80th Annual Academy Awards Winners

[Geekyfanboy]

Here is the list of winners of some of the categories of interest:

Best Picture:

"No Country For Old Men"

Best Animated Film:

Rataouille

Best Animated Short Film:

"Peter and the Wolf

Best Foreign Language Film:

"The Counterfeiters"

Best Director(s):

Joel & Ethan Coen - "No Country For Old Men"

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Marion Cotillard — "La Vie en Rose"

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Daniel Day Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

"No Country For Old Men"

Best Original Screenplay:

"Juno"

Best Visual Effects:

"The Golden Compass"

Best Art Direction:

"Sweeny Todd and the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Best Cinematography:

Robert Elswit - "There Will Be Blood"

Best Film Editing:

"The Bourne Ultimatum"

Best Sound Editing:

"The Bourne Ultimatum"

Best Sound Mixing:

"The Bourne Ultimatum"

Best Song:

Falling Slowly - "Once"

Best Original Music Score:

Dario Marianelli - "Atonement"

[Locutus]

I know "Once" is supposed to be fantastic, and probably it is, but the music just sounds like an overly repetitive Radiohead wannabe - and I cannot STAND Radiohead; they are one of the most overrated bands around, IMHO.

I'm also not a fan of Cormac McCarthy - which is an understatement that I won't elucidate on. I would see "NCFOM" because I like the Coens, but it would have to be damn good to bring me around.

I was glad to see "Juno", "Bourne Ultimatum", "Sweeney Todd", and "Ratatouille" take home some statues. Jon Stewart was fun as the host. I was thinking it would be pretty cool if he brought the woman from "Once" out to give her speech, but I didn't think he would - then when the show came back after the commercial he brought her out to speak. Very nice moment.

Honestly, I was not impressed with any of the songs from Enchanted, but they may work better in the film. I'd like to see "La Vie En Rose" - the makeup for that was amazing.

Because of the baby we didn't see any of the Oscar noms this year except for "Transformers" and "Ratatouille", both of which came out long before the baby did. Even so, it was pretty easy to predict Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Animated, and Best Adapted Screenplay - and I think that's sad.