2008 Academy Awards

[Super_Ludacris]

True, I mean most of these movies I havent cause there all kinda recent like in the last month or so....

 

[StorminNorman]

Surf's Up over the Simpsons Movie? What the hell? And Norbit over Sweeney Todd for Best Makeup?

After seeing both films - Surf's Up > Simpsons Movie.

 

[green]

Yay for Viggo....it's about time.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Yay for Viggo....it's about time.

Yeah, he was great in Eastern Promises

 

[Agentsands77]

SWEENEY TODD is under-represented in nominations, though that's somewhat expected. As brilliant as it was, it just wasn't garnering the buzz it needed. It should have a Best Picture nom and Helena Bonham Carter should have gotten a Best Supporting Actress nod.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD deserves the Best Picture win, not NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. But why the hell is Greenwood's score for THERE WILL BE BLOOD ignored?

 

[Rocker22]

Transformers is up for 3! Yah!

 

[cookiva]

What pisses me off is how Into the Wild was basically ignored. Emile Hirsch should have been nominated for best actor, but the category that I'm most confused about is "Original Song". Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed" is an amazing piece of art.

 

[Victor C.]

Completely ridiculous list.

No Zodiac?
No American Gangster?
No Rescue Dawn?

JUNO is nominated for BEST PICTURE???

Juno, according to the academy, is better than Zodiac.

And what's it going to take for Christian Bale to at least get nominated?? Not even for 3:10 to Yuma?? No Rescue Dawn?? WTF.

And why the hell isn't Marcia Gay Harden nominated for her role in The Mist?? Her performace dances in circles around the 5 nominees.

This is one of the worst Oscar lists of ALL-TIME, no doubt about it.

 

[cookiva]

I agree about Zodiac, but it needed to be released in October or so to be seen as a serious contender.

 

[Agentsands77]

Completely ridiculous list.

No Zodiac?
No American Gangster?
No Rescue Dawn?

Of those three, only ZODIAC should have made it. AMERICAN GANGSTER and RESCUE DAWN were both good, but far from great.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I am mad about Sweeney Todd not getting a BP nom, but I expected it. I just hope No Country doesn't win.

 

[Dark Donnie]

I am mad about Sweeney Todd not getting a BP nom, but I expected it. I just hope No Country doesn't win.

Why?

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I agree about Zodiac, but it needed to be released in October or so to be seen as a serious contender.

I've never understood that horse****. They give awards for the best movie of 2007 don't they? Not for the best movies from the 1st half of 2007? Why is that? Can ANYONE tell me?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Since some in this thread think their view of best picture is fact there are gonna be some caught feelings on Oscar night.....

No Country will be the only one of the best pic noms I'll have seen come Oscar night, Clayton and Atonement have been and gone here and won't be out on DVD until after The Oscar, Juno hits cinema's here post Oscar and I have no interest in There Will be Blood.

 

[Victor C.]

I've never understood that horse****. They give awards for the best movie of 2007 don't they? Not for the best movies from the 1st half of 2007? Why is that? Can ANYONE tell me?

Because the Oscars aren't really about the best of the year... it's about what came out closest to the show. That way, the academy can be lazy and not see the movies from all year... they just pick the last five that came out before the awards.

I mean, for CHRIST'S sakes... Juno? JUNO?!?! You're telling me that Juno is one of the 5 best films of 2007?

I think whoever sucks the most d***s at the academy gets nominated... because that's the only explanation I can come up with.

 

[Kanon]

I've never understood that horse****. They give awards for the best movie of 2007 don't they? Not for the best movies from the 1st half of 2007? Why is that? Can ANYONE tell me?

Maybe because it's all publicity, and there is no point promoting Zodiac, while you could be promoting movies that people can still catch in theathers, or have DVDs coming soon...

Just throwing something, of the top of my head...

 

[Victor C.]

And honestly... Atonement, Juno, and Michael Clayton have no place on that best picture list. So many films were light-years beyond this year.

No Country and There Will Be Blood are the only two serious choices, in my opinion. The other three are laughable.

So, between the two, I'd say No Country is going to win.

But above all.... F*** the Oscars.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Promotion certainly plays a big part, obviously if Christian Bale's perfomance would have been pushed more by the studio he certainly would have gotten nominated.

A film that breaks even or loses money, the studio behind that film certainly won't want to invest more money into for oscar pub.

 

[Hunter Rider]

And honestly... Atonement, Juno, and Michael Clayton have no place on that best picture list. So many films were light-years beyond this year.

No Country and There Will Be Blood are the only two serious choices, in my opinion. The other three are laughable.

So, between the two, I'd say No Country is going to win.

But above all.... F*** the Oscars.

Why did you come back under another name just to get aggro again ?

 

[dark_b]

I've never understood that horse****. They give awards for the best movie of 2007 don't they? Not for the best movies from the 1st half of 2007? Why is that? Can ANYONE tell me?

because oscars dont matter?

how many years do i have to wait that peopel will get this?
i mean i know that its about opinion but look at this list.

this just can not be right.

 

[Cmill216]

Yay for having not seen ANY of the Best Picture nominees.

 

[Dodger]

Cool to see Juno get some nods and Clayton's love seems to have come from nowhere since it wasn't a movie that was raved about on any level.

My guesses in bold.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers

"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers

"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers

"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

As much as I want Ellen Page to win, the academy is going to give to cate blanchett.

I wont be surprised if she won two awards that night,

 

[Mr. Socko]

Tim Burton once again gets f**king raped, not even a single goddamn nomination To quote Robert Rodriguez, "f*** the oscars!" Pretentious ostentatiously filled ***holes!

MOTHER****ING BUMP BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID AGAIN!

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Motown Marvel]

wow, zodiac got hosed! what a bummer! i really hope cate clanchette gets the win for i'm not there. and tim burton bores me now, im glad he didnt get niminated. he hasnt done anything new or challenging in decades.