Here the are, the winners, the losers. How many did you guess right?
Documentary Short:
- Freeheld
- The Crown
- Salim Baba
- Sari’s Mother
Prediction: Freeheld
Live-Action Short
- At Night
- The Substitute
- The Mozart of Pickpockets
- Tanghi Argentini
- The Tonto Woman
Prediction: The Substitute
Animated Short
- I Met the Walrus
- Madame Tutli-Putli
- Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
- Peter and The Wolf
- My Love
Prediction: I Met the Walrus
Documentary
- Taxi to the Dark Side
- War/Dance
- No End in Sight
- Sicko
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Prediction: No End in Sight, Michael Moore lies on some of his statistics.
Foreign Film
- Mongol
- 12
- Katyn
- Beaufort
- The Counterfeiters
Prediction: The Counterfeiters
Music(song)
- Enchanted
- Once
- Enchanted
- Enchanted
- August Rush
Prediction: Once
Music(score)
- The Kite Runner
- Michael Clayton
- Atonement
- Ratatouille
- 3:10 to Yuma
Prediction: Atonement
Animated Picture
- Surf’s Up
- Persepolis
- Ratatouille
Prediction: Ratatouille, this one’s a for sure.
Make Up
- Norbit
- La Vie En Rose
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Prediction: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Sound Mixing
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Transformers
- No Country For Old Men
- Ratatouille
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Prediction: No Country For Old Men
Sound Editing
- There Will Be Blood
- No Country For Old Men
- Ratatouille
- Transformers
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Prediction:No Country For Old Men
Costumes
- Atonement
- Across the Universe
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- La Vie En Rose
- Sweeney Todd
Prediction: Sweeney Todd
Visual Effects
- The Golden Compass
- Transformers
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Prediction: Pirates 3
Art Direction
- American Gangster
- The Golden Compass
- Atonement
- There Will Be Blood
- Sweeney Todd
Prediction: Sweeney Todd
Editing
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- Into the Wild
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Prediction: No Country For Old Men
Cinematography
- Atonement
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
Prediction: No Country For Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
- Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
- Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
- Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
- Ruby Dee, American Gangster
- Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Prediction: Cate Blanchett
Best Actress
- Laura Linney, The Savages
- Julie Christie, Away From Her
- Ellen Page, Juno
- Cate Blanchettt, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Prediction: Julie Christie
Best Actor
- Daniel-Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
- George Clooney, Michael Clayton
- Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
- Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Prediction: Daniel-Day Lewis, 99.9999% chance of winning
Best Supporting Actor
- Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
- Tom Wilikinson, Michael Clayton
- Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
- Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
Prediction: Javier Bardem, 99.999% chance of winning
Best Screenplay (original)
- Michael Clayton
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Ratatouille
- The Savages
- Juno
Prediction: Michael Clayton
Best Screenplay (adapted)
- Away From Her
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- No Country For Old Men
- Atonement
- There Will Be Blood
Prediction: There Will Be Blood, it deserves some kind of big award because it was a great movie.
Best Directing
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- Juno
- There Will Be Blood
- No Country For Old Men
- Michael Clayton
Prediction: No Country For Old Men
Best Picture
- Juno
- Atonement
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
- Michael Clayton
Prediction: No Country For Old Men, I’ve seen every single one except for Michael Clayton, and what I know is that No Country For Old Men deserves this award.
Final Note: Great Year for movies, I thoroughly enjoyed every movie that was nominated for Best Picture, and one that wasn’t even more then most that were (Sweeney Todd). No Country For Old Men won every most important award. An acting, a writing, a directing, and even the Picture. It’s an amazing movie and if you haven’t seen it yet, you need to (it comes out on DVD March 11th, mark your calendars). It was a great year with great movies and even a few surprises at the Oscars.
Amount I got right out of 24: 11
no country for old men is unassumingly clever…
dumbfounding form a moral angle, but that can be a good thing.