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    The 81st Annual Academy Awards

    Best Motion Picture of the Year
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Frost/Nixon
    Milk
    The Reader
    Slumdog Millionaire

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
    Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
    Sean Penn for Milk
    Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
    Angelina Jolie for Changeling
    Melissa Leo for Frozen River
    Meryl Streep for Doubt
    Kate Winslet for The Reader

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    Josh Brolin for Milk
    Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
    Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
    Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
    Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    Amy Adams for Doubt
    Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Viola Davis for Doubt
    Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

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

    Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
    Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh
    In Bruges: Martin McDonagh
    Milk: Dustin Lance Black
    WALL·E: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

    Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
    Doubt: John Patrick Shanley
    Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan
    The Reader: David Hare
    Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy

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

    Best Achievement in Editing
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
    The Dark Knight: Lee Smith
    Frost/Nixon: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
    Milk: Elliot Graham
    Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens

    Best Achievement in Art Direction
    Changeling
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    The Duchess
    Revolutionary Road

    Best Achievement in Costume Design
    Australia
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Duchess
    Milk
    Revolutionary Road

    Best Achievement in Makeup
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army

    Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Alexandre Desplat
    Defiance: James Newton Howard
    Milk: Danny Elfman
    Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman
    WALL·E: Thomas Newman

    Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
    Slumdog Millionaire: "Jai Ho"
    Slumdog Millionaire: "O Saya"
    WALL·E: "Down to Earth"

    Best Achievement in Sound
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    Slumdog Millionaire
    WALL·E
    Wanted

    Best Achievement in Sound Editing
    The Dark Knight
    Iron Man
    Slumdog Millionaire
    WALL·E
    Wanted

    Best Achievement in Visual Effects
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    Iron Man

    Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
    Bolt
    Kung Fu Panda
    WALL·E

    Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
    Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
    Entre les murs (France)
    Revanche (Austria)
    Okuribito (Japan)
    Vals Im Bashir (Israel)

    Best Documentary, Features
    The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
    Encounters at the End of the World
    The Garden
    Man on Wire
    Trouble the Water

    Best Documentary, Short Subjects
    The Conscience of Nhem En
    The Final Inch
    Smile Pinki
    The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

    Best Short Film, Animated
    La Maison en Petits Cubes
    Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya
    Oktapodi
    Presto
    This Way Up

    Best Short Film, Live Action
    Auf der Strecke
    Manon sur le bitume
    New Boy
    Grisen
    Spielzeugland
    Last edited by One-Way; 02-16-2009, 04:48 PM.
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  • #2
    Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

    I am extremely disappointed with the absence of The Dark Knight from the Best Picture category. If the Academy wasn't so conservative, perhaps they would get their much deserved nomination. I'm also bummed Revolutionary Road didn't get the nom, although I was expecting it. I'm also not surprised to see The Reader get the nomination in its place because, although I didn't think it would get the nod a few weeks ago, I can clearly see why it did now.

    I am probably most upset with Leonardo DiCaprio's snub for Best Actor. I would consider his frightening and powerful performance as Frank Wheeler over Brad Pitt's any given day. I am, however, happy to see Michael Shannon get his nomination for his performance, although it's pretty clear Ledger will win in the category.

    It's good see both Penélope Cruz and Marisa Tomei for Best Supporting Actress, and with Kate Winslet not receiving a nomination in this category, I hope it swings in Cruz's favor. I'm also disappointed with the snub for Winslet's performance in Revolutionary Road.

    The nominess for Best Director look good, however, Christopher Nolan very much deserved a nomination and a win. I'm very glad Roger Deakins got another nomination, yet I can't see why he would get it over Revolutionary Road. I think everybody will agree the film was beautifully photographed with exceptional cinematography. I will be so angry if Deakins wins and has to share his first Oscar with Chris Menges.

    Other than that, it's good to see The Dark Knight getting some nominations even though it's only for technical aspects. I'm very, very, very upset over the no consideration for Best Score. I think its score is brilliant and the best since probably Gladiator.

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    • #3
      Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

      I'm only going to comment on movies I've seen.

      - I'm not sorry that DiCaprio's and Winslet's histrionic performances in Revolutionary Road were not nominated. Design nominations were well deserved though.

      - Robert Downey, Jr. gets nominated for blackface? Ugh. Which reminds me, all three of the Best Supporting Actor nominees I've seen have been scenery chewing performances.

      - Slumdog Millionaire was an entertaining (but also sentimental and moralizing) two-hour adrenaline rush. I'm glad it had such a warm reception. I think it's our Best Picture winner, unless...

      - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Thirteen nominations. I knew Taraji P. Henson was going to be nominated for her Hattie McDaniel role. The Academy eats that shit up.

      - Let's see what the Academy nominations are telling us: The Dark Knight had great art direction, cinematography, editing, makeup, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects as well as a terrific supporting performance, but that can't be attributed to Christopher Nolan's direction. Okay. Also -- where are James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer? This movie had a great score and deserved to win.

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      • #4
        Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

        You're correct.

        However, both DiCaprio and Winslet were well deserved. If Mr. Harvey didn't spend $1 billion on advertising for The Reader, Winslet would have been nominated for her role. She was forced out of the category.

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        • #5
          Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

          My predictions:

          Best Motion Picture of the Year
          Will win: Slumdog Millionaire
          Should win: Milk/Slumdog Millionaire

          Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
          Will win: Mickey Rourke
          Should win: Sean Penn/Mickey Rourke

          Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
          Will win: Kate Winslet
          Should win: Kate Winslet

          Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
          Will win: Heath Ledger
          Should win: Michael Shannon/Heath Ledger

          Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
          Will win: Penélope Cruz
          Should win: Penélope Cruz

          Best Achievement in Directing
          Will win: Danny Boyle
          Should win: Gus Van Sant/Danny Boyle

          Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
          Will win: Milk
          Should win: Milk/In Bruges

          Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
          Will win: Slumdog Millionaire
          Should win: Slumdog Millionaire

          Best Achievement in Cinematography
          Will win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
          Should win: The Reader/The Dark Knight

          Best Achievement in Editing
          Will win: Slumdog Millionaire
          Should win: Milk/The Dark Knight

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          • #6
            Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

            My picks for 2008!

            I've seen most of the movies nominated.

            Originally posted by One-Way View Post
            Best Motion Picture of the Year
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            Frost/Nixon
            Milk
            The Reader
            Slumdog Millionaire

            Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
            Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
            Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
            Sean Penn for Milk
            Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

            Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
            Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
            Angelina Jolie for Changeling
            Melissa Leo for Frozen River
            Meryl Streep for Doubt
            Kate Winslet for The Reader

            Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
            Josh Brolin for Milk
            Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
            Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
            Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
            Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

            Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
            Amy Adams for Doubt
            Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
            Viola Davis for Doubt
            Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

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

            Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
            Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
            Happy-Go-Lucky: Mike Leigh
            In Bruges: Martin McDonagh
            Milk: Dustin Lance Black
            WALL·E: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

            Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
            Doubt: John Patrick Shanley
            Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan
            The Reader: David Hare
            Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy

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

            Best Achievement in Editing
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
            The Dark Knight: Lee Smith
            Frost/Nixon: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
            Milk: Elliot Graham
            Slumdog Millionaire: Chris Dickens

            Best Achievement in Art Direction
            Changeling
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            The Dark Knight
            The Duchess
            Revolutionary Road

            Best Achievement in Costume Design
            Australia
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            The Duchess
            Milk
            Revolutionary Road

            Best Achievement in Makeup
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            The Dark Knight
            Hellboy II: The Golden Army

            Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Alexandre Desplat
            Defiance: James Newton Howard
            Milk: Danny Elfman
            Slumdog Millionaire: A.R. Rahman
            WALL·E: Thomas Newman

            Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
            Slumdog Millionaire: "Jai Ho"
            Slumdog Millionaire: "O Saya"
            WALL·E: "Down to Earth"

            Best Achievement in Sound
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            The Dark Knight
            Slumdog Millionaire
            WALL·E
            Wanted

            Best Achievement in Sound Editing
            The Dark Knight
            Iron Man
            Slumdog Millionaire
            WALL·E
            Wanted

            Best Achievement in Visual Effects
            The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
            The Dark Knight
            Iron Man

            Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
            Bolt
            Kung Fu Panda
            WALL·E

            Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
            Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Germany)
            Entre les murs (France)
            Revanche (Austria)
            Okuribito (Japan)
            Vals Im Bashir (Israel)

            NO IDEA

            Best Documentary, Features
            The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
            Encounters at the End of the World
            The Garden
            Man on Wire
            Trouble the Water

            NO IDEA

            Best Documentary, Short Subjects
            The Conscience of Nhem En
            The Final Inch
            Smile Pinki
            The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

            NO IDEA

            Best Short Film, Animated
            La Maison en Petits Cubes
            Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya
            Oktapodi
            Presto
            This Way Up

            NO IDEA

            Best Short Film, Live Action
            Auf der Strecke
            Manon sur le bitume
            New Boy
            Grisen
            Spielzeugland
            NO IDEA

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            • #7
              Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

              Here is a picture of an empty bedroom representing those who actually care about the Oscars outside of women and movie buffs like One-Way and TomServo.

              Achkerov kute.

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              • #8
                Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

                hahahaha,

                I don't really care about the Oscars but some movies nominated are masterpieces.

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                • #9
                  Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

                  I can't believe you enjoyed Curious Case so much. So typical.

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                  • #10
                    Re: The 81st Annual Academy Awards

                    Originally posted by Anonymouse View Post
                    Here is a picture of an empty bedroom representing those who actually care about the Oscars outside of women and movie buffs like One-Way and TomServo.
                    I just like film. Oscars have to do with film so it's enjoyable to discuss. I don't really care for them.

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