Match Cut Awards for 2007

[Spinal]

Based on your nominations, I will create a ballot with five contenders in each category. This will occur on or around February 10th, leaving approximately two weeks for voting (winners announced before the Oscars assuming they happen). Feel free to put up nominations at any time and edit freely as you see more films. Once I begin tallying ballots, I will lock this thread and no more editing will be allowed.

If you do not see a category below that you feel should be included, feel free to share your thoughts and they will certainly receive due consideration.

Because we must have some sort of guideline, we will be using American release dates to determine an eligible film. I respectfully acknowledge that there are posters here from countries outside of North America. However, it makes sense to me to try to mirror the eligible films for the film awards that will be discussed most in the upcoming month. I am happy to consider films that you feel might be worthy exceptions and they will be judged on a case by case basis.

You may select up to 5 nominations in the following categories:

BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

You do not need to select a 'winner' in each category. All nominations will be counted equally.

[Spinal]

Winners in 2006:

Best Picture
Children of Men

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men)

Best Actor
Hugh Jackman (The Fountain)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Sheen (The Queen)

Best Actress
Penélope Cruz (Volver)

Best Supporting Actress
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

Ensemble
The Departed

Original Screenplay
Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)

Adapted Screenplay
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby)

Cinematography
Children of Men (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Editing
United 93 (Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse)

Visual Effects
The Fountain

Sound
Children of Men

Art Direction
Pan’s Labyrinth

Costumes
Marie Antoinette (Milena Canonero)

Makeup
Pan’s Labyrinth

Original Score
The Fountain (Clint Mansell)

Original Song
“O Kazakhstan” performed by Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)

Best Documentary
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Animated Feature
Monster House

[soitgoes...]

I'd be curious to know if whether the match cut posters would come to the same conclusions now as they did this time last year regarding 2006?

[Spinal]

I'd be curious to know if whether the match cut posters would come to the same conclusions now as they did this time last year regarding 2006?

Anyone care to change their vote to Laura Dern? :)

[Sycophant]

Anyone care to change their vote to Laura Dern? :)Yes. :sad:

[MacGuffin]

BEST PICTURE
Black Book
I'm Not There
Syndromes and a Century
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
David Fincher, Zodiac
Todd Haynes, I'm Not There
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Syndromes and a Century

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Chris Cooper, Breach
Richard Gere, I'm Not There
Daniel-Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Thomas Turgoose, This is England

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Clotilde Hesme, Les Amants réguliers
Nantarat Sawaddikul, Syndromes and a Century
Carice van Houten, Black Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Arkanae Cherkam, Syndromes and a Century
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Rolf Lassgård, After the Wedding

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Charlotte Gainsbourg, I'm Not There
Jo Hartley, This is England

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
I'm Not There
There Will Be Blood
This is England
Syndromes and a Century
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Book
The Darjeeling Limited
Ratatouille
Superbad
Syndromes and a Century

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Les Amants réguliers
I'm Not There
Syndromes and a Century
There Will Be Blood
28 Weeks Later

BEST EDITING
Black Book
I'm Not There
Syndromes and a Century
There Will Be Blood
28 Weeks Later

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Grindhouse
Tears of the Black Tiger
28 Weeks Later

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Les Amants réguliers
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men
Syndromes and a Century
There Will Be Blood

BEST ART DIRECTION
Les Amants réguliers
Black Book
Grindhouse
I'm Not There
Syndromes and a Century

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Les Amants réguliers
Black Book
The Darjeeling Limited
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men

BEST MAKEUP
Black Book
Grindhouse
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men
28 Weeks Later

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Anne Dudley, Black Book
Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
John Murphy, 28 Weeks Later
Koichi Shimizu, Syndromes and a Century

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Nicole" (Instrumental) by Gravenhurst, This is England

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Indie Sex, Lisa Ades and Lesli Klainberg

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

[Spinal]

I'm not sure how to handle the case of Grindhouse ...

I suppose just vote in the manner that suits you best and I will attempt to make sense of it when I make the final ballot.

[Boner M]

PICTURE
I Don't Want To Sleep Alone
No Country For Old Men
Syndromes and a Century
The Wayward Cloud
Zodiac

DIRECTOR:
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Tsai Ming Liang, The Wayward Cloud
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Syndromes and a Century
David Fincher, Zodiac
Pascale Ferran, Lady Chatterley

ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Christian Bale, Rescue Dawn
Josh Brolin, No Country For Old Men
Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her
Thibault Vinçon, Poison Friends

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Marina Hands, Lady Chatterley
Marketa Irglova, Once
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mircea Andreescu, 12:08 East of Bucharest
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Ben Foster, Alpha Dog
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country For Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Romola Garai, Atonement
Rosamund Hanson, This is England
Clotilde Hesme, Regular Lovers
Kelly MacDonald, No Country For Old Men
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
12:08 East of Bucharest
Hot Fuzz
Once
Offside
Superbad

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Into the Wild
Lady Chatterley
No Country For Old Men
Zodiac

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
12:08 East of Bucharest
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Away From Her
No Country For Old Men
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
I'm Not There
No Country For Old Men
Zodiac

BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

...more to come!

[Rowland]

Sweet, I have a month to piece this together. :pritch:

BEST PICTURE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gone Baby Gone
Into the Wild
Offside
The Taste of Tea

BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Jiseon Kim, In Between Days
Parker Posey, Broken English
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vanessa Ferlito, Death Proof
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Leslie Mann, Knocked Up
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Kristen Thomson, Away From Her

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Paprika
Sunshine
28 Weeks Later

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Deep Water
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming
Zoo

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Paprika
Ratatouille

[Silencio]

Will Black Book and The Lives of Others count?

[Spinal]

Will Black Book and The Lives of Others count?

Yes.

[Spinal]

BEST PICTURE
Black Book
The Lives of Others
Once
Paprika
Red Road

BEST DIRECTOR
Andrea Arnold, Red Road
John Carney, Once
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Satoshi Kon, Paprika
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR
Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Bothersome Man
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Glen Hansard, Once
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others
Carice van Houten, Black Book
Laura Linney, Jindabyne
Carrie-Anne Moss, Fido

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jason Bateman, Juno
Robert Carlyle, 28 Weeks Later
Martin Compston, Red Road
Timothy Spall, Sweeney Todd
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
T.V. Carpio, Across the Universe
Romola Garai, Atonement
Birgitte Larsen, Bothersome Man
Halina Reijn, Black Book
Michelle Yeoh, Sunshine

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Atonement
Bothersome Man
The Lives of Others
No Country for Old Men
Red Road

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Book (Gerard Soeteman and Paul Verhoeven)
Bothersome Man (Per Schreiner)
The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
Once (John Carney)
Red Road (Andrea Arnold)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement (Christopher Hampton)
No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Paprika (Seishi Minakami and Satoshi Kon)
Sweeney Todd (John Logan)
There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Book (Karl Walter Lindenlaub)
Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino)
No Country for Old Men (Roger Deakins)
Red Road (Robbie Ryan)
Rescue Dawn (Peter Zeitlinger)

BEST EDITING
Once (Paul Mullen)
Paprika (Takeshi Seyama)
Ratatouille (Darren Holmes)
Red Road (Nicolas Chaudeurge)
Sunshine (Chris Gill)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Across the Universe
Grindhouse
The Host
Spider-Man 3
Sunshine

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Paprika
Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3
28 Weeks Later
Sunshine

BEST ART DIRECTION
Across the Universe
Atonement
Black Book
Rescue Dawn
Sweeney Todd

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Across the Universe
Atonement
Black Book
There Will Be Blood
Sweeney Todd

BEST MAKEUP
Across the Universe
Atonement
Fido
28 Weeks Later
Sunshine

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement
Black Book
Once
Paprika
Rescue Dawn

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"If You Want Me" - Once
"Falling Slowly" - Once
"Say It to Me Now" - Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Meet the Robinsons
Paprika
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

[chrisnu]

BEST PICTURE

No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
Paprika
There Will Be Blood
The Lives of Others

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
David Fincher, Zodiac
Satashi Kon, Paprika
Paul Verhoeven, Black Book

BEST ACTOR

Michael Caine, Sleuth
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her

BEST ACTRESS

Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marketa Irglova, Once
Carrie-Anne Moss, Fido
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
Carice van Houten, Black Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Irfan Khan, The Namesake

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Zoe Bell, Death Proof
Romola Garai, Atonement
Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others
Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

The Darjeeling Limited
Fido
The Lives of Others
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Black Book
Black Snake Moan
Eastern Promises
Hot Fuzz
The Lives of Others

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Namesake
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Book
The Lives of Others
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST EDITING

There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Paprika
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Ratatouille
Sunshine
Tekkonkinkreet

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

BEST ART DIRECTION

Fido

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Fido

BEST MAKEUP

Fido

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Atonement
Paprika
Sunshine
Tekkonkinkreet
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Falling Slowly", Once
"Lies", Once
"Say It To Me Now", Once
"Stack-o-lee", Black Snake Moan
"When Your Minds Made Up", Once


BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Paprika
Ratatouille
Tekkonkinkreet

[Spinal]

Regarding Best Original Song, I don't think we have to be as strict as the Academy. I will leave it up to your judgment and handle any objections on a case-by-case basis.

[soitgoes...]

BEST PICTURE
Ratatouille
The Lives of Others
Once
Hot Fuzz
Exiled
BEST DIRECTOR
Johnny To, Exiled
Andrea Arnold, Red Road
John Carney, Once
David Fincher, Zodiac

BEST ACTOR
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Glen Hansard, Once
Thomas Turgoose, This Is England

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose
Carice van Houten, Black Book
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Stephen Graham, This Is England
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Exiled
Rescue Dawn
Fido
The Lives of Others
Red Road
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End in Sight
Into Great Silence
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
Paprika
Tekkonkinkreet
Meet the Robinsons
The Simpsons Movie

[DSNT]

BEST PICTURE
No Country For Old Men
The Lives of Others
Zodiac
This Is England
There will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
David Fincher, Zodiac
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Sean Penn, Into The Wild
PT Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Josh Brolin, No Country For Old Men
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Lookout
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Ellen Page, Juno
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, Le Vie En Rose
Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country For Old Men
Stephen Graham, This Is England
Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kelly MacDonald, No Country For Old Men
Catherine Keener, Into The Wild
Tabu, The Namesake
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter
Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
No Country For Old Men
Into The Wild
There Will Be Blood
This Is England
The Lives of Others

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Lives of Others
Juno
Knocked Up
1208: East of Bucharest
Eastern Promises

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
No Country For Old Men
Zodiac
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Into the Wild
There Will be Blood

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
No Country For Old Men
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Into The Wild
Atonement
There Will Be Blood

BEST EDITING
Zodiac
Planet Terror
No Country For Old Men
No End In Sight
There Will be Blood

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix
Transformers
Pirates of the Carribean
The Host

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Lives of Others
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Zodiac

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Sweeney Todd
Atonement
Planet Terror
Zodiac
There Will Be Blood

BEST MAKEUP
Sweeney Todd
Enchanted
Planet Terror
Harry Potter

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Into The Wild
Once
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Falling Slowly, Once
If You Want Me, Once
When Your Minds Made Up, Once
Say It To Me Now, Once
Guaranteed, Into the Wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End In Sight
Air Guitar Nation
The King of Kong
Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Paprika
Ratatouille
Aqua Teen Hunger Force

[Spinal]

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Once (does this count?)


Hmmm ... sure.



BEST ORIGINAL SONG
All the songs from Once

Could we perhaps narrow this down a bit? :)

[megladon8]

It's a real testament to the gender conventions still in place in the film world, that it's so much harder to think of "Best Actress" or "Best Supporting Actress" roles, than it is to think of nominations for their male counterparts.

[jesse]

It's a real testament to the gender conventions still in place in the film world, that it's so much harder to think of "Best Actress" or "Best Supporting Actress" roles, than it is to think of nominations for their male counterparts. I always scratch my head at this comment (it's said every single year)--I always have the opposite issue coming up with lists like these.

[megladon8]

I always scratch my head at this comment (it's said every single year)--I always have the opposite issue coming up with lists like these.


Really?

Granted, I have yet to see several of the 2007 releases, but I always find it harder to think of the female performances.

[transmogrifier]

Winners in 2006:

Best Picture
Children of Men

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Children o Men)

Best Actor
Hugh Jackman (The Fountain)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Sheen (The Queen)

Best Actress
Penélope Cruz (Volver)

Best Supporting Actress
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)

Ensemble
The Departed

Original Screenplay
Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)

Adapted Screenplay
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby)

Cinematography
Children of Men (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Editing
United 93 (Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson and Christopher Rouse)

Visual Effects
The Fountain

Sound
Children of Men

Art Direction
Pan’s Labyrinth

Costumes
Marie Antoinette (Milena Canonero)

Makeup
Pan’s Labyrinth

Original Score
The Fountain (Clint Mansell)

Original Song
“O Kazakhstan” performed by Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)

Best Documentary
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Animated Feature
Monster House

Wow, 2006 sucked!

[jesse]

Really?

Granted, I have yet to see several of the 2007 releases, but I always find it harder to think of the female performances. Thinking about it for a few minutes, it might simply be chalked up to the movies I seek out and watch... films with strong female leads tend to appeal to me more than those with males (for example, I intentionally skipped The Departed last year).

[Silencio]

BEST PICTURE

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
The Assassination of Jesse James
Once

BEST DIRECTOR

Andrew Dominik, The Assassination of Jesse James
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
David Fincher, Zodiac
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
Thomas Turgoose, This Is England
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST ACTRESS

Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Wei Tang, Lust, Caution
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Carice van Houten, Black Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Adrien Brody, The Darjeeling Limited
Stephen Graham, This Is England
Mark Ruffalo, Zodiac

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Charlotte Gainsbourg, I'm Not There

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Zodiac
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
I'm Not There
Into the Wild

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Lives of Others
The Savages
Once
This Is England
Black Book

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

No Country for Old Men
The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
There Will Be Blood

BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE


Sunshine
Atonement
The Assassination of Jesse James
Into the Wild
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Falling Slowly" - Once
"Lies" - Once
"Society" - Into the Wild
"When Your Mind's Made Up" - Once
"If You Want Me" - Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Paprika
Ratatouille
Persepolis

[Rowland]

Edited:



BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Jiseon Kim, In Between Days
Parker Posey, Broken English
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vanessa Ferlito, Death Proof
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Leslie Mann, Knocked Up
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Kristen Thomson, Away From Her

[Spinal]

You can go ahead and edit your original post. I will not be doing any tabulation until February 11th.

[MacGuffin]

You can go ahead and edit your original post. I will not be doing any tabulation until February 11th.

Is this going to be incorporated in any way with Boner's thread, or how is that going to work?

[Spinal]

Is this going to be incorporated in any way with Boner's thread, or how is that going to work?

I don't know what you've heard, but I don't get mixed up with Boner.

[eternity]

Hopefully this is open long enough that I can get in some more movies. I really don't want to get stuck nominating Across the Universe for a ton of categories it doesn't deserve.

[Rowland]

You can go ahead and edit your original post. I will not be doing any tabulation until February 11th.If this is aimed at me, I know. I'm just going to post my edits separately as well so that people can see them. :)

[Spinal]

If this is aimed at me, I know. I'm just going to post my edits separately as well so that people can see them. :)

Attention whore. :)

[MacGuffin]

Also, I think there should be an award for Best Short Film, and maybe Best Animated Short as well.

[megladon8]

I need clarification on whether these films qualify as 2007 releases or not...

Rescue Dawn
Severance
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Fido
The Taste of Tea
Mind Game
Sunshine


EDIT: Just noticed that Volver got awards in the 2006 list, so I guess that answers that :)

[Spinal]

These ... yes.

Rescue Dawn
Severance
Fido
Sunshine
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The Taste of Tea

These ... no.

Volver
Mind Game

[megladon8]

Cool, thank you!

[Spinal]

What I'm going by is first American release on IMDb not counting film festivals. But, again, feel free to make your case if you feel there is an exception.

[megladon8]

What I'm going by is first American release on IMDb not counting film festivals. But, again, feel free to make your case if you feel there is an exception.


OK - good to know this.

It can be tricky with so many people from so many different areas of the world voting on these things, because some posters in Asia could have potentially seen films like The Taste of Tea a few years ago.

[Spinal]

Also, I think there should be an award for Best Short Film, and maybe Best Animated Short as well.

So, beyond that Wes Anderson film and the short that played before Ratatouille, what else would we be considering here?

[Spinal]

It can be tricky with so many people from so many different areas of the world voting on these things, because some posters in Asia could have potentially seen films like The Taste of Tea a few years ago.

Yeah, that one has a 2004 IMDb date, but it did get (apparently) it's first official release in New York earlier this year. So, we'll err on the side of inclusiveness.

And yes, this means that Killer of Sheep is eligible.

[DSNT]

So, beyond that Wes Anderson film and the short that played before Ratatouille, what else would we be considering here?
Tuileries from Paris, Je T'aime?

And I'll narrow down those Once songs soon.

[MacGuffin]

So, beyond that Wes Anderson film and the short that played before Ratatouille, what else would we be considering here?

I don't know, but I'll try my best to catch any short that this guy recommends me: http://www.academichack.net/.

[Ezee E]

To be updated most likely

BEST PICTURE
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Juno
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson -- There Will Be Blood
Coen Brothers -- No Country For Old Men
Andrew Dominik -- The Assassination of Jesse James...
David Fincher -- Zodiac
Julian Schnabel -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST ACTOR
Mathieu Amalric -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Christian Bale -- Rescue Dawn
Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch -- Into the Wild
Samuel L. Jackson -- Black Snake Moan

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard -- La Vie En Rose
Ashley Judd -- Bug
Nicole Kidman -- Margot at the Wedding
Sienna Miller -- Factory Girl
Candice Von Houten -- Black Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck -- The Assassination of Jesse James...
Javier Bardem -- No Country For Old Men
Josh Brolin -- No Country For Old Men
Pierce Brosnan -- Seraphim Falls
Stephen Graham -- This Is England

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett -- I'm Not There
Marie-Josée Croze -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jennifer Garner -- Juno
Jennifer Jason-Leigh -- Margot at the Wedding
Christina Ricci -- Black Snake Moan

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Eastern Promises
Into the Wild
Juno
No Country For Old Men
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Book
Black Snake Moan
Eastern Promises
Juno
This Is England

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bug
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST EDITING
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Into the Wild
No Country For Old Men
Zodiac

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
300
I Am Legend
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Zodiac

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Seraphim Falls
There Will Be Blood

BEST ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
3:10 To Yuma
Black Book
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
3:10 To Yuma
American Gangster
Atonement
Black Book
Zodiac

BEST MAKEUP
300
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Black Snake Moan
There Will Be Blood
Walk Hard

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Guaranteed" - Into the Wild
"Let's Duet" - Walk Hard
"Stack-O-Lee" - Black Snake Moan
"Rise" - Into the Wild
"Walk Hard" - Walk Hard

BEST DOCUMENTARY
--

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

[jesse]

I don't know, but I'll try my best to catch any short that this guy recommends me: http://www.academichack.net/. Hmmm... I've never noticed him going out of his way to promote short films, or am I missing something?

[MacGuffin]

Hmmm... I've never noticed him going out of his way to promote short films, or am I missing something?

Yeah, check out his "Views From the Avant-Garde" articles for some good short film reviews. Then, it's worth your noting that in 2006, he named Song and Solitude by Nathaniel Dorsky as the number one film (anything with an [s] next to it is a short, while anything with a [v / s] next to it is a video short). He also has an article usually in every Cinema Scope about avant-garde, short film cinema.

[Ezee E]

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
http://goneelsewhere.files.wordpress. com/2007/03/black_snake_moan_ver2.jpg

CATEGORIES:
Samuel L. Jackson -- Best Actor
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST SCORE
BEST SONG "Stack-O-Lee"


http://biblioklept.files.wordpress.co m/2007/07/rescuedawn2.jpg
Christian Bale -- BEST ACTOR

http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/nmedia/18/64/07/10/18750159.jpg
Stephen Graham -- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

and:

http://www.indiewire.com/ots/BlackBook.jpg
TEH VON HOUTEN -- BEST ACTRESS

[MacGuffin]

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:
http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/nmedia/18/64/07/10/18750159.jpg
Stephen Graham -- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR


I thought that Gilgun (as Woody) and Turgoose (as Shaun)both gave better performances.

[MacGuffin]

And yes, this means that Killer of Sheep is eligible.

I guess that means Kenneth Anger's short films are eligible as well? :)

[Rowland]

I don't see what the big deal is with Von Houten. She was fine in her role, but she didn't leave much of an impression. Tang Wei, in her analogous role in Lust, Caution, was better.

[megladon8]

Rowland, is it true that the whole NC-17 thing for Lust, Caution was quite an over-reaction?

I *heard* that the film had a few steamy scenes, but nothing overly explicit and no nudity.

Then again, apparently there was a "cleaner" cut of the film, so maybe my friend saw that one.

[MacGuffin]

I don't see what the big deal is with Von Houten. She was fine in her role, but she didn't leave much of an impression. Tang Wei, in her analogous role in Lust, Caution, was better.

How similarly directed is Lust, Caution to Brokeback Mountain, ignoring the fact that they're by the same director?

[Spinal]

I guess that means Kenneth Anger's short films are eligible as well? :)

They would be ... if short films had a category.

[MacGuffin]

They would be ... if short films had a category.

Well, why can't we combine animated shorts and live action shorts and give them one?

[Rowland]

I *heard* that the film had a few steamy scenes, but nothing overly explicit and no nudity.There are very explicit sex scenes, but they aren't steamy at all.


How similarly directed is Lust, Caution to Brokeback Mountain, ignoring the fact that they're by the same director?*shrug*

[Spinal]

Well, why can we combine animated shorts and live action shorts and give them one?

Because I'm not convinced that there would be enough interest.

[Ivan Drago]

BEST PICTURE

Atonement
Once
No Country For Old Men
Superbad
There Will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTOR

Andrew Dominik, The Assassination of Jesse James
Joe Wright, Atonement
Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men
Robert Rodriguez, Planet Terror
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR

James McAvoy, Atonement
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James
John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

BEST ACTRESS

Amy Adams, Enchanted
Marketa Irglova, Once
Keira Knightley, Atonement
Ellen Page, Juno
Evan Rachel Wood, Across The Universe

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Michael Cera, Superbad
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Nick Frost, Hot Fuzz

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Zoe Bell, Death Proof
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
Jennifer Garner, Juno
Saorise Ronan, Atonement
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Atonement
Juno
No Country For Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Death Proof
Hot Fuzz
Once
Superbad
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
No Country For Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
Death Proof
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST EDITING

American Gangster
No Country For Old Men
Planet Terror
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Across The Universe
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Planet Terror
Spider-Man 3
Transformers

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

300
Hot Fuzz
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

BEST ART DIRECTION

Atonement
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

American Gangster
The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

BEST MAKEUP

300
Planet Terror
Sweeney Todd

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Atonement
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"That's How You Know" - Amy Adams, Enchanted
"Falling Slowly" - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once
"Signal Fire" - Snow Patrol, Spider-Man 3
"Before It's Too Late" - Goo Goo Dolls, Transformers
"Beautiful Ride" - John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

BEST DOCUMENTARY

None.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters
Beowulf
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Surf's Up

[MacGuffin]

*shrug*

What the fuck is this supposed to mean?

[Ezee E]

Out of boredom, the amount of nominations. It's surprising actually:


The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - 9
There Will Be Blood - 8
No Country For Old Men - 7
Zodiac - 7
Eastern Promises - 5
The Assassination of Jesse James... - 5
Into the Wild - 5
Black Snake Moan - 4
Black Book - 4
Juno - 4
Atonement - 3
I'm Not There - 2
Bug - 2
Margot at the Wedding - 2
Seraphim Falls - 2
This Is England - 2
300 - 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 2
American Gangster - 2
3:10 To Yuma - 2
Rescue Dawn - 1
La Vie En Rose - 1
Factory Girl - 1
I Am Legend - 1
Transformers - 1
The Bourne Ultimatum - 1
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 1
Walk Hard - 1
Ratatouille - 1
The Simpsons Movie - 1

[Ezee E]

I don't see what the big deal is with Von Houten. She was fine in her role, but she didn't leave much of an impression. Tang Wei, in her analogous role in Lust, Caution, was better.
Its pretty rare that an actress can carry an entire movie on her arms like she did. She was fantastic.

And Clipper, Graham resonates so well with me, I cannot really remember the other actors. Nonetheless, a few This Is England nominations would be nice.

[MacGuffin]

And Clipper, Graham resonates so well with me, I cannot really remember the other actors. Nonetheless, a few This Is England nominations would be nice.

Yeah, I saw it twice and so I'll edit my ballot a little bit later, but not necessarily for Graham.

[Rowland]

What the fuck is this supposed to mean?Whoa, calm the fuck down, partner. It means that I don't know. You're the guy who gave Brokeback Mountain a 0 out of 10, right? You probably wouldn't like this either.

[MacGuffin]

Whoa, calm the fuck down, partner. It means that I don't know. You're the guy who gave Brokeback Mountain a 0 out of 10, right? You probably wouldn't like this either.

Well, I always thought of the term "shrug" as dismissing as unimportant, and the dictionary only confirms this. I didn't know whether you were being snide or not. If that was not part of your intentions, I apologize, but it seriously didn't seem that way, and still doesn't really seem that way either.

[Sven]

Whoa, calm the fuck down, partner.

Couldn't say why, but I love this.

[Ezee E]

Pending the writer's strike, I sure hope that Danny Huston returns to host the show.

Maybe we can have Armond White give the nominations?

[megladon8]

Couldn't say why, but I love this.


It's sort of like when I hear parents tell their children, "watch your fucking mouth!"

:)

[Rowland]

the dictionary only confirms this.Hmm. Turns out you're right. I suppose I'll have to be more cautious with how I use it in the future. Lusty, too.

[Ezee E]

Speaking of Tomei, I'm pretty surprised I didn't have one nomination in that movie.

Same for 28 Weeks Later, Superbad, and the Grindhouse films which are pretty up there in my list.

[Spinal]

Pending the writer's strike, I sure hope that Danny Huston returns to host the show.

Maybe we can have Armond White give the nominations?

I think we may need to go a different direction this year. And no Armond. I don't even want to give that guy facetious attention.

[Boner M]

Armond's gonna figure into my top ten countdown thread, but I won't give away anymore secrets.

[NickGlass]

Oh, goodie--I was just thinking about these awards this morning.

I just have to check out Zodiac, La Vie en Rose, Persepolis and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (I hope to get to all within the week) and then I'll be ready to post some nominations.

[transmogrifier]

I don't see what the big deal is with Von Houten. She was fine in her role, but she didn't leave much of an impression. Tang Wei, in her analogous role in Lust, Caution, was better.

My guess: Nice jugs.

[Boner M]

FYC for the most IN-YO'-FACE performance of the year:

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/mo/uno/20070329/07/3500176977.jpg

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ben Foster, Alpha Dog

[Sycophant]

Hmm. Turns out you're right. I suppose I'll have to be more cautious with how I use it in the future. Lusty, too.
I've always used it in that sense. Because if someone actually shrugs at me, it says quite clearly to me "I don't know."

*shrugs*

[ledfloyd]

BEST PICTURE
no country for old men
i'm not there
zodiac
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford
once

BEST DIRECTOR
joel and ethan coen - no country for old men
todd haynes - i'm not there
david fincher - zodiac
brad bird - ratatouille
robert rodriguez & quentin tarantino - grindhouse

BEST ACTOR
jake gyllenhaal - zodiac
samuel l jackson - black snake moan
ulrich muhe - the lives of others
josh brolin - no country for old men
daniel day lewis - there will be blood

BEST ACTRESS
ashley judd - bug
carice van houten - black book
christina ricci - black snake moan
marketa irglova - once
zoe bell - death proof

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
christian bale - i'm not there
javier bardem - no country for old men
tommy lee jones - no country for old men
robert downey jr - zodiac
casey affleck - the assassination of jesse james

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
helena bonham carter - sweeney todd
cate blanchette - i'm not there
rose mcgowan - planet terror
kelly mcdonald - no country for old men

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
i'm not there
no country for old men
zodiac
sweeney todd
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ratatouille
once
black snake moan
superbad
grindhouse

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
i'm not there
zodiac
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford
no country for old men
there will be blood

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
i'm not there
no country for old men
zodiac
the assassination of jesse james
there will be blood

BEST EDITING
i'm not there
zodiac
no country for old men
ratatouille
hot fuzz

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
grindhouse
hot fuzz
zodiac
sweeney todd

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
no country for old men
there will be blood
zodiac
grindhouse
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

BEST ART DIRECTION
grindhouse
zodiac
no country for old men
sweeney todd
there will be blood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
sweeney todd
there will be blood
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford
i'm not there
zodiac

BEST MAKEUP
sweeney todd

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
zodiac - david shire
there will be blood - jonny greenwood
superbad - lyle workman
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford - nick cave and warren ellis
black snake moan - scott bomar

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
'when your mind's made up' once
'falling slowly' once
'if you want me' once
'spider pig' the simpsons movie
'guaranteed' into the wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY
sicko
helvetica

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
ratatouille
the simpsons movie

[Sycophant]

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
Paprika
The Darjeeling Limited
The Host
The Taste of Tea

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen
Todd Haynes
Jafar Panahi
Ben Affleck
Johnnie To

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Kong Sang-Ho, The Host
Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
Nicole Kidman, Margot at the Wedding
Michelle Monaghan, Gone Baby Gone
Nikky Blonsky, Hairspray
Julie Christie, Away from Her

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
James Franco, Spider-Man 3
Robert Downey, Jr., Zodiac
Peter Sarsgaard, Year of the Dog
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kelly McDonald, No Country for Old Men
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot at the Wedding
Charlotte Gainsbourg, I'm Not There

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Host
The Darjeeling Limited
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Margot at the Wedding

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach, Margot at the Wedding
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Quentin Tarantino, Death Proof
John Carney, Once
Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman & Roman Coppola, The Darjeeling Limited

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard, Gone Baby Gone
Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns & George Nolfi, The Bourne Ultimatum
Satoshi Kon, Paprika

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
John Toll, Gone Baby Gone
Steven "Peter Andrews" Soderbergh, Ocean's Thirteen
Edward Lachman, I'm Not There
Hyung-ku Kim, The Host

BEST EDITING
Chris Gill, 28 Weeks Later
Andrew Weisblum, The Darjeeling Limited
David Richardson, Exiled
Jay Rabinowitz, I'm Not There
Seon Min Kim, The Host

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Host
Zodiac
Hot Fuzz
Sunshine
Spider-Man 3

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

BEST ART DIRECTION
I'm Not There
Atonement
The Darjeeling Limited
Hot Fuzz

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Atonement
I'm Not There
The Darjeeling Limited
The Host

BEST MAKEUP

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dave Klotz & Guy Zerafa, Exiled
Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille
Byung-Woo Lee, The Host
Susumu Hirasawa, Paprika
Tempo Little, The Taste of Tea

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Paprika
Ratatouille
Beowulf

[Sycophant]

Do we need to create some kind of consensus as to what category Jones, Bardem, and Brolin are eligible for in NCfOM?

[Rowland]

Boy, I really hope many of you try to catch up with some of last year's documentaries.

[megladon8]

Boy, I really hope many of you try to catch up on some of last year's documentaries.


Hell, I still have to catch up on last year's fictional films.

I have Once coming to me in the mail tomorrow - and I will certainly watch that this weekend.

But I still have to see The Darjeeling Limited, Atonement, There Will Be Blood, and a few others.

Plus I've barely even grazed the foreign stuff.

[Yum-Yum]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ben Foster, Alpha Dog

Yeah, baby! Taking impromptu martial arts and unorthodox defecation to dizzying new heights, Ben Foster is literally the shit in that movie.

[DSNT]

My guess: Nice jugs.
Her and Ms. Tomei seem to have a little, ahem, help getting nominated.

[DSNT]

Do we need to create some kind of consensus as to what category Jones, Bardem, and Brolin are eligible for in NCfOM?
Looks like the Oscar push is Brolin for Best Actor; Bardem & Jones in Supporting Actor.

[Spinal]

Do we need to create some kind of consensus as to what category Jones, Bardem, and Brolin are eligible for in NCfOM?

No. Vote for where you think they belong. Their votes will be added together and they will be placed in the category where they receive the most votes. Do NOT feel obligated to follow the places where they are being pushed for Oscar consideration, as many times ... well ... they are wrong.

[Spinal]

Match Cut Awards for 2005:

BEST PICTURE
A History of Violence

BEST DIRECTOR
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

BEST ACTOR
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

BEST ACTRESS
Q'Orianka Kilcher, The New World

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clifton Collins, Capote

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Munich

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Squid and the Whale

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A History of Violence

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The New World

BEST EDITING
Munich

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
King Kong

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
War of the Worlds

BEST ART DIRECTION
King Kong

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The New World

BEST MAKEUP
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Mysterious Skin

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Grizzly Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

[lovejuice]

can i just do best picture?

[Spinal]

can i just do best picture?

Yes.

[NickGlass]

DIRECTOR:
2. Tsai Ming Liang, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone & The Wayward Cloud


Can we do that?

[lovejuice]

my vote for best picture.

There Will Be Blood
Black Book
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Hairspray
The Lives of Others

i don't vote once since that's obviously in. i hope my votes'll give TWBB and BB enough push. IDW2SA is a far cry, but who know. tLoO is 12th on my list, but it has the best chance. i love hairspray too much even though it has no chance.

and no i don't believe in non-strategic voting.

[MacGuffin]

my vote for best picture.

There Will Be Blood
Black Book
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Hairspray
The Lives of Others

i don't vote once since that's obviously in. i hope my votes'll give TWBB and BB enough push. IDW2SA is a far cry, but who know. tLoO is 12th on my list, but it has the best chance. i love hairspray too much even though it has no chance.

and no i don't believe in non-strategic voting.

I'll be seeing Black Book tonight, and will nominate it too if I like it as much as say, The Darjeeling Limited.

[Spinal]

Can we do that?

No.

[origami_mustache]

BEST PICTURE
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Eastern Promises

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen
Todd Haynes
P.T. Anderson
David Croenberg
Ken Loach

Best ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Thomas Turgoose - This Is England
Viggo Mortenson - Eastern Promises

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men

BEST ACRTRESS
Do-yeon Jeon - Secret Sunshine
Juliette Binoche - The Flight of the Red Balloon

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Darjeeling Limited
I'm Not There
No Country For Old Men
This Is England
Eastern Promises

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Once - "Falling Slowly"

EDITING
Brand Upon the Brain
I'm Not There
Grindhouse
This Is England
The Darjeeling Limited

SOUND and VISUAL EFFECTS
Transformers (although I absolutely loathe the film it is still deserving in that regard)
Sunshine

ANIMATION
Ratatouille

[megladon8]

I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet, but I listened to the score and it blew me away.

Can that still count as a vote for Best Original Score, or do I need to have seen the movie?

[Spinal]

I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet, but I listened to the score and it blew me away.

Can that still count as a vote for Best Original Score, or do I need to have seen the movie?

It's OK by me.

[megladon8]

BEST PICTURE
The Mist
No Country For Old Men
Gone Baby Gone
Once
Sunshine

BEST DIRECTOR
Frank Darabont, "The Mist"
Joel & Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
Werner Herzog, "Rescue Dawn"
Paul Greengrass, "The Bourne Ultimatum"

BEST ACTOR
Thomas Jane, "The Mist"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Casey Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
Josh Brolin, "No Country For Old Men"
Nathan Baesel, "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon"

BEST ACTRESS
Marketa Irglova, "Once"
Michelle Monaghan, “Gone Baby Gone”
Katherine Heigl, “Knocked Up”
Carrie-Anne Moss, “Fido”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steve Zahn, "Rescue Dawn"
Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men"
Toby Jones, "The Mist"
Titus Welliver, "Gone Baby Gone"
Henry Czerny, "Fido"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marcia Gay Harden, “The Mist”
Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”
Anjelica Huston, “Seraphim Falls”
Michelle Yeoh, “Sunshine”
Joan Allen, “The Bourne Ultimatum”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
No Country For Old Men
The Mist
Gone Baby Gone
Severance
The Taste of Tea

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ratatouille
Knocked Up
Severance
Fido
The Host

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
No Country for Old Men
The Mist
Gone Baby Gone
3:10 to Yuma
The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
No Country For Old Men
The Mist
I Am Legend
Rescue Dawn
The Host

BEST EDITING
The Mist
No Country For Old Men
Rescue Dawn
Gone Baby Gone
3:10 to Yuma

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sunshine
Transformers
The Host
The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
The Mist
Sunshine
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Bourne Ultimatum
Rescue Dawn

BEST ART DIRECTION
Fido
Gone Baby Gone
The Host
Sunshine
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
3:10 to Yuma
Fido
Sunshine
The Host
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST MAKEUP
28 Weeks Later
Fido
3:10 to Yuma
300
Gone Baby Gone

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
There Will Be Blood
Ratatouille
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Rescue Dawn
The Mist

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Leave”; Once
“Say It To Me Now”; Once
“When Your Mind’s Made Up”; Once
“Falling Slowly”; Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

[Spinal]

Inland Empire was last year, alas.

[Ezee E]

I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet, but I listened to the score and it blew me away.

Can that still count as a vote for Best Original Score, or do I need to have seen the movie?
I voted for it in the Best Scores of all time thread and I didn't even hear the score or see the movie.

And I still stand that it is one of the best scores of all time.

The best track isn't even on the soundtrack though. :( It is in one of the previews though.

[DSNT]

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Lives of Others
Sweeney Todd
Harry Potter
Atonement
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Into The Wild
Once
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Falling Slowly, Once
If You Want Me, Once
When Your Minds Made Up, Once
Say It To Me Now, Once
Guaranteed, Into the Wild

Edited to nominate Atonement to a lot of technical awards and to flesh out my song and score nominations.

[Ezee E]

Yeah. I'll try and dig up some songs.

You people that've seen Black Snake Moan need to step up.

[Mysterious Dude]

I can't believe people are giving Javier Bardem a supporting actor nod for No Country for Old Men. That guy owns that movie.

[Spinal]

I can't believe people are giving Javier Bardem a supporting actor nod for No Country for Old Men. That guy owns that movie.

Truth.

[Ezee E]

I can't believe people are giving Javier Bardem a supporting actor nod for No Country for Old Men. That guy owns that movie.
I guess we are just followers.

[Sycophant]

I can't believe people are giving Javier Bardem a supporting actor nod for No Country for Old Men. That guy owns that movie.Totally agree. Evey scene he's not in, he's in. His presence is pretty much the film's atmosphere.

[DSNT]

Totally agree. Evey scene he's not in, he's in. His presence is pretty much the film's atmosphere.
*shrug*
Screen time I guess. You could apply the same argument to Tommy Lee Jones' character because his character is the thematic core.

[Sycophant]

*shrug*
Screen time I guess. You could apply the same argument to Tommy Lee Jones' character because his character is the thematic core.
Yes, you could. But I've almost arbitrarily decided otherwise.

*shrug*

[Spinal]

*shrug*
Screen time I guess. You could apply the same argument to Tommy Lee Jones' character because his character is the thematic core.

I do. The film has three leads in my opinion.

[transmogrifier]

I can't believe people are giving Javier Bardem a supporting actor nod for No Country for Old Men. That guy owns that movie.

I can't believe anyone is giving him a nod for anything. He's a blank slate, with no shading whatsoever. May as well nominate Robert Patrick for Terminator 2.

[DSNT]

I can't believe anyone is giving him a nod for anything. He's a blank slate, with no shading whatsoever. May as well nominate Robert Patrick for Terminator 2.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/_dissent_/hiss.jpg

[Sven]

Best Imitation of Rome, Open City:
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Wrong thread, homes!

[transmogrifier]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/_dissent_/hiss.jpg


Yes, or this cat. Good point.

[Boner M]

It's not shading that makes Bardem's performance great, it's his fierce precision. Listen to the way he enunciates a confused "ATM?" after Woody Harrelson's pleas for his life in their scene together. F.T.W.

I preferred Jones' work, however.

[megladon8]

Inland Empire was last year, alas.


Oh, damn.

OK. I'll think of something else.

[origami_mustache]

Wrong thread, homes!

yep...just noticed that
<<< :crazy:

[transmogrifier]

It's not shading that makes Bardem's performance great, it's his fierce precision. Listen to the way he enunciates a confused "ATM?" after Woody Harrelson's pleas for his life in their scene together. F.T.W.

I preferred Jones' work, however.

Eh, it came across as someone struggling to speak English to me. :)

[megladon8]

I, too, thought Bardem was fantastic.

And for the record, it's surprising how hard it is to play an emotionless sociopath.

[transmogrifier]

And for the record, it's surprising how hard it is to play an emotionless sociopath.

I'm wondering what your frame of reference is for this quote.

[megladon8]

I'm wondering what your frame of reference is for this quote.


I played a psycho in a little school movie.

And have you ever tried to be completely emotionless without looking like an idiot? Seriously, it's not easy.

[transmogrifier]

I played a psycho in a little school movie.

And have you ever tried to be completely emotionless without looking like an idiot? Seriously, it's not easy.

I'm doing it right now. Cakewalk.

[Ezee E]

I played a psycho in a little school movie.

And have you ever tried to be completely emotionless without looking like an idiot? Seriously, it's not easy.
I had to do it too. I overdid it though since it was theater.

[NickGlass]

I voted for it in the Best Scores of all time thread and I didn't even hear the score or see the movie.


That's stupid.

[Ezee E]

That's stupid.
I can read the future.

If I were to vote now. I would put it in Best Scores. So I predicted correctly.

[NickGlass]

I can read the future.

If I were to vote now. I would put it in Best Scores. So I predicted correctly.

I still don't get it.

[Ezee E]

I still don't get it.
Don't attempt to get my logic. It'll only make things worse.

[Spinal]

I overdid it though since it was theater.

:|

[Mr. Valentine]

a work in progress

BEST PICTURE
3:10 to Yuma
Death Proof
Juno
No Country for Old Men
The Lives of Others

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Joon-ho Bong (The Host)
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others)

BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
3:10 to Yuma
No Country for Old Men
The Darjeeling Limited
Stardust

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST EDITING

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

BEST ART DIRECTION

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

BEST MAKEUP

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
Meet the Robinsons

[Ezee E]

:|
and inspiration from Jack Nicholson in The Shining too, so don't get your panties in a bunch :)

[chrisnu]

and inspiration from Jack Nicholson in The Shining too, so don't get your panties in a bunch :)
Inspiration from Ben Foster in Alpha Dog? :)

[Ezee E]

Inspiration from Ben Foster in Alpha Dog? :)
That would've been perfect!

[Raiders]

BEST PICTURE
There Will Be Blood
The Host
Persepolis
No Country for Old Men
This Is England

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Larry Fessenden, Last Winter
Danny Boyle, Sunshine
David Fincher, Zodiac

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
Michael Cera, Superbad
Thomas Turgoose, This Is England

BEST ACTRESS
Ashley Judd, Bug
Keri Russell, Waitress
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Zodiac
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Chris Evans, Sunshine
Timothy Spall, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Rudd, Knocked Up

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others
Charlotte Gainsbourg, I'm Not There

BEST ENSEMBLE
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Zodiac
This Is England

BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
Waitress
Ratatouille
The Host
This Is England
Once

BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTED
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Persepolis

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
No Country for Old Men
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
The Man from London
28 Weeks Later

BEST EDITING
Zodiac
Ratatouille
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men

I'll try and finish this a little later...

[Sven]

I've always been under the impression that what makes a good ensemble is excellent dynamic group interplay. Pulp Fiction, great ensemble. Nashville, great ensemble. I don't think I can imagine I'm Not There qualifying as an "ensemble", because nobody (save for one relatively unspectacular moment with Gere and Franklin) ever interacts with one another. It's a fine assemblage, but ensemble? I dunno...

[Raiders]

I've always been under the impression that what makes a good ensemble is excellent dynamic group interplay. Pulp Fiction, great ensemble. Nashville, great ensemble. I don't think I can imagine I'm Not There qualifying as an "ensemble", because nobody (save for one relatively unspectacular moment with Gere and Franklin) ever interacts with one another. It's a fine assemblage, but ensemble? I dunno...

They don't interplay together, but the six characters are very thematically tied and all from one whole (natch). I'm serious, but also a little cheeky with the nom. It is, in essence, only one character being nominated. I think it qualifies quite well.

[eternity]

BEST PICTURE
-Juno
-Control
-The TV Set
-Wristcutters: A Love Story
-No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
-Jason Reitman- Juno
-Joel and Ethan Coen- No Country for Old Men
-David Fincher- Zodiac
-Julie Taymor- Across the Universe
-Anton Corbijn- Control

BEST ACTOR
-Sam Riley- Control
-Jim Sturgess- Across the Universe
-Tom Hanks- Charlie Wilson's War
-Josh Brolin- No Country for Old Men
-Joseph Gordon Levitt- The Lookout

BEST ACTRESS
-Ellen Page- Juno
-Keri Russell- Waitress
-Evan Rachel Wood- Across the Universe
-Loren Horsley- Eagle vs. Shark
-Marion Cotillard- La Vie En Rose


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
-Javier Bardem- No Country for Old Men
-Ryan Reynolds- Smokin' Aces
-Matthew Goode- The Lookout
-Robert Downey Jr.- Zodiac
-Philip Seymour Hoffman- Charlie Wilson's War

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
-Jennifer Garner- Juno
-Samantha Morton- Control
-Adrienne Shelly- Waitress
-Shannyn Sossaman- Wristcutters: A Love Story
-Alicia Keys- Smokin' Aces

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
-Juno
-Superbad
-The Darjeeling Limited
-Zodiac
-No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
-Juno
-The TV Set
-Superbad
-Knocked Up
-Eastern Promises

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
-No Country for Old Men
-Control
-Across the Universe
-Zodiac
-Charlie Wilson's War

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
-Juno
-Control
-No Country for Old Men
-Across the Universe
-Zodiac

BEST EDITING
-Zodiac
-Sunshine
-Smokin' Aces
-Once
-Ratatouille

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
-Sunshine
-Across the Universe
-The Golden Compass
-Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
-28 Weeks Later

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
-300
-The Bourne Ultimatum
-Across the Universe
-Transformers
-No Country for Old Men


BEST ART DIRECTION
-Across the Universe
-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
-The Darjeeling Limited
-I'm Not There
-Zodiac

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
-Across the Universe
-Sweeney Todd
-I'm Not There
-Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
-Zodiac

BEST MAKEUP
-Across the Universe
-I'm Not There
-La Vie En Rose
-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
-300

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
-Michael Giacchino- Ratatouille
-Hanz Zimmer- The Simpsons Movie
-Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder- Into the Wild
-Nick Cave, Warren Ellis- The Assassination of Jesse James
-Johnny Greenwood- There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
-Falling Slowly- Once
-Walk Hard- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
-Come So Far- Hairspray
-If You Want Me- Once
-No Ceiling- Into the Wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY
-Sicko
-The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
-No End in Sight
-Taxi to the Dark Side
-Stalking Santa

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
-Ratatouille
-Persepolis
-The Simpsons Movie
-Meet the Robinsons
-Shrek the Third

[Derek]

I've always been under the impression that what makes a good ensemble is excellent dynamic group interplay. Pulp Fiction, great ensemble. Nashville, great ensemble. I don't think I can imagine I'm Not There qualifying as an "ensemble", because nobody (save for one relatively unspectacular moment with Gere and Franklin) ever interacts with one another. It's a fine assemblage, but ensemble? I dunno...

Dictionary.com:

1. all the parts of a thing taken together, so that each part is considered only in relation to the whole.

By that definition, I'd say I'm Not There qualifies just fine. I know what you're saying, but that'd leave an awful lot of films in the gray area. From No Country (very little screen time includes even two of the three "leads") to films like Short Cuts and Magnolia, which consist of multiple small groups of actors that rarely interact with the other groups, it's hard to draw the distinction between what films contain an "ensemble cast" and which simply contain a "cast". I've always considered ensemble to mean the totality of cast without concern for how much screen time is shared between them. Anyway, I'm just trying to see if we can find even sillier things than ratings to debate over. ;)

[Watashi]

BEST PICTURE

The Darjeeling Limited
There Will Be Blood
Ratatouille
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac

BEST DIRECTOR

Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
David Fincher, Zodiac
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Todd Haynes, I’m Not There

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Adrien Brody, The Darjeeling Limited
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST ACTRESS

Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Candice Van Houten, Black Book
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Markéta Irglová, Once

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Mark Ruffalo, Zodiac
Dustin Hoffman, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Chris Cooper, Breach

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Emily Mortimer, Lars and the Real Girl
Charlotte Gainsbourg, I’m Not There
Sairose Ronan, Atonement

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Ratatouille
Zodiac
I'm Not There
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Zach Helm, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, The Darjeeling Limited
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Todd Haynes, I’m Not There

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt, Zodiac
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Frank Darabont, The Mist

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Harris Savides, Zodiac
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
Seamus McGarvey, Atonement
Edward Lachman, I'm Not There
John Toll, Seraphim Falls

BEST EDITING

Zodiac
Ratatouille
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Transformers
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sunshine

BEST SOUND EFFECTS

Ratatouille
Transformers
The Mist
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST ART DIRECTION

There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Black Book
Atonement

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Zodiac
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

BEST MAKEUP

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
I'm Not There
Black Snake Moan

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Hans Zimmer, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
Alexandre Desplat, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille
Dario Marianelli, Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

If You Want Me, Once
Falling Slowly, Once
That’s How You Know, Enchanted
PoP! Goes My Heart, Music & Lyrics
Spider-Pig, The Simpsons Movie

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Sicko
Air Guitar Nation

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
Paprika
Meet the Robinsons
Beowulf
Persepolis

[Ivan Drago]

Replaced Rose McGowan in Best Actress with Evan Rachel Wood, and replaced Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Best Visual Effects with Across The Universe.

[Melville]

Best Picture
There Will be Blood
Once
Time
Paprika
The Wayward Cloud

Best Director
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
PT Anderson, There Will be Blood
David Fincher, Zodiac
Tsai Ming-liang, The Wayward Cloud
Ki-duk Kim, Time

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood
Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her
Mads Mikkelsen, After the Wedding
Ulrich Muhe, The Lives of Others
Glen Hansard, Once

Best Actress
Carice van Houten, Black Book
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marketa Irglova, Once
Martina Gedeck, The Lives of Others

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
Owen Wilson, The Darjeeling Limited

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Shiang-chyi Chen, The Wayward Cloud
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Ensemble Cast
Zodiac
After the Wedding
No Country for Old Men
Michael Clayton
The Darjeeling Limited

Best Original Screenplay
Black Book
Once
Michael Clayton
Time
The Darjeeling Limited

Best Adapted Screenplay
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Sweeney Todd

Best Cinematography
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
The Bourne Ultimatum
I'm Not There
Michael Clayton

Best Editing
Zodiac
There Will Be Blood
The Bourne Ultimatum
I'm Not There
No Country for Old Men

Best Visual Effects
Spider-Man 3

Best Sound Effects
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
The Bourne Ultimatum
Spider-Man 3

Best Art Direction
Sweeney Todd
Black Book
There Will Be Blood
The Darjeeling Limited
Zodiac

Best Costume Design
The Darjeeling Limited
Black Book
Sweeney Todd

Best Makeup
Sweeney Todd

Best Original Score
Once
Paprika
There Will Be Blood

Best Original Song
"If You Want Me" - Once
"Falling Slowly" - Once
"When Your Mind's Made Up" - Once

Best Documentary
Jesus Camp
Sicko

Best Animated Feature
Paprika

[Lazlo]

BEST PICTURE
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
“Into the Wild”
“No Country For Old Men”
“Ratatouille”
“There Will Be Blood”

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – “There Will Be Blood”
Brad Bird – “Ratatouille”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – “No Country For Old Men”
Andrew Dominick – “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Sean Penn – “Into the Wild”

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – “There Will Be Blood”
Ryan Gosling – “Lars and the Real Girl”
Emile Hirsch – “Into the Wild”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
Brad Pitt - “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – “Enchanted”
Julie Christie – “Away From Her”
Marketa Irglova – “Once”
Parker Posey – “Broken English”
Christina Ricci – “Black Snake Moan”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Javier Bardem – “No Country For Old Men”
Stephen Graham – “This is England”
Tommy Lee Jones – “No Country For Old Men”
Steve Zhan – “Rescue Dawn”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Zoe Bell – “Grindhouse”
Cate Blanchett – “I’m Not There”
Charlotte Gainsbourg - "I'm Not There"
Jennifer Garner – “Juno”
Leslie Mann – “Knocked Up”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
“No Country For Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”
“The Wind That Shakes the Barley”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” (Kelly Masterson)
“Lars and the Real Girl” (Nancy Oliver)
“The Lives of Others” (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
“Ratatouille” (Brad Bird)
“The Wind That Shakes the Barley” (Paul Laverty)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Andrew Dominick; novel by Ron Hansen)
“Into the Wild” (Sean Penn; book by Jon Krakauer)
“No Country For Old Men” (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen; novel by Cormac McCarthy)
“There Will Be Blood” (Paul Thomas Anderson; novel by Upton Sinclair)
“Zodiac” (James Vanderbilt; book by Robert Graysmith)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Roger Deakins)
“Atonement” (Seamus McGarvey)
“I’m Not There” (Edward Lachman)
“No Country For Old Men” (Roger Deakins)
“There Will Be Blood” (Robert Elswit)

BEST EDITING
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Curtiss Clayton and Dylan Tichenor)
“I’m Not There” (Jay Rabinowitz)
“No Country For Old Men” (Roderick Jaynes)
“There Will Be Blood” (Dylan Tichenor)
“Zodiac” (Angus Wall)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (Tim Burke, Craig Lyn, Chris Shaw)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (John Knoll and Charles Gibson)
“Spider-Man 3” (Scott Stokdyk)
“Sunshine” (Tom Wood)
“Transformers” (Richard Kidd)

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Christopher S. Aud)
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Ken Fischer and Addison Teague)
“Ratatouille” (Randy Thorn)
“Transformers” (Ethan Van Der Ryn)

BEST ART DIRECTION
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Patricia Norris)
“Atonement” (Sarah Greenwood)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Rick Heinrichs)
“Sunshine” (Mark Tildesley)
“Zodiac” (Donald Graham Burt)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Atonement” (Jacqueline Durran)
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Patricia Norris)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Penny Rose)
“There Will Be Blood” (Mark Bridges)
“Zodiac” (Casey Storm)

BEST MAKEUP
“Atonement” (Ivana Primorac)
“La Vie en Rose” (Didier Lavergne)
“No Country For Old Men” (Brian Hillard and Dave Snyder)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Joel Harlow)
“There Will Be Blood” (John Blake and Linda D. Flowers)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Atonement” (Dario Marianelli)
“Into the Wild” (Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder)
“Ratatouille” (Michael Giacchino)
“Sunshine” (John Murphy and Underworld)
“There Will Be Blood” (Jonny Greenwood)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" ("Once")
"Far Behind" ("Into the Wild")
"Hard Sun" ("Into the Wild")
"Society" ("Into the Wild")
"That's How You Know" ("Enchanted")

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“The Devil Came on Horseback”
“The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters”
“No End in Sight”
“Sicko”
“An Unreasonable Man”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters”
“Beowulf”
“Paprika”
“Ratatouille”
“The Simpsons Movie”

[jesse]

Spinal, I still have until about February 10, right?

[Spinal]

Spinal, I still have until about February 10, right?

Yes, at least.

[NickGlass]

I'm just making sure I don't miss the date, so I'm posting my incomplete list. I hope I can find some time in the near future to finish my ballot.

BEST PICTURE
Day Night/Day Night
I’m Not There
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Persepolis
12:08 East of Bucharest

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tsai Ming-Liang, The Wayward Cloud
Todd Haynes, I’m Not There
Corneliu Porumboiu, 12:08 East of Bucharest

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Pat Healy, The Great World of Sound
Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises
Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Laura Linney, The Savages
Keri Russell, Waitress
Wei Tang, Lust, Caution
Luisa Williams, Day Night/Day Night

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Bosco, The Savages
Irfan Khan, The Namesake
Louis Garrel, Dans Paris
Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Edward Sanders, Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Charlotte Gainsbourg, I’m Not There
Kacyee Moore, Killer of Sheep
Emily Mortimer, Lars and the Real Girl
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Tabu, The Namesake

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Away From Her
Dans Paris
I’m Not There
No Country for Old Men
12:08 East of Bucharest

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Chistopher Honore, Dans Paris
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, The Lives of Others
Todd Haynes & Oren Moverman, I’m Not There
Jafar Panahi & Shadmehr Rastin, Offside
Corneliu Porumboiu, 12:08 East of Bucharest

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Marjane Sajtra, Persepolis
Seishi Minakami and Satoshi Kon, Paprika
Sarah Polley, Away From Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ed Lachman, I’m Not There
Robbie Ryan, Red Road

BEST EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST SOUND EFFECTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST DOCUMENTARY
My Kid Could Paint That
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The Life of Reilly
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Paprika
Persepolis
Ratatouille

[Henry Gale]

Spinal, for the No Country actors are you just going to count the votes between Lead and Supporting together and put them all into whichever more votes came from or just leave them as they were voted?

Just wondering if it matters because even though I think Brolin and Bardem weren't exactly supporting players, I'm finding an easier place for them there.

[Spinal]

Spinal, for the No Country actors are you just going to count the votes between Lead and Supporting together and put them all into whichever more votes came from or just leave them as they were voted?




The first one. I strongly encourage you to put them where you feel they belong and not where the Academy or somebody else feels they belong.

[transmogrifier]

The first one. I strongly encourage you to put them where you feel they belong and not where the Academy or somebody else feels they belong.


It's hard to describe how I feel this is the wrong thing to do, so I'll give an example:

Best Actor Nominees (from say, 10 people)

Actor 1: 9
Actor 2: 8
Actor 3: 5
Actor 4: 4
Actor 5: 4
Actor 6: 4
Actor 7: 3

Other actors: 13

Best Supporting Actor (same ten voters)

Actor 8: 6
Actor 9: 6
Actor 10: 5
Actor 11: 5
Actor 12: 5
Actor 13: 3
Actor 14: 3
Actor 15: 2
Actor 7: 2

Other actors: 12

By this system, Actor 7 will get a Best Actor nomination, even though it's possible that he was put into the Best Supporting Actor category because that category is otherwise weak. In effect, he gets pseudo-sixth place votes that other Best Actors can't receive because it's more obvious that they are the leads.

In general, it would be better to make a definitive ruling one way or the other and have everyone adjust accordingly. However, I doubt the results in this particular case (NCFOM) would be much affected.

[Ivan Drago]

Edited Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Art Direction for Sweeney Todd.

[Mysterious Dude]

BEST PICTURE
12:08 East of Bucharest
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
Once
Zodiac

BEST DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
John Carney, Once
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
David Fincher, Zodiac

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Cillian Murphy, Sunshine
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Mirjana Karanovic, Grbavica
Markéta Irglová, Once
Kate Dickie, Red Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Foster, Alpha Dog
Justin Timberlake, Alpha Dog
Joseph Gilgun, This Is England
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Mark Ruffalo, Zodiac

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marie-Josée Croze, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Luna Mijovic, Grbavica
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Alpha Dog
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
No Country for Old Men
This Is England
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
12:08 East of Bucharest
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
This Is England

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
Persepolis
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Wristcutters
Zodiac

BEST EDITING
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
The Orphanage
Zodiac

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
28 Weeks Later
300
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd
Zodiac

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
28 Weeks Later
300
No Country for Old Men
The Orphanage
Zodiac

BEST ART DIRECTION
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd
Wristcutters
Zodiac

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
300
3:10 to Yuma
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd
Zodiac

BEST MAKEUP
28 Weeks Later
300
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
There Will Be Blood
Once

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly," Once
"When Your Mind's Made Up," Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY
White Light/Black Rain

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis
Ratatouille

[MacGuffin]

Is this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478160/) eligible?

[Spinal]

Is this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478160/) eligible?

Yes.

[Mysterious Dude]

Ugh, so after I've already edited my list, I take it that 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days really doesn't count, does it?

[Spinal]

Ugh, so after I've already edited my list, I take it that 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days really doesn't count, does it?

No. Sorry.

[Ezee E]

When we do the actual voting, we should PM it in so we have no idea what's winning.

[Spinal]

When we do the actual voting, we should PM it in so we have no idea what's winning.

How do others feel about this idea?

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm definitely for it.

[Sycophant]

How do others feel about this idea?
Absolutely.

[Spinal]

You have about 9 more days to complete your ballot.

[Ivan Drago]

Edited for Atonement in a shitload of categories.

[dreamdead]

Not sure if I’ll be able to get to anything else from ’07 before the deadline, but I’ll edit them in if I do…

BEST PICTURE
Syndromes and a Century
Quiet City
Once
No Country for Old Men
Paprika

BEST DIRECTOR
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Syndromes and a Century
Aaron Katz, Quiet City
John Carney, Once
Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men
Satoshi Kon, Paprika

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men
Glen Hansard, Once

BEST ACTRESS
Marketa Irglova, Once
Erin Fisher, Quiet City
Candice Von Houten, Black Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Norman Bin Atun, I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises
Arkanae Cherkam, Syndromes and a Century

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sarah Hellman, Quiet City

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Syndromes and a Century
No Country for Old Men

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Syndromes and a Century
Once
Quiet City
No Country for Old Men
The Taste of Tea

BEST EDITING
Once
Quiet City
No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Paprika
Quiet City

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
”Falling Slowly” -- Once
“Fallen from the Sky” – Once
“If You Want Me” – Once

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Paprika

[Ezee E]

Put in Christina Ricci; took out Ronan

Put in Michael Clayton for Cinematography; took out I'm Not There

[Ivan Drago]

Edited for There Will Be Blood, again in a shitload of categories.

[Eleven]

BEST PICTURE
The Host
I’m Not There
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
David Fincher, Zodiac
Todd Haynes, I'm Not There
Johnny To, Exiled

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Song Kang-ho, The Host
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Ashley Judd, Bug
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
Carice van Houten, Black Book

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Stephen Graham, This is England
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises
Kurt Russell, Grindhouse
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men
Leslie Mann, Knocked Up
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Hairspray
I’m Not There
Juno
This is England
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Host
Hot Fuzz
I’m Not There
Ratatouille
This is England

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Away from Her
Bug
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum
I’m Not There
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Beowulf
Ratatouille
Sunshine
Transformers
Zodiac

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
The Bourne Ultimatum
Hot Fuzz
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood

BEST ART DIRECTION
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ratatouille
Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
3:10 to Yuma
Hairspray
There Will Be Blood

BEST MAKEUP

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Eastern Promises
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
Lake of Fire
No End in Sight
Taxi to the Dark Side

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Paprika
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

FILMS I WISH I COULD FIND SPACE FOR
The Last Winter
The Mist
We Own the Night

[Kurosawa Fan]

I should be seeing There Will Be Blood tomorrow. I'll create my ballot after that.

[baby doll]

BEST PICTURE
Black Book by Paul Verhoeven
Gone Baby Gone by Ben Affleck
Hairspray by Adam Shankman
I'm Not There. by Todd Haynes
Killer of Sheep by Charles Burnett

BEST DIRECTOR
Philippe Garrel, Les Amants reguliers
Paul Verhoeven, Black Book
Guy Maddin, Brand Upon the Brain!
Alain Resnais, Coeurs
Jafar Panahi, Offside

BEST EDITING
Job ter Berg and James Herbert, Black Book
John Gurdebeke, Brand Upon the Brain!
Jay Rabinowitz, I'm Not There.

BEST ACTRESS
Carice van Houten, Black Book
Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Jiseon Kim, In Between Days
Nicole Kidman, Margot at the Wedding

BEST ACTOR
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan
Casey Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Henry Gale Sanders, Killer of Sheep
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Halina Reijn, Black Book
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There.
Kelly MacDonald, No Country for Old Men
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Justin Timberlake, Black Snake Moan
Ed Harris, Gone Baby Gone
James Marsden, Hairspray
Marcus Carl Franklin, I'm Not There.
Jack Black, Margot at the Wedding

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Coeurs
Gone Baby Gone
Offside
Margot at the Wedding

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Gerard Soeteman and Paul Verhoeven, Black Book
Noah Baumbach, Margot at the Wedding
Paul Laverty, The Wind That Shakes the Barley

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jean-Michel Ribes, Coeurs
Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard, Gone Baby Gone
James Schamus, Lust, Caution

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
William Lubtchantsky, Les Amants reguliers
Ed Lachman, I'm Not There.
Harris Savides, Margot at the Wedding

BEST ART DIRECTION
Wilbert van Dorp, Black Book
Jacques Saulnier and Solange Zeitoun, Coeurs
David Gropman, Hairspray

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Mark Snow, Coeurs

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Zoo by Robinson Devor


The rationale behind the votes:

Best Picture was pretty simple, although it was tough not including Brand Upon the Brain!. (I might've included The Man From London but it doesn't have a distributor.) For Best Director, I tried to include as many different films as possible, although Verhoeven's is such a masterful piece of storytelling that I had to give it a second nod; conversely, Burnett's film is such a masterful piece of non-narrative filmmaking that I had to give it a second nod. (I voted for the films by Panahi and Garrel on similar grounds, respectively.) Editing is probably the most neglected, misunderstood and important phase of film production. I voted for Black Book because it's a brilliant example of classical editing: it's two and a half hours long, and something's always happening and it's never boring or confusing or indulgent; similarly, I'm Not There effortlessly juxtaposes six different stories in different periods with different styles; and I liked Brand Upon the Brain! for the way the film seems to stutter, matching the delirium of the storytelling.

My thinking for Best Ensemble Cast was to vote for films where the acting is uniformly good without anyone standing out from the crowd; this is especially true of Offside and less true of Margot at the Wedding and Gone Baby Gone where Nicole Kidman and Jack Black, and Casey Affleck, Ed Harris and Amy Ryan really shine. I also thought to include Black Snake Moan which seems to consist of nothing but stand-out performances (Ricci, Jackson, Timberlake) as reflected in my acting nominations.

If you're trying to guess who's going to win an Oscar, bet on the oldest person in the category: Ellen Page doesn't have a shot against Julie Christie, because the average age for academy members is 106. Personally, I think there are some very talented young and middle-aged actors--particularly, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, as a character who seems normal and successful on the outside but is capable of unspeakable acts, and Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan giving a very intense, strange, funny, sexy and weirdly moving performance.

In the supporting actress category, Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone and Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There are the obvious choices, but I also really liked Halina Reijn in Black Book, who goes from Nazi skank to hero literally in a blink of an eye. In the best supporting actor category, I have two diametrically opposed favorites: Ed Harris, who gives a very serious, dark, intense and, at the same time, charismatic performance in Gone Baby Gone, and James Marsden in Hairspray, who is very very funny. And Jack Black, who gives his best performance ever in Margot at the Wedding, and Marcus Carl Franklin in I'm Not There. also deserve to win.

In the screenplay categories, the two films I haven't yet mentioned are Paul Laverty's script for The Wind That Shakes the Barley, which does an excellent job of explaining the conflicts in Northern Ireland while absorbing us in its story at the same time (who knew debates about Socialism could be so cinematic?), and another historical drama, James Schamus' script for Lust, Caution which is just great Hollywood storytelling.

For cinematography and production design, I just went with what I thought looked good (my picks for Best Production Design could double for my picks for Best Costumes.) And finally, Best Documentary was a snap because it's the only one I've seen.

[baby doll]

It's not shading that makes Bardem's performance great, it's his fierce precision. Listen to the way he enunciates a confused "ATM?" after Woody Harrelson's pleas for his life in their scene together. F.T.W.

I preferred Jones' work, however.I wonder if I'm not overrating Kelly MacDonald's performance because she's the only character I liked.

[Boner M]

I wonder if I'm not overrating Kelly MacDonald's performance because she's the only character I liked.
Hmm, are you suggesting that her being the only likeable character was detrimental to the film? That wouldn't make sense given your taste and some of the choices on your ballot, though I'd rather not open the 'likeable characters' can-o-worms (http://matchcut.org/viewtopic.php?p=481986&highlight=characters#481986) again.

Anyway, I wonder if I'm not overrating Kelly MacDonald's performance simply because the coupling of Kelly MacDonald and a Southern twang made me live up to my namesake.

[Rowland]

Anyway, I wonder if I'm not overrating Kelly MacDonald's performance simply because the coupling of Kelly MacDonald and a Southern twang made me live up to my namesake. Now that's just pure sex.

I'll leave the part of your statement to which I'm referring ambiguous.

[Boner M]

Now that's just pure sex.

I'll leave the part of your statement to which I'm referring ambiguous.
All of it is. :|

[Ivan Drago]

Replaced Hot Fuzz with Once in Best Picture, and replaced Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with Hot Fuzz in Best Sound Effects.

[baby doll]

Hmm, are you suggesting that her being the only likeable character was detrimental to the film? That wouldn't make sense given your taste and some of the choices on your ballot, though I'd rather not open the 'likeable characters' can-o-worms (http://matchcut.org/viewtopic.php?p=481986&highlight=characters#481986) again.I'm suggesting that while the high praise she's recieved from some reviewers is entirely justified (Jessica Winter's review in the latest Cinema-Scope springs to mind), her climatic dialogue scene with Anton Chiguhr/Javier Berdem strikes me as too little too late in so far as countering the nihlism of the rest of the film. Yes, she refutes his bogus game of chance and insists he makes a choice, but then he says "I got here the same way the coin did" and presumably kills her. In the end, it's his point of view the film endorses, allowing reviewers like Roger Ebert to talk about Chiguhr as a "force of nature" rather than a character in the conventional sense. In that sense, the Jonathan Rosenbaum and Andrew Sarris have a point about the film's reverential attitude towards this character, so if MacDonald strikes one as the true hero of the film--indeed, the only heroic character and a spiritual cousin to Marge Gunderson/Frances McDormand--it's because she represents an alternative to everything else in the film, before and after this scene.

[Spinal]

I will close this thread this coming Sunday in the morning (Pacific Time) and begin counting. However, it will take me a while to complete this task, so you will be able to PM me last-minute changes during that day. I am not sure how long it will take, but I will try to give you some sense of how close the final ballot is to being posted. If there's a last minute viewing you want to get in and you need a couple hours, let me know. I will try to accomodate you.

Final votes will be by PM, as suggested by E.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm not sure whether I'll finish the other categories or not. I still have Persepolis and No End in Sight to see by this weekend, hopefully.


Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
There Will Be Blood
The Lives of Others
Paprika

Best Director
P.T. Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
David Fincher - Zodiac
Satoshi Kon - Paprika
Joe Wright - Atonement

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Ulrich Muhe - The Lives of Others

Best Actress
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
Carice Van Houten - Black Book
Marketa Irglova - Once
Cecile De France - Avenue Montaigne

Best Supporting Actor
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Robert Downey, Jr. - Zodiac
Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
Marcus Carl Franklin - I'm Not There
Adrian Brody - The Darjeeling Limited

Best Supporting Actress
Keira Knightley - Atonement
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Charlotte Gainsbourg - I'm Not There
Jennifer Garner - Juno
Martina Gedeck - The Lives of Others

Best Ensemble
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
The Darjeeling Limited
Zodiac
12:08 East of Bucharest

Best Original Screenplay
The Darjeeling Limited
The Lives of Others
Black Book
12:08 East of Bucharest
Avenue Montaigne

Best Adapted Screenplay
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
Paprika
Atonement

Best Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Atonement

Best Documentary
The King of Kong
Sicko

Best Score
There Will Be Blood
Atonement

Best Animated Film
Paprika
Ratatouille



Hopefully I'll have a bit to add to that before the 11th.

[Ezee E]

The last movie I'll be able to squeeze in is Across the Universe.

[Spinal]

This is the last weekend to squeeze in viewings before the ballot is tabulated.

[DSNT]

Updated this category:

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End In Sight
Air Guitar Nation
The King of Kong
Sicko

Full list here (http://match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=23802&postcount=16)

I might be able to see Jesse James and Across the Universe this weekend.

[baby doll]

Best director, ensemble cast, adapted screenplay, production design and original score edited for Coeurs.

[jesse]

BEST PICTURE
2 Days in Paris
Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers)
The Darjeeling Limited
Lady Chatterley
Once

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited
Julie Delpy, Two Days in Paris
Pascale Ferran, Lady Chatterley
Phillipe Garrel, Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers)
Nina Menkes, Phantom Love

BEST ACTRESS
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Julie Delpy, 2 Days in Paris
Marina Hands, Lady Chatterley
Isabelle Huppert, Private Property
Markéta Irglová, Once

BEST ACTOR
Jean-Louis Coullo'ch, Lady Chatterley
Louis Garrel, Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers)
Adam Goldberg, 2 Days in Paris
Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
James McAvoy, Atonement

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amanda Bynes, Hairspray
Charlotte Gainsbourgh, I'm Not There
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Tabu, The Namesake
Lili Taylor, Starting Out in the Evening

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Adrien Brody, The Darjeeling Limited
Elijah Kelley, Hairspray
Adrian Lester, Starting Out in the Evening
Irfan Khan, The Namesake
Victor Rasuk, Adrift in Manhattan

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Atonement
The Darjeeling Limited
Hairspray
The Jane Austen Book Club
Starting Out in the Evening

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
2 Days in Paris
The Darjeeling Limited
I'm Not There
Once
Private Property

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
Coeurs (Private Fears in Public Places)
Hairspray
Lady Chatterley
Starting Out in the Evening

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Julien Hirsch, Lady Chatterley
Sean Kirby, Zoo
William Lubtchansky, Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers)
Christopher Soos, Phantom Love
Robert D. Yeoman, The Darjeeling Limited

BEST EDITING
Atonement
The Darjeeling Limited
Hairspray
I'm Not There
Phantom Love

BEST ART DIRECTION
Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers)
Atonement
The Darjeeling Limited
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Les amants réguliers (Regular Lovers)
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray
I'm Not There

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Nitin Sawhney, The Namesake
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Béatric Thiriet, Lady Chatterley

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"If You Want Me," Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY
For the Bible Tells Me So
Zoo

***

Notes: This was actually much harder for me than expected, mostly because 01) I didn't see as many new releases this year as I usually do, and 02) I disqualified quite a few of the films I saw at film festivals mostly because a number of them are slated for US releases in 2008. Notably:

Les amours d'Astrée et Céladon (The Love of Astrea and Celedon) (Rohmer)
Avant que j'oublie (Before I Forget) (Nolot)
Chansons d'amour (Love Songs) (Honoré)
Ne Touchez pas la hache (Don't Touch the Axe) (Rivette)
Paranoid Park (Van Sant)
Silent Light (Reygadas)
Un vieille maîtresse (The Old Mistress) (Breillet)
La voyage du baloon rouge (Flight of the Red Balloon) (Hou)

Expect them to dominate on my ballot this time next year.

[MacGuffin]

Best director, ensemble cast, adapted screenplay, production design and original score edited for Coeurs.

You didn't like the score for There Will Be Blood?

[Stay Puft]

BEST PICTURE

The Host
Lust, Caution
Paprika
Red Road
Syndromes and a Century

BEST DIRECTOR

Joon-ho Bong, The Host
Ang Lee, Lust, Caution
Werner Herzog, Rescue Dawn
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Syndromes and a Century
David Fincher, Zodiac

BEST ACTOR

Chris Cooper, Breach
Henry Gayle Sanders, Killer of Sheep
Tony Leung, Lust, Caution
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Akio Otsuka, Paprika

BEST ACTRESS

Julie Delpy, 2 Days in Paris
Wei Tang, Lust, Caution
Megumi Hayashibara, Paprika
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Yu Aoi, Tekkonkinkreet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Vincent Cassel, Eastern Promises
Ashraf Barhom, The Kingdom
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
Sakda Kaewbuadee, Syndromes and a Century
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Stine Fischer Christensen, After the Wedding
Marie Allan, The Exterminating Angels
Ah-sung Ko, The Host
Kaycee Moore, Killer of Sheep
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

12:08 East of Bucharest
3:10 to Yuma
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Corneliu Porumboiu, 12:08 East of Bucharest
Anders Thomas Jenson, After the Wedding
Joon-ho Bong, et al, The Host
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, Hot Fuzz
Andrea Arnold, Red Road

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang, Lust, Caution
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Satoshi Kon and Seishi Minakami, Paprika
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt, Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Hyung-ku Kim, The Host
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
Peter Zeitlinger, Rescue Dawn
Alwin Kuchler, Sunshine
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Syndromes and a Century

BEST EDITING

Roxana Szel, 12:08 East of Bucharest
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Lee Chatametikool, Syndromes and a Century
Dylan Tichenor, There Will Be Blood
Angus Wall, Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Kristian Dunn, Helvetica
Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
Susumu Hirasawa, Paprika
John Murphy, Sunshine
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“I Like Your Booty (But I’m Not Gay)” by Insane-o-flex, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
“Nude Love (Reprise)” by Master Shake, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
“The Girl in Byakkoya – White Tiger Field” by Susumu Hirasawa, Paprika

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Helvetica
Sicko
Strange Culture

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Futurama: Bender’s Big Score
Paprika
Tekkonkinkreet

[baby doll]

You didn't like the score for There Will Be Blood?I did but I figure everyone else is going to vote for it anyway, so what's the point? I was even reluctant to include Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor but I needed a fifth.

[MacGuffin]

I did but I figure everyone else is going to vote for it anyway, so what's the point?

Normally, you vote for what you like?

I don't know, it's basically the only score I think I've ever bought.

[Bosco B Thug]

Argh, so much I haven't seen, but here's what I got:

BEST PICTURE
Death Proof
The Host
Sweeney Todd
This Is England
Zodiac

BEST DIRECTOR
Quentin Tarantino, Death Proof
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Shane Meadows, This Is England
David Fincher, Zodiac

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Sam Rockwell, Joshua
Kurt Russell, Death Proof

BEST ACTRESS
Helena Bonham-Carter, Sweeney Todd
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Ashley Judd, Bug
Ellen Page, Juno
Cristina Ricci, Black Snake Moan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Vincent Cassel, Eastern Promises
Woody Harrelson, No Country For Old Men
Heath Ledger, I'm Not There
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country For Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Vanessa Ferlito, Death Proof
Marcia Gay Harden, The Mist
Kelly McDonald, No Country For Old Men

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Death Proof
Eastern Promises
I'm Not There
Sweeney Todd
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Death Proof
The Host
This Is England
I'm Not There
Joshua

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Mist
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST ART DIRECTION
Death Proof
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Atonement
Sweeney Todd
This is England

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly," Once
"When Your Mind's Made Up," Once

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille

[Sxottlan]

Nothing like doing this last minute!

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
There Will Be Blood
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen: No Country for Old Men
David Fincher: Zodiac
P.T. Anderson: There Will Be Blood
Andrew Dominik: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Satoshi Kon: Paprika

BEST ACTOR
Daniel-Day Lewis: There Will Be Blood
George Clooney: Michael Clayton
Tommy Lee Jones: No Country for Old Men
Christian Bale: 3:10 to Yuma
Brad Pitt: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie: Away from Her
Carice Van Houten: Black Book
Ellen Page: Juno
Kiera Knightley: Atonement
Laura Dern: Inland Empire (does this one qualify year-wise?)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem: No Country for Old Men
Nick Frost: Hot Fuzz
Casey Affleck: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Charlie Wilson's War
Russell Crowe: 3:10 to Yuma

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Imelda Staunton: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Tilda Swinton: Michael Clayton
Saoirse Ronan: Atonement
Joan Allen: The Bourne Ultimatum
Amy Ryan: Gone Baby Gone

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
3:10 to Yuma
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Hot Fuzz
Ratatouille
The Darjeeling Limited
Michael Clayton
Once

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: A ridiculously great category this year.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Zodiac
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Atonement

BEST EDITING
Zodiac
Hot Fuzz
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Paprika

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Transformers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Zodiac
The Golden Compass

BEST SOUND EFFECTS
No Country for Old Men
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Beowulf
Transformers
300

BEST ART DIRECTION
Zodiac
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
300

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Atonement
Blades of Glory
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster

BEST MAKEUP
La Vie en Rose
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" from Once
"The Girl in Byakkoya" from Paprika
"Blades of Glory" from Blades of Glory
"Lies" from Once
"When Your Mind's Made Up" from Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY
My Kid Could Paint That

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Paprika
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Society
Beowulf

[DSNT]

Full list here (http://match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=23802&postcount=16)

I might be able to see Jesse James and Across the Universe this weekend.
Updated list to include Jesse James in cinematography, supporting actor and adapted screenplay.

... and I'm spent.

[baby doll]

Edited for Boulevard de la mort (aka Death Cab for Cuties). Not really, but I enjoyed it.

[ledfloyd]

i finished mine, still a bunch i haven't seen but oh well. i nominated 'spider pig' for best song. :lol:

[Spinal]

Thread closing, but you will still have most of the day (at least) to PM me last minute edits/changes/ballots as I count.