Alternate Oscars 2008

Best Original Song

"Falling Slowly" from ONCE
"When Your Mind's Made Up" from ONCE
"Guaranteed" from INTO THE WILD
"That's How You Know" from ENCHANTED
"I'm Stephen Sondheim, And I'm Better Than You" from SWEENEY TODD

I don't know about what "should" have been nominated. It's so hard to compare people's taste, but here is a list of my personal picks...

BEST PICTURE
American Gangster
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTOR
P.T. Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott – American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck – Gone Baby Gone
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises

BEST ACTRESS
Helena Bonham-Carter – Sweeney Todd
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley - Atonement
Ellen Paige – Juno
Keri Russell - Waitress

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Russell Crowe – American Gangster
Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men
Ed Sanders – Sweeney Todd
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ruby Dee – American Gangster
Kelly MacDonald – No Country for Old Men
Saiorse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Gone Baby Gone
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Gangster (I thought this was adapted from an article but everyone had it under original...)
Eastern Promises
Juno
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

BEST EDITING
American Gangster
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men

BEST ART DESIGN
American Gangster
Atonement
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
American Gangster
Atonement
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma

BEST SOUND
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3:10 to Yuma

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
300
Transformers

BEST MAKE-UP
Hairspray
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
American Gangster
Atonement
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma

BEST PICTURE

There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
American Gangster
Michael Clayton
Zodiac

I dunno, did this scream "Oscar" to any of you?



Anything but this.

You people either don't understand or appreciate Rick Baker.

Yeah, but it looks real, doesn't it? Would you guess that was Eddie Murphy if you didn't already know?

It's an amazing job, even if it is disgusting.

I don't think most chewers would take issue so much with the gag-factor. I'd imagine that its akin to having to endure "Academy Award Nominee Click" last year (and forevermore). The technical prowess can be appreciated while we still selfishly wish Baker was making monster movies all the time.

It would be cool to see that talent put to use more often on projects that I would actually watch, but as long as he's enjoying his work and paying the bills I can't really let it bother me.

Yeah where the fuck is ZODIAC? Fucking Academy has memories of fish.

He's still at large..

Best Documentary
The King of Kong
You can't make these people up and be believed.

So it was the fish that told them to fuck Zodiac!

Best Supporting Actor- Ed Harris, Gone Baby Gone

Best Adapted Screenplay: Gone, Baby, Gone by Ben Affleck. That's a great adaptation.

Best Actress: Amy Adams for Enchanted

My Best Picture nominees:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
No Country for Old Men
Once
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood