elizabethlaney

Okay, so 2007 hasn’t been our favorite year for movies.  After the free-for-all that was 2006 with Notes on a Scandal, The Queen, The Lives of Others, Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Half-Nelson ect. ect.  We can’t get as excited about There Will Be Blood.  And do we think Daniel Day-Lewis is a genius?  Yes.  Do we want to read about him at Hyde?  No.  Even Juno wasn’t our favorite movie ever.  Nevertheless, we still love the Academy, and below are our guesses (not necessarily picks):

For a list of all the nominees click here. Winners in italics. We did pretty good - hit the big ones. 

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men

Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There *Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, Atonement *Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign Film
The Cointerfeiters (Austria)

Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Atonement, *There Will Be Blood

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Elizabeth:  The Golden Age

Best Documentary Feature
War/Dance, *Taxi to the Dark Side

Best Achievement in Film Editing
No Country for Old Men,  *The Bourne Ultimatum

Achievement in Makeup
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End *La Vie en Rose

Best Original Score
The Kite Runner *Atonement, Dario Marianelli

Best Original Song
“Raise It Up” from August Rush *Falling Slowly” from “Once,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Achievement in Sound Editing
There Will Be Blood *The Bourne Ultimatum