Best film: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Runner up: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
Best director: JULIAN SCHNABEL (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Runner up: ANDREW DOMINIK (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD)
Best actor: DANIEL DAY LEWIS (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
Runner up: (tie) BENICIO DEL TORO (THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE) and VIGGO MORTENSEN (EASTERN PROMISES)
Best actress: LAURA LINNEY (THE SAVAGES)
Runner up: (tie) AMY ADAMS (ENCHANTED) and ELLEN PAGE (JUNO)
Best supporting actor: CASEY AFFLECK (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD)
Runner up: JAVIER BARDEM (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
Best supporting actress: AMY RYAN (GONE BABY GONE)
Runner up: TILDA SWINTON (MICHAEL CLAYTON)
Best original screenplay: STEVEN KNIGHT (EASTERN PROMISES)
Runner up: TONY GILROY (MICHAEL CLAYTON)
Best adapted screenplay: RONALD HARWOOD (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Runner up: JOEL & ETHAN COEN (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
Best cinematography: ROGER DEAKINS (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
Runner up: (TIE) JANUSZ KAMINSKI (THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY) and ROBERT ELSWIT (THERE WILL BE BLOOD and MICHAEL CLAYTON)
Best editing: RODERICK JAYNES (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
Runner up: JULIETTE WELFLING (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Best costumes: PATRICIA NORRIS (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD)
Runner up: COLLEEN ATWOOD (SWEENEY TODD)
Best original score: NICK CAVE (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD)
Runner up: JOHNNY GREENWOOD (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
Best production design: PATRICIA NORRIS (THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD)
Runner up: JACK FISK (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
Best visual effects: MICHAEL BAY'S TRANSFORMERS
Runner up: GORE VERBINSKI'S PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
Most underrated movie of the year: DAVID VON ANCKEN'S SERAPHIM FALLS
Runner up: CRAIG BREWER'S BLACK SNAKE MOAN
Breakthrough of the year: CASEY AFFLECK (for his performances in JESSE JAMES and GONE BABY GONE)
Runner up: BEN AFFLECK (for directing and co-writing the adapted screenplay for GONE BABY GONE)
Best surprise of the year: KEVIN LIMA'S ENCHANTED
Runner up: ADRIENNE SHELLEY'S WAITRESS
Best small film: JOHN CARNEY'S ONCE
Runner up: JAKE KASDAN'S THE TV SET
Best fantasy action film: MICHAEL BAY'S TRANSFORMERS
Runner up: GORE VERBINSKI'S PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
Best realistic action film: PETER BERG'S THE KINGDOM
Runner up: PAUL GREENGRASS' THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Best action seqence: the freeway fight and downtown smash 'em up in TRANSFORMERS
Runner up: the last 35 minutes of THE KINGDOM
Best car chase: the point-of-view camera in the back of Joaquin Phoenix's car during the rainstorm in JAMES GRAY'S WE OWN THE NIGHT
Runner up: the climactic NYC car chase in THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Best sex scene: CLIVE OWEN and MONICA BELLUCCI in SHOOT 'EM UP
Runner up: KEIRA KNIGHTLEY and JAMES MACAVOY in JOE WRIGHT'S ATONEMENT
Best single shot: the tracking shot on the beach at Dunkirk in ATONEMENT
Runner up: the tracking shot of Daniel Day Lewis running towards a burning oil dereck in THERE WILL BE BLOOD
The one movie that was released too early in the year and has now been unfairly forgotten about: DAVID FINCHER'S ZODIAC
The one movie that shook the industry: ZACK SNYDER'S 300
The single worst film of the year: MARCUS NISPEL'S PATHFINDER
Runner up: Dennis Dugan's I KNOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY
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Have you seen The Lives of Others? I think I technically saw it in December of '06. But I've seen it in several 2007 polls. I'd probably have it as the best film of the past year.
I have it on DVD sitting in my NEED TO WATCH pile. I consider that a 2006 release, though. I am very anxious to see it.
Actionman - your observations are spot on. I haven't seen many of the fims on your list but I don't think I would quibble with your choices. How do you find time to see so many films. Hobbies?
Uncle Fred:
Movies are my life. Have been since I was 14 years old. This is how you see a lot of films: YOU GO. You take the money out of your account and you go watch one movie per weekend. Or two. Or three. Whatever it takes. I am fascinated with and in love with the possibilities of cinema. As much as I don't like living in Los Angeles, I will admit, the acessibility to films that I never thought possible to ever see, is amazing. I love all genres so I make it a point to taste each one a few times per year. I am predisposed to liking many crime/cop/procedural films; I love that sort of stuff. I also love war films and science fiction (when done right). And last but not least--the action film. It's my bread and butter. But at the end of the day, I'll watch pretty much everything. I've seen 100 films or more theatrially each year, the past 6 years. I have no children and a very cool, understanding fiance who allows us to spend a majority of our time watching movies...she's amazing. Bottom line--I am obsessed. Michael Mann, Terrence Malick, Martin Scorsese, Ridley and Tony Scott, David Fincher, Michael Bay, Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma...there are so many filmmakers I revere.
And for the record, I like baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, cigars, wine, books, great food, nice clothing, and respectable cars. I consider myself well-rounded. Well-rounded for a movie psycho, anyways.
Haven't seen lives of others, but I understand it is quite powerful. I think Jesse James was the best film and C Afleck was just wonderful. Haven't seen there will be blood yet. What did you think of the film efforts of Pacino. I think he's sold out the last few years
Jesse James is my "favorite" film of the year, but I was totally overcome with emotions during Diving Bell, which is why it took the #1 slot. Jesse James was pure art, though, and it's disgusting that nobody saw the film. Affleck was a total revelation, and Pitt turned in quite possibly his finest piece of acting. And the cinematography...don't even get me started.
I agree that Pacino has sold out, to some extent, but almost every actor does around a certain point in their career. You could say the same thing about some of De Niro and Hackman's choices in the last few years; everyone's gotta pay the bills. But at least Pacino still farts around with Shakespearre and turns in juicy performances in pretty much everything he does. Even though Jon Avnet is a shitty director, I can't wait to see Pacino and De Niro together in this year's RIGHTEOUS KILL.
I'm glad someone's mentioned the Derrick explosion single shot too. One of my impressions from TWBB, which most of Australia ain't seeing til Feb, was the tracking shot staples of PTA seemed to be replaced by long shots where the camera remained more static - as in the shot where Plainview reunites with his son on the field, the characters go off into the middle distance and then back close to camera. It's far more subtle than the showy flash of the boogie nights shots, but just as accomplished.
I like where your heads at, syms.
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