The 81st annual Oscar nominees have now been announced and are as following: *The ones in bold are my favorite to win the award
Best Picture: Curious as to why The Wrestler isn’t here? Curiosity I feel turning to rage, rage to hate, hate to fear and well you know where it goes from there…
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,”
- “Frost/Nixon,”
- “Milk,”
- “The Reader,”
- “Slumdog Millionaire.” – Best film I’ve seen besides the aforementioned movie dealing with wrestling.
2. Actor:
- Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”;
- Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”;
- Sean Penn, “Milk”;
- Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
- Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.” – Would have given it to Penn but this needs to be retribution for the Best Picture snub. Oh and not to mention the fact that the Boss isn’t getting one for best original song!
3. Actress:
- Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”;
- Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”;
- Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”;
- Meryl Streep, “Doubt”;
- Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”
4. Supporting Actor:
- Josh Brolin, “Milk”;
- Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”;
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”;
- Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”;
- Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road.”
5. Supporting Actress:
- Amy Adams, “Doubt”;
- Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”;
- Viola Davis, “Doubt”;
- Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
- Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler.”
6. Director:
- David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”;
- Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”;
- Gus Van Sant, “Milk”;
- Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”;
- Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire.”
7. Foreign Film: Yet to see any of these but my guess is,
- “The Baader Meinhof Complex,” Germany;
- “The Class,” France;
- “Departures,” Japan;
- “Revanche,” Austria;
- “Waltz With Bashir,” Israel.
January 22nd, 2009
