The Count

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Here's... Oscar (Nominations)

Best Actor
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee in In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck in Jesse James
Javier Bardem in No Country
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth
Julie Christie in Away From Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney in the Savages
Ellen Page in Juno

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
Ruby Dee in American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Directing
Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman for Juno
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
The Coens for No Country
PT Anderson for There Will Be Blood

Best Movie
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country
There Will Be Blood

Adapted screenplay
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country
There Will Be Blood

Original screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages


No Surprises really. Stoked about the love given to There Will Be Blood. But that was a given, seeing how amazing that movie was. The bolds are my picks... not that they matter at all.

-The Dragon

The Lives of Others

At first, I passed on this movie on the sole fact that I loved Pan's Labyrinth so much and thought it should have won the Oscar last year for best foreign film. HOWEVER, I cracked down and blockbustered The Lives of Others, and by golly! It turns out that this movie was actually pretty dang good. I still hold fast to the opinion that Pan's was amazing and should have won the Oscar, but The Lives of Others was deserving as well. Check it out.

And then go and watch Deadwood, because you don't get any better than Mr. Al Swearengen.

and then after that, go watch Rome, both seasons.

-The Dragon