SAG Nominees: Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture

The nominees:
3:10 TO YUMA
AMERICAN GANGSTER
HAIRSPRAY
INTO THE WILD
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

My predictions: 1/5, picking only "No Country for Old Men".

This is an interesting list, not necessarily a good one, but it certainly shakes things up. I actually shouted "no!" at the TV for one of these ones, I will let you guess which one. "American Gangster" hardly deserves this, and "Into the Wild" was so seldomly sprinkled with human life that an ensemble award seems bizarre. "Hairspray" is fine, but I am pissed that I took it out of my predictions a week ago. "No Country" does have some good cast members, but how could this get in and "Fargo" not make the cut eleven years ago? The omission of "Atonement" is just part of the backlash, but I wish "Gone Baby Gone" or "Jesse James" had made a surprise appearance.

Who will win? I actually think Hairspray because it has the best working ensemble.
Oscar lineup? With Best Picture, this does not always line up, and I think only "Into the Wild" and "No Country for Old Men" will translate over, althought this is a great boost for "American Gangster." For the moment, I think "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", "Atonement", and "Juno" will fill the other three slots.