2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007)

Apparently even Julie Delpy’s getting impatient waiting on a third in the Before Sunrise series, as evidenced by her first feature film as director, 2 Days in Paris. 2 Days is basically what Before Sunset would have been if Celine had brought Jesse back to meet her parents (played by Delpy’s real mother and father)… except that it gets the relationship all wrong.

The appeal of the Linklater series is its minimalist approach to love. It isn’t about anything other than two people finding the other half of their soul in another person. There is no seduction or dating or planning of any sort, it’s all about happenstance and being natural. And for the first hour of 2 Days in Paris it seems like Delpy understands that and the audience can have conniptions of joy seeing Celine again through Marion and Jack’s (Adam Goldberg) relationship. By far the best parts of 2 Days in Paris come as these two pleasant lovers wander through the city bullshitting about this and that (stop me when this sounds familiar).

But for some reason as you’re settling in on what starts as a great, if imitative, film, Delpy finds it necessary to distance Marion from Celine. Jack and Marion spend more scenes apart and Marion starts acting in irrational ways; she’s no longer sweet, sane or appealing in any way. She starts arguing with everyone, cheating on Jack, fighting with former partners. Simply put, she loses her damn mind. Goldberg, who up until this point had been a funny and charming enough replacement for Ethan Hawke, ends up having to stand around dumbfounded by this monstrosity he finds himself dating. And after having to put up with all Marion’s psychotic episodes, Jack doesn’t even get the satisfaction of breaking it off with her. That’s because she beats him to it. Then we’re supposed to believe that Jack finds something about Marion worth keeping around… and he won’t let her break up with him!

In essence, Julie Delpy has shown us how to successfully – and totally – castrate a male. And she only had to sacrifice her film to do so.

In the Screening Room - Scott Hick's Shine

Session 015 - Shine

Who saw it and what are your thoughts on it?

Recent Watches: March 2008

Another month, another forum for discussion of all your recent watches.

A small sampling of the films I hope to discuss this month include 2 Days in Paris, The Lost Weekend, Dan in Real Life, Rio Bravo, No Reservations, Cassandra's Dream amongst others...

Lost - S4, E5: "The Constant"

LOST REACTIONS

Season 4, Episode 5 - "The Constant"

Film Script's Top 7 - Biggest Oscar Mistakes

OK...so I mentioned I was going to do this post at the Oscar party. I wanted to give everyone a little time to fully digest this years awards, and to sift through 80 years of Oscar getting it wrong. You've only got 7 spots on here, so it's going to be tough narrowing it down. To be clear, this is a list of mistakes the Oscars have made, either by giving the award to an undeserving film, or not even nominating the film you think should have won. Now, further clarification may be needed. I don't want a list of what time has proven to be the biggest snubs, otherwise Citizen Kane would almost have to be on the top of all the lists. I'm still working out the kinks in mine, but will be on later today or tomorrow with the final 7. In the meantime, ladies and germs, start whittlin' away. God knows the wonderful Oscar voters have given you no shortage of options.

Lost - S4, E4: "Eggtown"

LOST REACTIONS
Season 4, Episode 4 - "Eggtown"

My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar Wai, 2008)

The promising first English-language film from director Wong Kar Wai, My Blueberry Nights recalls similarities to his Hong Kong debut As Tears Go By. Both films run a little choppier than the best Kar Wai films, with a couple of scenes that seem to stick out as rough or set-up (the nosebleed scene specifically) but singling them out feels like nitpicking a film that offers so many beautiful and meditative moments and feels like the director is once again on the verge of delivering a masterpiece (Tears itself was a less-developed precursor to his first classics Days of Being Wild and Chungking Express).

And My Blueberry Nights is a more fully formed feature than Tears ever was. At times poignant and melancholic – emotions that seem to breathe through every scene of film in a Wong Kar Wai movie – My Blueberry Nights offers some of the breathless moments of life’s retrospection that we’ve come to expect from his features… moments spent reflecting on the lives these characters have led and informing us of the future they have before them. There’s a scene early on as Jude Law and Norah Jones’ characters discuss a bowlful of keys and the lives attached to them, that wouldn’t work if not for Kar Wai’s gentle touch. The “You can’t blame the Blueberry pie” line alone works wonders for informing us about whom these people are (and immediately makes up for vagueness the title has before you reach it). People are always what a Wong Kar Wai film is foremost about (in Fallen Angels he might have been the first filmmaker to ever create a hitman relationship movie) and this story is no different.

Here we meet Norah Jones’ jilted lover and come to know her first only through her moments with Law’s diner owner/clerk. And sometimes the story is best told in these glimpses, short bursts of scenes that are spliced up, sped up or slowed down giving the viewer more an idea of who they are then a full picture.

Then Kar Wai does what he does best, he lets Jones character retreat into the background while her story plays on via Law. Our prime participator in the story becomes an observer of another one, as Jones hops a bus and witnesses a disintegrating marriage between David Straithairn’s nightly drunken cop and the woman that got away (Rachel Weisz) down in Memphis. Then once that wraps and Jones moves on, we’re treated to another one where Jones plays only a slightly more engaged presence to Natalie Portman’s surprisingly genuine and wonderful performance as Leslie, a poker pro that naturally sends them both off to Las Vegas.

These are the straying storylines of Wong Kar Wai’s American road trip. And it all leads us back home again, where as the film closes we realize that’s where we wanted to be in the first place. There isn’t a lot of time dedicated to the budding relationship between Law and Jones, but it’s one you can’t wait to see revisited. It’s a beautiful movie, bursting with the vivid colors, largely neon, of Christopher Doyle’s cinematography… and it’s a cinematic treat.

Try the Blueberry pie.

The Official 2008 Academy Award Predictions Thread

It's time for predictions! Make sure to include the one you think will win, but also make sure to throw in your commentary for who should win. We really should have some sort of prize for the person with highest percentage of correct choices... but for right now all you get is bragging rights unless someone comes up with something.

Best Picture
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Actor
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone, Baby, Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Jason Reitman, "Juno"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

Best Foreign Film
"Beaufort," Israel
"The Counterfeiters," Austria
"Katyn," Poland
"Mongol," Kazakhstan
"12," Russia

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"
Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"
Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, "Juno"
Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"
Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

Best Animated Feature Film
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"

Best Art Direction
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Golden Compass"
"Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Sound Mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Transformers"

Best Sound Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Transformers"

Best Original Score
"Atonement," Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami

Best Original Song
"Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be Determined
"So Close" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

Best Costume
"Across the Universe"
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"La Vie en Rose"
"Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Best Documentary Feature
"No End in Sight"
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"Sicko"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"War/Dance"

Best Documentary (short subject)
"Freeheld"
"La Corona (The Crown)"
"Salim Baba"
"Sari's Mother"

Best Film Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Makeup
"La Vie en Rose"
"Norbit"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Best Animated Short Film
"I Met the Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)"
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)"
"Peter & the Wolf"

Lists of Bests

So the Academy Awards are less than a week away at this point (and yes the official "Film Script" Oscar predictions post is forthcoming) but for now I'm focused more on the future of the "Screening Room Sessions" that are set to resume after the Oscar season has officially ended. I had postponed the viewings so that I could catch up with as many Oscar contenders as possible and now that I have (with the notable exceptions of La Vie En Rose and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), I'm ready to refocus.

And for that... I need a list of films that we (myself, Tyler and whomever else wants to participate) haven't seen yet and want to discuss a little more in depth on the site.

So, what exactly is the "Lists of Bests" and how does it pertain exactly? Well, if you're an eagle-eye reader of the site, you may have noticed the RSS feed located in the right hand column near the bottom with an ever-expanding group of lists that "I am working on..."

The site is set up through "43 people" and "All Consuming.net" if you've heard of either of those previously, but really it's just a checklist for some of the "Best Films" of all-time. Academy Award Winners, AFI lists, the 1001 Movies You Need to See Before You Die, etc. etc. etc. I've filled out a ton of them already and there are surely more to come.

What I propose is that Tyler (and anyone else interested) goes to the site simply by clicking on the link in the right hand column and filling out some of the same lists as I have (some, not all obviously). Try to use the same login (chachiincharge) you have on this site so it will be easy for me to compare lists and see which films we truly need to add to our queue and watch immediately.

Personally, I think starting with either Academy Award Winners or the American Film Institute Top 100 list is a good place. But any list you fill out I will keep in consideration.

So get going and we'll get the Screening Room prepped for 2008!

Trailer Bulletin: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Your thoughts?

Lost - S4, E3: "The Economist"

LOST REACTIONS

Season 4, Episode 3 - "The Economist"

Party Time!

Well, it seems as though the writers strike will end tomorrow, which means several things. Lost will get its full 16 episode season, more than likely uninterrupted. Conan will no longer have to spin his wedding ring on his desk to kill time. And, the Oscars will have Bruce Vilanch to write jokes. So, as has become tradition, I will be hosting an Oscar get-together. Basically, I will spend that Sunday making a bunch of pizza and desserts and whatnot, then everyone will come and eat and laugh and argue and be merry. It's a good time. I make some pretty awesome pizza (Chachi will back me up on this), and this year I will be making a couple of the desserts I've been working on in class (I'm studying to be a pastry chef, for those who were unaware). Unfortunately, there is a small cover charge. $5-7 a person, just to help cover the ingredients (I'm a poor college kid working part-time in the Best Buy warehouse, give me a break). So, to sum up, pizza, dessert, Oscars, and good friends, plus a Pioneer Elite plasma HDTV, all for the low, low price of $5-7 a head. I will be needing RSVPs by the middle of next week, so shoot me an email to ptp22@email.vccs.edu. Of course I'll need to know how many, but also if you have a favorite pizza, I'll take requests, and, any allergies or the like as well...I don't like being responsible for hospitalizing people. So, get back to me sometime in the next week or so, and I'll get you the address and we'll have ourselves a party.

RIP Roy Scheider

1932-2008

Lost - S4, E2: "Confirmed Dead"

LOST REACTIONS
Season 4, Episode 2 - "Confirmed Dead"

Must See Movie of the Month: February 2008

Who else wants to see it and what are your "must see's" of the month?

Other Notables:

In Bruges, Jumper, Vantage Point, Be Kind Rewind, Semi-Pro

Recent Watches: February 2008

The February forum for "Recent Watches" conversation is now open.

I WILL catch up this month with - among others - responses to There Will Be Blood, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Across the Universe, Persepolis, Rendition, Redacted, We Own the Night, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, The Namesake, Beowulf, 27 Dresses, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, etc. etc. etc.

Lost - S4, E1: "The Beginning of the End"

LOST REACTIONS

Season 4, Episode 1 - "The Beginning of the End"

The Film Script in 2008

Okay, since we're still in the early stages of 2008, I thought I'd ask everyone what they want from "The Film Script" in '08.

Personally, I enjoy it the most when we get back-and-forth conversation going on here. And what tends to do that the most is "Top 7 Lists," "Inside the Screening Room's" or joint reviews, "Acting Tournaments," awards talk and any topic that asks a direct question or asks where such and such a quote came from.

I enjoy coming on here daily and seeing that something was written by someone. Even if it's just a short sentence or anything. Just keeping the lifeblood of this site running.

Starting, well, tomorrow, I'm going to start posting a weekly reaction to "Lost" on here, since I know that everyone who visits this site watches that. That should be something that will add some conversation. That will go up every Friday at least through the 8 weeks we get this season (and will continue once it returns).

Other than that can you guys think of anything in particular you want from the site? What you'd like added? What you guys like to discuss? I don't want anyone to feel pressure to write some real long topics or posts or comments... but just a few more words here and there would help. I think I might start going over to RottenTomatoes.com and lifting some topics from their forums... there are always interesting questions being posed over there. Same with the "Ask the Critic" questions from Entertainment Weekly. Gotta start throwing those up on the main page.

And instead of the "Month of Movies" topic, I think I'm just going to throw up a "Must See Movie of the Month: Cloverfield" post and see if anyone has anything to say about a particular movie instead of the entire month's worth... which really gets ridiculous when it's Veggietales and U2: 3D month. I'm gonna have more posts, but they're gonna be shorter posts. Short reviews. Short thoughts on upcoming movies. Etc. Just to get something new on this site.

We did pretty good in 2007 at least with me, Ty and Ted coming on here and talking. Then Kelly and Rebecca helped chime in towards the end of the year too which was great as well. Let's keep it up!

And two interesting notes:

1) This is the 'official' 100th Post for "The Film Script." Very cool guys.

and 2) Go to Google and type in "no country for old men script" and see what pops up as one of the first page's results. That's us on there baby, wooo! Of course people are accidentally coming here thinking I actually posted the script from No Country... but still, kinda cool.

A Mighty Heart (Michael Winterbottom, 2007)

There’s a recent upturn in filmmaking for these fly-on-the-wall films that seem to present real life events as they happened. Paul Greengrass is the biggest (and best) proponent of this (with United 93 and Bloody Sunday), but Michael Winterbottom does a good job aping the technique in A Mighty Heart. It’s all about the search for and tragic death of reporter Daniel Pearl, dealing primarily with his wife Marianne’s (Angelina Jolie) vantage point. The acting is well done and blends in with the other ‘real life’ characters portrayed in the story, but the filmmaking style itself is not conducive to rewatching – or entertainment for that matter. So while it is a lifelike retelling of an important tale, much as those Greengrass films, it’s not something you would generally want to revisit.

The Actor & Actress Medley (2007): Round Three

Well, Michael Cera finally got knocked off in Round Two... barely. Leaving the first and second seeds on the male side to go head-to-head. Meanwhile on the female side, the #1 seed continues to roll along while the 6th seed has emerged as a potential spoiler.

Let's see who the 2007 favorites really are...

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THE ACTOR AND ACTRESS MEDLEY (2007)
ROUND THREE

ACTORS

vs.

(1) Christian Bale vs. (2) Daniel Day-Lewis

ACTRESSES

vs.

(1) Maggie Gyllenhaal vs. (6) Kate Winslet

RIP Heath Ledger

1979-2008

Month of Movies: January 2008

Slim pickens this month. Not a single "Must See" film in theaters and only one I would really consider going out of my way to see (and even that one is doubtful). There are a few I'll catch up with on DVD, but really... this is why January is considered a 'dump month'.

MUST SEE - THEATERS

None

POSSIBLY SEE - THEATERS

Cloverfield - The pitch: you blend a Godzilla movie with The Blair Witch Project. Some cool visuals in the trailer, but I'm afraid it's a story devoid of any interesting characters. The one film that might lure me to theaters (it's probably best suited for the big screen), but there's only a small chance of that.

MUST SEE - DVD

Rambo - First Blood is the only good Rambo movie, still... Senior Citizen Rambo is kind of a funny concept. I'll check it out eventually. It can't get much worse than Rambo 2 or 3.

The Orphanage - This is probably the film I'm the most interested in for the month, but it's not one that I'll rush out to either. It's a horror film in the mold of The Others, presented by (but not directed by) Guillermo Del Toro. Definitely at some point.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days - After The Diving Bell and the Butterfly it's probably the single foreign film I've heard the most about all year. It won at Cannes and I was shocked the Oscars left it off their foreign film short list (those in contention for nominations). Still... I've heard nothing but raves.

Cassandra's Dream - Woody Allen's latest. I'm sure if it was great it would have been bumped up to December to make a run at the Oscar's. It wasn't. Still, Colin Farrell in an Allen movie interests me. I'll catch up with it.

POSSIBLY SEE - DVD

Air I Breathe - Hadn't heard a word on it, but saw Kevin Bacon and Forest Whitaker in the cast list as I was researching January releases. Maybe.

27 Dresses - Kelly wants to see it. I don't. So... we'll see it. But not until DVD.

POSSIBLY NEVER SEE - DVD

Untraceable - Diane Lane thriller.

Mad Money - One of the oddest assortment of celebrities casts I've ever heard of... Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes and Ted Danson? Uh...

Teeth - Too weird for me.

Meet the Spartans - Too stupid for me.

U2 3D - Since I don't like U2... why would I?

One Missed Call - Gladly missed.

First Sunday - Nope.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale - Might be interesting to check out Uwe Boll's latest (largely regarded the worst filmmaker in the world). Then again...

Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - A Veggietales Movie - Kiddie movie. No appeal.

The Actor & Actress Medley (2007): Round Two

Alright, back with round two. One more round after this to crown our Favorite Actor and Actresses of 2007... before getting into our favorite films of the year. A couple of surprises in Round 1... upsets if you will. I didn't think Ellen Page could take out Naomi Watts (tied for our top votegetter before the tournament started), but lo and behold that's why we vote. Also based on favorable reaction to the Giamatti pick, this round's pictures will be a little less 'glamourous.'

So as chachi put it in Round 1...

FIGHT!!!

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THE ACTOR AND ACTRESS MEDLEY (2007)

ROUND TWO

ACTORS

vs.

(1) Christian Bale vs. (5) Michael Cera

vs.

(2) Daniel Day-Lewis vs. (3) Robert Downey, Jr.

ACTRESSES

vs.

(1) Maggie Gyllenhaal vs. (7) Ellen Page

vs.

(5) Cate Blanchett vs. (6) Kate Winslet

Last Minute Golden Globe Predictions

Right before the 'show' goes on, I felt like I should throw up my predictions (you know, so I can brag later and all). Anyways, I probably should have done this a while ago and had everyone make their predictions and see who got the most correct... but that'll have to wait until the Oscars I guess.

For now -

The winners will be...


FILM

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Who will win - No Country for Old Men

Who should win - No Country for Old Men or There Will Be Blood

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Who will win - Juno

Who should win - Juno

Best Director - Motion Picture
Who will win - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Who should win - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men or Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

Who will win - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Who should win - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Who will win - Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Who should win - Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages

Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Who will win - Keira Knightley - Atonement

Who should win - Julie Christie - Away From Her

Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Who will win - Ellen Page - Juno
Who should win - Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Who will win - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

Who should win - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There or Amy Ryan - Gone, Baby, Gone

Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Who will win - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Who should win - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

Best Screenplay
Who will win - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men

Who should win - Ethan Joen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men

Best Original Score
Who will win - Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Who should win - Dario Marianelli - Atonement

Best Original Song
Who will win - "Grace is Gone" by Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager - Grace is Gone
Who should win - "Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild

Best Foreign Language Film
Who will win - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Who should win - Have not seen enough to warrant a selection, anything but The Kite Runner.

Best Animated Feature
Who will win - Ratatouille

Who should win - Ratatouille

TV

Best Drama

Who will win - "Grey's Anatomy"
Who should win - Have not seen enough to warrant a selection, but anything but "Grey's Anatomy" and "House"

Best Comedy or Musical
Who will win - "30 Rock"

Who should win - "Entourage" or "Extras" although "30 Rock" is a solid choice as well.

Best Actor in a Television Drama Series
Who will win - Hugh Laurie - "House"

Who should win - Have not seen enough to warrant a selection.

Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical
Who will win - Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"

Who should win - Steve Carell - "The Office" or Alec Baldin - "30 Rock" or Ricky Gervais - "Extras" (hey, it's a strong category)

Best Actress in a Television Comedy or Musical
Who will win - Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"
Who should win - Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds" or Tina Fey - "30 Rock"

Best Actress in a Television Drama Series
Who will win - Glenn Close - "Damages"

Who should win - Edie Falco - "The Sopranos" (although I really haven't seen enough to be sure about this)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Who will win - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"

Who should win - Haven't seen any.

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Who will win - Jim Broadbent - "Langford"

Who should win - Haven't seen any.

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Who will win - Bryce Dallas Howard - "As You Like It"

Who should win - Haven't seen any.

Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television
Who will win - Katherine Heigl - "Grey's Anatomy"
Who should win - Don't care, of the two I've seen (Heigl and Pressly), I wasn't impressed.

Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Who will win - Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
Who should win - Jeremy Piven - "Entourage" (again, haven't seen enough to make a real solid choice)

There Goes His Career...

The Actor & Actress Medley (2007)

In honor of the NFL Playoffs starting this past weekend, I thought I'd get things going with our first ever act-off competition. In the comments section please indicate who you would vote for in each matchup, with just a short reason why and we'll see who makes it to round 2.

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THE ACTOR & ACTRESS MEDLEY (2007)

ROUND ONE

ACTORS

vs.

(1) Christian Bale vs. (8) Will Smith

vs.

(2) Daniel Day-Lewis vs. (7) Ryan Gosling

vs.

(3) Robert Downey, Jr. vs. (6) Paul Giamatti

vs.

(4) Matt Damon vs. (5) Michael Cera

ACTRESSES

vs.

(1) Maggie Gyllenhaal vs. (8) Charlize Theron

vs.

(2) Naomi Watts vs. (7) Ellen Page

vs.

(3) Natalie Portman vs. (6) Kate Winslet

vs.

(4) Rachel McAdams vs. (5) Cate Blanchett