“No Country for Old Men,” the Coen Brothers’ adaptation of the gritty Cormac McCarthy novel, was named best film at the Critics Choice Awards on Monday, leaving contenders such as “Into the Wild” and “Juno” in the dust.
‘Country’ also earned the Coen bros. a Best Directing award and Javier Bardem a Best Supporting Actor prize. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor and Julie Christie won Best Actress.
Our personal thoughts? Don’t be suprised when the Oscars mimics those kinds of award handouts. Plus the Critics choice awards have an strong Oscar track record in the past 12 years half of the acting and best picture winners have gone on to claim Oscar gold, along with 75 percent of the directing winners.
The Music Side Of Things: Snoop Dogg Accepts Greenwood’s Award On His Behalf
What won musically? Jonny Greenwood’s creepy “There Will Be Blood” compositions won Best Score and “Falling Slowly,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s original song from the film, “Once” took Best Song. The best part? Snoop Dogg and Feist accepted Greenwood’s award on his behalf cause he couldn’t be there (hearing this come from Snoop’s mouth was rather amusing).
Greenwood has also been made the shortlist for a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television) nomination along with the overall music to “Once,” “Control” and “Into The Wild.” “Atonement” leads the overall BAFTA pack with 17 recognitions towards a nomination and looks like it will clean up (the Brits love their own).