Michael Clayton

I am by no means a professional movie critic so take with a grain of salt my humble opinion of any movie I happen to write about.

I went to see Michael Clayton with three of its nominations in mind: Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Picture. While I haven't seen all of the movies up for these awards, I have seen a couple with which I was comparing Clayton.

For Best Supporting Actor, I was comparing Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James to Tom Wilkinson. While I found Wilkinson's role in Clayton to be incredibly good, I did not think it was as difficult a role to play as Afflek's role as Robert Ford. I still have a few movies to see so we shall see what my pick ends up being. Of course, I could be completely off the mark with the actual professionals!

As far as best picture, I liked Juno much better. Michael Clayton, however, will likely win as it was a brilliantly written movie.

Leading actor? I'm not sure about this one. George Clooney's role as Michael Clayton did not seem like that big of a stretch for him. To me, in my most humble opinion, he was typical George Clooney as you've seen him in many other roles. Daniel Day-Lewis was pretty convincing in There Will Be Blood as was Vigo Mortenson in Eastern Promises (great movie). I have yet to see Sweeney Todd, but I assume that Johnny Depp is all the rage. I also still need to see Tommy Lee Jones in In The Valley of Elah. So, the verdict on this one is still out there for me.

The next movies on my list of must sees are Sweeney Todd and Persepolis (up for best animation).

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