And they are fantastic! Lots of fun surprises like Jason Reitman for Best Director (Juno) and Tommy Lee Jones for Best Actor (In the Valley of Elah). No one of any particular significance was left off in my book with the exception of maybe Jonny Greenwood's score for There Will Be Blood. It was pretty jarring and probably turned off a lot of Academy members. Tis a shame though because his music was absolutely phenomenal.
Here's the complete list for those who are interested. As for me, I'll just say a special congrats to the following peeps and movies:
-Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor, There Will Be Blood
-Viggo Mortensen for Best Actor, Eastern Promises
-Javier Bardem for Best Supporting Actor, No Country for Old Men
-Casey Affleck for Best Supporting Actor, The Assassination of Jesse James
-No Country and There Will Be Blood scoring eight nods a piece, including Best Picture
-both the Coens and PTA for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay
-Dario Marianelli for Best Original Score, Atonement
-Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová for Best Original Song, "Falling Slowly," Once
-No End in Sight, Best Documentary
And even though no one gives a shit about the technical categories, I'm really happy that No Country got nods for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing because the sound design in that film was redonkulous. I would have been pissed if it hadn't gotten its props for that.
Well best of luck to everyone I'm rooting for! Let's hope this whole writers strike debacle resolves itself so these people can have a ceremony in which to accept the awards they deserve. 2007 generated some of those most amazing performances and technical achievements in the last decade. It would be a shame to let that go unnoticed.
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I can't wait for your predictions!! Remember the CK contest and how we shared the wealth of a $100 Marcus card a couple years back? That was bloody brilliant!
Hell yeah I remember it! That was truly awesome. I wish my next job would have an Oscar contest. Wait, what next job?? ;-)
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