Alright, here we go. Oscar nomination day is sort of like Christmas morning, all anticipation and build up then is over way too soon. I'm going to try and post these nominees live and type out my reactions but these thing move pretty quickly. There will probably be a large number of misspelled words and abbreviations but I will go through and correct those a little later. I will also post the full list of nominees whenever it is posted online.
The President of the Academy Sid Ganis and Kathy Bates are reading the nominees, Bates sounds nervous.
Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Bone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Who is missing here? It pretty much comes down to Ryan or Blanchett. I missed Ruby Dee's big scene when the sound went out on American Gangster.
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 Holbroook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Perfect list though I have yet to see Charlie Wilson's War it would have been a shame if Hoffman didn't get at least one nomination from his three outstanding performances.
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
Angelina Jolie is left off the list, Laura Linney takes her place.
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
I am little disappointed that neither Emile Hirsch or Ryan Gosling was nominated for best actor but if that means that Tommy Lee Jones gets nominated for In the Valley of Elah than I am fine with that, it is easily one of the best performances of the year and has gone unnoticed all awards season.
Best Director
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood.
Jason Reitman sneaks in, taking the place who? Joe Wright, Sean Penn?
Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody - Juno
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Ratatouille - Brad Bird, Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
Pretty much as expected, the screenplay nominations are where you usually get the smaller, quirkier films being recognized.
Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Sarah Polley - Away From Her
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Again, pretty much as expected.
Foreign Language Film
Beaufort - Israel
The Counterfeiters - Austria
Katyń - Poland
Mongol - Kazakhstan
12 - Russia
I have seen none of these, I don't even think any of them have been released in my area. There is a controversy right now about 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days being left out.
Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Surf's Up? Really? What about The Simpsons Movie?
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Atonement makes the final five. Probably the strongest best picture line up in recent memory. I am disappointed that Into the Wild didn't make it but four of these five were in my top ten and the other one (Michael Clayton) was just outside of it.
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