The critics and award judges have their favourites: “Atonement”, “No Country For Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood” crop up on most lists of the year’s best films.
There’s been lavish praise for George Clooney’s portrayal of a corporate “fixer” in “Michael Clayton” and Daniel Day-Lewis’ role as an oil prospector in “There Will Be Blood”.
Julie Christie, who plays an Alzheimer’s sufferer in “Away From Her” and Marion Cotillard, who portrays French singer Edith Piaf in “La Vie En Rose”, are both in the running for an Oscar.
While “Atonement” has won a best picture Oscar nomination, some say the adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel didn’t work.
Historian Antony Beevor called it the year’s most overrated film.
The worst film award could go to the thriller “I Know Who Killed Me”, starring Lindsay Lohan.
It won nine nominations for the Razzies, the awards for Hollywood’s most excruciating output.
But debate rages on the Internet over whether it really is that bad.
Who would win your BAFTA or Razzie vote?
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I have not seen every movie in question, but Babel for me hit the nail right on the head.
It was a superb piece of cinema that had the feel of visceral reality via a dynamic cast, a plot that revealed a story that galvanised the attention and pulled the viewer right inside the picture, as well as cut-to-the-bone direction and production values.
This should get best film all over the place.
- Posted by Keith M Warwick