I know you all are just chomping at the bit to hear what my top ten of 2007 is (yeah right), but you are going to have to wait because I am finally seeing There Will be Blood and Charlie Wilson’s War next week (and probably Sweeney Todd again since the sound was shit the first time I saw it) and can finally make my assessment. However, the American Film Institute (AFI) has announced their ten favorite and besides Knocked Up finally getting a little love there really are no surprises here.
- Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Into the Wild
- Juno
- Knocked Up
- Michael Clayton
- No Country for Old Men
- Ratatouille
- The Savages
- There Will be Blood
Other than that, the Chicago critics also let there opinon be known and their list goes like this:
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Ellen Page – Juno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody – Juno
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Roger Deakins
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Once – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Ratatouille
PROMISING PERFORMER
Michael Cera – Juno / Superbad
PROMISING DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck – Gone Baby Gone
