Topic: 81st Academy Awards Nominations
*The awards will be handed out Feb. 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Here's the complete list of nominees:
-Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
-Achievement in Directing
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
-Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
-Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
-Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Kate Winslet. The Reader
Meryl Streep, Doubt
-Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
-Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
-Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E
-Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
-Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
-Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard, Defiance
Danny Elfman, Milk
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman, WALL-E
-Original Song
"Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E
"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire
-Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
-Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
-Achievement in Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
-Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
-Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness—From the Balcony of Room 306
-Achievement in Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
-Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
-Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory—Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
-Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
-Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
-Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
-Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
14 comments:
Benjamin Button is such an Academy film. I can see it getting Best Picture. I'm glad Milk got more noms than it did for the Globes.
I hope it goes to The Reader, it won't. I HOPE it DOES NOT go to Slumdog. Please... if there is a God in heaven it will not go to Slumdog Millionaire!!!
Do you not like Slumdog? I really enjoyed that film. Why do you like The Reader so much. I mean it was good but nothing like super amazing. And I don't think Slumdog was all that amazing either BUT it did one of the things movies/films are suppose to do ... entertain.
"A quality flick and you get to see Kate Winslet naked, repeatedly."
-- Bill Simmons, ESPN.com
I think my love for The Reader comes on a number of different levels. For starters I walked into the movie blind. I hadn't seen a single preview and only went to see it because Kate won Best Actress for it at the Golden Globes. So, what I was exposed to was a movie on morality which I thought was done very well and it went down a road I did not even see coming. I didn't know about the Nazi trial or anything.
The flipside to this is I went into Slumdog with knowing everything about it and a load of hype, therefore leaving nothing to surprise me.
I enjoyed Slumdog and it did entertain but to be a Best Movie of the year, it needs to do more than entertain. Some people praise it for the "uplifting" factor but it didn't pull it off for me. I also thought some of the acting was not too great. The kids were fabulous but the adults were not that great and that reflects on the director.
Another thing with Slumdog is the guy is pining away for girl he never even knew. This "undying" love which isn't even love because he never even knew her. The only credit I give the movie is it is entertaining and it shows two seperate paths two brothers take. But the one brothers path was chosen to be greedy and violent. The other brother seemed to just fumble through life and let "fate" run his life for him.
I think the issue with some movies is expectations. When you see a movie before anything is said you go in with an open mind. Once press and media gets all over it your opinion gets clouded so yes Cup I can see why you thought Slumdog was just alright.
As for the acting, Darth noted the teen adults were not great to me as well but in their defense it was their first acting gig so I'll cut them some slack. I mean not everyone can be as great as Kate Winslet :)
Oh and side note ... garbage like Crash won best picture and Shakesphere in Love bought their vote so anything can happen.
If you see "Gran Torino," then you will know what rough acting is. Boy, were those Hmong actors rough.
I enjoyed "Slumdog" because it was a crossover film, and it's good to see some color in mainstream Hollywood.
On the subject of unconvincing love, yes, I agree that it was a bit of a stretch in "Slumdog," but the same could be said about "The Reader." I mean, when the boy returns to her flat and she bathes him and is naked. It was a bit of a leap there. Ah, suspension of disbelief.
I totally agree that Crash and Shakespeare In Love winning were ridiculous. I feel the same about The Departed.
Also, because the acting was bad in Slumdog also, in my opinion, means it should not win Best Picture because the acting should be good all around for a Best Picture of the Year win.
When I watched The Reader and the seduction came so quickly I was not able to accept that. But... by the end of the film and when I realized how much they had to develop, I just took it that they couldn't spend 15 minutes developing that front end because there was so much to cover on the back end. It doesn't happen that quickly in the book but it still happens really quickly in the book.
Man, remember back in the day when your blog always had these back and forths. So sad that it rarely happens now.
Sorry, but yes... Gran Torino. MAN... R-O-U-G-H!!! I would say very very bad acting.
The Curious Case of Bejanmin Button is a re-hash of Forrest Gump and it doesn't deserve to win Best Picture either. I've enjoyed David Fincher's previous work but Button is SO contrive and overwrought.
And Taraji P. Henson does deserve her nod for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, she really had to project her being and age to play Queenie, a woman twice her age.
Disclaimer: I know and have worked with the editing team of Button @ Rock Paper Scissor, and they deserve the Oscar nod.
And Amy Adams and Phillip Seymour Hoffman from Doubt shouldn't have been nominated, but Viola Davis and Meryl Streep deserve their Oscar nods.
Funny you say that RR ... Pigern said it was very Forest Gump when she saw it. Yea I'm not sure why Doubt is getitng so many nods cause it seems like a very whatever movie. I think it is more effective as a play then a film. Oh and I thought Departed was great and deserved best picture.
Well we'll see on Feb. 22 who takes the big prizes.
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