Film Awards 2007 - THE WINNERS AND LOSERS!

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BEST FILM

NOMINEES:
Bourne Ultimatum, The
Eastern Promises
Lives of Others/Das Leben der Anderen
No Country for Old Men
Superbad

WINNER:
'No Country for Old Men' with 36.36% of the vote

OPINION:
My own personal choice, so it's a good win. It's obviously a movie that was popular with voting Boardsies as it did won in nearly all categories it was nominated for.

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BEST DIRECTOR

NOMINEES:
Coen Brothers
David Cronenberg - Easten Promises
David Fincher - Zodiac
Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Ultimatum

WINNER:
Joel and Ethan Coen win for 'No Country for Old Men' with a comfortable 44.23% of the vote

OPINION:
My own choice again - was fiercely impressed with their work on this piece. A good win against deserving competition.

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BEST SCREENPLAY

NOMINEES:
Eastern Promises
Knocked Up
Superbad
Zodiac

WINNER:
'Zodiac' with 42.11%.


OPINION:
Again this was my vote and I think the manner in which the various strands of the investigation were cohesively woven into a script make it a deserving winner.

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BEST SCORE/SOUNDTRACK

NOMINEES:
Once
Sunshine
Transformers

WINNER:
'Once' and 'Sunshine' tied in the votes. I invoked my powers to decide in the event of a tie and I choose... 'Sunshine'.

OPINION:
Gorgeous and sublime work of beauty, it's frustrating that we have to wait for this release when so much other soundtrack/score pap gets out.

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

NOMINEES:
In the Shadow of the Moon
King of Kong

WINNER:
'King of Kong' with a awards-high of 78.57% of the vote.

OPINION:
Another good win. A heart-warming tale of the underdog taken place in a world that's normally mocked.

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BEST ACTRESS/SUPPORTING ACTRESS

NOMINEES:
Laura Dern as 'Nikki Grace/Susan Blue' in 'INLAND EMPIRE'
Angelina Jolie as 'Mariane' in 'A Might Heart'
Samantha Morton as 'Deborah Curtis' in 'Control'
Naomi Watts as 'Anna' in 'Eastern Promises'

WINNER:
Naomi Watts as 'Anna' in 'Eastern Promises' with a comfortable 50% of the vote.

OPINION:
I personally went for Dern but Watts was also excellent in this dark, under-appreciated movie.

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BEST NEWCOMER

NOMINEES:
Shia LaBeouf as 'Sam Witwicky' in 'Transformers'
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as 'Fogell' in 'Superbad'
Thomas Turgoose as 'Shaun' in 'This is England'

WINNER:
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as 'Fogell' in 'Superbad' with 42.66% of the vote.

OPINION:
Much as I think 'Superbad' is incredibly over-rated, I'll grudgingly admit Mintz-Plasse was quite decent here. You should've voted for Turgoose though..

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BEST ACTOR/SUPPORTING ACTOR

NOMINEES:
Javier Bardem as 'Anton Chigurh' in 'No Country for Old Men'
Ben Foster as 'Charlie Prince' in '3:10 to Yuma'
Viggo Mortenson as 'Nikolai' in 'Eastern Promises'
Mark Ruffalo as 'David Toschi' in 'Zodiac'
Will Smith as 'Lt. Col. Robert Neville' in 'I Am Legend'

WINNER:
Javier Bardem as 'Anton Chigurh' in 'No Country for Old Men' with 45.83% of the vote.

OPINION:
Excellent choice. Bardem's mop-haired performance as a psychopath was chillingly intense.

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BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FEATURE

NOMINEES:
Lives of Others/Das Leben der Anderen
Paprika
Science of Sleep
Tell No One/Ne le dis à personne

WINNER:
'Lives of Others'/'Das Leben der Anderen' with 48.57% of the vote.

OPINION:
Again a good choice in a year where I didn't (personally) feel we got to see many strong contenders.

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WORST FILM

NOMINEES:
Evan Almighty
Ghost Rider
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Simpsons Movie
Southland Tales
Spiderman 3
Transformers

WINNER:
'Evan Almighty' with 22.22% of the vote.

OPINION:
Only saw a handful of these (and not the "winner") but surely it couldn't have been as bad as 'Southland Tales'. I'll be glad to never find out though with this win here.

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BEST CHARACTER

NOMINEES:
Jason Bourne - The Bourne Ultimatum
Bumblebee - Transformers
Anton Chigurh - No Country for Old Men
Fogell/McLovin - Superbad
Nikolai - Eastern Promises

WINNER:
Anton Chigurh in 'No Country for Old Men' with 34.69% of the vote.

OPINION:
My own choice again - the cold killer with his own twisted morals will remain with me for a while to come.

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BEST SCENE

NOMINEES:
Bourne Ultimatum - Rooftop chase scene
Eastern Promises - Bathhouse fight
No Country for Old Men - The coin-toss scene in the garage
Transformers - Attack on Qatar Base

WINNER:
'No Country for Old Men' - The coin-toss scene in the garage with 33.96% of the vote.

OPINION:
Yep, another good win here. The tension in that scene, all based on a coin, was amazing.

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FILM THAT DESERVED BETTER

NOMINEES:
The Fountain
Shooter
Stardust

WINNER:
'The Fountain' with 40.91% of the vote (winning over 'Stardust' by a mere one vote).

OPINION:
As good as 'Stardust' was, it at least got a cinema release. This was criminally over-looked to fit in crap like 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' and 'Norbit'. Shocking.

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BEST SFX

NOMINEES:
30 Days of Night
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sunshine
Transformers

WINNER:
Comfortable win for 'Transformers' with 60.98% of the vote.

OPINION:
They managed to bring giant metal robots to life without it looking like a cartoon. Personally preferred the beautiful sun shots of 'Sunshine' but this is deserving as well.

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MOST OVER-RATED MOVIE

NOMINEES:
300
Hot Fuzz
Knocked Up
Superbad

WINNER:
'300' with 41.16% of the vote

OPINION:
'Superbad' easily deserved the win here but I can see why '300' did win out. Personally I enjoyed it for the silly nonsense that it was but it seems a fair few did not.

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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

NOMINEES:
Bee Movie
Paprika
Ratatouille
TMNT

WINNER:
'Ratatouille' with 61.11% of the vote.

OPINION:
Good win from the three I've seen. Pixar are back on sharp form here, which hopefully they'll continue with the promising 'WALL-E'.