cam wrote:The dearth of entries here is interesting:
Is it the economic news that is affecting us all, or that fact that 2008 was not a great year for movies? Or is the inevitability of Slumdog's Best Picture win depressing us all?
How about, some of us want to catch up on the nominees we haven't seen yet, and why rush selections when there are still a few days to go?
Not that the combination of a lackluster year and a seemingly foregone best picture conclusion hasn't dampened enthusiasm.
Film: Slumdog (Benjamin Button)
Director: Danny Boyle (David Fincher)
Actor: Sean Penn (Mickey Rourke)
Actress: Meryl Streep (Kate Winslet)
Sup. Actor: Heath Ledger (Josh Brolin)
Sup. Actress: Taraji P. Henson (Amy Adams)
Screenplay: Milk (Wall E)
Screenplay Adaptation: Slumdog (Benjamin Button)
Cinematography: Slumdog (Benjamin Button)
Editing: Slumdog (Benjamin Button)
Art Direction: Benjamin Button (The Duchess)
Costumes: The Duchess (Benjamin Button)
Makeup: Benjamin Button (Dark Knight)
Music: Slumdog (Benjamin Button)
Original Song: O Saya (Down to Earth)
Sound: Wall E (Dark Knight)
Sound Editing: Wall E (Dark Knight)
Visual Effects: Benjamin Button (Dark Knight)
Animated Film: Wall E (Kung Fu Panda)
Foreign Language Film: Departures (The Class)
Doco Feature: Man on Wire (The Garden)
Doco Short: Presto (La Maison En Petits Cubes)
Short Animated: New Boy (The Pig)
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
I made a list last night of my favorite Best Picture nominees this decade and I would probably include Milk on this list. This is the first time in ages where I have not seen a Best Picture nominee upon announcement of nominations but I've yet to muster the strength to endure another Stephen Daldry/David Hare collaboration. I would probably cite The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as one of the ten worst nominees of the decade but not Slumdog or Frost/Nixon.
Milk is a fairly exemplary film but this lineup is incredibly lackluster. At least 2006's lineup was gracious enough to include TWO exemplary entertainments amidst mediocrity. Nothing like last year and perhaps the two best nominees this decade coupled with a fun trifle (Juno), a fascinating and occasionally brilliant frustration (Atonement), and a hugely entertaining if shallow good time (Michael Clayton).
cam wrote:The dearth of entries here is interesting:
Is it the economic news that is affecting us all, or that fact that 2008 was not a great year for movies? Or is the inevitability of Slumdog's Best Picture win depressing us all?
I can't speak for the rest of the board, but I am so indifferent about this year's nominations that I hardly even care about the race this season. Also, I've only seen one of the Best Picture nominees (Slumdog Millionaire), so I can't really say which film I think deserves to win. I'll watch the Oscar ceremony just because I watch it every year, but I don't really care what wins.
"Young men make wars and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution." -- Alec Guinness (Lawrence of Arabia)
Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
ru: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Director: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
ru: David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black - Milk
ru: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Peter Docter - WALL-E
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
ru: Eric Roth - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Lead Actor: Sean Penn - Milk
ru: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Lead Actress: Kate Winslet - The Reader
ru: Meryl Streep - Doubt
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
ru: Josh Brolin - Milk
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis - Doubt
ru: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
Foreign Language Film: Watz With Bashir
ru: The Class
Documentary Feature: Man On Wire
ru: Encounters At The End Of The World
Animated Feature: WALL-E
ru: Kung Fu Panda
Documentary Short Subject: The Conscience Of Nhem En
ru: Smile Pinki
Animated Short Subject: Oktapodi
ru: La Maison En Petits Cubes
Live Action Short Subject: Manon On The Asphalt
ru: The Pig
Original Song: "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
ru: "O Saya" - Slumdog Millionaire
Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
ru: WALL-E
Cinematography: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
ru: Slumdog Millionaire
Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
ru: The Curious Cae of Benjamin Button
Art Direction: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
ru: The Duchess
Costume Design: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
ru: The Duchess
Makeup: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
ru: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
ru: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
ru: The Dark Knight
Sound Effects Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
ru: The Dark Knight
The dearth of entries here is interesting:
Is it the economic news that is affecting us all, or that fact that 2008 was not a great year for movies? Or is the inevitability of Slumdog's Best Picture win depressing us all?
It's usually me, but this year I don't really feel like doing it. I was hoping someone else would take the initiative this year.
"Young men make wars and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution." -- Alec Guinness (Lawrence of Arabia)
Here goes:
Picture : Slumdog Millionaire 2. Milk
Director: Van Sant( Milk) 2. Boyle (Slumdog)
Actor : Sean Penn 2. Mickey Rourke
Actress: Kate Winslet 2. Anne Hathaway
Supp. Actor : Heath Ledger 2. Robert Downey Jr.
Supp. Actress: Penelope Cruz 2. Marisa Tomei
Original Screenplay: Milk 2. Wall-E
Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire 2. Doubt
Animated Film: Wall-E 2. Kung Fu Panda
Documentary: Man On a Wire 2. Betrayal
Foreign Film: Class 2. Waltz With Bashir
Art Direction: Benjamin Button 2. Dark Knight
Cinematography: Benj. Button 2. Dark Knight
Costumes : The Duchess 2. Milk
Documentary Short: Witness from... 2. Conscience...
Editing: Milk 2.Dark Knight
Makeup: Benj. Button 2. Dark Knight
Score : Milk 2. Wall-E
Song: Down To Earth 2. Jai Ho(* NWrestler!)
Short Film: La Maison... 2. This Way Up
Short Film : Auf den Strechen 2. New Boy
Sound Editing: Dark Knight 2.Wall-E
Sound Mixing: Dark Knight 2. Wall-E
Visiual Effects : Dark Knight 2. Benjamin Button
Okay...let's do this. Please submit your picks for each category along with a runner-up. 4 points for a correct prediction, 1 for runner up, and best picture is worth 8, for a total possible of 100. Post here or email them to me at [email]barrybrooks2003@yahoo.com.[/email] Good luck!
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