The National Board of Review picks 'No Country'

[BENDIS!]

NBR picks 'No Country'
Tim Burton picks up directing award
By MICHAEL SPEIER


The National Board of Review has announced that "No Country for Old Men" has won top honors as best film.

The other winners:


Director:
Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"

Actor:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"

Actress:
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"

Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

Supporting Actress:Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"

Foreign Film:
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"

Documentary:"Body Of War"

Animated Feature:
"Ratatouille"

Ensemble Cast:
"No Country For Old Men"

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor:
Emile Hirsch, "Into The Wild"

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress:
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Best Directorial Debut:
Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"

Best Original Screenplay (tie):
Diablo Cody, "Juno" and Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"



Best Adapted Screenplay:


Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"



Besides "No Country," here's NBR's top ten, in alphabetical order:

"The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Bucket List"
"Into The Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lars And The Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Sweeney Todd"

[bartleby]

THE BUCKET LIST is one of the year's ten best movies? Really?

[Rosdower 3.0]

Awesome.

I'm so happy to see Diablo Cody get recognition for her Juno script and Ellen Paige for her acting in said movie. Such a tight script and all around great film.

[Fourthman]

I always remember seeing The National Board of Review as some sort of predictor of the Academy Award for Best picture. Anyone remember what their statistical accuracy is?

[Matt O'Keefe]

Really excited to see Juno.

[bartleby]

I always remember seeing The National Board of Review as some sort of predictor of the Academy Award for Best picture. Anyone remember what their statistical accuracy is?

It's something like three or four of the five Best Picture nominees are movies on the NBR's Top Ten list... so there's really nothing impressive about it.

[bartleby]

Here's a more thorough comparison between th NBR and the Oscars.

http://www.awardsdaily.com/2007/12/state-of-the-race-national-boa.html

[Fourthman]

It's something like three or four of the five Best Picture nominees are movies on the NBR's Top Ten list... so there's really nothing impressive about it.

So which award is the one that is closest in predicting the Oscars?

[bartleby]

So which award is the one that is closest in predicting the Oscars?

It's usually the guild awards that are the closest, since the voting bodies are basically the same as the people that vote for the Oscars.

[Rosdower 3.0]

Really excited to see Juno.

It's really damn good. I can't wait to see it again.

[PeterSparker]

Gotta say I liked Clooney in Michael Clayton a lot, but best male lead of the year?

I'd have to think though of who I thought was better, ands I guess they covered themselves a bit by giving the "Ensemble" to No Country, but c'mon, could Clooney have pulled off McLovin??

[THWIP!]

Emile Hirsch had a breakthrough performance in Lords of Dogtown. That movie is highly underrated. His performance was amazing, so was Heath Ledgers.

[Sy-Klone]

I've only seen "Michael Clayton" and "No Country" on that list, but both are excellent.

And I'm excited about "Juno." The casting alone is outstanding, IMO.

[comicbookink]

We have free passes to a showing of JUNO at the shop!!! The showing is on Tuesday, December 11th at 7:00pm in Seattle.

Come and get 'em...say you're from the Board!

[Ray G.]

I don't see why people are so surprised about The Bucket List. Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman don't decide to do a Cancer comedy unless they're really impressed. I've been expecting a black comedy about older men dealing with mortality ever since I saw the trailer. Don't be surprised to see an acting or screenplay nod for it.

Although "The Bourne Ultimatum" is a headscratcher. Also, this just might be the death knell for American Gangster's best picture hopes.

[bartleby]

I don't see why people are so surprised about The Bucket List. Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman don't decide to do a Cancer comedy unless they're really impressed.

A) It's Rob Reiner.

B) It's Rob Reiner.

C) The trailer looks terrible and clichéd.

D) The few people that I've heard of having already seen it didn't have a lot of good things to say about it.

[Icaruss]

The lack of Zodiac makes me sad.

[Icaruss]

A) It's Rob Reiner.

B) It's Rob Reiner.

C) The trailer looks terrible and clichéd.

D) The few people that I've heard of having already seen it didn't have a lot of good things to say about it.

To be fair... Rob Reiner has some awesome movies. Some really bad ones too. But... He has some really fantastic movies.

[Icaruss]

Also: Eastern Promises?

[bartleby]

To be fair... Rob Reiner has some awesome movies. Some really bad ones too. But... He has some really fantastic movies.

Yeah, but Rob Reiner's good movies were all written by Aaron Sorkin, William Goldman, Christopher Guest, and Nora Ephron.

[silverboy]

Besides "No Country," here's NBR's top ten, in alphabetical order:

"The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Bucket List"
"Into The Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lars And The Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Sweeney Todd"

And I still need to see all of these movies, and Gone Baby Gone.

Ratatouille should be in the top 10.