The 2007 AMG Awards
February 22nd, 2008 | 4:21 pm est |
Every year when the Academy Awards roll around, the hardworking staff of the All Movie Guide gets together to nominate and vote on its own version of the best films of the previous 12 months. We call this little ceremony the AMG Awards, our own little alternate Oscars. Winners are presented in boldface.
Best Picture
Juno
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Best Foreign Film
Persepolis
Best Actor
Michael Cera – Juno
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Gordon Pinsent – Away From Her
Best Actress
Marion Coutillard – La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page – Juno
Keri Russell – Waitress
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood
Robert Downey Jr. – Zodiac
Paul Rudd – Knocked Up
Mark Ruffalo – Zodiac
J.K. Simmons – Juno
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Garner – Juno
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Margot at the Wedding
Kelly MacDonald – No Country for Old Men
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Ensemble Acting
Grindhouse
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Zodiac
Best Director
David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
Judd Apatow – Knocked Up
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Brad Bird – Ratatouille
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
David Fincher – Zodiac
Best Original Screenplay
Steve Knight - Eastern Promises
Diablo Cody - Juno
Judd Apatow - Knocked Up
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan - Superbad
Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt - Zodiac
Best Looking Film
Grindhouse
Ratatouille
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
300
Best Animated Film
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theater
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Most Overlooked Film
Grindhouse
The Hunting Party
Zodiac
Most Overrated
Knocked Up
300
Biggest Disappointment
Live Free or Die Hard
Shoot ‘Em Up
Best First Film
Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Sarah Polley - Away From Her
Breakout Performance
Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Superbad
Ellen Page – Juno
Best Sequel or Remake
The Bourne Ultimatum
Ocean’s Thirteen
Spider Man III
3:10 to Yuma
28 Weeks Later
Best Use of Music
Grindhouse
Music and Lyrics
Once
There Will Be Blood
Walk Hard
Zodiac
Best Popcorn Film
Grindhouse
Hot Fuzz
Superbad
Best Documentary
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Lake of Fire
My Kid Could Paint That
Sicko
You’re Gonna Miss Me
Zoo
Best Family Film
Ratatouille
Favorite Title
The Astronaut Farmer
Sicko
There Will Be Blood
Well, at least you people didn’t overlooked “Zodiac”… what a great film.
“Best Looking Film” - Amen. That’s 90% of why I’ll go to a movie in the theaters. Nice work.
I think this is the first time I see Gordon Pinsent in a list of the best actors of last year, Great!! …But Michael Cera? he was… alright… I would like to change him for Sam Riley. …Well, the best performance won in that category anyways.
“Juno” is the most overrated piece of garbage this year and shouldn’t be considered for any awards.
Very courageous guys. “Juno” and “There Will Be Blood”? That’s really digging deep and challenging the Academy/studios. And you dare call “300″ overrated? Wow. Who knew it was highly rated…
No list is correct without Ryan Gosling and “Lars and the Real Girl.” Ties for Best Picture with “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.” Casey Affleck in “Gone Baby Gone.”
Overlooked? “Rocket Science.” Beat “Juno” to the screen, and better, too.
Just watched “There Will Be Blood” last night. Hugely overrated. Decent, but not great.
Great list… who cares if There Will Be Blood and Juno have had praise showered upon them? They were well crafted, fresh and invigorating. The academy awards would have been a lot better with this list.
No Country’s simplicity is mistaken for deep meaning, I think. Good film, but very by-the-book.