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GnR
01-23-2008, 4:30 PM
The Academy Awards are a big thing for me. I love movies. Well, here are the main categories and their nominees:

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

Best Actor:
George Cloony for Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp for Sweeny Todd
Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie for Away From Her
Marion Cotillard for Môme, La
Laura Linney for The Savages
Ellen Page for Juno

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

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
Ruby Dee for American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman for Juno
Julian Schnabel for Scaphandre et le papillon, Le

Best Screenplay Written for the Screen:
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Published/Produced:
Atonement
Away From Her
Scaphandre et le papillon, Le
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Animated Picture:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Best Documentary:
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War Dance

Who I want to win is in red. What're some of your guy's predictions?

badumpbumpbump
01-25-2008, 10:04 AM
My opinion is sorta biased, because I didn't see all of the movies on the list (less than half actually)
Who I Want to Win

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best Actress: Ellen Page
Best Supporting Actor: JAVIER BARDEM!!!!! (I also liked that guy Timothy Spall. How come he didn't get nominated?)
Best Supporting Actress: no real pick, I guess Ruby Dee
Best Director: Coen Brotherss
Best Screenplay Written for the Screen: Juno
Best Screenplay Based on Something Else: No Country for Old Men (How come Sweeney Todd didn't get nominated?)
Best Animated Picture: Ratatouille (I didn't actually watch this, but I've heard it's really good.)
Best Documentary: Sicko

Who I Think is Going to Win
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best Actress: Ellen Page
Best Supporting Actor: JAVIER BARDEM (He better win, dammit.)
Best Supporting Actress: No idea.
Best Director: Coen Brothers
Best Screenplay Written for the Screen: Juno
Best Screenplay Based on Something Else: No Country for Old Men
Best Documentary: Anything could happen.