18 January 2008

predictions for 80th annual academy awards nominations

As i said, this is the most unpredictable race in years, every oscar-goer is confused about this year's race. It's only 4 days left before the nominations is announced, everything still seems possible to happen. Well, honestly i've watched not more than 10 percents of this year contenders, judging by this, i'm so totally not qualified to predict the nominations. But, hei, isn't oscar is all about who will win, instead of who should? So who care about how good the film is, it's how it manage to win the award.
I came out with my own list of predictions for this year academy awards nominations,

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
James McAvoy - Atonement
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip S. Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Ellen Page - Juno
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best animated feature film
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Achievement in art direction
Dante Ferretti - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
David Gropman - Hairspray
Guy Dyas - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jack Fisk - There Will Be Blood
Sarah Greenwood - Atonement

Achievement in cinematography
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement

Achievement in costume design
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Pan Lai - Lust, Caution
Patricia Norris - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Achievement in directing
Ethan, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Achievement in film editing
Chris Lebenzon - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
John Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men
Tatiana S. Riegel & Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood

Best foreign language film
12 - Russia
Days of Darkness - Canada
The Counterfeitters - Austria
The Unknown - Italy
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation - Brazil

Achievement in makeup
300
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Come so Far (Got so Far to Go)" - Hairspray
"Falling Slowly" - Once
"Grace is Gone" - Grace is Gone
"Guaranteed" - Into the Wild
"That's How You Know" - Enchanted

Best motion picture
Atonement
Into the Wild
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Achievement in sound editing
300
Beowulf
The Bourne Ultimatum
Transformers
Ratatouille

Achievement in sound mixing
No Country For Old Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Bourne Ultimatum
Transformers

Achievement in visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Golden Compass
Transformers

Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sean Penn - Into the Wild

Writing, Original Screenplay
Brad Bird - Ratatouille
Diablo Cody - Juno
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton

Documentary, Features - who cares
Documentary, Short Subjects - no idea
Short Film, Animated - who gives a sxxx
Short Film, Live Action - don't know

Tally
8 - There Will Be Blood, Atonement
7 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, No Country for Old Men
6 - Michael Clayton, Into the Wild
4 - Ratatouille
3 - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers
2 - Juno, La Vie En Rose, Hairspray, Lust, Caution, 300, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
1 - Eastern Promises, Charlie Wilson's War, A Mighty Heart, Away from Her, Gone Baby Gone, I'm Not There, Persepolis, The Simpsons Movie, The Kite Runner, Once, Grace Is Gone, Enchanted, Beowulf, The Golden Compass, Lars and the Real Girl, The Savages.


The five films that i think will make it the top.

The best looking of the actor nominees line-up (did you notice this?) in years (or in history) if they made it.

My leading lady for this year.

2 comments:

the ugly submarine said...

You have insanely too much free time, girlfriend! Maybe doing some work would be good, for a change! Haha

ben said...

Thank you, was that a compliment?