Sure it still got 8 nominations but it does not do The Dark Knight justice. You know why they left The Dark Knight out? Because it wasn't artsy enough or dramatic enough or maybe just because it's freaking based on a comic book. I mean, give credit where it's due man. The Dark Knight Is the best film of 2008. Nothing can even compare. It was the most talked about, it earned the most and it's the most raved about. This makes no freaking sense at all.
But I won't complain much about the other Best Picture nominees cause I've seen all of them and they're all great. Except for The Reader which totally doesn't deserve to be nominated. It's just not as good as the other films.
Now with The Dark Knight out of the running, I'm all for Slumdog to win. Anyways, here is the complete set of nominees and who I think should win and who I predict will win.
BEST MOTION PICTURE
Frost/NixonThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Who will win?: Slumdog Millionaire. Benjamin Button and The Reader can suck my genitals
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Who will win?: Danny Boyle. The best genre director ever.
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)
Who should win?: Sean Penn. He made me like gay people
Who will win?: Mickey Rourke. No problems with him winning either but Sean Penn was still the best.
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Who should win?: Anne Hathaway. I never knew she could act that well.
Who will in?: Kate Winslet. Yea yea same old emo faced Kate Winslet bla bla bla.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin (Milk)Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Who should and will win? You know lah.
BEST 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)
Who should win?: Marisa Tomei. Cause she flashed her boobs like no bodies business. She's hot.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BoltKung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Who should win: Waltz With Bashir. It should have at least been nominated to.
Who will win?: Obvious right.
Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, MilkCourtney Hunt, Frozen River
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E
No comment
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonJohn Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Who should win?: Slumdog Millionaire. "Maximum pineapple!"
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Who should win?: Waltz With Bashir
Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonJames Newton Howard, Defiance
Danny Elfman, Milk
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman, WALL-E
Who should win?: A.R. Rahman. Enough dramatic violin scores. Let modern tempo win for once
Original Song
"Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire
Who will win?: Jai Ho. Damn beautiful song. Even more catchy then HSM.
Achievement in Art Direction
ChangelingThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Cinematography
ChangelingThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
AustraliaThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem EnThe Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness—From the Balcony of Room 306
Achievement in Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits CubesLavatory—Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark KnightIron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Dark Knight
Iron Man
