2008 OSCAR NOMINATIONS UNVEILED TOMORROW
At 5:30am tomorrow morning, the Academy Award nominations will be announced. I thought about setting the alarm to wake up, listen and then blog about the Oscar nods before work, but then I realized – hey, I have a job and I like sleeping.
Back in October, I posted my first annual T.O.P.s (Trailer Oscar Predictions), attempting to prematurely predict Oscar nominees based on trailers alone. I am already laughing at how ridiculous some of them are. The motion picture landscape has since shifted, as various awards have already been doled out and buzz for certain films has ebbed and flowed. Since that time, I have only seen a handful of the movies I mentioned (A Mighty Heart, American Gangster, Juno, Michael Clayton), I’ve yet to see some potentially major contenders in various categories (Atonement, La Vie En Rose, No Country For Old Men, Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd, There Will Be Blood), and have added one to my must-see list (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
I have a feeling that There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men will garner the most nominations. I’m pretty sure that Marion Cotillard is a lock for a Best Actress nod (La Vie En Rose) and Diablo Cody will be recognized for Best Original Screenplay (Juno), and I’d love to see Hal Holbrook get nominated (Best Supporting Actor) for his brief yet extremely poignant performance in Into the Wild. Other than that, I’m prepared for a few pleasant surprises (Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl or Zodiac for Best Picture or Fincher for Best Director). It would also be fantastic to see Cate Blanchett continue her Oscar dominance with dual nods for Elizabeth: The Golden Age and I’m Not There.
If the Academy fails to recognize any of the beautiful music from Once, I will be very disappointed. The fact that both Eminem and Three 6 Mafia have Oscars on their mantles as previous winners for Best Original Song, however, leads me to believe that this is a strong possibility.
So I will be back tomorrow evening with a list of the nominations, as well as my $.02 about each. In the meantime, entertain yourselves by watching Newsweek’s Oscar Roundtable, featuring video of Daniel Day-Lewis, Ellen Page, George Clooney, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Marion Cotillard discussing everything from their first movie roles to the price of fame.