Well another Oscar seasion has come and gone this year was one of a few supprises but mostly it was pretty predictable. So here they are what won, what I thought was going to win and what I think shuld have won.

Best Picture of the Year: No Country for Old Men

No big supprises there, I was pretty shure it would eather be No Country for Old Men or There Will Be Blood however I think No Country was a slightly better film. Personally I was kind of hopeing for Michael Clayton.

Best Director: The Cohen Brothers for No Country for Old Men

Once again not too supprised by that although there was some compitition in this catagory from Julian Schnabel, Paul Thomas Anderson and Tony Gilroy however I think the Cohens was a good choice. It would have been nice if Jason Riteman had won but I feel he still has many more contenders in him.

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

DUH! This was pretty much a shoe in- I’m not going to comment on what I thought shuld have won beacouse I have not seen In the Valley of Elah or Eastern Promises, but I was not supprised that the Academy chose Daniel Day-Lewis.

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard

I’ll admit I saw none of the films in this catagory so I can’t really say but I’m not to supprised that Marion Cotillard won for La Vie en Rose.

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem

No supprise there and I agree 100%

Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton

Wow- I was blown away by this out of them all this was the biggest shocker I thought shurely Cate Blanchett was a shoe in for her work in I’m Not There! Tilda Swinton did a great job in Michael Clayton but to me it seems like Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There would be a more favored choice by the Academy.

Best Original Screen Play: Diablo Cody

Supprised this did not go to Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton but I understand the vote for Diablo Cody’s writeing on Juno.

Best Adapted Screen Play: The Cohens

I’m pretty supprised this did not go to There Will Be Blood but as I have said before personally I thought No Country was slightly better and more engrosing then TWBB.

Best Cinamatography: There Will Be Blood

Supprised this did not go to The Diveing Bell and the Butterfly.

Best Animated Feature: Ratatoullie

An ovbious choice Pixar is a critics darling and rightly so they make beautifull images that work hand in hand with there wonderfull storys but I thought this year Persepolis would give them a run for there money.

Best Documentery: Taxi to the Dark Side I was not to up on the documentries I only saw Sicko, which was good but from what I’ve heard about Taxi to the Dark Side it deserved this.

Late is the hour, maybe I’ll finnish this someday.

written by Travis \\ tags: Academy Awards, Daniel Day-Lewis, Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, No Country for Old Men, Oscars, The Cohen Brothers, Tilda Swinton

I  went to There Will Be Blood on Saturday night (crazy night by the way, locked the keys in the car with it running!) and I have to say I liked it, it was a powerful film with amazing visuals Daniel Day-Lewis gives an Oscar worthy (we’ll see what the Academy says) performance as Daniel Plainview an enterprising oil man at the turn of the beginning of the 19th century. I was particularly struck by Paul Dano’s (The angry-vow-of-science child from Little Miss Sunshine) performance, amazing especially while doing most of his work next to acting heavyweight Daniel Day-Lewis.<BR>Despite it’s lengthy run time it held my interest quite well, however I don’t think that this film is all it’s cracked up to be. It’s a great film no doubt, maybe one of 2007’s best and I think it deserves all 8 of it’s Oscar nominations. I here people on various forums and in some reviews calling it the best film of the year (I don’t think so- not with Michael Clayton in the mix) some have even gone as far as to say it’s the best film of the past few decades- to me this is udder nonsense. But still a great film, one of the year’s best!

I enjoyed it, wonderful performances, beautifully shot, compelling and dark but not the best film of the year.

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EDITOR’S NOTE:I wrote this about two weeks ago then forgot to publish it.

written by Travis \\ tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, Travis's Review, TWBB