Oscar Nominations

[IronMan08]

Here are the nominations for this year's Oscars:

BEST PICTURE:
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

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

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

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie - Changeling (Universal)
Melissa Leo - Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep - Doubt (Miramax)
Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Weinstein Company)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Josh Brolin - Milk (Focus Features)
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt (Miramax)
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Amy Adams - Doubt (Miramax)
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)
Viola Davis - Doubt (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

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

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
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

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

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

[IronMan08]

Haha well he did get one for the Golden Globes.
Heath will definitely win though.

Unfortunately The Dark Knight got snubbed for Best Picture and Best Director.
Some other films got snubbed too.

[CSAgent]

I'm disappointed that The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button has so many damn nominations.

Sure, Brad Pitt gave a great performance. But it's a short story that was originally 3-4 pages that high school students read, dragged on for 3 hours into a film that's like watching Forrest Gump version 2.0! It's the same screenwriter for bloody sakes!

[porphyra]

Haha well he did get one for the Golden Globes.
Heath will definitely win though.

Unfortunately The Dark Knight got snubbed for Best Picture and Best Director.
Some other films got snubbed too.

I wouldn't say it got snubbed. It got 8 nominations, rightly deserved. And also, it rightly didn't get nominated in the Best Picture and Best Director category. The 3rd half of the film was totally off-pace and disjointed. It was a good movie, but that is it. I am glad the AMPAS didn't bow to the enormous pressure in feeling that they had to nominate it.

[newt_101]

Not saying who WILL win, but who I believe SHOULD win are:

BEST PICTURE:
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer

DIRECTING:
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Meryl Streep - Doubt (Miramax)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

[thelefteyeguy]

Not saying who WILL win, but who I believe SHOULD win are:

BEST PICTURE:
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer

DIRECTING:
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Meryl Streep - Doubt (Miramax)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Slumdog Millionaire was alright and deserves to be nominated...but best picture?...I would have to disagree

[Talamasca]

I would have taken out Slumdog Millionaire and nominated The Dark Knight in its place.

[Buggy166]

half of those nominations are ass...the other half i agree with..like most people here said. the benjamin button movie doesnt deserve 13 nominations...and slumdog for best film? good contender but hardly a winner.

milk? watching ACTUAL milk was more entertaining and action packed...and yes , the comment is oozing sarcasm.

[Derek]

Was hoping Wall-E would get a best picture nomination at least.

[wisdom_kid]

Surprised Revolutionary Road isn't on there. Slumdog for best Best Pic? overrated.

The one thing I am happy with is the fact that Dark Knight isn't nominated for Best Picture.

[Talamasca]

Was hoping Wall-E would get a best picture nomination at least.

I don't think an animated movie will ever get a Best Picture nomination again since they've created the ghetto known as Best Animated Film.

[originalnutta]

Here are the nominations for this year's Oscars:

BEST PICTURE:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer

DIRECTING:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

Kate Winslet - The Reader (The Weinstein Company)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

In Bruges (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Waltz with Bashir (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

WALL•E (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton

ART DIRECTION:

Revolutionary Road (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle

COSTUME DESIGN:
Australia (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

Man on Wire (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn


FILM EDITING:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

MAKEUP:

The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan


ORIGINAL SCORE:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman

ORIGINAL SONG:

"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

SOUND MIXING:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty


SOUND EDITING:

Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers


VISUAL EFFECTS:

Iron Man (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan



My picks.

[Longobongo]

Dark Knight not getting a nomination at least for best picture/director disappointments me. I didn't even know what slumdog millionaire was until last week...

[IronMan08]

Dark Knight not getting a nomination at least for best picture/director disappointments me. I didn't even know what slumdog millionaire was until last week...

Amen to that.
The Reader does not deserve best director/picture.
They could have easily replaced it with The Dark Knight.

[time space]

i wouldn't say it got snubbed. It got 8 nominations, rightly deserved. And also, it rightly didn't get nominated in the best picture and best director category. The 3rd half of the film was totally off-pace and disjointed. It was a good movie, but that is it. I am glad the ampas didn't bow to the enormous pressure in feeling that they had to nominate it.

+1

[heymikey]

Here are my picks:

BEST PICTURE:
Slumdog Millionaire

DIRECTING:
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (although I would be happy to see David Fincher win as well)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Sean Penn, Milk

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
I don't really care

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Slumdog Millionaire

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Milk

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Waltz with Bashir

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Wall-E

[heymikey]

The Reader does not deserve best director/picture.
They could have easily replaced it with The Dark Knight.
I agree with "The Reader". I watched an early screening of the movie last month and it didn't strike me as the kind of movie that would get rave reviews. Kate Winslet though, I have to admit, was pretty good. Ralph Fiennes though was underutilized in the movie, although the actor who played the younger version of him did a decent job.

[frogger]

I can't believe Benjamin Button got so many nominations. I thought Revolutionary Road got short changed.

[frogger]

I wouldn't say it got snubbed. It got 8 nominations, rightly deserved. And also, it rightly didn't get nominated in the Best Picture and Best Director category. The 3rd half of the film was totally off-pace and disjointed. It was a good movie, but that is it. I am glad the AMPAS didn't bow to the enormous pressure in feeling that they had to nominate it.

I agree. The movie should have ended when Rachel was killed. The two-face plot was painful to watch.

[trini]

Ausralia should have been up there, it was way better than the Wrestler and that kid Creamy could teach miss Fanning a thing or two about acting.

[originalnutta]

Bump for tonight.

Should be an interesting night with all the great movies that have come out this year.

[billdozer]

Slumdog Millionaire was alright and deserves to be nominated...but best picture?...I would have to disagree

+1
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO overrated.

[dell]

Man on Wire should snag the best doc award. It was fascinating to see all the details of Phillipe chasing his dreams of walking across the twin towers. What made it even better was that after you watch the film your happy with his success but by the end of the film your feeling for him as a human being does a 180 turn.

[wisdom_kid]

+1
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO overrated.

+10000

It was a good movie, but people are going a bit too crazy over this film.

[dondada83]

+10000

It was a good movie, but people are going a bit too crazy over this film.

Agreed. The Reader or Curios Case should win Best Picture not Slumdog.

[IronMan08]

Agreed. The Reader or Curios Case should win Best Picture not Slumdog.

If Slumdog should not win I would say Frost/Nixon.
Curious Case = Forrest Gump except Brad Pitt reverses in age.
The Reader. pfft.

[kleptodathief]

TDK gets snubbed cuz they don't like box office blockbuster hits...lets c how hugh jackman hosts this years oscars

i hope kate winslet finally wins an oscar...well deserving

and please don't let micky rourke win best actor!!! man that guy juiced up for that role

sincerely arod

[MaximDude]

Diane Lane looks SOOOOO SOOO NICE on the red carpet! :-0

[IronMan08]

So Penelope Cruz just got the first win of the night.

[Madchester]

The show's editor had to have a quick shot of Angelina, while Aniston's on-stage. :lol:

[jadoocian]

The show's editor had to have a quick shot of Angelina, while Aniston's on-stage. :lol:

lol i saw that too,

angelina was smilin pretty big too

[MaximDude]

Heath wins, everyone gets teary eyed. Me too abit... :|

[IronMan08]

Heath wins, everyone gets teary eyed. Me too abit... :|

Amen. It was well worth it. Though I think Chris Nolan's Speech at the Globe's was more meaningful.

[Madchester]

James Dean got robbed.

[TurboRegal]

And now Slumdog is cleaning up...

[number8888]

So far Button and Slumdog is neck-in-neck in Oscar counts. Interesting to see which ones comes out ahead in the end.

[bembol]

I love that Heath Ledger's Parents and Sister accepted the Oscar.

[jadoocian]

go slumdog go!

loved the performance by AR Rahman and John Legend

[IronMan08]

go slumdog go!

loved the performance by AR Rahman and John Legend

AR Rahman held it down!

[jadoocian]

boo yeah, game over, slumdog takes best picture :)

[sfu_lifer]

Wooo! Slumdog won.

I'm surprised they invited Perez in there. Surprised to see him lol'ing when they first showed Sean Penn. I was so hoping Mickey Rourke would win.

[Justine]

The show's editor had to have a quick shot of Angelina, while Aniston's on-stage. :lol:

They always show angelina when jenn is on stage, it's like a running joke or something.

[MasterXan]

pure ******** that Sean Penn won over Mickey Rourke. Obviously Sean Penn and co. tried to pull a "Crash" with the PC vote. That political rant he made was idiotic too.

[heartsndanger]

Heath wins, everyone gets teary eyed. Me too abit... :|


secretly, i did too.

i thought hugh did a decent job hosting. it didn't overdo the jokes and was overall entertaining.

[IronMan08]

I think the Dark Knight should have won in more categories, but I think the final film in 2011 will reap the awards.

As well Mickey did not win, epic fail.

[dell]

That Japanese film Departures beating out Waltz with Bashir is a huge upset. I thought the Hollywood jews would be all over Waltz.

When that other Japanese animated short won I had a laugh when the guy ran out of things to say and said Thank you Mr Roboto.

[sfu_lifer]

I think the Dark Knight should have won in more categories, but I think the final film in 2011 will reap the awards.

As well Mickey did not win, epic fail.
It's pure Hollywood BS. Seems every major artsy gay film reaps tons of nominations. I watched both films and to me, Mickey Rourke delivered one of the best performances I've seen on film.

[heartsndanger]

oh, james franco (L) and seth rogan's skit was hilarious.

[N_Raged]

Thoroughly disappointed at all of slumdog's wins. But hey, it's so cultural...

[sfu_lifer]

Thoroughly disappointed at all of slumdog's wins. But hey, it's so cultural...

what didn't you like about it? It's like a low-budget non-****** foreign Forrest Gump.

[porphyra]

Thoroughly disappointed at all of slumdog's wins. But hey, it's so cultural...

And of the other nominees, which would you pick? In general the entire field was weak this year, and honestly, SDM does hold up better than the rest. I mean, it has to compete with what? The Reader? :rolleyes:

And the other categories were a given too. It correctly did not win the award for Sound Editing, which TDK deserved. But it totally did deserve the sound mixing award (although I would have been happy with Wall-E too).

I was surprised at the song, but Peter Gabriel's snub might have hurt it. I was really hoping for Wall-E or In Bruges for Original Screenplay. However the biggest upset of the evening was the foreign film. No one expect Departures (Japan). IT seemed to be head to head with "Waltz with Bashir" or "The Class". Really surprising that one.

[IronMan08]

It's pure Hollywood BS. Seems every major artsy gay film reaps tons of nominations. I watched both films and to me, Mickey Rourke delivered one of the best performances I've seen on film.

Just how Crash won "Best Picture" several years ago.
Puh.

[Dash]

I was really surprised at Sean Penn's win. I didn't see that coming at all.

[grappos13]

mickey rourkes performance is overrated imo.... the thing is that wrestlers do exactly what he did everyday... he probably just followed around jake the snake for one day and had his whole acting right there...

being a big wrestling fan for most of my life...the movie overall was good but it was just a poor man's documentary of a mixture of different wrestlers...he delivered it ok but not so amazing as ppl make it out to be....

if anyone with anything to deal with wrestling should win an oscar, it should be Ric Flair... simply amazing...

[IronMan08]

mickey rourkes performance is overrated imo.... the thing is that wrestlers do exactly what he did everyday... he probably just followed around jake the snake for one day and had his whole acting right there...

being a big wrestling fan for most of my life...the movie overall was good but it was just a poor man's documentary of a mixture of different wrestlers...he delivered it ok but not so amazing as ppl make it out to be....

if anyone with anything to deal with wrestling should win an oscar, it should be Ric Flair... simply amazing...

+ ! Haha Ric Flair! :)

Though I still think Mickey should have won, it was an awesome portrayal.
That was what Darren was aiming for, to demonstrate how these wrestlers can get hurt in the ring day in and day out, but for some of them if not most of them are hurt outside of the ring. From drug addictions, to family problems etc.
Mickey was goddamn awesome. I have to see Milk so I can really justify Sean Penn's win.

[Dash]

mickey rourkes performance is overrated imo.... the thing is that wrestlers do exactly what he did everyday... he probably just followed around jake the snake for one day and had his whole acting right there...

being a big wrestling fan for most of my life...the movie overall was good but it was just a poor man's documentary of a mixture of different wrestlers...he delivered it ok but not so amazing as ppl make it out to be....

if anyone with anything to deal with wrestling should win an oscar, it should be Ric Flair... simply amazing...

it's not just about the wrestling scenes. It's about real life problems that Ram had outside of the ring, and how he had to cope with getting older. Still respected by the up and comers, and those in the industry, while his body has to withstand punishment meant for much younger men. wrestlers could do the wrestling scenes, but I doubt they'd have been able to pull off the performance Mickey did overall.

+ ! Haha Ric Flair! :)

Though I still think Mickey should have won, it was an awesome portrayal.
That was what Darren was aiming for, to demonstrate how these wrestlers can get hurt in the ring day in and day out, but for some of them if not most of them are hurt outside of the ring. From drug addictions, to family problems etc.
Mickey was goddamn awesome. I have to see Milk so I can really justify Sean Penn's win.

Sean Penn did a good job. It was an honest portrayal for the most part, but it wasn't really a role that someone else couldn't have done just as effectively. The big dramatic scene was a few tears in one scene, and the largest stretch was him having to act like a gay man. There's no one scene that comes to mind where you reflect on the movie and say "That was a great scene".

[kleptodathief]

ah finally kate WINSlet! :cheesygri thought she had the best/most elegant dress

also penelope cruz was simple and nice too

[Talamasca]

I was really surprised at Sean Penn's win. I didn't see that coming at all.

Why not? Penn won the SAG Best Actor awards and the majority of Academy members are SAG members as well. I think that Rourke was probably a close second though but his private life and past history was too off-putting to the more conservative members of the Academy. He partied with Paris Hilton last week -- that's something Oscar nominees don't do. These award shows are giant popularity contests and you've got to have a great on-screen performance combined with a decent public persona.

[Super strokey]

Thoroughly disappointed at all of slumdog's wins. But hey, it's so cultural...

Is that a south park joke? Cause i think it is lol

[heymikey]

That Japanese film Departures beating out Waltz with Bashir is a huge upset. I thought the Hollywood jews would be all over Waltz.
Oh come on now. Just because they're Jewish, that doesn't mean they'll flock to a specific film. Considering Winslet won for her portrayal of a Nazi guard who let hundreds of jewish women die, I would think they tend to base their decision on artistic matters rather than politics.

[heymikey]

It's called "OSCARS DISAPPROVE ON PROP 8 DECISION SO SUFFER YOU MIDDLE AMERICAN HOMOPHOBES AS WE GIVE SEAN PENN THE AWARD FOR PLAYING A GAY POLITICIAN OH AND P.S. EAT A LOG OF POO MICKEY ROURKE".

Oh, and the terrible tripe the screenwriter for Milk was talking about in regards to the politics of California- the Oscar's aren't a friggin' soapbox for your views. Nobody cares you wrote a story or you pretend for a living, in fact they probably hate you even more because of the "job" you have- given this, you think they actually care about your political opinions?
Considering the theme of the movie that Penn won for, his "rant" was appropriate to what the movie was all about. Milk himself would be proud.

[trini]

Great to see Slumdog Millionaire reign as Top Dog, they deserve it and Rahman and co destroyed the place.

[IronMan08]

Great to see Slumdog Millionaire reign as Top Dog, they deserve it and Rahman and co destroyed the place.

Hell's yea! Rahman was the man!

[Singh_21]

Slum Dog Millionaire was a decent movie....but the best picture?...wtf?

[N_Raged]

Thoroughly disappointed at all of slumdog's wins. But hey, it's so cultural...Is that a south park joke? Cause i think it is lol
I'm glad someone got it ;)


Slum Dog Millionaire was a decent movie....but the best picture?...wtf?
Exactly how I feel, even if the rest of the field was somewhat lackluster. I don't think I can sit through it a second time. The film was predictable and manipulative.
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Putting John Legend there was like putting garlic with Chocolate Ice Cream but at least he can say it was the most important performance of his career.