The 2008 Awards Season Has Started!

Started by MacGuffin, November 27, 2007, 03:56:53 PM

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Pubrick

Quote from: Sunrise on December 08, 2007, 10:42:03 AM
2007 Poll by Sight & Sound: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/pdf/films-of-the-year-2007.pdf

(if you read through the individual lists, however, the American critics do routinely recognize Blood).

hardly.

of the 7 americans surveyed, only ONE mentions blood. of the 66 respondents in total, it gets listed 5 times, and the only person to rank it #1 is a brit i've never heard of. here are the entries..

Ryan Gilbey (Critic, New Statesman, UK)
2. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
As much as Coppola or Kubrick, Anderson is a film-maker obsessed with scale. Scale has been the subject of his last three pictures, and here the tension between the intimate and the epic pays its most handsome dividends. It's a frightening and beautiful film, pregnant with dread. Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano (a revelation) contribute muscular, reckless performances.

Nick James (Editor, Sight and Sound, UK)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
Daniel Day Lewis gives us the best example of total body acting seen since Raging Bull in Paul Thomas Anderson's demonology of pioneer asset-strippers and parasitic evangelicals.

Kent Jones (Critic and Programmer, Film Comment, US)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
An astonishing film - a tour de force by Daniel Day Lewis, but also from Anderson, who - along with Lewis, Jack Fisk, Robert Elswit and Johnny Greenwood - gives us as ferocious a vision of American fanaticism as I've seen in movies.

Tim Robey (Critic, The Telegraph, UK)
1. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
All we could have hoped for, and more: mad, scalding, masterly.

Jason Wood (Critic, UK)
4. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
Already touted as Giant meets Citizen Kane, add a touch of Nicolas Roeg's Eureka and you just about have the measure of Paul Thomas Anderson's return to filmmaking. Uncompromising
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JG

isn't it possible that it hasn't been seen by many critics yet? 

Pubrick

Quote from: JG on December 08, 2007, 09:41:54 PM
isn't it possible that it hasn't been seen by many critics yet? 

are you saying that in response to my post and the BFI thing?

cos no one is making either argument. that was just a 99% british constituency, the majority of which obviously havn't been to america to see it or been sent screeners. the point i made, which i thought was obvious, was in response to Sunrise's claim that "if your read through individual lists, the american critics routine recognize blood" -- not true. the reasons were not addressed.

the other awards discussed in this thread hav not been exclusively determined by critics, so again the argument that they hav or havn't seen the movie has not been brought up as it's irrelevant. it also won't be an issue in future awards, such as the golden globes or oscars, which are not about critics either.

what you're saying is true, no one has ever said otherwise.
under the paving stones.

Sunrise

Quote from: JG on December 08, 2007, 09:41:54 PM
isn't it possible that it hasn't been seen by many critics yet? 

That is absolutely the case.

Quote from: Pubrick on December 08, 2007, 09:58:48 PM
it also won't be an issue in future awards, such as the golden globes or oscars, which are not about critics either.

That will likely be the case, but not sure if that is a good thing. For what they're worth (very little in the long run), the critics' lists, especially from respected publications like Film Comment or Sight and Sound, are a much more consistent indicator of quality than the oscars and certainly the golden globes. Now, accidents do happen as The Departed topped the FC list last year and won the oscar.

Find Your Magali

Y'all seen the LA Film Critics award list?  :yabbse-grin:

modage

Quote from: Find Your Magali on December 09, 2007, 06:35:54 PM
Y'all seen the LA Film Critics award list?  :yabbse-grin:

2007 LAFCA Awards

Best Picture: "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days"

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Frank Langella, "Starting Out In The Evening"

Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
Runner-up:Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"

Supporting actress: Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

Supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"

Foreign language film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Documentary/Non-fiction film: "No End in Sight" directed by Charles Ferguson
Runner-up: "Sicko" directed by Michael Moore

Production design: Jack Fisk, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Animation: "Persepolis" and "Ratatouille" (tie)

Music: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"

Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Runner-up: Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"

New generation: Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"

Douglas Edwards Indie Award: "Colossal Youth" directed by Pedro Costa

Career Achievement:
Sidney Lumet

Legacy Awards: Milestone Film and Video and the Outfest Legacy Project
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Astrostic

So 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days is a better foreign language film than The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, but The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a better film than 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days?
good list though, better than any of the others, assuming Blood is good.

Pubrick

yes!

i don't even mind diving bell beating it. ratat tie with persep, also yes!

once for music.. uh. no.

Quote from: Astrostic on December 09, 2007, 09:03:18 PM
assuming Blood is good.

fair enough, you want to be different. good luck with that.
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edison

Washington D.C Critics:
BEST PICTURE
Winner: No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)

BEST ACTOR
Winner: George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Julie Christie (Away from Her)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Diablo Cody (Juno)

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: No Country for Old Men

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: Ratatouille

BEST ART DIRECTION
Winner: Sweeney Todd

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Winner: Ellen Page (Juno)

New York Film Critics Online:
Picture - (tie) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/There Will Be Blood
Actor - Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Actress - Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Director - PT Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Breakthrough Performer - Ellen Page (Juno)
Debut Director - Sarah Polley (Away from Her)
Ensemble Cast - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Screenplay - The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola)
Documentary - Sicko
Foreign Language - (tie) Lives of Others/Persepolis
Animated - Persepolis
Cinematography - There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit)
Film Music - There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)

Top Ten Films (Alphabetical - 11 Films)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm)
The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)

Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Picture
No Country For Old Men

Best Actor
Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

Best Director
Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Screenplay
Brad Bird for Ratatouille

Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Documentary
Crazy Love

Best Foreign-Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best New Filmmaker
Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone

Best Ensemble Cast
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

squints

Quote from: modage on December 09, 2007, 07:14:19 PM
2007 LAFCA Awards

Supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"

Excellent, although i wish he would've won.
"The myth by no means finds its adequate objectification in the spoken word. The structure of the scenes and the visible imagery reveal a deeper wisdom than the poet himself is able to put into words and concepts" – Friedrich Nietzsche

matt35mm

Hey, what do you know, all of a sudden I actually want to see some movies.

Pubrick

the latest batch confirms that to know it is to love it. to see it is to award it.

they've got LA and NYC covered, they just need to EXPAND!
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modage

yeah i'm seriously convinced that any critics group that doesn't have Blood in ANY categories has not seen it.  i am convinced of this on blind faith.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

MacGuffin

N.Y. critics applaud Coens, Day-Lewis, Christie
Source: Hollywood Reporter

NEW YORK -- The New York Film Critics Circle has voted Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" as best first film, its star Julie Christie as best actress and "There Will Be Blood" star Daniel Day-Lewis as best actor, with the award for best picture forthcoming. Joel and Ethan Coen took home best director and best screenplay honors for "No Country for Old Men."

The list of winners as of 12:30 p.m. EST follows:

Best director
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax Films/Paramount Vantage)

Best screenplay
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax Films/Paramount Vantage)

Best actress
Julie Christie, "Away From Her" (Lionsgate)

Best actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax Films)

Best supporting actress
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax Films)

Best supporting actor
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax Films)

Best cinematography
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax Films)

Best animated feature
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best nonfiction film
"No End in Sight" (Magolia Pictures)

Best foreign-language film
"The Lives of Others" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best first film
"Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
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Astrostic

Best Picture went to No Country. oh well.