Thanks to the WGA strike we didn’t get to see the usual TV broadcast for the Golden Globes this year. Hopefully we’ll get to see an Oscar show. I do love it so even if I am often disappointed at the Academy’s choices. This year has been a particularly excellent year for the kind of movies I enjoy; the more artsy and story driven ‘independent’ films.
Although I did enjoy Transformers this year, I’m not typically a fan of blockbusters. Although they’re aesthetically pleasing and full of huge stars and even bigger effects they often leave one feeling unfulfilled.
This year things are looking a little different. Take the nominations for Best Picture for example:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
As someone who loves a great story I need a little soul in my films. There’s no Titanic in the lot this year. Thank goodness.
The only one here I have yet to see is Michael Clayton, but the others are definitely at the top of my own list. I can’t wait to swear at the TV again on Oscar night! Yay!
Here’s a video broadcast the nominations from January 22, 2008:
The rest of the nominations for the 80th Academy Awards are listed after the jump:
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman – Juno
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
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
Rudy Dee – American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Actor
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
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
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 Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
Best Documentary Feature
No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance
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
Best 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
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12
Best Original Screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Music Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Best Music – Original Song
August Rush
Once
Enchanted
Enchanted
Enchanted
Best Makeup
La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Best Animated Short Film
I Met The Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & The Wolf
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
Best Live Action Short Film
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart Des Pickpokets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Costume Design
Across The Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd
Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best Sound Mixing
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers
The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers
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