Julie's Own Damn Oscars (Or Anti-Oscars) Given By Her, Damnit!*

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Films I Actually Saw:

The Assassination of Jesse James…, Atonement, Away From Her, Blades of Glory, The Darjeeling Limited, Eastern Promises, Gone Baby Gone, I’m Not There, Juno, Knocked Up, La Vie en Rose, Michael Clayton, A Mighty Heart, The Namesake, No Country For Old Men, Once, Ratatouille, The Savages, The Simpsons Movie, Superbad, Talk to Me, There Will Be Blood, Waitress, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Year of the Dog

Favorite Films:
The Darjeeling Limited, The Savages, Juno

Favorite Films (Runners-Up):
Knocked Up, Superbad, Walk Hard

Favorite Westerns:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James…; There Will Be Blood [tie]
2. That is all.

Films I Liked Better Than No Country For Old Men (alphabetical)
The Assassination of Jesse James…, Atonement, Away From Her, Blades of Glory, The Darjeeling Limited, Eastern Promises, Gone Baby Gone, I’m Not There, Juno, Knocked Up, La Vie en Rose, Michael Clayton, The Namesake, Once , The Savages, The Simpsons Movie, Superbad, There Will Be Blood, Waitress, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Year of the Dog

Coen Brothers Movies I Liked Better Than No Country For Old Men (chronological)
Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn’t There, The Ladykillers (Seriously! Friggin’ Ladykillers!)

Absolute Worst Film I Saw All Year:
A Mighty Heart

The Julie Awards for Excellence in Women Filmmakers

1. Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
2. Sarah Polley, Away From Her
3. Mira Nair, The Namesake
4. Adrienne Shelley, Waitress

Favorite Performances (alphabetical)

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James…
Adrien Brody, The Darjeeling Limited
Albert Brooks, The Simpsons Movie
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Olympia Dukakis, Away From Her
Laura Linney, The Savages
James McAvoy, Atonement
Peter O’Toole, Ratatouille
John C. Reilly, Walk Hard
Molly Shannon, Year of the Dog
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
The entire cast of Juno
The entire cast of Knocked Up
The entire cast of Superbad

Most Crush-Inducing Performance
James McAvoy, Atonement

Least Favorite Performances (alphabetical)
Beth Grant, No Country For Old Men
Jonah Hill, Walk Hard
Lou Romano, Ratatouille
Martin Sheen, Talk to Me

Coolest Female Character
Juno MacGuff, Juno

Lamest Female Character
Carla Jean Moss, No Country For Old Men

Best Musical Numbers

1. Everything in Walk Hard
2. The opening credits of Superbad
3. “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” from Blades of Glory

Best Death
Nate Cox, Walk Hard

Worst Death
Pencil, Year of the Dog

Best Costuming

The green dress in Atonement. Want it!

Worst Costuming
Briony’s haircut in Atonement. She wore the same hairstyle for 60 years, just so the audience would recognize her from time shift to time shift. How nice of her.

Craziest Fucking Fight Scene Ever

1. Eastern Promises (You know which one I’m talking about)
2. There Will Be Blood (You know which one I’m talking about)