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Critic's Choice Awards
Submitted by Dustin on January 9, 2008 - 1:22am
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Winners 2007
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Best Writer
Diablo Cody - Juno
Best Animated Feature
Ratatouille
Best Young Actor
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Best Comedy Movie
Juno
Best Family Film
Enchanted
Best Picture Made for Television
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Best Documentary
Sicko
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Song
“Falling Slowly”, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once
Best Composer
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
You can see the rest of the nominees here:
No Country for Old Men
I’m so tired of “No Country for Old Men” running away with best picture across the board. The supporting actor deserves his praise, but even though the rest of the world disagrees with me, this film is not film-of-the-year material.
I’m really happy for
I’m really happy for “Falling Slowly” getting some attention. Once was such a great film but it had the misfortune of coming out in a year with so many good movies I think it might get lost in the shuffle. It did well by word of mouth but nowhere near as well as Juno is doing and it’s just as good if not better.
Do we have a review or interview for Once on Hollywood Chicago?
'Once' interviews published
My “Once” interviews are now live! READ HERE…
Yes.
I interviewed the director of “Once” and the two leads/musicians and wrote it up. I’ll get it over to the new site soon.
I disagree. I loved the
I disagree. I loved the film. I watched in twice within a week.
Fine, but *why*?
Can you explain why you loved it (aside from Javier Bardem as a great villain and supporting actor?) Why was the story so interesting? Why was Josh Brolin’s performance outstanding? What else makes this such a standout film?
***Potential
***Potential Spoiler****
Tommy Lee Jones gives 2 great monologues, Javier Bardem does one. The picture was beautiful. What really won it over for me was how much of the story was told through subtext. You don’t see the shoot out with Josh Brolin’s character, you just pull up and he’s dead. And there’s the woman dead in the pool. And Tommy Lee Jones is never on the screen with Javier Bardem but the amount he knows about the killer’s character is amazing. You almost get the filling that he could catch up to him, but subconsciously he’s holding himself back since everyone else in his family have died in the line of duty. And this just paints what a sad terrible world he lives in anymore.
“You have to call it. I can’t call it for you.”
You make good points here.
You make good points here, and even with them, they make the picture sound more impressive than it felt to me. I agree that those are great elements for a great film, but ultimately, I didn’t come out of the film feeling them.
Yeeeah, Adam, You're in Pariah-Land
Do you just think it’s a bland genre movie? Are you in the I-Hate-the-End contingent? I mean, this is the Coens working at their peak of cinematic powers, bringing everything together for a completely immersivee story experience, and they do it to tell a story from one of the four best living American writers.
If you didn’t like it, you didn’t like. But, really?