Oscar Nominations are out

[DrumNFeather]

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

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

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

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

[RobinFinderson]

Post the rest of the categories and we can get a pool going.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I haven't seen one of those BP nominations.

An oscar nomination related to Tropic Thunder? Wow.

[LiveCoug]

Wow.. I have seen 2 movies from that entire list.

Dark Knight was 3.5 stars out of 4 for me
Benjamin Button was 2.5 stars out of 4.

[TripletDaddy]

As predicted, almost a complete shutout for Revolutionary Road.

This is literally a titanic oversight.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I haven't seen one of those BP nominations.

An oscar nomination related to Tropic Thunder? Wow.

I just saw Frost/Nixon it was much better than I thought it would be.

Also I had read some think that Tom Cruise had a long shot chance of being nominated for his role in Tropic Thunder. My BIL just gave me a copy of the DVD maybe I will have to watch it again and re-judge it.

[TripletDaddy]

One thing to consider, Oscar loves to land in groups.

Look for a possible strong showing from The Reader.

I am still weary of hitching my star to Slumdog Millionaire, simply because, as I stated before, Oscar usually does not love foreign films. Maybe this one bucks the trend, though.

Will be interesting to read the traders over the next month to see what they say. Now the real advertising wars will heat up.

[creekster]

I have seen three of those movies. Doubt, which was very good. Hard to understadn how every actor gets nominated but niehter the director or the movie gets nominated.

I also saw the visitor, and while I thought the guy did a fantastic jobm I would not have expected a nomination because it is an odd little movie.

I also saw Dark Knight, which was fun, but not great, IMO.

All the others will wait for disc.

[Flystripper]

I haven't seen one of those BP nominations.

An oscar nomination related to Tropic Thunder? Wow.

go see Slumdog...Milk is fantastic too

[Flystripper]

I am still weary of hitching my star to Slumdog Millionaire, simply because, as I stated before, Oscar usually does not love foreign films. Maybe this one bucks the trend, though.

Will be interesting to read the traders over the next month to see what they say. Now the real advertising wars will heat up.

Life is Beautiful?

[TripletDaddy]

Life is Beautiful?

Life is Beautiful lost Best Pic, although I thought it deserved it.

Benigni won for Actor, though, which was cool. I remember him bouncing around up to the stage and basically being crazy during his speech.

[Jeff Lebowski]

go see Slumdog...Milk is fantastic too

I will. I rarely go to theaters. I am mainly a DVD guy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I just saw Frost/Nixon it was much better than I thought it would be.

Also I had read some think that Tom Cruise had a long shot chance of being nominated for his role in Tropic Thunder. My BIL just gave me a copy of the DVD maybe I will have to watch it again and re-judge it.

Tom Cruise was far and away the best part of that movie. I thought his character was hilarious.

[woot]

Life is Beautiful lost Best Pic, although I thought it deserved it.

Benigni won for Actor, though, which was cool. I remember him bouncing around up to the stage and basically being crazy during his speech.

Most undeserving best actor winner ever, imho.

[woot]

Tom Cruise was far and away the best part of that movie. I thought his character was hilarious.

I agree he was a great character, but I thought he showed up in the movie a bit too much. He's a one-joke character, and while it's a funny joke, it didn't need to be retold so often. I'm glad Downey got a nom though. 2nd best comedy of the year, imo.