After three hours of arguing, the San Diego Film Critics Society split their love between No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, giving each film four awards apiece. Although I'm a member of the group, these awards don't necessarily reflect my taste. Most notably, There Will Blood won for best score when the film's overpowering, bombastic score is the reason why There Will Be Blood didn't even make my personal top 10 list of the films released in 2007.
San Diego Film Critics Society 2007 Winners
Best Film: No Country for Old Men, Runner-Up: There Will Be Blood
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), Runners-Up: Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Best Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her), Runner-Up: Ellen Page (Juno)
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Runners-Up: (tie) Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises), Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma)
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men), Runner-Up: Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody (Juno), Runners-Up: Gerard Soeteman and Paul Verhoeven (Black Book)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), Runners-Up: (tie) Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men), Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Runner-Up: The Orphanage
Best Documentary: (tie) Crazy Love and Deep Water
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille, Runners-Up: Persepolis, Paprika
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men), Runner-Up: Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti (Sweeney Todd), Runner-Up: Sarah Greenwood (Atonement)
Best Editor: Paul Tothill (Atonement), Runners-Up: Christopher Rouse (The Bourne Ultimatum), Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men), John Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Best Score: Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood), Runner-Up: Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
Best Ensemble Performance: No Country for Old Men
Body of Work: Christian Bale (3:10 to Yuma, Rescue Dawn, I’m Not There)
