THE 2007 FIVEBYFIVE AWARDS
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And now - the fivebyfive Awards - where I am not restricted to choose who should win by what the Academy has preselected. (They are in descending order...most deserving on top.)
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Todd Field - Little Children
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Honorable Mention: Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Honorable Mention: Annette Bening - Running With Scissors; Rachel Weisz, The Fountain
BEST ACTOR
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Patrick Wilson - Little Children
Honorable Mention: James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland; Daniel Craig - Casino Royale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Kazunari Nonomiya - Letters From Iwo Jima
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Honorable Mention: Michael Caine - Children of Men; Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Phyllis Somerville - Little Children
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Vera Farmiga - The Departed
Honorable Mention: Maribel Verdu - Pan’s Labyrinth; Adriana Barraza, Babel
And here is a list of every movie I saw this year in descending order of quality.
1. United 93
2. Children of Men
3. Half Nelson
4. Little Children
5. Pan’s Labyrinth
6. The Fountain
7. The Departed
8. Volver
9. Casino Royale
10. Notes on a Scandal
11. Letters from Iwo Jima
12. The Last King of Scotland
13. The Queen
14. Little Miss Sunshine
15. Babel
16. Hollywoodland
17. Borat
18. V For Vendetta
19. Monster House
20. Thank You For Smoking
21. The Devil Wears Prada
22. The Pursuit of Happyness
23. Brick
24. American Dreamz
25. Running With Scissors
26. The Good Shepherd
27. A Prairie Home Companion
28. Marie Antoinette
29. Stranger Than Fiction
30. Mission: Impossible III
31. Breaking and Entering
32. Flags of Our Fathers
33. Blood Diamond
34. Dreamgirls
35. Inside Man
36. Superman Returns
37. The Prestige
38. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
39. An American Haunting
40. The Science of Sleep
41. X-Men III: The Last Stand
42. The Break-Up
43. Snakes on a Plane
44. World Trade Center
45. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
46. The Da Vinci Code
47. Lady in the Water
48. The Black Dahlia
And now - the fivebyfive Awards - where I am not restricted to choose who should win by what the Academy has preselected. (They are in descending order...most deserving on top.)
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Todd Field - Little Children
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Honorable Mention: Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Honorable Mention: Annette Bening - Running With Scissors; Rachel Weisz, The Fountain
BEST ACTOR
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Patrick Wilson - Little Children
Honorable Mention: James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland; Daniel Craig - Casino Royale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Kazunari Nonomiya - Letters From Iwo Jima
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Honorable Mention: Michael Caine - Children of Men; Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Phyllis Somerville - Little Children
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Vera Farmiga - The Departed
Honorable Mention: Maribel Verdu - Pan’s Labyrinth; Adriana Barraza, Babel
And here is a list of every movie I saw this year in descending order of quality.
1. United 93
2. Children of Men
3. Half Nelson
4. Little Children
5. Pan’s Labyrinth
6. The Fountain
7. The Departed
8. Volver
9. Casino Royale
10. Notes on a Scandal
11. Letters from Iwo Jima
12. The Last King of Scotland
13. The Queen
14. Little Miss Sunshine
15. Babel
16. Hollywoodland
17. Borat
18. V For Vendetta
19. Monster House
20. Thank You For Smoking
21. The Devil Wears Prada
22. The Pursuit of Happyness
23. Brick
24. American Dreamz
25. Running With Scissors
26. The Good Shepherd
27. A Prairie Home Companion
28. Marie Antoinette
29. Stranger Than Fiction
30. Mission: Impossible III
31. Breaking and Entering
32. Flags of Our Fathers
33. Blood Diamond
34. Dreamgirls
35. Inside Man
36. Superman Returns
37. The Prestige
38. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
39. An American Haunting
40. The Science of Sleep
41. X-Men III: The Last Stand
42. The Break-Up
43. Snakes on a Plane
44. World Trade Center
45. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
46. The Da Vinci Code
47. Lady in the Water
48. The Black Dahlia