Oscar Nominations 2008

Apologies to theferret for nicking his formatting, and thanks for the scoop:

Seen already = bold (NONE!)

Want to see = italic

Predicted winner  = *

My pick (i.e. should win)  = #

 

Best Actor:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
#*Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In The Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortenson, 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
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Director

Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
#Coen Brothers, No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Motion Picture of the Year

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

Full details of all other categories available here - 

Although I'm shocked to realise that I haven't seen any of the films nominated for major awards (yet - give me a week) I must say it's another poor year. I haven't been so unenthused about the Oscars since.... oh, last year. Not going to bother watching it live this year... I remember when the ceremonies themselves were lots of fun, full of sketches, clips, daft songs, and hysterically pointed jokes: "These are all Jack Palace's children"... but I've been getting more and mored bored in recent years, both by the quality of the films nominated (yawn) and more importantly by the show itself.

Bring back Billy Crystal! Or Whoopi Goldberg. Or bring in somebody fun to host it. Like Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park, Team America: World Police) or Seth Green and Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad, Robot Chicken) or Joss Whedon and Guillermo Del Toro... or, I don't know, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez?

Bah.

Ps. The friend whose single I recommended recently? It's at No. 18 on the BBC Radio Indie Chart - see? I know a good thing when I hear it :)