and the Oscar nominees are....

dunkman
dunkman Posts: 19,646
edited February 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
]Best picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best actor
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best actress
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best supporting actress
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best supporting actor
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best foreign language film
Revanche - Austria
The Class - France
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
Departures - Japan
Waltz With Bashir - Israel

Best animated feature film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best adapted screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best original screenplay
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Wall-E
In Bruges
Frozen River
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • JK8495
    JK8495 Posts: 101
    sweet
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,100
    No love for "The Love Guru"?
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I have not seen milk, the reader, or frost nixon.

    I thought Slumdog was pretty damn good though.
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  • JK8495
    JK8495 Posts: 101
    a waste of 4 hours
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    i really want to see Frost/Nixon tbh..
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Best Picture-
    What should win- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    What will win- Slumdog Millionaire

    Best director
    Who should win- David Fincher
    Who will win- Danny Boyle

    Best actor
    Who should win- Sean Penn - Milk
    Who will win- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

    Best actress
    Who should win- Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
    Who will win- Kate Winslet - The Reader

    Best supporting actress
    Who should win- Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Who will win- Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Best supporting actor
    Who should win- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
    Who will win- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

    Best animated feature film
    What should win- Wall-E
    What will win- Wall-E

    Best adapted screenplay
    What should win- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    What will win- Slumdog Millionaire

    Best original screenplay
    What should win- In Bruges
    What will win- In Bruges

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    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    i think it'd be great if Robert Downey, Jr. won...Tropic Thunder was amazing
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  • gregkitefan
    gregkitefan Posts: 1,122
    How did The Reader get a best picture nomination over the Wrestler.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Best picture
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Frost/Nixon
    Milk
    The Reader
    Slumdog Millionaire


    damn, i've only seen one on the list....quite unusual for me. frost/nixon will be seeing this weekend. i'd like to see the reader, hubby probably not....also would like to see milk, but he's already seen it. could always go on my own, but we like to spend our weekend time together so we shall see. hopefully i'll see em all before the oscars, either way tho...no biggie. i really want to see doubt, LOVE merryl streep and phillip seymour hoffman!


    interesting too...guess they worry about the academy having short memories ;)...b/c it seems most oscar nominated films get released around the holidays, so they're nice and fresh for awards season.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    well of the major contenders, I've only seen Milk and Frost/Nixon. Frost/Nixon was great... Milk tried to hard to be great but was seriously missing something... although I've a feeling Penn might win, but he shouldn't. Frank Langhella was much better in Frost/Nixon... but again I can't comment on the others. The girl in Frost/Nixon hasn't a chance though... it'd be interesting to see Robert Downey Jr. win... for a spoof role, he played it splendidly :D

    Actually I've seen half of the wrestler... and it wouldn't be a bad idea for Mickey Rourke to win... would be a shame for Langhella though.

    GREAT to see In Bruges get a nomination though :D It deserves to win something!
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  • decides2dream
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    just saw frost/nixon and the wrestler over the weekend. i honestly do not see why mickey rourke was nominated for a best actor oscar....i found the whole film predictable. as to frank langella, excellent performance....but the film itself, good....but not great imo. still need to see milk, the reader and slumdog millionaire, but of those i have seen...i think benjamin button is IT thus far.
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  • Solat13
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    decides2dream wrote:
    just saw frost/nixon and the wrestler over the weekend. i honestly do not see why mickey rourke was nominated for a best actor oscar....i found the whole film predictable. as to frank langella, excellent performance....but the film itself, good....but not great imo. still need to see milk, the reader and slumdog millionaire, but of those i have seen...i think benjamin button is IT thus far.

    I haven't seen Button yet, but when I saw this clip last week it made me not want to see it.

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  • decides2dream
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    Solat13 wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    just saw frost/nixon and the wrestler over the weekend. i honestly do not see why mickey rourke was nominated for a best actor oscar....i found the whole film predictable. as to frank langella, excellent performance....but the film itself, good....but not great imo. still need to see milk, the reader and slumdog millionaire, but of those i have seen...i think benjamin button is IT thus far.

    I haven't seen Button yet, but when I saw this clip last week it made me not want to see it.

    http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d7650 ... om-fgump44



    i don't view clips at work, so no idea....all i can say is i thought the film was excellent, on all fronts.
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  • CG275693
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    Poncier wrote:
    No love for "The Love Guru"?
    It was nominated for a Razzie! :P

    http://www.razzies.com/history/29thNoms.asp
  • gregkitefan
    gregkitefan Posts: 1,122
    I saw Button this weekend and enjoyed it.
    Slumdog was a better movie though.
    Hope to see Frost/Nixon tonight and Milk over the weekend.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Mickey Rourke is my favorite for best actor. Great performance.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    DOUBT was fantastic... and Streep and Hoffman deserve their oscars.. slumdog wasn't as good as i thought... very entertaining watch but nothing special and quite forgettable imo :oops:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    DOUBT was fantastic... and Streep and Hoffman deserve their oscars.. slumdog wasn't as good as i thought... very entertaining watch but nothing special and quite forgettable imo :oops:


    where are you getting these movies from Hells?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Solat13 wrote:
    decides2dream wrote:
    just saw frost/nixon and the wrestler over the weekend. i honestly do not see why mickey rourke was nominated for a best actor oscar....i found the whole film predictable. as to frank langella, excellent performance....but the film itself, good....but not great imo. still need to see milk, the reader and slumdog millionaire, but of those i have seen...i think benjamin button is IT thus far.

    I haven't seen Button yet, but when I saw this clip last week it made me not want to see it.

    http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d7650 ... om-fgump44

    That was the first thought I had when I saw previews for Benjamin Button. It looked like the kind of epic made solely with the Academy in mind... not of interest to me. Frost/Nixon looks ok, but I find that political films almost always sound more interesting than they actually are. Case in point: good Night and Good Luck. Charlie Wilson's War would be the exception proving the rule.

    Milk was excellent though and Slumdog and the Wrestler both look fantastic. I'm planning to see them soon. Also need to see Doubt.

    I was so happy that Downey Jr got nominated for Tropic Thunder... he was utterly hysterical in that flick. One of the best comedic performances I ever saw. That said, Ledger's Joker was one of the greatest movie villains of all time so I hope he takes that one.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    soulsinging wrote:

    That was the first thought I had when I saw previews for Benjamin Button. It looked like the kind of epic made solely with the Academy in mind... not of interest to me. Frost/Nixon looks ok, but I find that political films almost always sound more interesting than they actually are. Case in point: good Night and Good Luck. Charlie Wilson's War would be the exception proving the rule.

    Milk was excellent though and Slumdog and the Wrestler both look fantastic. I'm planning to see them soon. Also need to see Doubt.

    I was so happy that Downey Jr got nominated for Tropic Thunder... he was utterly hysterical in that flick. One of the best comedic performances I ever saw. That said, Ledger's Joker was one of the greatest movie villains of all time so I hope he takes that one.
    I thought ledger was good but overrated... but he'll win cos of the whole ya know, dying, thing. I agree about Downey Jr. I think it would be great if he won... but then Hoffman :oops: was fantastic. It's a pity Ledger died, cos I'd be very interested in this category otherwise.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you

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