mighty miffed that the assassination of jesse james was not nominated for best picture it had an excellent cast, a very touching score, and was beautifully shot (im glad it got the best cinematography nod), and although the pace was a bit slow-moving, i felt the performances were brilliant enough to pull the storyline through.

i agree, looks like its a top fight between there will be blood and no country for old men.

BTW, anyone knows whether the Oscars will be aired on astro? i checked the guide and all i got is that E! will only be airing the red carpet ceremony.

Star Movies have been running spots on it..yes it will be Live on Star Movies tomorrow morning with a primetime repeat at night

Thanks!

@ popsicle toast: Yes, Ellen Page was Kitty Pryde of the X-Men! The chick who fought Juggernaut.

You know it's a good year for movies when you feel so many good movies were snubbed..
- "300" for visual effects, anyone?
- "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" for foreign language film! "Beaufort" was a total frikkin snoozefest.
- "Beowulf" for animated feature, instead of Surf's Up. :\

And if i was in charge, i'd give best pic to Juno. Honest to blog.

BEST PICTURE
No Country For Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cottilard, La Vie En Rose

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ethan & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
There Will Be Blood

BEST FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Once

BEST SOUND
The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass

BEST MAKE-UP
La Vie En Rose

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Taxi To the Dark Side

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Counterfeiters

a brilliant night for the Oscars, absolutely magnificent.

I'd say it was just OK. The montages were boring, Jon Stewart was decent and what happened to the usual highlight performance of the nominated scores? If there was one I must have missed it. Boo!

Burga - wondering how the Golden Compass snagged the visual effects award

whats wrong with tilda swinton? i thought her performance in michael clayton was good