Who will win?
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By Josh Eiserike
Published: February 20, 2008
But, it’s fun to speculate who will win or who should win. Some members of the community have offered up their picks. I’ve included mine as well. (I struggled with “Juno” and “Ratatouille” for Best Original Screenplay. I think “Juno” will win, I want “Ratatouille.”)
What do you think? Who will win? Who should win? Feel free to add your comments and picks online.
Scott Bailey
Age: 44
Manassas
Attorney, also works as a director for Center for the Arts’ Rooftop Productions
Saw approximately 20 movies in 2007
Liked: “Juno” was a surprising hit with me, not my usual genre at all.
ACTOR -- LEADING
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
ACTOR – SUPPORTING
Hal Holbrook - INTO THE WILD
ACTRESS -- LEADING
Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE
ANIMATED FEATURE
RATATOUILLE
DIRECTING
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
ORIGINAL SONG
"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
JUNO
BEST PICTURE
THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
Paul F. Nichols
Age: 55
Lake Ridge
Attorney, delegate for the 51st district
Saw approximately 10 movies in 2007
Liked: “American Gangster kept you on the edge of your seat and I tend to like movies based on real people. Norbit just simply hit my funny bone”
Disliked: “Rambo was pathetic.”
Favorite performance: Denzel Washington, “American Gangster.”
ACTOR -- LEADING
George Clooney - MICHAEL CLAYTON
ACTOR – SUPPORTING
Philip Seymour Hoffman -
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
ACTRESS -- LEADING
Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER
DIRECTING
MICHAEL CLAYTON
ORIGINAL SONG
"So Close" - ENCHANTED
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
ATONEMENT
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Patrick Michael Strange
Occupation: Actor/artist/writer
Age: 30
Woodbridge
Saw 30 movies in 2007
Liked: No Country for Old Men “The characters were brilliant and well portrayed by the cast.”
Disliked: Spider-Man 3 “Spider-man dancing around, ‘rushed feel’ of a story, too many villains.”
Favorite performance: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men.”
ACTOR -- LEADING
Daniel Day-Lewis -
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
ACTOR – SUPPORTING
Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR
OLD MEN
ACTRESS -- LEADING
Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER
ANIMATED FEATURE
RATATOUILLE
DIRECTING
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
ORIGINAL SONG
"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
JUNO
BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Alex Granados
Occupation: Opinion Editor, Potomac News/MJM
Age: 28
Manassas
Saw 10 movies in 2007
Liked: No Country for Old Men “Dark, suspenseful and with an underlying existential angst to it” and “Rocky Balboa.”
Disliked: The Golden Compass, “Confusing and it ended right in the middle.”
Favorite performance: Daniel Day Lewis, “There Will Be Blood.” “He was nuts. Just absolutely crazy. I like that in a character.”
ACTOR -- LEADING
Daniel Day-Lewis -
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
ACTOR – SUPPORTING
Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR
OLD MEN
ACTRESS -- LEADING
Ellen Page – JUNO
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE
ANIMATED FEATURE
RATATOUILLE
DIRECTING
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
JUNO
BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Josh Eiserike
Features writer, Potomac News/MJM
Age: 26
Arlington
Saw approximately 20 movies in 2007
Liked: Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd
Disliked: Pirates 3 “A huge, disappointing mess. It's as if ‘The Phantom Menace’ followed ‘Empire’—and made even less sense.”
Favorite performance: Oliver Platt as the Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator in “The Ten.”
ACTOR -- LEADING
Daniel Day-Lewis -
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
ACTOR – SUPPORTING
Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR
OLD MEN
ACTRESS -- LEADING
Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE
ANIMATED FEATURE
RATATOUILLE
DIRECTING
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" - ONCE
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
JUNO
BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Staff writer Josh Eiserike thinks the upcoming “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” should sweep next year’s Oscars. He can be reached at 703-878-8072.
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