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TheFuriousWombat:
As a slight revision to what I said, No Country will definitely win for sound. The sound mixing and editing in that movie was pretty much perfect. I can't imagine it losing in those categories.

RaysOfDarkMatter:

--- Quote from: tommydski on 22 Jan 2008, 14:18 --- I saw 3:10 to Yuma because it was a western and I am a fan of the genre.
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A little off topic, but did you also see Seraphim Falls? I'm just curious, since I don't know a single other person who has and wondered if I just liked it because of my love for Liam Neeson. ^_^

Back on topic: I hadn't realized how behind on movies I fell this past year. I need to step it up a little (it doesn't help that the only theater within walking distance of my college is closed for renovations or something. *sigh*). Ratatouille was adorable. I could have been that I watched it on a bus and sleep deprived, but I liked it.

Also, I don't want Norbit to win anything. Ever.

RedLion:
I'm pulling for No Country to get away with Best Picture. The only movie that came close to it for me this year was ....Blood, but as amazing as that movie is, it's really just an extended character study. DDL had better win for Best Actor, in any case.

soatari:

--- Quote from: RedLion on 28 Jan 2008, 20:40 ---DDL had better win for Best Actor, in any case.

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God knows he deserves it. He's one of the best actors I've had the pleasure to watch.

I'm really pulling for Ellen Page on Best Actress. Her performance in Juno was amazing.

Inlander:
It was most certainly amazing and apart from anything else it was a magnificent demonstration of the craft of acting, however I don't think it was an Oscar-winning performance. By which I mean the Oscars tend to reward not the best performances, but the most showy or the most obvious ones. Sometimes they do recognise more subtle performances, but generally a year or two down the track by giving the award ostensibly for a different performance: see, for example, Russell Crowe winning for a fairly middling performance in Gladiator when he was widely perceived (at least here in Australia!) as having been unfortunate to lose the year before for the Insider.

EDIT: and as far as this year's nominees go, I'd really liked to have seen a nomination for Brian Dierker, for his performance as Rainey in Into the Wild. However I suspect among other things the Screen Actor's Guild might kick up a bit of a fuss about nominating a non-professional actor . . . I dunno, am I too cynical about the Oscars??

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