2007 Online Film Critics Society Winners

By: Ed Gonzalez On: 01/08/2008 22:41:10 In: Oscars Comments: 5

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Actress: Julie Christie for Away from Her
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody for Juno
Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Cinematography: Roger Deakins for No Country for Old Men
Editing: Roderick Jaynes for No Country for Old Men
Score: Jonny Greenwood for There Will Be Blood
Documentary: The King of Kong
Foreign Language: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Sarah Polley for Away from Her
Breakthrough Performer: Nikki Blonsky for Hairspray

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AND MY RESPONSE, IN ORDER: Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool, Cool, Meh, Meh, Cool, Ok, Meh, Great, Alright whatever, Fuck you, Obvs, Fine, and What?

Deleted your last "Fuck you" zik because I mistakingly had Hairspray as having won an ensemble award that we didn't even give out. Yeah, pretty much had your reaction to the list.

You beat me to the punch: I was about to say, "I didn't vote for any ensemble cast award!" The only one I outright disagree with is "Juno" in best original screenplay (seriously?), and while I think "King of Kong" is a near-great film, it's obvious that it benefited from the screeners more than anything. Compare to "Into Great Silence", it doesn't.

Into Great Silence was one of our documentary nominees, right? That was a surprise, but I gather it snuck through by a hair, with the glowing support of the small group who saw it and understood it as the documentary of the year. Being on two critics groups has been illuminating. It's showed me that most critics are every bit the sheep that the Academy's voting bloc are: If a movie doesn't get sent to them in screener form, it simply doesn't exist.

Yeah, as much as people such as yourself have complained about the screener prejudice in the past, I saw every bit of it this year. In a way, I kicked myself for every film I didn't get to see in time, but most of those were the big screener titles anyhow. Sorry, but I can't say that I'm exactly pumped to catch "Michael Clayton."

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