Hell, FINALLY, some awards recognize that Affleck was LEAD in Jesse James, not supporting. This has been bugging me for a while now.

Oklahoma:



Outside of the CONCEPT of an Oklahoma Film Critics Association (Here's hoping for Nova Scotia gets in on the fun next year! *fingers crossed*), pretty uninteresting. That's a strong Top Ten though (Once! Zodiac!).

Maybe they haven't seen TWBB as well...?

George Clooney

Page continues her streak.

Not yet. They appear to not announce until early January.

I DO like that category though.

no There Will Be Blood and Clooney for Best Actor. I'm not lovin' Oklahoma's awards.

Online Film Critics:

PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises
David Fincher - Zodiac
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

ACTOR
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

ACTRESS
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson–Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Jennifer Garner - Juno
Kelly MacDonald - No Country for Old Men
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Eastern Promises
Juno
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

EDITING
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

SCORE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Into the Wild
Once
There Will Be Blood

DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
Into Great Silence
King of Kong, The
No End in Sight
Sicko

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (NON-ENGLISH)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Host
La Vie En Rose
Lives of Others
The Orphanage

ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Paprika
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Juan Antonio Bayona - The Orphanage
John Carney - Once
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Sarah Polley - Away From Her

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Glen Hansard - Once
Sam Riley - Control
Carice Van Houten - Black Book
Tang Wei - Lust, Caution

http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=1045#more-1045

Those are very, very good noms. And good for Laura Linney finally getting a mention. Only thing I really disagree with is Atonement for adapted screenplay...it's screenplay was what ruined the movie for me. It was terrible.

Solid noms.

I think the Best Supporting Actor is looking the most solid right now. The five names up there is what I expect to see at the Oscars at the end.

Zodiac got some solid love too.

Simply because they have the balls to actually give a nom for original screenplay to Ratatouille makes them less narrow minded and more open than and above all more awesome than all previous critic award, except maybe Boston who gave Brad Bird the award.

Yay, Jennifer Garner makes an appearence.

Just because a group doesn't praise Ratatouille doesn't make them "narrow-minded."

It does seem a bit inexplicable that the best reviewed film of the year by critics hasn't been given that much recognition by....critics.

Game, set, and match.

what, you guys all think critics have "agendas" and "work for studios" and shit like that? Maybe they all just liked Ratatouille, but upon thinking about it later on, didn't love it enough to name one of the five best of the year. I personally think it is one of the five best of this year, but that doesn't mean I despise those who ignore it. It isn't a film for everyone. Little kids and people with limited taste in film certainly didn't like it much.

The Amy Ryan train continues.

Umm...it just seems like they wanted to give every single contender one award, with a few exceptions.

You just answered the almighty question right there.

The main problem with Ratatouille was its release date, critics have forgotten about the best reviewed film of the year.

It made 104 top ten lists (six of them at #1). Critics didn't forget about it. God forbid they could pick something else as #1.

Yes, it was the best all-around reviewed movie of the year, but that's a deceiving title. It means the movie got the widest general acclaim, not that it struck the most critics as the #1 movie of the year.

And it's not like shit like Epic Movie or Norbit is beating it out for the top spot listings.

What 104?

Scroll down near the bottom:

http://criticstop10.com/

I'd love to see Ellen Page win.

Great for Stardust!

There Will Be Blood owned again.

I'm not even sure how Tilda Swinton can win some of these awards. I mean... she was fine, but would anyone that saw I'm Not There and Gone Baby Gone really vote for her over Blanchett and Ryan, let alone the majority? It's not really on the same level. I think it's more likely the KC voters just didn't see those two movies or something.

Swinton is now a formidable threat for a huge upset.

OFCS winners:

Picture: No Country For Old Men
Director: Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Actor: Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Actress: Julie Christie - Away From Her (just barely over Ellen Page -Juno)
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Editing: No Country For Old Men
Original Score: There Will Be Blood
Documentary: The King of Kong
Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Animated Film: Ratatouile
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Sarah Polley - Away From Her (in a squeaker over Ben Affleck -Gone Baby Gone)
Breakthrough Performer: Nikki Blonsky -Hairspray