Monday, February 25, 2008

Oscars

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Counterfeiters (Austria)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Ratatouille

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
There Will Be Blood

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Taxi to the Dark Side

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
La Vie en Rose

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" from Once

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Peter and the Wolf

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Le Mozart des Pickpockets

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
The Bourne Ultimatum

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass

There were really no major surprises, so I only have a few things to say. I thought There Will be Blood should have won best picture, but No Country wasn't at all a surprise. Marion Cottilard upset the favorite Ellen Page, but that's okay, because I'm sure she'll have plenty more opportunities in her long career. One of the most pleasant winners for me, was Glenn Hansard winning best song for "Falling Slowly. " I just loved the movie, and I'm glad it got some recognition. I don't have much else to say since I didn't actually watch them. Feel free to post your opinions.

1 comment:

Shawn said...

I too feel There Will be Blood should have taken best picture. While I accept there was some good acting in No Country and I feel he well deserved the supporting character award, the movie left something to be desired. To dry perhaps? Given the slew of bigger budget nominations for best song, it was good to see the more genuine feeling independents win best song. Cinematography is also one of the most important parts of a movie to me, it can take a sub par movie and make it great (Requiem for a Dream I'm not looking at you but I'm talking in your direction) and There Will be Blood truly deserved it. As one last aside, she's been getting more media harassment it seems lately but Cody deserved the award and seemed to be very genuine and humble in her winning.