And the 2008 Oscar Noms are...

[Wondermonkey]

Best Actor

George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best 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
Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Rudy Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Animated Feature

Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Art Direction

American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Costume Design

Across The Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd

Best Director

Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Best Documentary Feature

No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance

Best Documentary Short Subject

Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Best Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Language Film

Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

Best Makeup

La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Music Original Score

Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma

Best Music - Original Song

Once
Enchanted
August Rush
Enchanted
Enchanted

Best Picture

Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Animated Short Film

I Met The Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & The Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film

At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart Des Pickpokets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Best Sound Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Best Sound Mixing

The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers

Best Visual Effects

The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Adapted Screenplay

Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Original Screenplay

Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

[Causedawg 83]

I hope No Country For Old Men wins everything it got nominated for. What an exceptional movie that was.

[Wondermonkey]

The Leading nominated films are No Country for Old Men (absolutely deserves ever nomination) and There Will Be Blood (didn't see it yet, chose Teeth over this on Sunday) with 8 Nominations each!

I'm surprised by The Golden Compass getting two nods, and Persepolis getting a nod for animated, even though it deserves it, I'm surprised by it.

[Quo]

Wow... in the best actor/actress and best supporting actor/actress categories I've only even heard of 4 of those films!

I guess I need to cut back on Ratatouille and Over the Hedge and try some more adult-type selections (and not just the ones Keezy sends me...)

[Causedawg 83]

I've been interested in watching There Will be Blood, but I haven't seen Juno yet, and I've been hearing great things about it as well. It also seemed to get quite a few nominations. Maybe we'll get to watch one of them this weekend.

[Crippler]

Will there be an awards show this yr? Johnny Depp was effing CRAZY in Sweeny Todd and deserves to finally win. The man can do anything. It's nuts/

Damn writers. Burger King is always hiring you know.

[Wondermonkey]

There may not be a show, I was thinking that while I read the nominees. They should just have Jon Stewart host, it's so clear he can ad lib the funny!

[Causedawg 83]

True... or Conan O'Brian is always a great host, IMHO.

[D_Litch]

There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men will dominated all the categories. I'm going to see TWBB tonight, so I'll have my predictions up tomorrow.

[Wondermonkey]

Having finally seen all the Best Picture & Best Director, I think that the Coen Bros. No Country For Old Men should win best director hands down, and There Will Be Blood should win for Best Picture. Two amazing movies this year. We tried to check out Persepolis again this weekend, but it was sold out at the Princeton Garden. I'd like to see it when I'm not tired and see if it truly deserves the animated oscar.

[AlphaQ GehaD]

Best Animated Feature

Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Wheres Beowulf


Was "There will Be Blood" a good movie?

[MadBryan]

I just finally saw 'No Country" yesterday and WOW. Loved it (ending sucked) Really loved it. My wife who had just watched Evan Almighty on saturday and kept holler'in for me to come "check it out" didn't get it. Thats a good woman I married but the heavy stuff kinda flies over her head

[Epyon MX]

I wish Ratatouille could win best picture.

All of the nominations are fine choices, though.

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Nolimit4show

Was "There will Be Blood" a good movie?

I thought it was an amazing movie. The score itself is one of the most unique things I've ever witnessed, and it's a shame it was disqualified by the Academy. I can't understand how Daniel Day Lewis does what he does, but I'm thankful that he does it.

[dmiller68]

Wow, I normally have seen one or two of the best picture movies... This year zero.... At least I have seen two of the animated ones.

[MadBryan]

Originally Posted by Wondermonkey

The score itself is one of the most unique things I've ever witnessed

They mention this on "The Totally Rad Show" podcast. First movie score from this kid. He's in the band RadioHead