Tyler’s Films.

Best Picture:

No Country for Old Men

Best Director:

Tim Burton for Sweeney Todd

Best Actor:

George Clooney for Michael Clayton

Best Actress:

Julie Christie for Away from Her

Best Supporting Actor:

Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Supporting Actress:

Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay:

Diablo Cody for Juno and Nancy Oliver for Lars and the Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign-Language Film:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best New Director:

Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone

Best Ensemble Cast:

No Country for Old Men

Breakthrough Male of the Year:

Emile Hirsch for Into the Wild

Breakthrough Female of the Year:

Ellen Page for Juno

Best Animated Feature:

Ratatouille

Top Ten Films:
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD

Top Five Foreign Films:
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION

Top Five Documentary Films
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS

Top Independent Films
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS

My analysis on these awards.

Best Picture - Yay. No Country for Old Men. My favourite film of the year. So glad it won.

Best Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney didn’t impress me in Michael Clayton, so this win comes as kind of a disappointment. The years biggest precursor delivers a very disappointing win, in this, the biggest acting category.

Best Actress in a Leading Role - I still need to see this film. I hear praises among praises for her. Hopefully I am not disappointed. Sadly, I doubt she will crack my top five.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - I am very glad Affleck won this. He needs more support to get a nomination. This may of clinched it for him. I am ever so pleased.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - A good performance, yes. A performance worthy of acclaim… no. This category tends to disappointment year after year with it’s winners, so it’s pointless to expect my favourites to win. Can’t say she deserved it, but a better choice than Ruby Dee or Kelly Macdonald.

Best Director - An original choice that may make all nay sayers say ‘hey…’. Burton’s work on this film looks to be some of his most original to date. We can only hope for the best.

Best Original Screenplay - I loved Juno’s screenplay. So of course I’m happy it won, seeing as how it’s my winner. The choice of tying it with a film that seems to be very underrated was also sweet to see. Best luck to the two of them.

Best Adapted Screenplay - As much as I loved the movie, No Country for Old Men does not win in this category for me. Though it gets a high spot in my list, it would’ve been nicer to see a ’smaller’ film get this big win.

Best Foreign Language Film - An interesting choice… Sadly, it isn’t eligible for Best Foreign Feature, so this doesn’t help us predictors in the least.

Best New Director - Ben Affleck! My choice for this category, as well as my choice for Best Director. The more wins he gets in these ‘newcomer’ picks may skyrocket him to a nomination. Yay!

Breakthrough Male of the Year - A good choice. There are a few people I’d rank above him, but it’s nice to see the star of ‘The Girl Next Door’ coming into his own. I wish the best of luck to him and his Best Actor campaign.

Breakthrough Female of the Year - Honestly, who didn’t see this coming? Lovable little Page. The predictors darling. Oh, how I loathe the fact that she won over Cotillard.

Best Animated Feature - Ratatouille? Win? HA! That was probably the most obvious win of these awards. I can’t say I didn’t love it. A great film. Hopefully it wins.

Top Ten Features of the Year :

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD - #3
ATONEMENT - #18
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - #7
THE BUCKET LIST - n/s
INTO THE WILD - #6
JUNO - #5
THE KITE RUNNER - n/s
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL - #38
MICHAEL CLAYTON - #27
SWEENEY TODD - n/s The numbers listed above are where they rank so far this year in my 2007 list.