Cinema Science

Here are the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees. This is sort of the first real precursor for the Oscars, these awards are sort of if the actors ran the Oscars. If a film is nominated here and with the producers/directors guilds they are almost guaranteed a spot on the Oscar ballot. My reactions are below each list of nominees. I can't find a list of the television nominees, I saw who was nominated on the SAG website but am too lazy to type all of them out. I will copy and paste the rest when I find them later.

BEST ENSEMBLE
3:10 to Yuma (Lions Gate)
American Gangster (Universal)
Hairspray (New Line)
Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)

This is a weird group. Hairspray, really? I haven't seen it so I guess I can't complain. It seems like every year the SAG awards nominate something like this, something with a large group of actors. Good to see Into the Wild here since it has pretty much been shut out of all the awards lists so far. Odd that both Sweeney Todd and Atonement aren't here. In fact, both films were shut out of the awards completely. I would think this would have to make No Country For Old Men the front runner now. What doesn't make sense is that Michael Clayton was nominated in every other category it was eligible for but is left off this list.

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

Again, this is a completely different group than what has previously been seen. Does this really mean that Ryan Gosling and Emile Hirsch can be nominated? They are both deserving so I hope so. Good that they left Denzel Washington off the list. Not that he is bad in American Gangster, he isn't, it's just something he has done before.

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

Honestly, the only movie here I have seen is Juno so I would give the award to Ellen Page.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

This list is perfect, I wouldn't change anything. This is easily the hardest category to pick a winner from, any of them deserve it.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
Catherine Keener (Into the Wild)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

I just realized that Into the Wild could really win the best ensemble. It has the most nominees here and it good to see Catherin Keener on this list. She is sort of the voice of reason in that film and is really great in the her short screen time. This has to come down to either Amy Ryan or Cate Blanchett.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE
300
The Bourne Ultimatum
I Am Legend
The Kingdom
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END

Is this a new award? I don't ever remember seeing this category before. Give it to The Bourne Ultimatum just for the shot of Matt Damon jumping across and alley with the camera following him.