Oscar nominations are out

[Slick5150]

Nice of the academy to continue to refuse to accept that anything other than a traditional drama can be good. And they continue to make themselves more and more irrelevant to the average movie goer.


In any case, here's the list

The nominees for best picture are "Frost/Nixon," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Milk," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Reader."

The nominees for best actor are Sean Penn ("Milk"), Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon"), Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler"), Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor") and Brad Pitt ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button").

The nominees for best actress are Kate Winslet ("The Reader"), Anne Hathaway ("Rachel Getting Married"), Meryl Streep ("Doubt"), Angelina Jolie ("Changeling") and Melissa Leo ("Frozen River").

The nominees for best supporting actor are Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight"), Josh Brolin ("Milk"), Michael Shannon ("Revolutionary Road"), Robert Downey Jr. ("Tropic Thunder") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Doubt").

The nominees for best supporting actress are Penelope Cruz ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona"), Amy Adams ("Doubt"), Viola Davis ("Doubt"), Taraji P. Henson ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") and Marisa Tomei ("The Wrestler").

The nominees for best director are David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"), Gus Van Sant ("Milk"), Ron Howard ("Frost/Nixon") and Stephen Daldry ("The Reader").

The nominees for best animated feature are "WALL-E," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Bolt."

The nominees for best original screenplay are "In Bruges," "WALL-E," "Frozen River," "Milk" and "Happy-Go-Lucky."

The nominees for best adapted screenplay are "Slumdog Millionaire," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "The Reader" and "Doubt."

 

[olds]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBI...nominations/index.html

 

[Vette73]

Dark knight was not that good. Yea if you are a M.Bay type fan then you might think it was great. But in terms of a movie lasting, it will not hold.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Dark knight was not that good. Yea if you are a M.Bay type fan then you might think it was great. But in terms of a movie lasting, it will not hold.

Uhh.. I HATE Michael Bay movies (I really wanted to walk out of Transformers I got so annoyed with it), and though Dark Knight was amazing. I really can't see how you can even compare the two.

 

[Lamont Burns]

Ledger got nominated, I think that's all that was warranted.

 

[Anubis]

you had to be delusional to think Dark Knight would even be nominated for best pic

 

[ViviTheMage]

WTF, they chose a lot of craptastic movies/actors in my opinion.....and ledger got the only nomination, because he was all that was good in the flick.

 

[ultimatebob]

Wow... Gran Torino got hosed.

 

[Pepsei]

dark knight is good, but not like traditional drama film like.... gladiator

 

[Inspector Jihad]

wait, is it cool to hate the dark knight now?? damn it, i can't keep up with the cool internet yuppies.

 

[BrokenVisage]

It got "shafted" because it's no more than a popcorn flick disguised as a serious movie. Why so serious??

And yes, I thought Iron Man was better. Ledger is the only nod TDK should have gotten in any major category. For once I see eye-to-eye with the academy.

Frost/Nixon for Best Movie, Brad Pitt for Best Actor. Regardless, a weak year in movies yet again.

Meryl Streep gets nominated AGAIN as well. That makes 15 or 16 now I think, incredible.

And Slumdog Millionaire... heh... well they always have to throw a crappy, obscure Juno-type movie in there, don't they?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Wow... Gran Torino got hosed.

well nothing was great about that movie, so i'm glad it isn't in the run.

the acting, clint included, was terrible.

i think ledger will get best supporting actor.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
wait, is it cool to hate the dark knight now?? damn it, i can't keep up with the cool internet yuppies.

I do not think people 'hated' it...but only found ledger's performance worthwhile.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Wow... Gran Torino got hosed.

yea thats kinda fucked up, i had to go look to see if was a 2009 realease but IMDB has in in 2008

it was better then Button and slumdog IMO and Clint was fing amazing in it

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Wow... Gran Torino got hosed.

Wasn't Gran Torino released in 2009? Was it even eligible for this year's awards?

 

[SpanishFry]

milk? really?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
wait, is it cool to hate the dark knight now?? damn it, i can't keep up with the cool internet yuppies.

I do not think people 'hated' it...but only found ledger's performance worthwhile.

Exactly.

It was blown way out of proportion due to Ledger, and while a good comic book movie doesn't hold it's own in regards to story and such. Ledger did an amazing fuckin job "would you like to see a magic trick?", and all the other scenes that made him simply amazing.

Frankly TDK was worth watching (and I own it on Blu-ray), but when compared to other films it doesn't hold it's own. Movies like Gladiator that have a great drama/story/plot, but have very strong characters, and tell it's story very well.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: SpanishFry
milk? really?

It does a body good! 1% please.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
It got "shafted" because it's no more than a popcorn flick disguised as a serious movie. Why so serious??

And yes, I thought Iron Man was better. Ledger is the only nod TDK should have gotten in any major category. For once I see eye-to-eye with the academy.

Frost/Nixon for Best Movie, Brad Pitt for Best Actor. Regardless, a weak year in movies yet again.

Meryl Streep gets nominated AGAIN as well. That makes 15 or 16 now I think, incredible.

And Slumdog Millionaire... heh... well they always have to throw a crappy, obscure Juno-type movie in there, don't they?

I thought it was very well done, and more deserving of an Oscar than Dark Knight. But hey, that's just me (and whoever came up with that list, apparently )..

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
wait, is it cool to hate the dark knight now?? damn it, i can't keep up with the cool internet yuppies.

I do not think people 'hated' it...but only found ledger's performance worthwhile.

Exactly.

It was blown way out of proportion due to Ledger, and while a good comic book movie doesn't hold it's own in regards to story and such. Ledger did an amazing fuckin job "would you like to see a magic trick?", and all the other scenes that made him simply amazing.

Frankly TDK was worth watching (and I own it on Blu-ray), but when compared to other films it doesn't hold it's own. Movies like Gladiator that have a great drama/story/plot, but have very strong characters, and tell it's story very well.

damn gladiator was a great movie...going to have to watch it again.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: SpanishFry
milk? really?

gay person in a gay movie = automatic nomination

that's the way it works in hollywood. they're still upset over prop8.

 

[spaceman]

MICKEY ROURKE IS BEST EVER OF ALL TIMES
REPEAT
MICKEY ROURKE IS THE BEST OF THE BESTEST




EVER



ALLTIME


IN THE WTRESTLER!

NEVER A BETTER ACTOR EVER

 

[spaceman]

Sean Penn is no Mickey Rourke.
EVER

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: Lamont Burns
Ledger got nominated, I think that's all that was warranted.

this. i personally didn't think the movie was that great. don't get me wrong, i liked it, but i didn't htink it was oscar worthy at all.

however, ledger's performance was terrific and deserves all the praise and accolades if he does win.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Anubis
you had to be delusional to think Dark Knight would even be nominated for best pic

Exactly. Ledger being nominated was a given, but anything more than that and I would have been very surprised.

Happy to see In Bruges get a nod for screenplay, even though it won't win. I also thought Clint would get a nomination, I thought he was quite good, though maybe he just seemed really good because the rest of the cast was terrible.

KT