JoBlo.com’s own
Editor-in-Chief, Mike Sampson, was the man on the keyboard last
night, with LIVE
OSCAR UPDATES that had me cracking up alongside Jon Stewart, who
I believe did another pretty solid job as the maestro this year. And
is it me or does the dude look super-relaxed up there? Maybe
it’s from that habit he picked up on HALF BAKED? Anyway, I won’t
bore you with my two cents on the evening, but needless to say, I
was very happy that the Coen brothers received all that praise after
all their years of superior filmmaking. Go brosephs! Unfortunately
the duo don’t seem as talkative as the many quirky characters from
their films, but hey…you can’t have everything, right?
Another
pitiful "prediction" year for myself this time around, as
I only scored 52/100, despite picking Tilda Swinton off as
"Best Supporting Actress" (I scored 53/100 last year).
We’ll be posting all of your scores from our 8TH ANNUAL OSCAR
PREDICTION CONTEST tomorrow, so stay tuned for that.
In terms of the Oscar
movies themselves, the Coen bros’ NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
ended up with the most wins this year (4), while a surprising film
finished with the second most wins: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (3).
Mind you, all three of BOURNE’s awards had to do with sound or
editing…not that there’s anything wrong with that! Only two
other films had more than one victory on the evening, and they were THERE
WILL BE BLOOD (2) and again surprisingly, LA VIE EN ROSE
(2). ATONEMENT, MICHAEL CLAYTON and JUNO each ended up with only 1
win on their side. Oh well. Another year, another drunken melee
between Jim Law and Johnny Moreno at the JoBlo.com offices (if we
had offices, that is). PS: Jack Nicholson. Should he just stay home
next year? Discuss amongst yourselves.
DISCUSS
THE OSCARS WITH OTHERS HERE
BEST PICTURE
ATONEMENT
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
MICHAEL CLAYTON
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
JUNO
BEST ACTOR
Johnny Depp – SWEENEY TODD
Tommy Lee Jones – IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Daniel Day Lewis – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
George Clooney – MICHAEL CLAYTON
Viggo Mortensen – EASTERN PROMISES
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Laura Linney – THE SAVAGES
Marion Cotillard – LA VIE EN ROSE
Ellen Page – JUNO
Julie Christie – AWAY FROM HER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tom Wilkinson – MICHAEL CLAYTON
Hal Holbrook – INTO THE WILD
Casey Affleck – THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Philip Seymour Hoffman – CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan – GONE BABY GONE
Cate Blanchett – I’M NOT THERE
Ruby Dee – AMERICAN GANGSTER
Saoirse Ronan – ATONEMENT
Tilda Swinton – MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS
RATATOUILLE
SURF’S UP
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tony Gilroy – MICHAEL CLAYTON
Jason Reitman – JUNO
Paul Thomas Anderson – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Julian Schnabel – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Sarah Polley – AWAY FROM HER
Christopher Hampton – ATONEMENT
Ronald Harwood – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Paul Thomas Anderson – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody – JUNO
Nancy Oliver – LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Tony Gilroy – MICHAEL CLAYTON
Brad Bird – RATATOUILLE
Tamara Jenkins – THE SAVAGES
BEST ART DIRECTION
AMERICAN GANGSTER
ATONEMENT
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
SWEENEY TODD
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins – THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Seamus McGarvey – ATONEMENT
Janusz Kaminski – THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Roger Deakins – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Robert Elswit – THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
ATONEMENT
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
LA VIE EN ROSE
SWEENEY TODD
BEST EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Beaufort"
"The Counterfeiters"
"Katyn"
"Mongol"
"12"
BEST MAKEUP
NORBIT
LA VIE EN ROSE
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ATONEMENT
THE KITE RUNNER
MICHAEL CLAYTON
RATATOUILLE
3:10 TO YUMA
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" – ONCE
"Happy Working Song" – ENCHANTED
"So Close" – ENCHANTED
"That’s How You Know" – ENCHANTED
"Raise It Up" – AUGUST RUSH
BEST SOUND EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
TRANSFORMERS
BEST SOUND MIXING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
3:10 TO YUMA
TRANSFORMERS
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
TRANSFORMERS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
NO END IN SIGHT
OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
SICKO
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
WAR/DANCE
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
"Freeheld"
"La Corona"
"Salim Baba"
"Sari’s Mother"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
"I Met The Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis"
"My Love"
"Peter and The Wolf"
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
"At Night"
"Ill Supplente"
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets"
"Tanghi Argentini"
"The Tonto Woman"