The Pulpys 2007 : Best Director

Best Directorial Debut
and the nominees are

Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone
Anton Corbijn for Control *
Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
Sarah Polley for Away from Her
Mike White for Year of the Dog

and the winner is
Ben Affleck
(though Gilroy's movie is better)

The "Points for Effort" Directorial Award
(for the director that may have made far from the best movie that year,
but dude, they were totally trying. Really hard.)
and the nominees are

Wes Anderson for The Darjeeling Limited
William Friedkin for Bug
Sam Raimi for Spider-Man 3
Robert Rodriguez for Planet Terror
Julie Taymor for Across the Universe

and the winner is
Wes Anderson

Best Director
and the nominees are

Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
the Coen brothers for No Country for Old Men
David Fincher for Zodiac
Ang Lee for Lust, Caution
Quentin Tarantino for Death Proof
Joe Wright for Atonement

and the winner is
Paul Thomas Anderson

Good year for the Andersons. For my Oscar ballot, just cut off QT.
* This is a debut right? I know he's a music video director but...

so, ummmmmmmmmmmm...

So first I heard Sean Penn won the DGA. Then I heard PT Anderson and the Coens tied (note: this would be the hottest result ever). Then I heard just the Coens won. WHO WON??!!?!? SO CONFUSED!!!

this movie makes me cry so much...

the best of '97 easy, and '97 was a really good year

best picture *
best director (p.t. anderson)
best actor (mark wahlberg)
best supporting actor (burt reynolds)
best supporting actress (julianne moore)
best original screenplay *

philip seymour hoffman, john c. reilly, and alfred molina are, respectively, my #6, 9, and 11 for supporting actor. heather graham's my #9 for supporting actress. i haven't finalized the rest of my '90s awards, but it'd easily take adapted score and probably editing as well...

happy birthday to a cinema god

P.T. Anderson directed Magnolia and Boogie Nights. That's all I need to love him, forever.

Punch-Drunk Love and Hard Eight ain't shabby either. I cannot wait for There Will Be Blood, though the trailer doesn't have me as orgasmic as some other people are. I'm sure it'll be good or great...though I do prefer P.T. in manic multi-cast mode (and without the kid who was bad in Little Miss Sunshine).