Awards
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* OSCAR coverage here
'07 FiLM BiTCH
Awards
by Nathaniel
R
Traditional
Oscar categories: Majors
/
Acting /
Technicals /
Technicals 2 (Tally of Noms)
Special Categories: Extras
/ Extras 2 / Scenes
1 / Scenes 2
(Tally of Noms) / Movie Mixers
(Poll Games)
Best
Credits/Titles
the
bookending nominees are
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Black
Snake Moan |
Diving
Bell and Butterfly |
Grindhouse |
Michael
Clayton |
Ratatouille |
Ricci flips the bird. She's in your face from her opening
strut |
The
light and soothing "La Mer" over x-rays. The backwards
waterfall at the end though... ? |
The
intros, trailers, intermission whatevers were the
best part of the theatrical experience |
Those
unobtrusive business-like credits over the endless closeup
= brilliant outro |
Wonderfully
2-D for those closing credits. |
| Finalists:
I'm Not There -garbled identities
even in type * Semi-Finalists: Zodiac -codes to break in the fonts *... |
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Best
Opening Scenes
first
impressions are everything
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28
Weeks Later |
Black
Snake Moan |
Diving
Bell and Butterfly |
Hairspray |
No
Country For Old Men |
Cowardly
betrayal or no other way out smarts? Same troubling difference
with a better film --but this opening sure is grabby |
"Aint
but one kinda blues..." And which kind that is Craig Brewer will make clear |
"oh
god, a hospital" A fantastically sustained opening gambit, giving you the Bauby-eyed view |
"Good
Morning Baltimore" as soon as I saw the garbage truck I knew the film was in (improbably) good hands |
That
perfectly meandering history of sheriffs over humanity free
imagery --and the arrival of evil |
| Finalists:
There Will Be Blood -mineshaft * Semi-Finalists: Zodiac -1st murder * |
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Best Ending
the
SPOILERS are
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4
Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
Lust,
Caution |
No
Country For Old Men |
Once |
Year
of the Dog |
Two
friends at a table... one turn to the camera |
The
empty bed --the stab of pain in this inpenetrable face |
Two
dreams. One he doesn't remember so well. |
The
piano. That beautiful tracking away, the "girl"
who got away |
This
is her love. It fills her, defines her. (the film,
to its credit, doesn't do the same) |
| Finalists:
Juno (in musical moment category)
* Hairspray * Sweeney Todd Semi-Finalists: Bug * Jindabyne * Gone Baby Gone * Grindhouse: Death Proof |
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Top
Dozen Scenes of the Year
(EXCLUDING
previous scene categories)
the moments that made the year are
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The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
Bourne
Ultimatum |
Bug |
Eastern
Promises |
The
Host |
reenactment |
Simon
Ross |
egg
sac |
(no)
escape |
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Jindabyne |
Michael
Clayton |
Ratatouille |
Ratatouille |
There
Will Be Blood |
a
wife explodes |
baguettes |
taste
buds |
the
critic |
gusher |
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Finalists:
Atonement -apology / confrontation* Black Snake
Moan -woman in chains (first escape attempt) * Zodiac
-Graysmith in the cellar Semi Finalists: Spider-Man 3 -Birth of Sandman * A Mighty Heart -breakdown * Hairspray -Velma meets Edna "You'll stop traffic" * Juno -telling the parents * The Golden Compass -slap that monkey * Juno -locker fight |
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There
Will Be Blood |
Zodiac |
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baptism |
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one last thing...
MOVIE MIXING GAMES -A GROUP ACTIVITY
AWARDS TALLIES ( Oscar category tallies + Non Traditional "Extras")
51 films represented from 37 categories out of the 92 I saw in 2007
unreleased films not eligible for awards so some great festival films are not representedMedals & Statistics for All Categories
15 nominations
No Country For Old Men13 nominations
There Will Be Blood12 nominations
Atonement
Hairspray9 nominations
Lust, Caution8 nominations
Assassination of Jesse...
Once7 nominations
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille6 nominations
Diving Bell & Butterfly
I'm Not There
Zodiac5 nominations
Black Snake Moan
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Golden Compass
Juno
4 nominations
4 Months 3 Weeks...
Away From Her
Beowulf
Eastern Promises
Enchanted
Grindhouse
A Mighty Heart
3 nominations
Black Book
Bug
Harry Potter...
Persepolis
Stardust2 nominations
300
Evening
The Host
Into the Wild2 nominations (cont'd)
Jindabyne
Margot at the Wedding
Paris Je T'Aime
The Savages
The Simpsons Movie
Sunshine
Sweeney Todd
Year of the Dog1 nomination
28 Weeks Later
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Becoming Jane
Before the Devil Knows...
The Brave One
Control
The Darjeeling Limited
Elizabeth: Golden Age
Hot Fuzz
I Am Legend
Lady Chatterley
Things We Lost in the Fire
Transfomers
La Vie En Rose
Most wins No Country For Old Men 15 medals (8 Gold. 5 Silver. 2 Bronze)
Second most There Will Be Blood 11 medals (7 Gold. 3 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Best Ratio / Noms to Wins No Country a medal in every nominated category nominated
Best Tally for a film I didn't completely love No big tallies for films I didn't like much this year.
Worst Ratio / Noms to Wins Assassination of Jesse James 8 noms / 2 wins (1 silver & 1 bronze) and Zodiac (6 nominations / 2 wins (both bronze)
Most nominations for a film not on my top ten list Hairspray 12 nominations
Worst nomination total for a film on my top ten list (tie) 4 Months... and Away From Her with 4 nominations each
Highest ranking film in year end wrap up to fare poorly in nominations Sweeney Todd
Best films entirely snubbed The Lookout, Rescue Dawn and Ten Canoes
Worst film with 3 or more nominations Stardust 3 nominations
Unreleased (ineligible) films that would have had good nomination counts A Girl Cut in Two (France) and Das Fraulein (international)
5 + GOLD
No Country For
(8 Gold. 5 Silver. 2 Bronze)
There Will Be
(7 Gold. 3 Silver. 1 Bronze)2 to 4 + GOLD
Atonement
(3 Gold. 2 Silver. 2 Bronze)
Black Snake Moan
(2 Gold. 1 Bronze) Michael Clayton
(2 Gold. 2 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Once
(4 Gold. 1 Silver. 2 Bronze)
Ratatouille
(3 Gold / 2 Bronze)1+ GOLD
Away From Her
(1 Gold. 1 Silver)
Black Book
(1 Gold. 1 Bronze)
Diving Bell...
(1 Gold. 1 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Eastern Promises
(1 Gold. 2 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Juno
(1 Gold. 1 Silver)
Lust Caution
(1 Gold. 3 Silver. 1 Bronze)
A Mighty Heart
(1 Gold. 2 Bronze)
Sunshine
(1 Gold. 1 Silver)
1 GOLD
American Gangster
(1 Gold)
Grindhouse
(1 Gold)
Paris Je T'Aime
(1 Gold)
La Vie En Rose
(1 Gold)
SILVER MEDALS +
4 Months 3 Weeks
(2 Silver. 1 Bronze)
The Assassination of
(1 Silver. 2 Bronze)
Beowulf
(2 Silver)
Bourne Ultimatum
(2 Silver)
Bug
(2 Silver)
Hairspray
(3 Silver. 2 Bronze)
Harry Potter and
(2 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Hot Fuzz
(1 Silver)
Persepolis
(1 Silver. 2 Bronze)
The Savages
(1 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Stardust
(1 Silver. 1 Bronze)
Zodiac
(1 Silver. 1 Bronze)BRONZE +
Control
(1 Bronze)
Enchanted
(2 Bronze)
Evening
(1 Bronze)
Golden Compass
(1 Bronze)
The Host
(1 Bronze)
I'm Not There
(1 Bronze)
Into the Wild
(3 Bronze)
Lady Chatterley
(1 Bronze)
Simpons Movie
(1 Bronze)
Sweeney Todd
(1 Bronze)
Things We Lost In Fire
(1 Bronze)
Transformers
(1 Bronze)NOMINATIONS BUT NO MEDALS
28 Weeks Later
3:10 to Yuma
300
Becoming Jane
Before the Devil...
The Brave One
The Darjeeling Limited
Elizabeth: Golden Age
I Am Legend
Jindabyne
Margot at the Wedding
Year of the Dog
