The ceremony might not be going ahead this year, but the nominations for the Oscars were announced today. I always find it vaguely interesting to see who's nominated:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

“Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in directing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel

“Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman

“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy

“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
“No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

“Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
A Documentary Group Production
Richard E. Robbins

“Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara

“Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
An X-Ray Production

Best motion picture of the year
“Atonement” (Focus Features)
A Working Title Production
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers

“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers

“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers

“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Adapted screenplay
“Atonement” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton

“Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody

“Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver

“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy

“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

“The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

“War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
A Shine Global and Fine Films Production
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

it's totally between 'no country' and 'twbb' - both fantastic films by the way :ok: :ok:

overall, i like the list. some fine films are shortlisted there.

and i have to give props to Canuck Sarah Polley, for snagging an Adapted Screenplay nod, well done :clap:

I really want to see The Diving Bell and the Butterly - surprised that it's director has got a nod but the film hasn't either in the best film or best foreign film category :shrug: I loved the book though :ok:

i've seen all the best pic noms except 'atonement'. although i refuse to see any george clooney movies, so 'michael clayton' doesn't count :P

what's wrong with George Clooney movies??? :o

i can't stand him. so i usually avoid his stuff. 'out of sight' was good though...

I have a similar issue with Tom "the only person who can help in a car-crash" Cruise :rolleyes: I just refuse to watch his films now......

I like George though :unsure:

i actually really like the Coen brother's stuff too, so i hope they win :ok:

Schnabel won at the globes, so I'm not that surprised. I wanted to see the film myself but my family didn't want to because the film was about someone who had LIS. I haven't read TDBATB but I have read a book that is inspired from it, and it's absolutely brilliant :ok:

Daniel Day Lewis absolutely deserves the Oscar for best Actor-I saw the film last night and he amazing. I'd like to see Ellen Page get the nod for Best Actress but Cotillard and Christie are probably more worthy choices :ok:

Best Director is almost certainly going to the Coens and No Country for old men is a fantastic film from what I've heard.

I've see three of the nominations for Best Picture: Juno, There will be Blood and Atonement. All three are fantastic and I would love Atonement to win but I feel There WIll be Blood deserves it more.

I hope Marion Cotillard wins best actress for Le Vie en Rose. Have seen some clips of it, and she looked totally sublime as Edith Piaf :ok:

Daniel Day Lewis will almost certainly win for There will be Blood. Noone else in that category is the same league, and i cant believe George Clooney got a nomination :wacko:

Javier Bardem will surely win best supporting actor. One of the best on-screen pyscho's i've seen for some time :lol:

I think best supporting actress is between Cate Blanchett and Tild Swinton. The only one i could see winning apart from those two is the young Saoirse Ronan from Atonement.

And Best film? I'd go for No country for oLd men :)

Can't stand the Oscars, but I will support the Brits (not that there are many) and hope that Julie Christie wins because I heard she did a stunnign perfromance and I like her as an actress, and it's one fo rthe oldies :D

Haven't sene any of the films, but on the Men's I like Daniel Day Lewis, he's one of my favourite actors althouh I much prefered it when he stared in unique Brtish films liek MY Beautiful Launderette and My Left Foot. :bow:

Can't stick George Clooney either :sicky:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

Achievement in directing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best documentary feature
“Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
An X-Ray Production

Best motion picture of the year
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

Adapted screenplay
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Original screenplay
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody

It’s about time the work of the 2 best filmmakers of the modern times are getting appreciation on this scale. They fully deserve it.
“No country for old men” is another masterpiece by the Coens, not conventional stuff (the course of the movie), but that’s the way Coen fans -like myself- prefer it to be.
:clap:

:ok: yep, i do like the Coens' work, although i haven't got round to seeing this yet :unsure: the phrase "kinda funny lookin'" from Fargo has entered my lexicon forever mind you :P

Interesting that all the acting awards went to non-US citizens B)

I'm not a movie goer and I haven't seen any of the nominees/winners. Seems like you all are happy with the results.

I haven't seen any of these films and I probably never will, but glad Daniel Day Lewis got one. I love him :D

Bit disappointed Julie Christie didn't win. Wasn't she the hot fave for Best Actress? I have read several times how incredible her performance was.

Don't know much about the other movies, but glad that Daniel won, as he is a fine actor...:clap: and I don't think we get to see him often enough.

SB. A friend of mine years ago, mistakenly called My Left Foot ....................My Left Leg :o :lol: Somehow it doesn't quite sound the same does it. :P especially if you have seen the film, which I have. :D

I know :lol:

I love that film, Daniel is a very good actor and I certainly would like to see more of him. In numerous ways :lol: Anyone who can appear sexy to a heterosexual socialiat woman ywhilst playing a gay Nation Front member gets my vote :lol:

I liked Julie Christie as well, she is very good. I also heard she was briallint in that movie. :(

finally saw No Country for Old Men this weekend - what a brilliant film. :ok: Looks fantastic, some absolutely beautiful shots in there - I love the fact that they give the audience the time to soak in the scenery :) The story is great too - and is actually quite amusing in some places, which I was a wee bit surprised by. :unsure: I'm still a bit undecided about the ending though - the more i think about it, the more i love it, but at the time i was quite disppointed. :blink: I'm quite surprised by some of the criticism that the film is too slow - i thought it was really well paced and quite tense in some places. My attention only started to wane in the last 10 minutes :shrug: All in all a great film and i'm glad it won the awards it did :ok: