2008 Oscar Favourites
2008 Oscar Favourites
Best Actor: After watching "Eastern Promises" leading man Viggo Mortensen, I've got my fingers crossed for his win. Featuring the most disturbing fight sequence in a sauna I've ever seen, Mortensen gets cut, sliced, and stabbed several times before successfully killing his Czech would-be assassins. I'm not sure what was gutsier-- the fact that the moves were so NOT slick (eat your heart out, Matt Damon), or the fact that Mortensen was as naked as the day he was born during the entire sequence.
Fairly certain that either Johnny Depp or Daniel Day Lewis will win this one, but fingers crossed anyway.
Best Actress: Ellen Page for "Juno", simply because never once did I think she was anything other than a sarcastic, pregnant, confused 16-year old.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem for "No Country For Old Men". This guy has got to be the scariest, craziest, most cold-blooded son of a bitch to ever walk the face of this earth. If Garth Ennis' "Preacher" was ever made into a movie, I'd cast Bardem as both Jodie AND the Saint of Killers, because he has enough balls to cover both parts.
Animated Feature Film: I really hope Ratatouille wins this one, if only because it had so much heart.
Directing: I hope "Juno" gets this one, but "No Country for Old Men" may deserve it more. My heart was in my throat during viewing both films, but for entirely different reasons.
Music: This isn't even a contest. Enchanted's numbers were nothing short of awesome, but Once's "Falling Slowly" isn't even in the same hemisphere. It's a hands-down win for Hansard and Irglova, or gosh darn it, I'm going to eat my hat.
Best Picture: And again I'm rooting for "Juno" but really think that "No Country For Old Men" will take it home. "Juno" has a genuine shot because it's the only film that lets you leave the theater without wanting to shoot yourself, but "No Country For Old Men" was just... disturbing. It's the kind of movie that stays with you-- not necessarily in a good way, but in a rather permanent way nonetheless.
**And that concludes my Oscar List for this year! See you at the Oscar's, everybody! :D
Best Actor: After watching "Eastern Promises" leading man Viggo Mortensen, I've got my fingers crossed for his win. Featuring the most disturbing fight sequence in a sauna I've ever seen, Mortensen gets cut, sliced, and stabbed several times before successfully killing his Czech would-be assassins. I'm not sure what was gutsier-- the fact that the moves were so NOT slick (eat your heart out, Matt Damon), or the fact that Mortensen was as naked as the day he was born during the entire sequence.
Fairly certain that either Johnny Depp or Daniel Day Lewis will win this one, but fingers crossed anyway.
Best Actress: Ellen Page for "Juno", simply because never once did I think she was anything other than a sarcastic, pregnant, confused 16-year old.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem for "No Country For Old Men". This guy has got to be the scariest, craziest, most cold-blooded son of a bitch to ever walk the face of this earth. If Garth Ennis' "Preacher" was ever made into a movie, I'd cast Bardem as both Jodie AND the Saint of Killers, because he has enough balls to cover both parts.
Animated Feature Film: I really hope Ratatouille wins this one, if only because it had so much heart.
Directing: I hope "Juno" gets this one, but "No Country for Old Men" may deserve it more. My heart was in my throat during viewing both films, but for entirely different reasons.
Music: This isn't even a contest. Enchanted's numbers were nothing short of awesome, but Once's "Falling Slowly" isn't even in the same hemisphere. It's a hands-down win for Hansard and Irglova, or gosh darn it, I'm going to eat my hat.
Best Picture: And again I'm rooting for "Juno" but really think that "No Country For Old Men" will take it home. "Juno" has a genuine shot because it's the only film that lets you leave the theater without wanting to shoot yourself, but "No Country For Old Men" was just... disturbing. It's the kind of movie that stays with you-- not necessarily in a good way, but in a rather permanent way nonetheless.
**And that concludes my Oscar List for this year! See you at the Oscar's, everybody! :D
I'm so bad, haven't seen any of the films that are up for best picture...and only seen Eastern Promises (no, haven't even seen Elizabeth Golden Age or Juno! Or ratatouille!)
And you have to see Juno at least. It was lovely. :D (And the rat movie? Made me cry. XD)
Hope you had fun watching on TV! I had to settle for youtube snippets. *sighs*