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

22. Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)," "My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

23. Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)," "Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

24. Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Transformers."

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Academy Award winners previously announced this year:

HONORARY AWARD (Oscar statuette): Robert Boyle

No nomination for Best Original Score for There Will Be Blood, bah.

yeah I haven't even seen it and thats absolute crap. crap I tell ya!

I havent seen TWBB yet, but if DDL doesnt win I'll kill someone.

Same people nominated 3 times in original song.

I haven't seen any of these movies. Why are most popular movies shit, then all the good ones hardly seen by anyone?

Why?

The audience

The general population wouldn't understand or appreciate a movie like NCFOM or TWBB..

Apparently Jonny Greenwood's score wasn't eligible for an Oscar because the Academy deemed it "unoriginal" claiming he had recorded some of the music years ago.

Because the majority of people are addicted to formulaic movies/music/tv.

Honestly, I don't think it was great as a standalone. Could you actually imagine buying the soundtrack and just listening to it around the house or trying to fall asleep? It's very Stanley Kubrickish, which means it kind of grinds into your soul. It was perfect for the movie, which one could say what the oscar is for, but I totally understand why it wasn't nominated.

Well my other post pointed out it wasn't eligible, but I see your point.

There was plenty of music that wasn't Kubrickish and very Radioheadish which means I could listen to it all day.

I might do the whole bold who I think will win and italic who I want to win...

1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

3. 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."

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

11. Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "There Will Be Blood."

12. 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."

I really really really hope Juno doesn't win anything. I didn't like it much at all. No Country For Old Men I think should sweep it, but I think There Will Be Blood will (I haven't seen it, but PTA is the man, so that's not a bad thing.) Atonement has a good chance for best picture and all that obviously, but I really want one of the other two to win.

Movies I've seen are in red. Movies I haven't are in black.


1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

3. 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."

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

11. Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "There Will Be Blood."

12. 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."

13. Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "3:10 to Yuma," "Transformers."

14. Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

15. Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard; "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami.

16. Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

17. Costume: "Across the Universe," "Atonement," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "La Vie en Rose," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

18. Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "War/Dance."

19. Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

20. Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

21. Makeup: "La Vie en Rose," "Norbit," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

22. Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)," "My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

23. Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)," "Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

24. Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Transformers."

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I admit it

do all of you really think TTWB is gonna win best picture? if it isnt no country, its gonna be atonement.

fyp

CP:


I still can't believe that Klitz from the Girl Next Door was the preacher... man he did good. It's sad he didn't get nominated for actor. I guess he can always call Emile Hirsch, also from The Girl Next Door, who got snubbed for Into The Wild.

I love an informed opinion. Good work


You sir, are clearly addicted to the theatre.

Then again, you and I are tied, I've only seen The Bourne Ultimatum. I have WANTED to watch most of those, if that counts, which I don't think it does.

Eddie Vedder's soundtrack to Into the Wild deserved recognition IMO.

For once I've actually seen good number of the nominated films. DDL has this puppy in the bag, and I think Cate Blanchett should as well. She is the fuggin shiznit in I'm Not There.

BY THE WAY, if any of you have seen I'm Not There and have not seen Don't Look Back, you must.

I saw Sweeny Todd last night, it was interesting. I'm not sure Depp deserves a best actor nomination for it though.

I semi agree. I thought he was great and I'll be happy if he wins, but if anything should be nominated it's the direction. Burton has been snubbed so many times it's ridiculous.

Saw Atonement last night. I can see why it won the Globe. It really was an excellent overall film and is going to be tough competition for No Country. The only other nominee I saw, TWBB, really doesnt have a chance IMO, while it was a very good film, it was more about individual performance and does not stand up to the others.
Id still like to see Juno and Michael Clayton. Any opinion on those vs. the others?

the beach scene with all the army people in atonement is amazing. its like a 8 minute continuous shot of all this stuff going on, its unbelievable.

yea that scene is the best 5 minutes in film history.

I watched it earlier today after reading your comment on it. It was certainly good.

I could see it winning Best Picture even though I think both NCFOM and TWBB are better.

one more than me, sir.

Oh damn..As I was typing this I saw Transformers on the list...We're back to tied.

one of those rare years where i would be happy if almost any of the nominees won. atonement was lame imo. the other four are unstoppable.

So, I just saw Juno tonight. It was better than I expected by a long shot. I would guess that the stripper easily gets the Oscar for original screenplay.

just saw michael clayton. it was really good. i still need to see TWBB.

i hope juno doesnt win anything. has any movie ever tried so hard to be indie? still pretty good though.

Garden State. About as transparent as a piece of paper rubbed with a fried chicken wing.

Like I said in the OP, I hope Michael Clayton wins.... but I don't think it will happen.

oh good call. i forgot about that one.

Updated because you care.

I just saw Michael Clayton again, wow, what a great movie. It's the first movie in a long time I wished was about twice as long. I just loved all the characters and wanted to watch more and more of their lives. George Clooney's character is totally awesome.

That being said:

NCFOM > Michael Clayton... AINEC.

But more controversially:

Michael Clayton > TWWB

Brvheart: Your 'New Topic' button is needed.

I just saw Michael Clayton for the first time and I have to say your opinion on movies isnt worth dick if you hold that to be true. Michael Clayton was nothing compared to TWBB. Michael Clayton wasnt even as good as "In the Valley of Elah'. Let alone TWBB, Atonement, and NCFOM. It was better than Juno though.

I definitely like Michael Clayton more than There Will Be Blood. I loved DDL's work, maybe his best performance ever, but as a movie I don't think it's nearly as enjoyable as Michael Clayton. I LOVED Michael Clayton.

If you don't agree, then your opinion on movies means dick to me.

at least we can skip each others numerous posts from now. real time saver.

I'll still read your movie thoughts... I always need a good laugh.

i might as well just put you on ignore now. because your thoughts on religion and politics sure as hell aint worth shit. oh snap.

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