Nominations announced

Generally most of this years best are on there and rightfully so. So who is your money on to walk away with the most deserved award in movie history?

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) havent seen the movie yet but considering the bits I have seen i'm sure Rourke will walk away with the big one.

Best Actress: Kate Winslet (The Reader) 5th time nominated will surely walk away this time.

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) 'Nuff said. Anyone who has seen TDK will know it's a sure fire.

Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) Again I havent seen the movie but she has got rave reviews so I guess thats my pick.

Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire).

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire.

Lets hear yours!

Dark Knight got tottaly snubbed on Best director and Cinimatograhpy.  Batman Begins got a nomination for Cinimatography, and TDK's was even better...

fuggin oscar voter elitests

Best Animation:WALL*E

Lots of The Dark Knight nominations.

The Dark Knight could lose every other Oscar (although it will pick up sound, editing or w/e) but if Heath gets the best supporting actor I would easily switch off the rest of the Oscars happy knowing at least a bit of recognition is due not just for the Joker but the guy did his fair share of good films.

imax wrote:

Dark Knight got tottaly snubbed on Best director and Cinimatograhpy.  Batman Begins got a nomination for Cinimatography, and TDK's was even better...

fuggin oscar voter elitests

IMDB wrote:

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling (200: Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Claudio Miranda 
The Dark Knight (200: Wally Pfister
The Reader (200: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges 
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Anthony Dod Mantle

Fail.

not even concerning myself with the fact that he died, if Ledger doesnt win for best supporting actor, I may will never watch the oscars again.

Oh, was that today or something?

Tygrius wrote:

not even concerning myself with the fact that he died, if Ledger doesnt win for best supporting actor, I may will never watch the oscars again.

Seconded. I've been losing interest in the Oscars for the past few years, but if they do the right thing and give Heath the award (albeit posthumously), they'll have redeemed themselves in my eyes.

MatrixRefugee wrote:

Tygrius wrote:

not even concerning myself with the fact that he died, if Ledger doesnt win for best supporting actor, I may will never watch the oscars again.

Seconded. I've been losing interest in the Oscars for the past few years, but if they do the right thing and give Heath the award (albeit posthumously), they'll have redeemed themselves in my eyes.

its a start, but no where near what is needed to redeem them in my eyes.  I mean, how can the movie that is the second highest grossing film of all time in the theaters (falling behind Titantic alone) not even fall in the category of "best motion picture" ?

Im not saying they would have to win it, but you would think it would atleast be there.  Three of the movies in that list I dont even recognize.

This is why I prefer awards such as "viewers choice awards", which, to me, actually lets the general population at large choose the canidates and winners.

The Academy more often than not snubs Blockbusters for Art House films. I can't really say why, but I can hazard a guess to them being pretentious snots who want to flex their culture muscle to the world on Oscar night. Whether or not Christopher Nolan deserved to be in the Best Direction category is debatable, but to not include arguably the most popular movie of the year is just plain ignorant. The further controversy over Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard's stunning score  for the movie being left out the running is just further proof.

Ledger best sweep Best Supporting Actor or, as far as movie awards go, an injustice will have been done.

As for my actual predictions? I see Bejamin Button sweeping the board. I called that when I saw the trailer.

Neoteny wrote:

imax wrote:

Dark Knight got tottaly snubbed on Best director and Cinimatograhpy.  Batman Begins got a nomination for Cinimatography, and TDK's was even better...

fuggin oscar voter elitests

 

IMDB wrote:

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling (200: Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (200: Claudio Miranda 
The Dark Knight (200: Wally Pfister
The Reader (200: Roger Deakins, Chris Menges 
Slumdog Millionaire (200: Anthony Dod Mantle

Fail.

Well the article I read on yahoo news was mistaken then. Still, coulda went about correcting me without being a complete 4SS, but then you gotta fill in for all your buddys right?

The only ones I know right off the bat would be Ledger for Supporting Actor and Slumdog for Best Pic.

I'm gonna go for the 'easy' ones first, and I will put on my thinking cap for the harder ones.

I'm thinking Rourke for best actor, going by the Golden Globes.

to be continued

PBlade wrote:

The Academy more often than not snubs Blockbusters for Art House films. I can't really say why, but I can hazard a guess to them being pretentious snots who want to flex their culture muscle to the world on Oscar night. Whether or not Christopher Nolan deserved to be in the Best Direction category is debatable, but to not include arguably the most popular movie of the year is just plain ignorant. The further controversy over Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard's stunning score  for the movie being left out the running is just further proof.

Ledger best sweep Best Supporting Actor or, as far as movie awards go, an injustice will have been done.

As for my actual predictions? I see Bejamin Button sweeping the board. I called that when I saw the trailer.

I just agreed with every word said there PBlade /dap.

Except the Benjamin Button movie I have yet to see a preview or even get a quick 10 word description of what the movie is about haha.

imax wrote:

coulda went about correcting me without being a complete 4SS

That's rich.