OFCS 2007 Nominees

OFCS stands for Online Film Critics Society. These guys, whose names includes James Berardinelli and Scott Weinberg from Cinematical, are at least passionate about movies, publishing hundreds of reviews every year, and as most of their members, if not all, were geographically (and financially) possible to attend prominent film festivals, had their hands to the most rare films which i could only wait for the DVD to be released, thus, made me drooled over their professional occupations and had become the object of my desire for the last several years.

Anyhoo, as one who wishes to pretend that i could be distinguished as one of the film passionate (for disclaimer, i just did this for my own fun and benefits, though of course the idea of watching movies for mere fun and relaxing experience was not entirely true when applied to me. Pathetic as it may sounds, but i had always thought that watching movies were more of a job to me, a job that i really loved that is) i was more interested than their best of the year 2007 nominees than any other similar awards. So, here goes.

Picture
Atonement
Juno
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Up until now, i haven't really appreciate Zodiac for what it's worth. I might had to check for the film this weekend. Juno is of course has been receiving many hypes over the globe, no chance that it would arrive on local theaters though, as with There Will Be Blood. Seen No Country for Old Men at the Jakarta International Film Festival, really wishes to see more. Hopefully those local cinema's authorities would stop bringing junk films to the theater and start bringing some really good stuffs. A quick look to local theaters' schedules confirmed my suspicion. They still bringing junk films. I mean, who would want to see Alien vs Predator Requiem? If you loved Alien or Predator - which in my case, i stood with Predator. The first one, not the second one - and had seen the first Alien vs Predator film, you'd be insane.. totally insane if you lined up to see the film. Had refused to see Atonement at the Jakarta International Film Festival, and still hadn't really thought of giving it a chance.

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
David Cronenberg is one of my favorite director. As was Joel & Ethan Coen. However, Mr.Cronenberg's works were less accessible to me than Coen Brother's. Just like the last year (or was it a couple of years ago?) A History of Violence, which in my memory had no chance at all to arrive in the local theater, Eastern Promises which already notoriously famous because of Viggo Mortensen's lengthy fight scene (nude!) wouldn't had any chance to arrive at the local theater. They would still opted for a teenage friendly kind of film. No offense to the teenagers out there, but really, most of our local teenagers here were bunch of loud noises. They are more than willing to spent their parent's hard-earned money to a total rip-off of Final Destination film and cursing (CURSING!) when they seen No Country of Old Men. A contemptuous feeling with solid argument would more than a welcome to me rather than the old 'if it wasn't loud, than it wasn't good' which apparently still held true to these kids.

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

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

Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assasination 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
Javier Bardem has been getting the nods for Supporting Actor literally everywhere. Understandable, when he could really turn the audience into gasping whenever his character appears on screen, that accentuates his showmanship.

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
Again, another film that won't be coming this side of equator. But rumor has it that if you're not a fan of Bob Dylan, don't see I'm Not There. I'm really not a fan of Bob Dylan. In fact, as far as i know of, i had never heard any of Bob Dylan's song.

Original Screenplay
Kelly Masterson - Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Steven Knight - Eastern Promises
Diablo Cody - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird - Ratatouille

Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt - Zodiac

I skipped the technical nominees as they were not yet become the area of my expertise comfortable zone.