The Pulpys 2007: Best Screenplays.

Best Original Screenplay
and the nominees are

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead by Kelly Masterson
Enchanted by Bill Kelly
Juno by Diablo Cody
Michael Clayton by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Savages by Tamara Jenkins

and the winner is
Ratatouille

Best Adapted Screenplay
and the nominees are

Atonement by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her by Sarah Polley
Charlie Wilson's War by Aaron Sorkin
Gone Baby Gone by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard
No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson

and the winner is
Atonement

Original finalists: Death Proof, Year of the Dog, Black Snake Moan, Knocked Up, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, In the Valley of Elah
Original semi-finalists: Eastern Promises and Once

Adapted finalists: Jindabyne (it killed me to leave this one out), Zodiac, The Assassination..., A Mighty Heart
Adapted semi-finalists: Bug and Lust, Caution

You know what would be hilarious?

Susie = AMPAS member
Tommy = Paul Haggis

If, against all odds, In the Valley of Elah got an Oscar nom for Best Original Screenplay. Ha! How much do you think the Brokeback fans would freak out over that? Paul Haggis nominated four years in a row! That said, it would be the most amazing thing ever if the movie had huge traction with AMPAS and Tommy Lee Jones got in. If you can give him an Oscar for The Fugitive, you can give him at least a nomination for In the Valley of Elah (or No Country for Old Men)!

PS.: In the Valley of Elah was good but not great, but his competition from 2005's - Ang Lee, duh - movie of this year, Lust, Caution, was just great and much better than Lee's 2005 movie, Brokeback Mountain. Of course, it's being for the most part completely ignored.

best screenplays?

Best Original Screenplay
My ranking:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Letters from Iwo Jima (YAY PAUL HAGGIS!)
4. The Queen
5. Babel
Who will win: Little Miss Sunshine unless The Queen has a lot more support than we thought.
Snubbed: Volver, Stranger than Fiction, Inside Man, Half Nelson.

Best Adapted Screenplay
My ranking:
1. The Departed
2. Children of Men
3. Borat
4. Little Children
5. Notes on a Scandal
Who will win: The Departed !!!! But all of these are awesome
Snubbed: The Painted Veil, The Prestige, Dreamgirls