Oscar 2008 Predictions

Mrs Roy Keane

Who do think will be nominated come February 2008

The films getting Oscar buzz are

Atonement, American Gangster, Juno, Reservation Road, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I'm Not There, Into The Wild, In the Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Hairspray, 3:10 To Yuma, Waitress, The Kite Runner, The Savages, Michael Clayton, Charlie Wilson's War, There Will Be Blood, Eastern Promises, Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Even Irish band Snow Patrol could be the running for Best Original Song for Signal Fire for Spiderman 3.

Also young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan is getting alot of buzz for her role in Atonement she could pick up a Best Supporting Actress nomination

What are your predictions?

Crapjob Sean

Mrs Roy Keane wrote: »

Who do think will be nominated come February 2008

The films getting Oscar buzz are

Atonement, American Gangster, Juno, Reservation Road, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I'm Not There, Into The Wild, In the Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Hairspray, 3:10 To Yuma, Waitress, The Kite Runner, The Savages, Michael Clayton, Charlie Wilson's War, There Will Be Blood, Eastern Promises, Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Even Irish band Snow Patrol could be the running for Best Original Song for Signal Fire for Spiderman 3.

Also young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan is getting alot of buzz for her role in Atonement she could pick up a Best Supporting Actress nomination

What are your predictions?

A little early yet, Mrs. K

I'll be curious to see if Hansard gets a nod though.
He should be up for Once.

From those that I've seen, I'd have to think Michael Clayton should be in for Best Movie and Vigo for Actor in Eastern Promises.
If American Gangster does big box office it will probably get a screenplay nod but I'd be shocked if it troubled the majors.

The whole thing is so political though that it's always impossible to predict.
There's usually a gap between what you think should win and what the Academy voters, for whatever myriad reasons, think is most deserving of an Oscar.

mickos

I hope Saoirse Ronan gets nominated she's a good kid and was fantastic in attonement. I'm a friend of her dads and he kept on and on about how good she is, but he was right. It'd be great to see the Irish getting something. Its been a while since we've had someone worth talking about in the industry.

Mrs Roy Keane

National Board of Review Winners

In a year with no one film as a specific front-runner of the awards season, the National Board of Review has given a leg up to the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men, honoring it as Best Picture, as well as with the group's ensemble cast award and adapted screenplay honor. In a reflection of the lack of heavyweight pictures and performances favored for potential Academy Award nominations, the National Board spread around its awards to a number of movies and actors. Tim Burton was named Best Director for Sweeney Todd, while former Oscar winners George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Julie Christie (Away From Her) were honored as Best Actor and Actress; the supporting awards went to two highly acclaimed performances: Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone (which also starred Affleck). The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won the Foreign Film Award, with Body of War and Ratatouille named the best documentary and animated films, respectively. A group of film aficionados and academics, the National Board is not a critics' group per se, but has gained its fame by handing out the first honors of the awards season. Winners named by critics' groups in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles will follow in the next week, with the Golden Globe nominations being announced on Thursday, December 13.
Other awards include: Breakthrough Performance by an Actor - Emile Hirsch, Into The Wild; Breakthrough Performance by an Actress - Ellen Page, Juno; Best Directorial Debut - Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone; Best Original Screenplay (tie): Diablo Cody, Juno and Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl.

In addition to its Best Picture award, the National Board of Review also names the top ten films of the year, in alphabetical order: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bucket List, Into The Wild, Juno, The Kite Runner, Lars And The Real Girl, Michael Clayton, and Sweeney Todd.

Golden Globe Nominations are Dec 13th

Eire 4Ever

No Country for Old Men and Gone Baby Gone's Amy Ryan are the ones to beat this awards season. Take a look at the accolades issued this weekend:

The Boston Society of Film Critics
Best picture: No Country for Old Men (edging out The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by just a single vote)
Best director: Diving Bell's Julian Schnabel
Best actors: Frank Langella (Starting Out in the Evening) and Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Best supporting actors: Javier Bardem (Old Men) and Amy Ryan

The D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Best picture: No Country for Old Men
Best director: The Coen brothers (Old Men)
Best actors: George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Best supporting actors: Bardem and Ryan

Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best picture: There Will Be Blood (which I am told is not based on the Saw movie tagline but some Upton Sinclair novel)
Best director: Paul Thomas Anderson (Blood)
Best actors: Daniel Day-Lewis (Blood) and Cotillard
Best supporting actors: Vald Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days) and Ryan

New York Film Critics Online
Best picture: There Will Be Blood and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (tie)
Best director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Best actors: Day-Lewis and Christie

Driver 8

Predictions:

Film-Atonement
Alternate: No Country For Old Men

Directors-The Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Actor: Daniel Day Lewis-There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney-Michael Clayton

Actress: Marion Cotillard-La Vie En Rose
Alternate: Ellen Page-Juno

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Casey Affleck-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone
Alternate: Cate Blanchett-I'm Not There

Screenplay Original: Juno
Alternate: Ratatouille

Screenplay Adapted: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: There Will Be Blood

Mrs Roy Keane

Golden Globe Film Nominations 2008

Picture, Drama: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "Eastern Promises," "The Great Debaters," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; Julie Christie, "Away From Her"; Jodie Foster, "The Brave One"; Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"; Kiera Knightley, "Atonement."

Actor, Drama: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; James McAvoy, "Atonement"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"; Denzel Washington, "American Gangster."

Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Across the Universe," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Hairspray," "Juno," "Sweeney Todd."

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams, "Enchanted"; Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"; Helena Bonham Carter, "Sweeney Todd"; Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"; Ellen Page, "Juno."

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"; Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tom Hanks, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Savages"; John C. Reilly, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story."

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Julia Roberts, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; John Travolta, "Hairspray"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

Director: Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Ridley Scott, "American Gangster"; Joe Wright, "Atonement."

Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Aaron Sorkin, "Charlie Wilson's War."

Foreign Language: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," Romania; "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," France and U.S.; "The Kite Runner," U.S.; "Lust, Caution," Taiwan; "Persepolis," France.

Animated Film: "Bee Movie," "Ratatouille," "The Simpsons Movie."

Original Score: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Edder, "Into the Wild"; Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"; Alberto Iglesias, "The Kite Runner"; Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"; Howard Shore, "Eastern Promises."

Original Song: "Despedida" from "Love in the Time of Cholera"; "Grace Is Gone" from "Grace Is Gone"; "Guaranteed" from "Into the Wild"; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted"; "Walk Hard" from "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story."

Kess73

Film- No Country For Old Men


Directors-The Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men


Actor: Daniel Day Lewis-There Will Be Blood


Actress: Ellen Page-Juno


Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men


Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone


Screenplay Original: Juno


Screenplay Adapted: No Country for Old Men


Original Score: Into the Wild


Animated Film: Ratatouille


Special/Visual effects: Transformers

ixoy

I'm moving this to the main Film Forum to keep this one clean for the actual film awards.

qwertplaywert

Offtopic but when will the boards.ie film awards nominations get underway?

ixoy

qwertplaywert wrote: »

Offtopic but when will the boards.ie film awards nominations get underway?

Next weekend. My main reason for that is to allow some of last year's big awards movie to open here, e.g. Juno, No Country for Old Men. It'll be a 2 week nomination period followed by about the same for voting.