Who’s Nominated: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah), Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises)
Who’s Missing: Clearly I’m all about Jason Bourne and his exclusion from this years awards (3 noms and two are for sound). Matt Damon’s omission is striking to me as he does so much with so little in The Bourne Ultimatum. After 3 films he still finds new ways to make a rather bland character interesting and the responses and motivations he conveys with his eyes and body are amazing without being theatrical.
Who Should Win: Like Bardem in the Supporting Actor category, Daniel Day Lewis created a character that people will remember for years but I’ll go one step further and say it’s the greatest individual acting display I’ve ever seen. Witnessing this performance, meeting this character was a completely unique and new film experience. Its difficult for me to share exactly how different this performance was. It broke across boundaries of comparison and reference into a category all its own.
Who Will Win: Man I love Clooney and I’d so like to see him win, likewise I think Viggo’s work in Eastern Promises was great and deserving, but this is a slam dunk for Day Lewis. If you inspect the voting results I’m guessing this year’s margin of victory will be the largest ever.
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