Academy Awards 2008- Predictions
Submitted by 1922 on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 10:36
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- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- No Country for Old Men (pf: There Will Be Blood)
- Not as difficult to predict as last year, but 'There Will Be Blood' could be a serious threat for Coen's 'No Country for Old Men'. 'Juno' might also pop up in the envelope here, especially with all of its critical acclaim and box office-success as of late. 'Atonement' won the Golden Globe and the Bafta, but it still is a big outsider here. 'Michael Clayton' has almost got no chances at all.
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (pf: ditto)
- There's almost no doubt about Day-Lewis sweeping this one. Clooney might be a very small rival, but not even a serious runner-up anyway.
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Julie Christie, Away from Her (pf: Page)
- An interesting category. Christie, Cotillard and Page are all three highly favoured. Christie is most probably going to take this one -her second one- home.
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (pf: Bardem or Wilkinson)
- An even more obvious winner than Day-Lewis tonight might be Spain's Javier Bardem as the ice-cold killer in 'No Country for Old Men'. A performance for a life-time and a century. There is no way around the award this time.
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone (pf: Blanchett)
- The most interesting category tonight, by far. I'm going with Amy Ryan, although I'm on a lonely post with this prediction. Most predictions see either Cate Blanchett (having won the Golden Globe and a lot of acclaim by renouned critics) or Tilda Swinton (who gained a LOT of back-up lately) as the winner. Ruby Dee is another possible pick. So, with only one outsider here, this is going to be one of the most thrilling moments of the ceremony.
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (pf: Anderson)
- The Coens again? Yep, indeed. No serious thread here either.
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Juno (pf: ditto)
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- No Country for Old Men (pf: ditto)
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
- There Will Be Blood (pf: ditto)
- Best Achievement in Editing
- No Country for Old Men (pf: There Will Be Blood)
- Best Achievement in Art Direction
- There Will Be Blood (pf: ditto)
- Best Achievement in Costume Design
- Sweeney Todd (pf: Elizabeth)
- Best Achievement in Makeup
- La vie en rose (pf: --)
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- Atonement (pf: There Will Be Blood...oh, wait...)
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
- Once, Falling Slowly (pf: --)
- Best Achievement in Sound
- The Bourne Ultimatum (pf: --)
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- Transformers* (pf: --)
- Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- Transformers (pf: --)
- Best Animated Film of the Year
- Ratatouille (pf: Persepolis)
- Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
- 12 (Russia) (pf: --)
- Best Documentary, Features
- Sicko (pf: --)
- Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- Sari's Mother* (pf: --)
- Best Short Film, Animated
- I Met the Walrus* (pf: My Love)
- Best Short Film, Live Action
- Tanghi argentini* (pf: --)
Author Comments:
*: pure guesses
pf: personal favourite
I was thinking and others have said that juno might take it . No Country & Blood are very similar, and could split the votes, then juno could jump in there and steal it. i want No Country to win, but i'd have no problem if juno took it