Tuesday, February 9, 2010

MPL Awards 2007

There are no real surprises here, with the exception of Best Actor.  I don't get SWEENEY TODD - it's a pretty dark story to begin with but somehow Tim Burton managed to make even darker.  Maybe I just don't get the genius of Tim Burton?  Although I did love EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.  And has anyone seen IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH?  It's a good enough movie but I don't think Tommy Lee Jones deserves a nomination for it.  Maybe because they feel they shafted him for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN?  Who knows.

I love ATONEMENT, so I'm going with James McAvoy for Best Actor, along with Saoirse Ronan for Best Supporting Actress.  I know some people may disagree about McAvoy but I really do love that movie and think he is beyond sexy in it.  That library scene?!?  Talk about steamy.  For the final slot I thought long and hard about it, and finally decided to go along with SAG and give it to Ryan Gosling for LARS AND THE REAL GIRL.  I thought he gave a pretty gutsy performance, and found the movie quite charming!

Best Picture
ATONEMENT
JUNO
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Actor
George Clooney, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Daniel Day-Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Ryan Gosling, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
James McAvoy, ATONEMENT
Viggo Mortensen, EASTERN PROMISES

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Julie Christie, AWAY FROM HER
Marion Cotillard, LA VIE EN ROSE
Laura Linney, THE SAVAGES
Ellen Page, JUNO

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Philip Seymour Hoffman, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Hal Holbrook, INTO THE WILD
Tom Wilkinson, MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'M NOT THERE
Ruby Dee, AMERICAN GANGSTER
Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT
Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE
Tilda Swinton, MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Joel & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tony Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Jason Reitman, JUNO
Julian Schnabel, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

Best Original Screenplay
JUNO
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
RATATOUILLE
THE SAVAGES

Best Adapted Screenplay
ATONEMENT
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

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