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[BenjaminBirdie]

That's the real tragedy here.

The real tragedy is that everyone doesn't have work off today for Jenkins Appreciation Day.

 

[DMczaf]

Ignoring for a second the snubs in the major categories, what is with only three songs being nominated for original song (you can go through the awards on Oscar.com, just no list)? And they snubbed SPRINGSTEEN in the process. Don't get me wrong: I love those songs from Slumdog, but how strange!

Don't tell me Eastwood's song got nominated over SPRINGSTEEN?

I can't wait to hear /filmcast next week after this week's episode :lol

 

[eznark]

One too many nominations for Dark Knight.

 

[Eric WK]

The real tragedy is that everyone doesn't have work off today for Jenkins Appreciation Day.

Have you seen The Visitor? Fantastic flick.

Really well deserved nomination, but Mickey better get his trophy.

 

[-Kees-]

One too many nominations for Dark Knight.

Yeah, those Sound Effects Mixing and Editing nominations are really undeserved.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Goddamn it. I haven't seen a single one of the nominees for best picture yet because none of them are out in Japanese theatres yet, none are on DVD/Blu-ray yet and I don't want to pirate them.

I am particularly looking forward to seeing Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire, though.

 

[Midas]

Okay. If Ledger doesn't win I will never forgive them!

 

[eznark]

Yeah, those Sound Effects Mixing and Editing nominations are really undeserved.

Exactly

 

[VistraNorrez]

I really enjoyed Ratatouille, it was cute and funny and definitely well-done and entertaining.... but a masterpiece? Really?

Yes a masterpiece. It had a lot more going on than being cute. It's one of the more adult Pixar films, and by that I mean it's themes are for more mature people. It deals a lot with gray morals and it does not have a perfectly tidy ending, happy sure, but bittersweet. It deals with identity issues, accepting that you have faults and getting over yourself.

 

[Prine]

People should'nt prance around this thread saying others lack taste as if they are the all seeing authority on whats good or bad.

If you think other movies should win, fine, we're happy for you. I personally think TDK was the best movie of 2008. Doesnt make it so

 

[beelzebozo]

my picks as i watch the video for noms:

- amy adams/viola davis (either one)
- heath ledger (hard not to give this to philip seymour hoffman though)
- no pick for best leading actress. wasn't wild about any of those that i've seen
- same for best actor. haven't seen several of the films though
- unimpressed with all the directors here, really. fincher certainly didn't do much with b.b., as much as i love him.
- martin mcdonough, in bruges.
- john patrick shanley, for doubt
- haven't seen any of the foreign nominations
- wall-e easily wins best animated feature
- the best picture nominations are a joke. a JOKE.

in general these just emphasized for me that this has been a very middling year for film, at least as far as my experience is concerned.

 

[Danielsan]

I really hope that Slum Dog doesn't win best picture. It was a poor man's City of God.
Best picture should go to The Wrestler in my opinion but seeing as that didn't get nominated....

Mickey Rourke should be a lock for best Actor.

 

[Memles]

The Full Nominations:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Richard Jenkins in The Visitor (Overture Films)
* Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon (Universal)
* Sean Penn in Milk (Focus Features)
* Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
* Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
* Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
* Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
* Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
* Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
* Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
* Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Best animated feature film of the year

* "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
* "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

* "Changeling" (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
* "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
* "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

* "Changeling" (Universal), Tom Stern
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

* "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin
* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West
* "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O'Connor
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Glicker
* "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher

* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Ron Howard
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath

* "Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
* "The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
* "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

* "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
* "The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
* "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
* "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

* "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production, Germany
* "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France
* "Departures" (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
* "Revanche" (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
* "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
* "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat
* "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
* "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
* "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

Best motion picture of the year

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
* "Milk" (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer

Best animated short film

* "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
* "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
* "Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
* "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
* "This Way Up", A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

* Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
* "Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
* "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
* "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
* "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King
* "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
* "Wanted" (Universal),Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
* "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
* "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
* "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

* "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
* "Doubt" (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley
* "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan
* "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare
* "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

* "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt
* "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh
* "In Bruges" (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh
* "Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black
* "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

 

[YYZ]

This is why you include Wall-E in best film. It's competing with Bolt and Kung Fu Krap.


*sigh*



...and if TDK isn't going to get a nod then I guess nothing from the comic book realm will for a very long time.


....AND, if Slumdog Millionaire wins then I predict a GAF meltdown.

 

[7Th]

Maybe not, but it was the better film out of the current nominees. The only two films I would put close to it were Frost/Nixon and The Wrestler.

I'm pretty sure Milk is a much better film, actually.

 

[eznark]

I didn't even know Milk was out yet.

I guess of the nominations Slumdog should get it. Ask me Rourke easily gets best lead.

 

[Leonsito]

Where is Springsteen?

Not a lot of surprises, not big nominations for TDK, but who expected them ?

 

[Eric WK]

Where is Springsteen?

Not a lot of surprises, not big nominations for TDK, but who expected them ?

Almost every major prognosticator expected them.

And yes, there were a lot of surprises.

 

[DrEvil]

Man on Wire WILL win Best Doc. mark my words.

 

[DMczaf]

TWO Slumdog songs got nominated over Springsteen?

:lol Oh well, at least Eastwood's song didn't get in there.

 

[Sanjuro]

I'm pretty sure Milk is a much better film, actually.

I don't. Aside from the performances which were great you could have inserted another time piece film and it would have fit in it's cookie cut shape. It wasn't a bad film though.

 

[Star Power]

It sucks that Ledger is a lock for Best Supporting because of his death, IMO Michael Shannon and Josh Brolin are more deserving. Heath should've won for Brokeback Mountain.

 

[Leonsito]

Almost every major prognosticator expected them.

And yes, there were a lot of surprises.

Well, TDK won a couple of awards in the season, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of people expected it to get shafted in the Oscar nominations

I'll be rooting for Slumdog millionaire and The Wrestler, I supoose that Heath Ledger will win, but who knows at this moment.

And Penelope better not win her Oscar -_-

 

[Eric WK]

It sucks that Ledger is a lock for Best Supporting because of his death, IMO Michael Shannon and Josh Brolin are more deserving. Heath should've won for Brokeback Mountain.

Well, I think he'd be a lock either way. Shannon was fantastic, but I don't think Brolin is even the Best Supporting Actor in Milk. I would've much preferred a Franco nomination.

 

[hiryu]

Ugh, I was hoping the Dark Knight would get nominated for Best Picture just to take votes away from Slumdog. Now Slumdog is definitely going to win Best Picture. Yuck.

 

[DMczaf]

The Wrestler has the same amount of nominations as Wanted.

Welp.

 

[Eric WK]

Well, TDK won a couple of awards in the season, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of people expected it to get shafted in the Oscar nominations

Not really. Literally every major prognosticator expected it to be nominated.

http://moviecitynews.com/awards/index_gurus.html

The Wrestler has the same amount of nominations as Wanted.

Welp.

Christ.

 

[eznark]

If Ledger is a lock because of his death does that mean Bolt is going to pull the upset for John Travolta?

 

[Sanjuro]

I also forgot Gran Torino has nothing.

 

[suaveric]

Well, TDK won a couple of awards in the season, but I'm pretty sure that a lot of people expected it to get shafted in the Oscar nominations

I'll be rooting for Slumdog millionaire and The Wrestler, I supoose that Heath Ledger will win, but who knows at this moment.

And Penelope better not win her Oscar -_-

Everyone thought TDK was a lock because it picked up nominations from all the separate guilds... except from the SAG. In hindsight, the SAG makes up half the Academy, so I guess it shouldn't be too big of a a shock that it got screwed by the Oscars.

It's too bad they don't release the vote count, it would be interesting to see just how close TDK came to being nominated.

 

[Eric WK]

I also forgot Gran Torino has nothing.

Which is strange, because the general consensus was that if anything were to knock out The Dark Knight it would most likely be Gran Torino (with The Reader and Doubt being less likely). An Eastwood nomination was becoming very probable too.

 

[John Dunbar]

no springsteen or dicaprio? boo.

 

[Midas]

Rourke for best actor would be awesome!

 

[dmshaposv]

The only thing that saddens me is that they nominated Ron fucking howard again. Seriously, the most banal director EVER.

I never expected TDK to get a BP nom, but surely Nolan deserved the director nom if Ron fucking Howard clinched it for the third/fourth time?

 

[RBelong2Us]

forget Dark Knight for a second (this just seals that we will never see a comic flick nominated for best picture) but how in the f*ck does The Reader get in over The Wrestler?

 

[Solo]

This is exactly what Ive predicted for TDK for months now - supporting for Heath, and a bunch of technical noms. While I cant predict box office for shit, I do much better with awards.

 

[DrForester]

Not surprised that TDK didn't get nominated it was a great film, but really didn't deserve it.\ That and Oscar gave the fanboys their Oscar a few years ago with Return of the King.

Never expected Wall-E to get a nomination, but I really wanted it to.

 

[DMczaf]

Sorry Solo, Quantum of Solace's brilliance was shutout of the awards

But now Wanted is Oscar® Nominated Wanted!

 

[Star Power]

I'm hoping Viola Davis can win Best Supporting Actress, but it's looking like Penelope Cruz is a lock with Winslet out of the picture. I'm pleasantly surprised to see Melissa Leo - I was expecting Sally Hawkins to be nommed definitely. I'm kind of shocked that Revolutionary Road was basically snubbed besides Michael Shannon... and The Reader has gotten so much love, wasn't expecting that at all....

 

[Leonsito]

Not really. Literally every major prognosticator expected it to be nominated.

http://moviecitynews.com/awards/index_gurus.html



Christ.

Wow at the Best Director table, Nolan really got fucked by ... "The Reader"

Next Batman film to be set in Berlin in WWII, Batman kills Hitler.

 

[Eric WK]

Wow at the Best Director table, Nolan really got fucked by ... "The Reader"

Next Batman film to be set in Berlin in WWII, Batman kills Hitler.

Well with the way AMPAS works, the Holocaust angle will just be canceled out by the comic book one.

 

[suaveric]

People are asking if TDK can't be nominated, how will any comic-based movie ever be? Then I remembered that the next X-Men spin off is supposed to be about Magneto!

Comic book fans are going to have a movie about a Holocaust survivor, this is a lock for best picture!

 

[Great Rumbler]

In case anyone wasn't already convinced, there's a wide, wide gap between movie-goers/movie critics and whoever it is that votes for the Academy Awards.

The Reader? Really? At least put something in there that actually got decent reviews. :/

 

[Eric WK]

In case anyone wasn't already convinced, there's a wide, wide gap between movie-goers/movie critics and whoever it is that votes for the Academy Awards.

The Reader? Really? At least put something in there that actually got decent reviews. :/

For the record:

Actors - 1,243
Producers - 454
Executives - 440
Sound - 412
Writers - 396
Art Directors - 373
Directors - 374
Public Relations - 369
Members at Large - 254
Shorts/Feature Animation - 330
Visual Effects - 264
Music - 235
Editors - 223
Cinematographers - 195
Documentary - 141
Makeup - 116
Total Voting Members - 5829

That's why the guilds are the most important part of the precursor season.

 

[Blader]

Wow, it's even worse than I thought it'd be.

Fuck Slumdog, that dumb piece of shit.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Ill be the odd one to say i am thrilled Button received 13 nominations. Although, i only really see 4 as a lock for the movie, mostly the technical/art stuff. Still though, a lot of great work was done in that movie. I want to see it again to see if i like it better a second time.

I think it will be between Penn and Rourke for actor, and Slumbdog will probably get best picture.

 

[AAK]

I just want Kung Fu Panda to win. That was the best out of all of the other movies I've seen that were nominated.

 

[rollingstart]

terrible list

shit/bin oscars

 

[Solo]

Sorry Solo, Quantum of Solace's brilliance was shutout of the awards

You whore.

 

[Phloxy]

I think Robert Downey Jr gets best supporting actor, because he was a dude disguised as a dude who was playing another dude.