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Movie Review of Reactions to the 79th Academy Awards® Show (2007)
Where Viewed: Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli, Denver, CO
When 1st Seen: 26 February 2007
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In any case, as I watched, I made predictions for each award. I did a lot better when I tried to think like the voters who obviously don't vote on talent alone, but also along lines of obligations.
•Art Direction:
prediction: Pan's Labyrinth | Winner: Pan's Labyrinth record: 1 for 1
•Achievement in Make-up:
prediction: Apocalypto | Winner: Pan's Labyrinth record: 1 for 2
•Animated Short:
Prediction: Maestro | Winner: The Danish Poet record: 1 for 3
•Live Action Short:
Prediction: The Saviour | Winner: West Bank Story record: 1 for 4
•Sound Editing:
Prediction: Apocalypto | Winner: Letters from Iwo Jima 1 for 5
•Achievement in Sound Mixing:
Prediction: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Winner: Dreamgirls 1 for 6
•Supporting Actor:
Prediction: Djimon Hounsou | Winner: Alan Arkin 1 for 7
•Animated Film:
Prediction: Cars | Winner: Happy Feet 1 for 8
•Adapted Screenplay
Prediction: The Departed | Winner: The Departed 2 for 9
•Costume Design:
Prediction: Curse of the Golden Flower | Winner: Marie Antoinette 2 for 10
•Cinematography:
Prediction: The Illusionist | Winner: Pan's Labyrinth 2 for 11
•Visual Effects:
Prediction: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Winner: Pirates 3 for 12
•Foreign Language Film
Prediction: Pan's Labyrinth | Winner: The Lives of Others 3 for 13
•Supporting Actress
Prediction: Jennifer Hudson | Winner: Jennifer Hudson 4 for 14
•Documentary Short Subject:
Prediction: Recycled Life | Winner: Blood of Yingzhou District 4 for 15
•Documentary Feature Length:
Prediction: An Inconvenient Truth | Winner: An Inconvenient Truth 5 for 15
•Original Score:
Prediction: Notes on a Scandal | Winner: Babel 5 for 16
•Original Screenplay:
Prediction: Little Miss Sunshine | Winner: Little Miss Sunshine 6 for 17
•Original Song
Prediction: Love You I Do | Winner: I Need to Make Up 7 for 18
•Achievement in Film Editing:
Prediction: United 93 | Winner: The Departed 7 for 19
Actress in a Leading Role
Prediction: Helen Mirren | Winner: Helen Mirren 8 for 20
•Actor in a Leading Role
Prediction: Peter O'Toole | Winner: Forrest Whitaker 8 for 21
•Director
Prediction: Alejandro González Iñárritu | Winner: Martin Scorsese 8 for 22
•Motion Picture
Prediction: Letters from Iwo Jima | Winner: The Departed 8 for 23
Biggest Surprises:
•Babel won almost no awards. Despite being labeled the Crash of 2006, which it was no way nearly as good as Crash, the voters who had decided to throw away nominations on this film avoided it like the plague on the final ballot.
•Dreamgirls received no musical awards.
•Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren were the best actors of the year, and they won the awards. It's too bad the voters weren't this dead on with all of the awards. Admittedly, some were very hard to call. The supporting actors and actresses, for example, were nearly impossible this year.
•The Academy took a decidedly, attract the positive rather than emphasize the negative, by nearly avoiding any references to current political climates or the ongoing trouble in Iraq, hot topics for the three previous years and despite numerous incredible documentaries on the subject. This year it was all about global warming. Does this mean the assumption is a switch in Congress will fix all that ails us so there's no need for concern?
Biggest Disappointments:
•Ellen wasn't more Elle-esque.
•Will and Jack attack
•Too long with too little going on
•The commercials—except, of course, the one for the new Apple iPhone coming in June.
•February date—too early, ruins the anticipation and traditional March parties, had no bearing on the impact of the awards or the announcements to trump other awards which were still already given out long ago.
•Film clips often were not the best choices
•Pointless film montages
•Commercialism—The Departed was not even close to the best film of the year, and this was not even close to Scorsese's best film.
Best Ideas:
•Pilobolus (except the Snakes on a Plane part)
•Actually showcasing the costumes on real people
•The opening with words from the nominees
Best Picture Nominees
Babel | The Departed | Letters from Iwo Jima |
| Little Miss Sunshine | The Queen |
Best Actress Nominees
| Penélope Cruz | Judi Dench | Helen Mirren |
| Meryl Streep | Kate Winslet |
Best Actor Nominees
| Leo DiCaprio | Ryan Gosling | Peter O'Toole |
| Will Smith | Forest Whitaker |
Best Supporting Actress Nominees
| Adriana Barraza | Cate Blanchett | Abigail Breslin |
| Jennifer Hudson | Rinko Kikuchi |
Best Supporting Actor Nominees
| Alan Arkin | Jackie E. Haley | Djimon Hounsou |
| Eddie Murphy | Mark Wahlberg |
Best Animated Film Nominees
| Cars | Happy Feet | Monster House |
Best Director Nominees
| A. Iñárritu | Martin Scorsese | Clint Eastwood |
| Stephen Frears | Paul Greengrass |
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