And The Oscar Goes To…
posted by Matt on February 25th, 2008 in Academy Awards, Awards, Movies
Did you catch the OSCARS last night? We did and overall it was a night with no clear frontrunner. Some awards went here, some there. Some people were snubbed all together. Here are some thoughts on the night.
- Jon Stewart was near perfect with his hosting duties. Great jokes and a perfect delivery. Even when he treaded into dicey territory (political jokes, etc) he was able to pull them off with ease. Also I have to commend him for giving people their “Oscar Moments”. Being a fan of the movie Once, I groaned when Marketa Irglova got the mic cut on her before she could give her thank yous for winning Best Original Song. Thanks, Jon for fixing this by bringing Marketa back out after the commercial break and giving her a well deserved moment.
- While on the subject of Original Song. 3 songs from one movie (Enchanted). C’mon there has to be more than 3 movies with good songs on them. No nods to Eddie Vedder for Into The Wild?
- The Animated Movie category was lacking, hard. The Simpsons, Shrek, B Movie were all released this year and none of them got any sort of recognition.
- Where was the mention of the passing of Brad Renfro in the “In Memoriam” section? Or an even bigger oversight, Roy Scheider!? Brody dies and no one notices?
Tell us what do you think?
The full list of winners after the jump.
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 art direction
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Achievement in cinematography
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
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: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Best documentary short subject
“Freeheld” A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
Achievement in film editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal): Christopher Rouse
Best foreign language film of the year
“The Counterfeiters” Austria
Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
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
Best animated short film
“Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Best live action short film
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
Achievement in sound editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
Achievement in sound mixing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
Achievement in visual effects
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
Adapted screenplay
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Original screenplay
“Juno” (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
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I don’t think Eddie Vedder was qualified for nomination, same reason Johnny Greenwood wasn’t for the score of There Will Be Blood.
The Eddie Vedder single was a cover song but what about the rest of the album? That was all original material.
Yeah but i think since it was released as a proper Eddie Vedder album, it doesn’t count as original material for the sole purpose of the film. Or maybe Vedder just isn’t good.
The album says “Music For The Motion Picture Into The Wild”. Seems like a soundtrack to me.
Also, if you want to get technical, the song that won the Oscar actually came from the Glenn Hansard’ solo album which was released back in 2006. So it wasn’t an original song for the movie.
The plot thickens.
Woah! That’s some bullshit then. Johnny Greenwood FTW! Or maybe Johnny’s loophole was only for the Score category.
Overall, the awards were pretty good. It’s kind of funny that the Oscars really were very “indie-centric” this year. I didn’t really think about it until listening to sports radio on monday morning drive and listening to ESPN Radio and neither guy had seen ANY of the movies. I actually saw 3 of the movies (which is like a record for me). Jon Stewart was pretty good, i like that he’s not bigger than the show (Unlike Ellen or Billy Crystal, etc).
the jonah hill and seth rogan part was weak. i expected more from them. lets just blame bruce vilanch for that.
That interaction was amusing until they just kept going on and on with it.
i think the awards were a little all over the place too. i think ellen page deserved to win more than any other veteran actress. it was a unique, original, and strong performance by such a young actress and i think she’s going to end up doing great things in the future. i think there will be blood v. no country for old men was def the most intense competition, i think each won its fair share. i agree about the wins enchanted got, waaayy overrated. i would have liked to see bee movie get recognition as well. overall i think the oscars were a bit boring but i’m super pumped juno won best original screenplay, good job diablo cody! thats my 2 cents…
I so agree with you! Ellen was amazing, and I can’t wait to see more of her, as I was really amazed by her strong acting, as well.
If Harold and Kumar 2 gets nominated this year, I will watch. Otherwise, I’ll leave this to the rest of the world.
Harold & Kumar = Cinematic Gold I tell you!
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