Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Chicago Film Critics Award Nominations

don't know when the actual awards will be given out....

PICTURE (

Into The Wild
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Once
There Will Be Blood

yay for Once, No Country, and finally Michael Clayton

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Black Book
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
La Vie En Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

The Orphanage!!!!

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson–There Will Be Blood
Joel & Ethan Coen–No Country For Old Men
David Fincher–Zodiac
Tony Gilroy–Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman–Juno

Fincher and Reitman are nice surpises, but the race is probably down to Anderson and the Coens.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Brad Bird–Ratatouille
Diablo Cody–Juno
Tony Gilroy–Michael Clayton
Tamara Jenkins–The Savages
Kelly Masterston–Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead

Juno looks unstoppable, but people are starting to love "Devil".

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Paul Thomas Anderson–There Will Be Blood
Joel & Ethan Coen–No Country For Old Men
Christopher Hampton–Atonement
Sean Penn–Into the Wild
James Vanderbilt–Zodiac

Anderson, the Coens, and Hampton all have strong chances. The other two don't have a prayer.

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney–Michael Clayton
Ryan Gosling–Lars and the Real Girl
Frank Langella–Starting Out In the Evening
Daniel Day Lewis–There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen–Eastern Promises

About time Viggo Mortensen got nominated. He was the best part of the movie. Good for Ryan Gosling too.

BEST ACTRESS

Julie Christie–Away From Her
Marion Cotillard–La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie–A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney–The Savages
Ellen Page–Juno

Aha! Ellen Page finally breaks out of the "breakthrough" awards and makes it into LEAD Actress. Good for Laura Linney as well. Jolie = bad, bad, bad, bad, bad....

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

this is the EXACT lineup featured on TheOscarIgloo.com.....spooky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett–I’m Not There
Jennifer Jason Leigh–Margot At the Wedding
Leslie Mann–Knocked Up
Amy Ryan–Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton–Michael Clayton

Leslie Mann is a surprise, but they're just a Saoirse short of lining up with TheOscarIgloo as well. With Saoirse gone, Cate is probably a lock.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford–Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Atonement–Dario Marianelli
Lust, Caution–Alexandre Desplat
Once–Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
There Will Be Blood–Jonny Greenwood

They nominated the right man (Desplat) but for the wrong movie. Doesn't matter though, Marianelli or RadioHead's Jonny Greenwood will take it.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford–Roger Deakins
Atonement–Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly–Janusz Kaminski
No Country For Old Men–Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood–Robert Elswit

Not sure I thought No Country's visuals were the most impressive...others could have filled that slot (Sweeney Todd???).

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Darfur Now
The King of Kong
Lake of Fire
No End In Sight
Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Beowulf
Meet the Robinsons
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Congratulations to Persepolis and/or Ratatouille

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

Nikki Blonsky–Hairspray
Michael Cera–Juno/Superbad
Glen Hansard–Once
Carice Van Houten–Black Book
Tang Wei–Lust, Caution

Yay for Nikki Blonsky and Glen Hansard! (But where is his costar, Marketa Irglova?)

MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck–Gone Baby Gone
John Carney–Once
Craig Gillespie–Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy–Michael Clayton
Sarah Polley–Away From Her

Predictable, and very good.

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