Daniel Day-AWESOME

[trinityvixen]

As the folks who were there all day with me yesterday know, I'm throwing my support behind There Will Be Blood for Best Picture. What made it remarkable was that it was the first movie without one really likable character I really enjoyed. If you can keep me mesmerized for two hours and forty minutes with sparse dialogue and really, really important silences, you've got my vote.

But, alas, I predict the Best Picture Oscar will go either to Juno (a.k.a. the "quirky comedy that could!" throw-away) or No Country For Old Men (a.k.a. the "lack of dramatic completion = WIN!" victory). If Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't take Best Actor, however, oooooh, am I gonna be pissed. Probably not as pissed as I would be if, say, fucking Atonement took Best Picture, but still. He was good. Yes. Can't say more, don't...want...spoil-making!

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[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

One thing that may keep Daniel Day Lewis from winning an Oscar: He already has one from My Left Foot (1989).

As I said, I suspect No Country for Old Men might get the award as a sop to the Coen brothers.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The other nominees couldn't touch him, though. Not one was in a movie so perfectly shaped around his performance that it lived or died on it the way There Will Be Blood only captivated for having Daniel Day-Lewis in the role. Johnny Depp was great in Sweeney Todd and I hear faboo things about Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises, but neither movie features their roles as the reason for the movie's being (Sweeney Todd is only equally important as Mrs. Lovett, I'd argue).

And, not surprisingly, we were both right. DDL got the Oscar, but so did No Country for Old Men. Now let us pray that no other rambling, no-ending movie then Coens put out is ever having to be sopped to again.