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Best motion picture of the year:

"Atonement" (Focus Features)
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

****** I hope Blood wins. If not, I hope they give it to No Country. Clayton? Are you serious? It isn't even close to Persepolis [which is an animated film]. If Blood or No Country can't win, can they [voters] just not give the award at all?

Performance by an actor in a leading role:
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

****** I'm sure Day-Lewis will win. Viggo is my second choice [and I love him in Eastern.

Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"

****** Haven't seen Away From Her, La Vie en Rose and The Savages. Give it to Page for a change. I'm forever inlove with Blanchett though. Can I marry her?

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

****** Have seen Into The Wild and Assassination of Jesse James. Bardem is really good [and irritating] in No Country, but Hoffman is witty and superb in Wilson's War. Go Capote!

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"

******This is really a competition. I love Dee in Gangster, but only Blanchett can do Dylan.

Achievement in directing:
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Julian Schnabel
"Juno" Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" Paul Thomas Anderson

****** The Coens might take home the award, or even Schnabel but Anderson created a masterpiece [and I love him]. David Cronenberg [Eastern Promises] should be on the list.

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

****** Elswit!!!! camera work, angle, lighting.. wow.

Adapted screenplay:
"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

****** Havent seen The Diving Bell [It's in French]. Blood, I hope, will win.

Original screenplay:
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

****** Haven't seen The Savages. Cody speaks my language.

Best foreign language film of the year:
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

****** I know, I know, Diving Bell isn't France official entry [It should be in the best pic category]. And yes I haven't seen it yet. But if you've seen Clayton, you think of the others which could have taken its spot. Juno is great but I don't think it should be in the best pic race as well. And what happened to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days [Romania]!? Persepolis [France] should have been included here and not in best animated film. It's that good. So I don't care whoever wins this one.

Best animated feature film of the year:
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

****** Come'on, give Persepolis what is due for it. It's even better than Clayton. I wouldn't mind if this wins the Best Pic Award. It's that good.


I hope Blood takes home everything.