81st Oscar 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)
More after the cut.
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
226 Responses for "81st Annual Oscar Nominations"
MELISSA LEO REPRESENT!!!
Most of us learned a good lesson today.
im sorry bur FUCK THIS SHIT
TDK and REV ROAD snubbed in the major categories…
TDK NO BEST PIC AND NO BEST DIRECTOR….
I say this with love FUCK THE OSCARS…
Wow, what just happened? The Reader?
But even more shocking, no Bashir in animated?! Come on!
It’s almost a complete match with the SAGs – just swap Dev Patel with Michael Shannon and Kate Winslet for Marisa Tomei, (plus change Winslet’s Revolutionary Road to The Reader). Shannon was really the only surprise.
AMPAS has far too high an opinion of itself to nominate The Dark Knight. As Ricky Gervais said, they’ll always pick a good Nazi flick as profound enough for their tastes…
So disappointed on so many levels — from Picture to Song.
Biggest shock has to be no “The Wrestler” for Original Song.
Lack TDK is just disappointing and a month from now the Oscar folks are going to be wonderng again, why ratings are so low.
I wonder how Kate being nominated for The Reader in the Best Actress category is going to shake up the standings. Has anyone ever won a leading Oscar after being in the supporting category for all the precursors?
OK. Now I’m happy.
Just take a look at Original Screenplay:
FROZEN RIVER
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
IN BRUGES
MILK
WALL-E
They really rocked this year.
And Kate WINSLET’s totally overrated performance in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD got snubbed. I think it’s a great choice of a nominatioN! So happy!
Does anyone actually like ‘The Reader’? I would love to meet someone and have them explain why the movie is a good film. Honestly, Kate Winslet was not up to par in that film at all, and her “Revolutionary Road” performance is 10 times better
Fucking schmaltzy twats. Again going for the Holocaust movie. Blergh, not good for them. No one’s watching now.
I was kind of shocked in a bad way when I watched the nominations announced, felt a little robbed. Shame about Clint Eastwood, Sally Hawkins, The Dark Knight, and Revolutionary Road – in where one of the best central performances of the year in Winslet was overlooked. The influences of politics and campaigning sees The Reader, Frost / Nixon and Milk all nominated for Best Picture which after all this exciting build up now looks like an ordinary category {Its Slumdog’s by a mile, I didn’t care much for Button}…
Now I’m pissed!!! No Bruce Springsteen for best song. The fucking Reader for Best Picture over several more worthy films!!! I mean, there were some nice surprises…In Bruges for best screenplay, Melissa Leo for best actress, Richard Jenkins…But I can’t get over snubbing THE BOSS!!
TDK snubbed and still gets eight nominations!
Daldry 3 for 3!
Picture/Director 5/5 match!
Harvey has his cake (The Reader) and eats it too (Penelope)!
Benjamin Button 13 nominations!
Only three songs nominated and “The Wrestler” is not among them!
Cool, AMPAS didn’t play the lead/support game and voted for Winslet in READER. She canceled herself out, and the better film got the votes.
Also cool about snubbing TDK, the web talk was as loud as in 2007 when DREAMGIRLS was the film to beat.
SLUMDOG has no actors love – well, at least I know what that means.
Wow complete bull! No Rosemarie DeWitt?? Did they really need to decide this year that ‘catgeory fraud’ mattered? RDJ? Over James Franco or emile Hirsch, or practically anybody. I am shocked and a little disgusted. ‘Slumdog’ I love ya, but you are def not worthy. yay for Hollywood deciding to embrace something a film to soothe their effed up morals. Peace out hope Milk goes all the way!
I said over and over that the obvious 5 would never happen, let alone happen in Picture and Director.
Nothing, not even a lobotomy, can relieve the anger I am feeling over The Reader’s nomination. And it isn’t because The Dark Knight has been, pretty much, snubbed. It’s because AMPAS thinks The Reader is at least the fifth best film of the year. WHAT? Better than TDK, better than WALL*E, than The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, Gran Torino, Paranoid Park (I really loved it), In Bruges, Vicky Christian Barcelona, Defiance, and so on; the list is positively endless.
I think I am correct when I say that The Reader will be the first sub 60 film on Metacritic to get a Best Picture Nomination. Hell of a way to shoot yourself in the foot. It’s such a shallow, lumbering film, barely touching any of the issues of postwar Germany. I wasn’t particularly blown away by the acting. Winslet is far better in Revolutionary Road.
The Academy can go fuck themselves for this. They have finally proven they are a bunch of old, zombified, dull, conservative idiots. I, for one, will be hoping for a massacre. Bring out the guns.
“Harvey has his cake (The Reader) and eats it too (Penelope)!”
Ladies and gentlemen, The Quote of the Day.
I’m too fucking depressed for words. I thought at least the directors would get it right and nominate Nolan. And the snubbing of Springsteen while only nominating three songs?
If Forest Gump II wins any of the big awards I’m gonna be more pissed than when Bravehart won.
Let the rioting begin. I hated the fanboys all year long. However, the Dark Knight should have been nominated. This is utter madness. The Reader? Did anyone anticipate the Reader? Like, for real real?
Might go down in history as one of the biggest blunders by the Academy. I’m calling it now. Happy for In Bruges though.
[What I wanted to type but the server ate:]
TDK snubbed and still gets eight nominations!
Benjamin Button: 13 nominations (and that’s without Cate or Sound Editing)!
Slumdog: 10 nominations (two songs)!
Daldry 3 for 3!
Picture/Director 5/5 match!
Picture/Director/Editing 4/5: The Reader steals TDL’s Best Picture/Director nods, but TDK blocks The Reader’s Best Picture win!
Harvey has his cake (The Reader) and eats it too (Penelope)!
Only three songs nominated and “The Wrestler,” “Gran Torino,” “I Thought I Lost You” and the soundtrack of HSM3 is not among them!
WALL-E and Milk frontrunners for Original Screenplay in an indie pack that doesn’t include Jenny Lumet — but In Bruges is in!
Revolutionary Road nominated for only Oscar, in the one category it cannot hope to win!
Roger Deakins *is* AMPAS’ Susan Lucci!
I was 3 for 3 in my no guts no glory!!!
this is why no one takes the academy seriosly, and wacth their raiting drop even more, cause i ain’t wacthing this joke of an award show.
Hey – on a more positive note:
Do you realise that it’s the anniversary of Heath Ledger’s death tomorrow? A fitting tribute.
The Reader nomination is the worst thing ever. I’m anti-TDK, but it was better than The Reader. What happened to Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, or any other of the dozen great movies?
Should have expected this, but it angers me. The only deserving film in the Best Picture category is Slumdog Millionaire, so guess I’m rooting for that one all the way.
Interestingly, the Picture and Director categories line up 100%, even though TDK wasn’t nominated and was expected to be.
Rev. Road wasn’t snubbed exactly… it still pulled off one for Michael Shannon, after being ignored by most precursors.
Too bad about the Brangelina nods – way to upstage the awards.
Awesome original screenplay category.
What are the nomination counts per movie?
can anyone explain why there are only three song nominees? it’s not like there weren’t enough in contention to justify a five-nominee list…
The Academy just said a big FUCK OFF to the entire American film-going public. And I toast them for that.
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What a dissapointment…
The Reader – 60% fresh on rottentomatoes.
The Dark Knight – 94% fresh and second highest rated filme of the year – rottentomatoes.
I’m just going to youtube heath’s win…
and If he by some miracle doesn’t at least I didn’t waste my time.
For the first time, I am boycotting the Oscars. Seriously, “The Reader”? Pompous snobs.
Just noticing the “Baltimore Sun” blurb from Metacritic. “The Reader is ponderously self-important and smugly Socratic.” No wonder AMPAS loved it.
UN FREAKING BELIEVABLE (avoids using curse word)
wow, The Academy screwed my big time with snubbing out The Dark Knight in the Major categories. At least nominate Nolan for god’s sake…
And for The Reader….Seriously? not even for Revolutionary Road at least?
@ 20
I’m already avoiding the awards this year because my least favorite nominee I know will win. Such an average film going to be Best Picture. I’m going to say it: Slumdog Millionaire will be, to me, a worse Best Picture selection than Crash ever was.
Academy, please! It’s the 21st century! You voters need to update yourselves! Major snubs ever here! I feel like boycotting the show…
Good luck with the rating. Academy
To those who were in fantasyland, this list is pretty consistent. No shockers, none. Congrats to all.
my no guts choice for in bruges. and it’s there.in bruges is the movie that just won’t die.
and 3 for 3 in no guts/no glory is darn impressive elvis !!!!
Why are people so up in arms about all of this? It’s just an awards show. Yeah, sure, AMPAS made some interesting choices, but it’s not like the end of the world. If anything, I think that it is a joke that the Academy gave ten nominations to Slumdog, a film that will NOT survive the test of time. The Reader certainly deserved everything it got, and I am quite happy for it. A very touching film. Ugh, the Slumdog love still makes me gag a little, but I’m not gonna not watch the show just because of it. Anyway, that’s my two cents. Take it as you will.
Just goes to show
The Academy Awards= the old French Academy
Prestige, excellence, and down right egotistical ass whipes
TDK’s snub just goes to show the ACTING branch doesn’t know a good movie when it sees it. This is all their fault. they have the MOST votes. And they opted for a Holocaust movie! Enough already we get it, it was bad, but Schindler’s List was enough.
I was almost too shocked to see The Reader up there for Picture to realize The Dark Knight was missing. I loved the reader but if ratings are what the producers are looking for then they’ll have to wait another year. TDK deserved it, too.
The sickest part is, people will be calling TDK the Dreamgirls of 2008.
A bit of a letdown for me with no love for Kate in Revolutionary Road, and the BP nom to The Reader over several more worth films, as stated here. But I was very happy to see Pitt get a much deserved nod for best actor.
Trivia Time — Can anyone recall the last time a married couple were nominated in the Best Actor and Best Actress category in the same awards year?
Still can’t believe “The Boss” wasn’t nominated for The Wrestler…why only 3 songs? It was a pretty good list until I saw that Bruce got snubbed big time
My my. How shocking Academy. Yet another nomination for the Holocaust movie that totally cheapens the actual Holocaust. UGH.
This is such a crock. There is no respect for The Dark Knight at all, especially for Chris and Jonathan Nolan. None of the anti-TDK people can look me in the eye and tell me The Reader has any business being on that best picture list. This is fucking outrageous.
There are far too many nominations for Benjamin Button (particularly for Brad Pitt who gave a very passive performance). There is no nomination for Dev Patel. Ralph Fiennes has been totally shut out, and there is not an ounce of respect for Revolutionary Road (particularly poor Leonardo DiCaprio). The only thing that is keeping me from hurling my laptop across the room is that thankfully Clint Eastwood was not nominated.
Thankfully Taraji Henson, Michael Shannon, Josh Brolin, and Heath Ledger appear on this ridiculous list of nominations.
i’m sorry but there will be large article on my site on how incredible dumb the academy is.
and what the hell is this love affair with the reader? Which was in no way shape or form one of the best five movies of the year.
How can any person defend that both Frost/Nixon and The Reader are superior films IN ANY WAY than The Dark Knight.
And on top of that, who in their fucking mind thought anyone short of Boyle or Fincher, was a better director than Nolan. I mean watch just one of the making of featurettes and you will understand what I mean.
And to have only 3 song nominees, and thus also snubbing probably one of the greatest film songs in at least the past decade in stead of going for a soundtrack that is an Indian Dance Remix Best Hits (What it sounds like, not what it is). Like seriously Academy,
Fuck off.
BTW: Congratulations on the 50 million who will watch Best Supporting Actor and the 25 million who will watch the rest of the show.
I’m not pissed at all. The Dark Knight got exactly what it deserved. It *was not* Best Picture, Best Director, or Best Adapted Screenplay material. Too bad a much better film than it or any of the others, WALL-E, also didn’t get nominated. But luckily it has Best Animated, Best Original Screenplay, and many others to console itself (the first two I mentioned not being technical awards, proving its status against TDK already). Congrats to Heath Ledger, the only truly Oscar-worthy thing from The Dark Knight. Hooray to them not nominating overrated films simply because they’re popular (boo to them not nominating the best and most critically acclaimed film of the year, WALL-E).
Also, hooray for no crappy “The Wrestler” song! Down to Earth could actually deservedly win since it’s not up against that overrated tripe from Bruce.
Happiest person today? Penelope Cruz? Her path to victory just got a whole lot easier.
Unhappiest person: Chris Nolan.
You’ve gotta be kidding me, Academy, no The Dark Knight Best Picture nominations??? I was a little sceptic before for the movie, knowing that it could not be the Best movie of the year, but seeing it now not getting the nominations that I thought was already arranged, I gotta say it deserved at least to be on the list.
But hey, know at least you will listen when I tell you there are some things that are fundamentally wrong lately in the Academy. Didn’t I say they would mess up again, but you tried to ignore me. Sasha, it’s a great website, but less listening to critics and more thinking outside the box would be necessary, because clearly it has become an impossible task to predict the Oscars. I mean, no Revolutionary Road nominations in the major categories?? Could any of us have predicted that, and is this even adequate with respect to this great movie that took the work and masterplay of Sam Mendes and a great cast of giving and hard-working actors. Is this why movies are made?? The Dark Knight is the movie that we will remember as groundbreaking and revolutionary even for the 2008 year, but to hell with it, if listen to the Academy.
And finally one thought – I have yet to see The Reader, but I have doubts Winslet’s performance there is superior to that in Road, therefore there is the possibility that Meryl Streep was deliberetely tipped of for her well due third award. Something to thing about…
It’s very disappointing to me that The Dark Knight didn’t get nominated. But Gran Torino, WALL-E, Revolutionary Road taking the #5 slot would have been more acceptable than The Reader.
Someone needs to write a Top 5 or Top 10 rules for Oscar prognostication. #1 would obviously be: No matter how acclaimed any supposed contender is, if there’s a Holocaust/World War II drama released in December it will get nominated, no matter what the reviews are.
The Kate Winslet episode from Extras has just gained legendary status.
TDK should have got atleast a Best Director nod
But atleast the main Best Supporting Actor nod came through!
It had too but you never know with the academy! lol
And 8 is still a good number! Lets hope it wins in atleast 5 of those
What a joke! “The Reader?” It will be remembered as the movie that snubbed ‘TDK.’ Harvey Weinstein buys another Oscar! Gotta love Hollywood politics.
And Im sorry, but Kate Winslet was much better in ‘RR.’ Say what you will about a Batman movie, but Christopher Nolan’s direction was suburb and at least deserved Best Director.
And no Bruce Springsteen nomination is the biggest insult considering there are only three nominated songs instead of five!?! That’s the the biggest WTF!
I agree with # 18 Matthew H…..Irrelevant!
I’ll just copy / paste my reaction posted on the previous AwardsDaily article. I’m still in a very WTF state.
OMFG
WHERE is Sally Hawkins
WHERE is Darren Aronofsky
WHERE is The Dark Knight
WHERE is The Fall
WHERE is Revolutionary Road
WHY is Meryl Streep in there
WHY is TDK in the Visual Effects race
WHERE THE F**K is Bruce’s amazing song “The Wrestler”
Didn’t see The Reader love coming. Wow
T.
PS: Kate Winslet is shown nominated for Revolutionary Road on your side nominees list bar (and not for The Reader); also, if The Visitor is a 2007 movie (as seen on imdb.com), why is it being nominated this year for Best Actor in a leading role?
After briefly flirting with relevance last year, the Oscars have settled back into their usual infuriating stubbornness. This will only grow the massive cult of The Dark Knight, now that it’s been snubbed for major Oscars. And no Sally Hawkins? SERIOUSLY? The best performance by a male or female actor this year, and she’s snubbed? And I’m forced to root against Kate Winslet, who I would LOVE to see win an Oscar, but NOT a make-up/deferred Oscar for a clearly unworthy/lesser performance. Man, I didn’t even like Rev. Road but I thought she was deserving for it.
Even though I know a lot of people disagree, I am forced to root for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — it’s the only BP nominee to be among my favorite films of 2008.
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And fuck these Oscars. The little surprises don’t mean shit, knowing that The Dark Knight got nominated for 8 Oscars only to have missed out Director/Picture. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this dead inside.
I hope you guys actually watch The Reader, it is a great film, and didn’t necessarily take Dark Knight’s spot
However the picture/director Dark Knight snubs are a big disappointment, the academy lost quite a bit of credibility there.
Sally Hawkins gave the most sincere performance in recent memory. What a travesty!
You can already predict the winners in all the major categories (Slumdog, Kate, Mickey, Heath, Penelope). Playing it safe = early to bed on 2/22
In other Oscar headlines:
Milk gets 8, remains in the game!
Germany gets two nominations for Best Live Action short!
Sad. Very sad. I’m actually more shocked about Springsteen’s snub then anything else. Of course I’m the most disappointed about TDK. I don’t know how anyone can still say “at least they did this right…”, when they did so many things wrong. Weinstein remains my most hated man working in Hollywood for once again ruining another Oscar year; and of course his butchering of Asian Cinema, but that’s not as important at the moment.
Sasha…hey…remember when people were saying that when the Academy voters don’t base their votes on potential TV ratings because they have no financial stake in the telecast?
Next time you champion a movie, remember how this TDK lunacy backfired on you guys.
The Dark Knight didn’t make it. I knew that the Academy wouldn’t nominate a superhero movie and a sequel. Money doesn’t always talk, good for the Academy for not selling out! Next time, I’m going with my gut.
I did not NGNGed The Reader; but I was definitely feeling The Reader surge the past few weeks.
TDK snub for BP was a little surprising. But the Nolan snub was shocking.
Look at the editing noms. It was definitely between TDK and The Reader for that last spot. The Reader gets the BP. TDK gets the editing. Small consolation.
The Oscar love/hate Leonardo DiCarprio saga lives.
Hmm. Well, at least they threw us a few curveballs. Original screenplay was totally whacked (but in a good way).
I think this probably means that Kate Winslet wins best actress. No vote splitting between categories, and AMPAS clearly loved The Reader. She’s the only actress nominee in a BP nominated film. Add this on to the fact that the category has no clear frontrunner and that Kate is “overdo” for a win, and I think we have the winner.
So Penelope gets supporting after all.
I’m not surprised by the Eastwood snub. I really was feeling the Gran Torino hype was sort of bogus. I’m glad AMPAS drew a line in the sand for how far they’re willing to take the Clint love.
As for The Dark Knight snubbing…well, I can’t even go there.
AMPAS has made a pathetic spectacle of itself this morning.
That shouldn’t detract from how great Slumdog is, or Benjamin Button, or Milk.
The Reader is an amazing film.
None of them can touch The Dark Knight
BFCA > AMPAS
No TDK for best picture wich is not really a surprise. This film will have one or two awards in the technical categories and Heath Ledger will have the suporting actor award.
Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei are nominated whis is great. A nomination for Kate Winslet as leading actress in The Reader, which is normal, and the Oscar is already in Kate’s bag now.
And a best original screenplay nomination for In Bruges which is also great.
So now : Penelope Cruz for best sup actress is most probable.
And Sean Penn or Mickey Rourke or best leading actor. Most probably Mickey Rourke.
oh my god 3 nominations for A.R.Rahman, what a greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat news. this is awesome, mindblowing, fantastic, jaw-dropping. academy rocks! congrats to all his fans. i just want to see him winning now.
You all can hate as much as you want but I hope I’m not the only one who’s actually happy they didn’t nominate The Dark Knightfor best pic… I don’t know what all the fuzz about that movie was… Sad they didn’t nominate Kate or Leo for Rev Road… Glad with the Original Screenplay category
#48 I don’t think Penelope Cruz is a lock. The oscar will be battled over between her and Marisa Tomei, and I am rooting for Tomei.
T.
OH! Another WTF moment:
The Dark Knight for Visual Effects? Have they even seen its third act?
Also, The Dark Knight for Art Direction? Are they SERIOUS?
I enjoyed TDK and I too think it should have got into the Top 5, but it shouldn’t be in those categories.
I still can’t get over the fact Meryl Streep stole a nomination from Sally Hawkins or even Cate Blanchett. How can they nominate Cate for that ridiculous turn as Elizabeth The Drama Queen™ and not for her far superior turn in Benjamin Button? Nonsense.
T.
I suppose five nods for The Reader is the price I have to pay for thirteen Button nominations (including Brad), eight Milk nominations, the absence of Gran Torino and the near absence of Revolutionary Road.
But seriously, I would have rather seen Clint nominated for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Score and Best Song instead of four of these Reader nods, if it would have meant TDK in for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Score.
Yeah for Angie!
this is why no one takes the academy seriosly, and wacth their raiting drop even more, cause i ain’t wacthing this joke of an award show.
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I guess that’s why there are dozens of Oscar sites like this one, right?
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Haven’t seen The Reader yet, so will reserve judgment. Personally, I thought Dark Knight was a very good movie but I have to agree that it was not Top 5 of the year….standard issue comic book “good vs. evil” themes and nothing more. Aside from Heath, I found the performances kind of dull. 8 nominations is not exactly snubbing it.
Glad that Rev. Road didn’t get much love – 2 self-absorbed characters shouting, screaming and being miserable throughout the movie. A complete bore.
Glad for Doubt, Milk, Jenkins, the original screenplay noms. I downloaded the Springsteen song and, much as I love the boss, it wasn’t exactly a stellar effort from him – though I pretty much thought the same about Peter Gabriel’s song from Wall-E.
Wall-E is, I believe, the real movie of 2008 that will be remembered and I’m sorry it didn’t get a Best Picture nod. But otherwise I can’t take much issue with these selections.
So cool to see Richard Jenkins. But Bruce? WTF?
And just a note – just because a movie is an indie doesn’t mean it should win Best Picture. We’ve become increasingly stupid in last years failing to award great movies because of movies that are wrapped in supposedly relevant cotton candy drama and supposedly represent the average person. Well, how is Revolutionary Road not more closer to the people than any other movie? Or Wall-E of course? Stop with the whole Slumdog Millionare shame, it’s nothing more than a love story, not a very good even, and you know it! It had the potential to be much more, taking into account the great vision and cinematography, but seriously the love story takes it all away because it doesn’t focus for long on anything else. Get real!
And a note to all the Benjamin Button critics – just because the movie seemed boring to you is not an argument it is bad, I’m tired of reading comments like that, if you go the NYTimes website you’ll see every second comment is of the sort. It’s not serious, most people will get bored at a Golden Age movie, but those movies are still recognized as great. When did we stop thinking intelligently about movies, and just waited to see a blockbuster with bombastic scenes that make you jump in order to appreciate a movie?
I can’t believe Brad Pitt stole Leo’s position AGAIN. What a joke because his performance was one note and all about the CGI. His acting is not good … and Tarij? SO OVERERATED in the film. If anyone should be nomionated Tilda. Cate was better than Brad. UGH!
I’m not blaming The Reader – kind of happy about it actually but one of those films should have moved aside for the best film of the year. And it’s all going to look ugly in retrospect.
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Wasn’t the disfigured side of Harvey Dent’s face a CGI effect (that’s what I read here)? That would explain how it could have explained how TDK got the Visual Effects nod.
Wow! I’ve been expecting ‘The Reader’ to be nominated for Best Picture and it’s really happened! And Winslet for Best Actress for her poignant portrayal. I’m elated!!
I don’t mind it trumping over ‘TDK’ – it is after-all just a comic-book fiction without as much ‘weight’ as ‘The Reader’! But what I’m sad over is the Chris Nolan snub whom I thought was a marvel!
Another delight is the ‘Wanted’ trudge over ‘Quantum of Solace’ in the sound department. I thought that’s a dexterous pick!
Last burst of champagne gotta be the Michael Shannon inclusion for supporting actor. What a fine performance!
All-in-all, another extraordinary list!!
I’m going to say how pathetic these nominations are. I liked TDK,but I’m not a fanby. It was not the best film of the year, but it was a top 5. I can live with Milk and Frost/Nixon, but The Reader? The Reader? If they wanted to nominate a Holocaust film they should have went with Defiance. Sally Hawkins getting snubbed is ridiculous.
To say The Reader is a top 5 film is mind boggoling. I don’t understand how pretencious they are. And it’s the worst type of pretencious where they tell you this is a good movie when most people, scholars and public, disagree. It’s pomposity in its grandest form. It’s better than The Wrestler? I’ll post later when I can really find the words to blast AMPAS.
The side bar is incorrect…Kate was nominated for The Reader not Rev Road.
Poor poor poor Sally Hawkins. She really gave one of the best performances of the year. Same with Eddie Marsan.
I totally forgot about Bruce Springsteen too! How did he not get in there for The Wrestler? It was such a beautiful song. Here’s to Jai Ho hopefully winning!
If no one watched the oscar anymore, then lots of great movies wouldn’t be greenlit, oscars are a big small studio motivator to get good movies off the ground. It is ‘oscar season’ after all. The relationship between us movie fanatics and the oscars isn’t unlike batman and joker, hahaha
WOW. Right now it becomes exciting.
I’m happy the writers’ branch went their own way in original.
IN BRUGES, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, FROZEN RIVER! Great! It may be the first time the WGA got only ONE single nominee.
And WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME BOTH BEST ACTRESS GLOBE WINNERS WERE SNUBBED? Sally Hawkins and Kate Winslet (RR) aren’t nominated.
It now gets interesting. What if KATE wins suppporting SAG and MERYL gets the lead SAG? It’ll be a battle for the Oscar.
For supporting actress: It’s really Davis vs. Cruz here.
Wow! It gets really interesting!
The TDK snub almost feels a little suspect.
With a total of 8 nominations, including fields like Art Direction, TDK seemed poised to get both the BP and BD nom. You can’t deny that the AMPAS liked TDK either, I mean 8 is a lot of nominations! 3rd most in fact! And i have a feeling it was likely a close call for slot five between The Reader and TDK. Ricky Gervais was right, the Holocasut always goes down well with the Academy…regardless of the quality of the film…
I for one am sad (quiet sad), but not very suprised by the TDK snub. I think a nomination would’ve been amazing, but I’m not suprised they went the snob route and honoured a much, much…MUCH less deserving film. I think had that fifth slot gone to ANYTHING else (Revolutionary Road or The Wrestler) people would no be so upset. But it just feels like a slap in the face to nominate The Reader (58 at metacritic!!!! That’s lower than Crash)…
In other news…I’m a little stoked that A.R.Rahman picked up 3 nominations for Slumdog! It is quiet exciting. But I’m as perplexed as everyone with regards to The Boss snub. THAT was one nomination I think everyone jsut expected and took for granted! And I mean there were 2 slots left!!! Did that many people really not like it??? It’s just hard to belive that!! I don’t even know where to begin with that one…You can’t even somehow justify that! It was just stupid!
“But seriously, I would have rather seen Clint nominated for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Score and Best Song instead of four of these Reader nods, if it would have meant TDK in for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Score.”
That’s a wicked ‘if’
I don’t think that was part of the negotiations, but who knows?
The reason the Oscar isn’t all spikey with sharp edges like the Emmy is so the Academy can stick that knob-head trophy up their ass every 3 or 4 years.
We fought the good fight for TDK, guys.
We were right. AMPAS is wrong.
I’m not depressed about it. I’m proud of us.
It’s not like TDK was going to be the next president.
We don’t have to worry The Reader is going to war with Iran.
Perk up. Let’s celebrate the Benjamin Button and Slumdog triumphs.
yay for ben button’s 13 noms i’m so happy!!!
Also… no Woody Allen…. I’m happy about that, but still… pretty shocking.
Please, people – a minute’s silence for Sally Hawkins.
“standard issue comic book “good vs. evil” themes and nothing more. ”
I didn’t know Academy members posted on this site.
I´m very happy with the Best Picture-lineup – and I not only expected a “TDK”-snub, I also predicted it…
I´m also happy for “Der Baader Meinhof Komplex”, for Michael Shannon (the best part of a disappointing movie) and for the guts to nominate Kate Winslets performance in “The Raeder” in the correct category!
Not so happy, I must confess, about the Sally Hawkins snub, but I can and will live with that.
Wow… bad job academy…
TDK snubbed….
and instead they go with a mixed reviewed Box office flop that asks people tol sympathise for a SS Nazi in a pedephiliac relationaship.
TDK 94% reviews (per rotten tomatoes)
Reader 60%
TDK $530 Mil.
Reader $7 Mil.
TDK 8 Noms
Reader 3 Noms (other than Director and BP)
and based off this…they give the 2 big noms to The Reader… W T F !
Snob much academy voters?
Well at least we know, that Kate Winslet will get her Oscar after all, if we remember The Hours got 9 nods including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best A. Screenplay, the same as The Reader, and finally the only Oscar went to Nicole Kidman, it will be the same thing here, Kate Winslet will take Oscar home.
The Dark Knight and Wall-E by far one of the best films in the year, when is gonna be the time to the Oscars to wake up and say, commercial/blockbusters films can be that serious!!!!
I don’t mind it trumping over ‘TDK’ – it is after-all just a comic-book fiction without as much ‘weight’ as ‘The Reader’!
I’m sorry, but I have to say this: What a load.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE
FUCK YOU, AMPAS. FUCK YOU TO HELL
I wonder if the Academy even saw the movies.
Could Peter Gabriel actually win an Oscar? I, for one, (well, maybe two if you count Matt several posts above me) thought the Boss’s song was overrated, just another Boss song that sounds like all the other Boss songs. They bore me to tears. Gabriel’s song is beautiful and floating and complex. I’m pulling for a Gabriel win!
And, although Ledger is the sentimental favorite, wouldn’t it be sweet if Robert “Entertainer of the Year” Downey, Jr. won for his tour de force comedic performance? It’s been a while since Kevin Kline won his Oscar for his hilarious performance in “A Fish Called Wanda”. I would dance the Happy Dance if Downey won.
wow, this is just awful.
I’ll be watching just for Winslet and Heath but that’s about it.
I guess if Nolan and Company wanted that Best Pic nomination they would’ve ended The Dark Knight with a single ten minute still photo of Anne Frank.
This, for me, ranks alongside Brokeback’s loss three years ago. The outstanding number of snubs is just so huge that I won’t even bother to list them here.
What can the Academy do to redeem itself? Give Best Picture to Milk. It probably won’t happen, but it would almost make up for their homophobic refusal to reward Brokeback, and it would almost make up for the terrible decisions they have made this year. This list is an utter travesty. An utter motherfucking travesty. Fuck the Oscars this year.
I’m as pissed as the next person that The Dark Knight was not nominated, but WHOA BOY slow down on all The Reader hate. Who says THAT was the film to knock out The Dark Knight?
I mean a lot of people were already predicting (even championing) Gran Torino or The Reader to knock out Milk or Frost/Nixon just to shake up The Five. It turns out it was The Dark Knight. Oops.
In any case, I’ll just celebrate GOOD news:
- Slumdog Millionaire gets 10 nominations! Two nominations for song!
- Kate Winslet’s Oscar dream actually got a bit better by being only nominated once!
- Clint Eastwood is not nominated! At all.
- Heath Ledger is nominated! Lockiest of lock, but still very awesome.
- Original Screenplay nominees are fantastic.
- Milk and The Dark Knight gets 8 nominations!
Melissa Leo is a human, not a botox victim. She’s a woman and you can see that she has lived and she has actual emotions
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Love all her wrinkles!!!
So apparently everyone loves the ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY category…I agree. Although I would have liked to see RACHEL GETTING MARRIED in the nominations somewhere, aside from Anne Hathaway’s lone Actress nom. I was hoping for some love for IN BRUGES, so I’m glad it got in instead of, oh, say, BURN AFTER READING. I don’t understand why they only nominated three songs. It almost seemed as they couldn’t nominate just four (basically including the song from “The Wrestler”), since they couldn’t find a fifth one worthy enough, so instead they went with just three, which then gave SLUMDOG two slots. Hmm…interesting. I for one can’t wait to see the songs from SM performed at the Oscars…in fact, it may be one of the FEW things I’m even looking forward to at this year’s broadcast, as THE READER has again defeated my expectations that AMPAS will grow a pair of balls and nominate great films that will be remembered years from now (WALL-E), and not another instead just because it deals with The Holocaust or World War II (Life is Beautiful, Munich, Letters From Iwo Jima, The Reader…) Tsk tsk tsk. But then again, we knew this would happen. So sad to think that DARK KNIGHT is this year’s DREAMGIRLS…haha two films that couldn’t be less like each other, except their BP snub and total eight Oscar noms. Well, here’s hoping WALL-E and MILK win most, if not almost every one of their noms. And of course, HEATH LEDGER for TDK. Other than that…yawn.
Oh My! Some of you people are just brutal.
Who is to say the The Reader took TDK’s place?
The Reader is quite possibly my favorite film of the year and I am glad that is was nominated.
I am more upset that the utterly boring Frost/Nixon or emotionless Benjamin Button were nominated.
But hey, we don’t make the decisions. We can still LOVE LOVE LOVE The Dark Knight without out it having a best picture nomination.
Oh My! Some of you people are just brutal.
Who is to say the The Reader took TDK’s place?
The Reader is quite possibly my favorite film of the year and I am glad that is was nominated.
I am more upset that the utterly boring Frost/Nixon or emotionless Benjamin Button were nominated.
But hey, we don’t make the decisions. We can still LOVE LOVE LOVE The Dark Knight without out it having a best picture nomination.
I’m not the biggest supporter of TDK. It was not the best film of the year, but it was among them. I would have absolutely no problem if The Wrestler made it through. I can live with Frost/Nixon and Milk, even though I hated Milk. But for The Reader to get nominated for those categories pisses me off. I’ll be on later to blast these nominations throughly. The Reader is better than TDK, Wall-E, The Wrestler, Doubt, Revolutionary Road, Rachel Getting Married, etc., etc.?
This is pomposity and pretenciousness at the grandest level. And it’s theworst kind of pomposity. They view something as high art because they are elitists even though most critics and the public disagree, but it’s their award show god dammit. They’ll show us. It’s amazing how they get a hard on for anything World War 2. Now I know what to write and direct if I want to make it and get nominated. Sally Hawkins getting snubbed bothers me too. Comedy? Comedy? That’s not a real piece of acting.
The only thing they got right, Rachel Getting Married and The Wrestler, along with VCB to a degree, not getting nods for screenplay is retarded, is Shannon making it along with Tomeii and Adams.
IM WONDERING WHY I CANT FIND SHITTY HAWKINS ON THE LIST????
UPSS BCS SHE IS NOT NOMINATED
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
YEAHHHHHHHH GOOOOO ANGIEEEEEE GO!!!!! TOLD YA SUCKERS!!!!
WE JUST WANT HER OSCAR BACK!!!!!! WE JUST WANT HER OSCAR BACK!!!!!!
I was banned at the forums just because I said there is sometimes some sionism among AMPAS because they always nominated an WWII or Holocaust movie for BP or Best Foreign Language Film and ignore other important subjects.
AMPAS is always being called of homophobic and I don’t see why sionist is more offensive.
I was polite and I didn’t want to offend anyone even If I was being politically incorrect.
This banishment act just gave me reason and for that I thank you.
You have the democracy you want.
Sasha – Humble suggestion for a mainpage post:
Does Kate Winslet have her first Oscar in the bag now?
When we did our own voting, as you can go back and check, I proudly voted for Winslet’s performance in The Reader for Lead Actress – it was clearly the better perf, and it was just as clearly a lead. But never in my wildest dreams would I – if I were an AMPAS voter – have suggested that The Reader was one of the year’s five best films.
Winslet has 15 years of goodwill coming her way – and a 15-year-old that was doing the same thing.
I guess what I’m saying is: based on today’s posts, there’s obviously (going to be) a backlash against The Reader. Will that backlash be enough to keep Kate from an Oscar again? Because some AMPAS voters who voted for TDK or Wall-E or The Wrestler for BP will resent The Reader enough to vote for Meryl Streep or someone else? Or, perhaps, in more evidence of bunker-mentality, the Academy will backlash against the backlash, and say “Hey. We like Holocaust films. Ricky Gervais was right. Too bad if you don’t like it. Here’s your statue Kate.”
its simply…Revolutionary road has simply nominatios,,,,,however The Reader has a strong categories, Best Picture and Director…..so Kate Winslet have a stronge nomination with strong picture
Why does the Academy hate America? (and Christopher Nolan?) NO nominations?? For a billion-dollar picture he wrote, directed and produced? Come on, now!
Who knew that Kate Winslet COULD be nominated for Best Actress for THE READER?
Wow I really f***ed up on the Original Screenplay nominations.
I still think Meryl has a good chance of winning best Actress…Congrats to Ledger and Cruz–they will win supporting. (Though I think Amy Adams SHOULD win)
The hardest category to call (besides Best Picture) is Best Actor.
I’m curious they didn’t nominate Cate in BUTTON or Ralph Fiennes in THE READER.
No sally hawkins is really really said, and I was really hoping Eddie Marsan would make it in. I thought The Wrestler would shake more things up. I cannot believer The Reader of all films (Doubt, Dark Knight, Wall-E, Defiance, Happy-Go-Lucky) took the fifth slot, and got director!
QUESTION: why does the academy pick fives songs some years and three songs other years.
“sympathise for a SS Nazi in a pedephiliac relationaship”
And that is EXACTLY why The Reader deserved to be up there. It’s a challenging and fascinating film and definitely one of the best of the year. And definitely better than TDK.
I’m really disappointed at the inclusion of Frost/Nixon, the exclusion of Wall-E, and the inexplicable love for Benjamin Button.
Welcome to Dreamgirls land, fanboys.
a big YES to the Dark Knight getting TRASHED.
Such a banal little group of noms….for the most part.
Where is HAPPY GO LUCKY and A CHRITSTMAST TALE….the two best movies of the year.
Wow!
Sad for:
- Woody Allen (isn’t this the year of comebacks?).
- Bruce Springsteen. I haven’t seen The Wrestler but the song is just great! Specially meaningful (cruel) if you only have three nominees. WTF happened? Have they counted off some votes because of misspellings or not filling the ballots correctly? There’s no other way I can understand it.
- Kate Winslet. Yes, I think she’s now closer to actually geting it, but how will she feel when her most personal project is out due probably (at least partially) to The Reader competence?
Note: I haven’t seen The Reader but I thought it would be out of anything other than Winslet because of the Weinsteins “issue”, pressing to push it for 2008. But quite the opposite, it has benefitted from the late release. How powerful are these people?
- And TDK. I just took it for granted they wouldn’t ignore it, so I even made jokes about it.
Happy to see they chose to do what they wanted with The Reader and nominating Michael Shannon. And happy for Cruz, too.
Wow….
Well I’m now making my predictions for Oscar night:
Slumdog Millionaire pulls a “Hustle and Flow” and wins Best Song (I’m hoping for Wall-E to win in this category)
Hellboy II pulls a “Pan’s Labyrinth” and wins Best Make-Up. (Where was Tropic Thunder?!!)
Penelope Cruz wins Best Supporting Actress (Javier Bardem will be presenting the category, so why not make it a memorable Oscar moment) and Kate Winslet wins Best Actress.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button becomes the upset winner in the Best Picture category, even though the film shares many similarities to Forrest Gump.
Winslet is the only Best Actress nominee in a Best Picture nominee…did anyone see that coming?
I had mixed emotions!
Loved it: all the well-deserved noms for “Slumdog”, the nom for Mickey Rourke, the surprise nom for Richard Jenkins, the nom for Marisa Tomei, the nom for Angelina Jolie, the nom for Michael Shannon
Hated it: snubbing Springsteen’s song “The Wrestler”, no B.P. nom for “The Wrestler”, no Best Director nom for Aronofsky, no screenplay noms for “The Visitor” and “The Wrestler”, no B.P. nom for “The Dark Knight”, no Score nom for “The Dark Knight”, no Best Actor nom for Clint for “Gran Torino”, no Best Supporting Actor nom for Dev Patel.
Overall, I was so happy to see Rourke and Jenkins get nominated and of course Heath. Those are my favorite performances of the year!
There are alot of angry people here because of the TDK snub, and they should be angry! But let’s not forget how wonderful and inspiring “Slumdog Millionaire” is! Just because is not an american tale does not mean its not a brilliant film!
I am in shock that TDK and Springsteen did not get in! Holy Batman! How can that happen?
“sympathise for a SS Nazi in a pedephiliac relationaship”
“And that is EXACTLY why The Reader deserved to be up there. It’s a challenging and fascinating film and definitely one of the best of the year. And definitely better than TDK. ”
THANK YOU for that. Even though TDK was a better movie for me, I still agree in what you had to say.
And Melissa Leo got in for Best Actress.
Jorge, das pena. Qué no sabes que el hecho de que Angelina esté nominada no quiere decir que lo merezca? Eres un pobre fanático imbécil…
Kristin Scott Thomas o Sally merecían ese lugar muchísimo más.
PD: Jorge, das pena, eres un pobre fanático imbécil…
Qué no sabes que el hecho de que Angelina esté nominada no quiere decir que merezca estarlo? SALLY Hawkins o Kristin Scott Thomas lo merecían muchísimo más. Idiota…
Good God, will you listen to yourselves? You’re being absurd. These are movies! Calm down.
Wow, looks like the Oscar nominations have lured the pretencious from their dens.
You call the Academy snobs? Take a look at your comments. It’s really almost cult-like worship.
The Dark Knight didn’t get nominated. The Academy didn’t like it. Get over it. It doesn’t mean that you can’t like it either. Too bad, so sad. There’s always next year for your favourite film to get the nomination.
It’s an awards show. The opinions of the members do not dictate widespread appeal. And by the way, to the person who used Box Office numbers as an excuse as to why The Dark Knight is sooo much better than The Reader: do you think that Hancock, Sex and the City, etc. also deserve Best Picture nominations? Mmmhmm.
If you think TDK was snubbed (based on RT score, critics’ lists, BO number, awards won/nominated… whatever) then what about WALL-E? It’s the most critically acclaimed film this year, its position is at the same as No Country for Old Men last year, it won many awards and they snubbed it totally. If you think it’s overrated then TDK is ten times over. Sorry but TDK ain’t Return of the King.
They never do any animated film justice anymore. But that’s life at the AMPAS. The list is just fine.
I just want to point out that anyone using Rotten Tomatoes to hail The Dark Knight – must also then hail Slumdog Millionaire. It currently stands at 95%.
I’m quite content to be honest. I would change a thing or two maybe, but this is quite a fair list in my eyes. I’m naturally happy to see Martin McDonagh up for Screenplay, it’s well deserved.
I know there’s a lot of Dark Knight fans who are sad about the nominees, also some Wall-E sadness. This is fair in my eyes, but those are just my eyes and don’t need to be everyone’s. I’m just saying… just like some people didn’t really acknowledge In Bruges, I honestly never really saw a reason for the Dark Knight hyping that’s been going on in many places. I’m sure that that makes ME the strange one rather than the people who ARE big Dark Knight fans, and that’s fine, but I just wanted to say it… I know it’s sad to see a film you rooted for being snubbed. But simply not everyone was completely convinced that the Dark Knight was the best thing since sliced bread. I do think Heath Ledger deserved a nomination, and the Sound Nomination is also something that is very, very deserved.
Personally I’m a little shocked at the Wall-E nomination in Best Original Screenplay because I feel it doesn’t really belong on the list with those other screenplays. Again, I don’t get the Wall-E fanatism either, and yes I did see it, but we don’t need to agree.
In Bruges got a Globe for Colin Farrell and an Oscar nomination for Martin McDonagh, so I’ve pretty much made my point, really got nothing left to prove or agree or disagree on. Enjoy the ceremony in February!
I’m quite content to be honest. I would change a thing or two maybe, but this is quite a fair list in my eyes. I’m naturally happy to see Martin McDonagh up for Screenplay, it’s well deserved.
I know there’s a lot of Dark Knight fans who are sad about the nominees, also some Wall-E sadness. This is fair in my eyes, but those are just my eyes and don’t need to be everyone’s. I’m just saying… just like some people didn’t really acknowledge In Bruges, I honestly never really saw a reason for the Dark Knight hyping that’s been going on in many places. I’m sure that that makes ME the strange one rather than the people who ARE big Dark Knight fans, and that’s fine, but I just wanted to say it… I know it’s sad to see a film you rooted for being snubbed. But simply not everyone was completely convinced that the Dark Knight was the best thing since sliced bread. I do think Heath Ledger deserved a nomination, and the Sound Nomination is also something that is very, very deserved.
Personally I’m a little shocked at the Wall-E nomination in Best Original Screenplay because I feel it doesn’t really belong on the list with those other screenplays. Again, I don’t get the Wall-E fanatism either, and yes I did see it, but we don’t need to agree.
In Bruges got a Globe for Colin Farrell and an Oscar nomination for Martin McDonagh, so I’ve pretty much made my point, really got nothing left to prove or agree or disagree on. I pretty much rest my case. Enjoy the ceremony in February!
Just to provide another voice to the mix (and I can get as exercised as anyone–I was in mourning for days after the “Brokeback” loss). I actually thought “The Reader” was the best (or tied with “Milk”) film I’ve seen in the past year–and I went to it more out of obligation than any high expectations. I haven’t seen “Frost/Nixon” yet, though saw it onstage and am glad Langella got a nomination. I enjoyed all the other nominated pictures, but was not haunted by them the way “Reader” and “Milk” have stayed with me (and I don’t think it’s just the seriousness of the subject matter). We get “Rev Road” this weekend, so I can better judge then how I would have placed it. I understand people’s devotion to TDK, but I just was insufficiently gripped by it–it seemed overlong and characters not really as interesting to me (other than Ledger’s Joker, which, mean as it may sound, I do not think would be getting nearly as much attention but for the sad circumstances).
I think in viewing “The Reader” as a “Holocaust film” (a la “Schindler’s List”), we may be missing the point. In some ways it is much more of a “post-Holocaust” film–what it means to live in Germany (and the world) after an event like the Holocaust–and perhaps, most audaciously, in a world after Hannah Arendt has written of the “banality of evil”: the other Hannah is one of those “little Eichmanns” about whom many have written (and I don’t include Ward Churchill’s infamous and offensive use of that term to describe the workers at the WTC). It is also a film (and novel) about the impacts of education and poverty on moral action–I’m not sure I buy the equation that “literacy = morality and illiteracy makes ethical action and thinking impossible,” but it’s a discussion worth having and a question worth pursuing. And the film, like the novel, raises them, particularly thanks to the detailed direction of Daldry, the articulate screenplay of Hare (one of the contemporary theater’s finest playwrights), and the heartbreaking acting of Winslet, Kross, and Fiennes. No, I am not a paid shill for the film–just have seen it bashed so much here this morning that I needed to provide my own response to it. I do not think it will take BP–that will go to SM or, in an upset, Milk, but I think it deserves to the be on that list–and I say that as someone who is perfectly capable of enjoying films like Wall-E and TDK. Incidentally, I saw TDK on an IMAX screen–I wonder if that might actually have gotten in the way of my enjoyment of it.
I do celebrate the nominations of actors like Richard Jenkins and Melissa Leo. To me this shows that AMPAS nominators are capable of supporting smaller, independent films, and deeply felt, subtle work, and not just, in Jon Lovitz’s famous phrases, “ACTING!”
Anyway….
Ugh. It’s good and bad, like always. It’s incredible to me that The Dark Knight was edited, but not directed.
Part of the problem, perhaps, is that the Dark Knight has made its money, and won’t benefit from an Oscar win.
I like a lot of the acting nominees though.
I fell quite at ease with these nominations.. not being a big “The Dark Knight” fan.. they would have been better if “Revolutionary Road” and Sam Mendes were in BP/BD line-up instead of “Frost/Nixon”.
One positive thing is that Academy didn’t “swallowed” category frauds, nominating Kate Winslet in best actress for “The Reader” (I would have prefered to see her there for “Revolutionary Road”, but she’s there), and not nominating Dev Patel for best supporting actor.
I’m surprised TDK didn’t get a direction nomination, but certainly not that it got no BP nom.
The Reader though? It’s like “holocaust movie” better nominate it. It’s a very ho-hum film and frankly it leaves a very bad taste in the mouth (the patronising finale) not to mention the indulgent use of sex. Anyway, I’m annoyed Kate Winslet was in lead for The Reader because it is not her better performance of the year.
The only thing I’m particularly happy about is Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler, I was shocked and pleased. I’d wondered why she was being so overlooked.
Well, we all say the Dark Knight snub coming since the GG and BAFTA didn’t recognize it and none of the precursors named it best pic.
I never felt the love for Sally Hawkins or Happy Go lucky and BAFTA didn’t nominate it for anything…that should tell you something about her homeland support.
Jolie was great in Changeling and all the nominees in BA are perfect fits. I am not sold on Winslet winning though, not such a nice character and the film has it’s detractors. If Streep wins the SAG, which looks pretty certain, then she may grab the golden boy. Hathway’s film only received one nomination,so there isnt much support. Doubt picked up 4 acting nominations and a screenplay, so there is strong support and it will win somewhere….I think Actress or Supporting. Vicky Christina Barcelona, another overrated flick, only received one nomination for Cruz…not a good sign.
My guess is CCBB only wins or Make-up.
Slumdog wins pic, director, adpt sp, cinematgrahpy, score, song, editing
hahaha… why so serious? About TDK not being nominated…
The reason why I have always respected the Academy is because they don’t give into public pressure on what should win and what should not. They stand their ground and vote the way they feel they should.
I so called The Wrestler snub! I feel special!
A lot of people are slagging off The Reader-err how many have actually seen it??? Or is it just because it knocked TDK out of the running….in the long term does it matter? TDK would not have won anyway-this makes no difference to whether you like the movie so lighten up!!!
Yea Slumdog a vary overrated film winning best pic! It makes no sense to me why this film is getting the love it is getting. When you hear of classics like “Gone with the Wind” “The Godfather” Even “Return of the King” next to them you will have “Slumdog Millionaire” I am just praying that a film like “Milk, or Button” which ar not even the best films of the year beat it.
It just shows you why the Oscars are BS it has been happening since 98 when “Saving Priavte Ryan” a classic lost. Its not about the best film of the year anymore!
Enough with the non-stop bitching about The Reader being nominated, and The Dark Knight not getting the nod. This isn’t the first time the Academy has done this, and it certainly won’t be the last. If you’re a fan of the Oscars, you’ll watch it regardless. I found it a shame too, but it was their decision to make.
It’s like the Super Bowl. You may dislike the two teams playing the game, but you’re still going to watch if you’re a fan of football. If you’re a fan of movies and the Oscars, watch.
::Trivia Time — Can anyone recall the last time a married couple were nominated in the Best Actor and Best Actress category in the same awards year?::
Phil, excellent trivia question. Was it Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
@ Daniel S-R: The movie was of course nominated because it’s about the Holocaulst. But don’t fool yourself that it has nothing to do with Hollywood being Jewish. Of course the movie stilloffers a great scope about life. And I think that’s the real problem – thatwhen you apply some claims to a movie being a masterpiece you still have to consider the universal themes it raises and the scope of its screenplay to transcend human emotions. Of course TDK should have been nominated just because of its vision and the boring Frost Nixon left aside, enough with the politics.
Well, this sucks.
I know everyone’s already chimed in with their Dark Knight vs. The Reader thoughts, so forgive me when I join the crowd and say that this does indeed suck hard. We all knew that the possibility of The Dark Knight being shut out of the top awards was looming, but with all that guild support, a lot of us were confident that it could actually happen. The very idea of a Batman movie in the Best Picture category seemed too good to be true and, as it turns out, it was.
That The Reader got in is an extra slap across the face to some (including me), because that movie was built for awards and nothing else. It has nothing interesting to bring to the discussion of the Holocaust and it ends up exploiting the tragedy in an awkwardly sentimental fashion. I know some people loved the movie, so this is just my opinion, but I am upset.
There were lots of other surprises this morning, but sadly, they were mostly bad. For me, 2008 will be remembered for a handful of movies (including Slumdog Millionaire and Milk), but especially for The Dark Knight, Rachel Getting Married, and The Wrestler. That’s just me, though, and clearly, the Academy and I are on very different sides of the fence here.
I do wonder if Winslet’s Revolutionary Road performance made it to the Top 5 during voting. And if it did, which performance benefited from the “actor can’t be nominated more than once in a category” rule.
Something to ponder.
Eventhough Revouluaniary Road got a handful of nomintions you can tell that the Academy did not like this movie. It got a couple of tech awards and one surprise nomiantion. I think the Academy did not like how whinny the two main characters were that is the reason that Michael Shannon got a nomination because he was the only one in the movie who had the balls to tell the those two off. Also really is it that hard to play a married couple who all they do is fight especially when you are already married or have had a long term relationship in real life.
Big miskate not nominating The Dark Knight. Personanly i think it does not deserve a nom. But with the other nomiations for best picture it seems to me that is going to be one of the all time lowest rated Oscar telecasts.
Should I kill Harvey Weinstein?
CARLOS MIRA INDOCUMENTADO DE CUARTA NO SE QUE TE HACE PENSAR QUE ANGELINA NO MEREZCA ESTARLO, ENTONCES POR QUE POR 2 AÑOS SEGUIDOS RECIBIO NOMINACIONES A TODOS LOS PREMIOS,O BUENO POR QUE ESTE AÑO LA RECIBIO A TODOS EXACTAMENTE TODOS, POR QUE RECIBIO BUENAS CRITICAS POR SU PAPEL EN EUROPA Y EN USA?
QUE TU OPINION SEA QUE ANGELINA NO MEREZCA ESTAR NOMINADO , IMBECIL E IGNORANTE NO QUIERE DECIR QUE SEA LA CORRECTA NI LA MIA QUE SI MEREZCA ESTARLO
SE NOTA QUE ERES UN IGNORANTE Y DE CRITERIO CERRADO, NO DUDARIA QUE ERES OTRO INDOCUMENTADO MAS EN USA
AH Y SI SI SOY FAN
@ 42 & 137:
They’re not married.
I wonder if TDK didn’t do so bad after all. How many films have gotten 8 or more nominations and were released in July or before that?
Ok, well… not that rare. Gladiator and Moulin Rouge must have done that.
Richard Jenkins, y’all!!!
The Dark Knight is Heath Ledger’s movie and it’s a movie for Chi-Town’s people to celebrate not the rest of the world.
Benjamin Button getting 13 Nominations surprises me. How in the world could this get 13 and not win any of the critic’s group awards or Golden Globes. It’s a good movie but it’s no epic like Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur or Titanic.
Second of all about The Reader. Yes the Academy loves these World War II based movies. Hollywood had a really big impact on World War II. A really big impact. I see now what the Oscar is. It’s a guard and knight of shining armor for all those who survived World War II. I don’t know what I’m trying to get across but I see that huge impact with Hollywood.
Slumdog Millionaire not getting any acting nominations means that that within the last 5 or 6 years, aside from No Couuntry from Old Men and Million Dollar Baby, the best picture winner has won without any acting wins. This is why the Oscars are losing momentum. The acting prizes are so important. The Academy needs to get back on their leash again and reward some actors and actresses with films in the Best Picture race. Example: One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Actor: Jack Nicholson winning, Actress: Louise Fletcher winning, equals best picture winner. Actor and Actress: Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins winning for The Silence of the Lambs equals Best Picture. American Beauty- Actor: Kevin Spacey winning equals Best Picture.
Frost/Nixon is a movie that should win because Ron Howard is such a well-known director. Milk surprises me. Another gay activist film. C’mon.
Directing:
Danny Boyle, David Fincher, Gus Van Sant, Stephen Daldry- Very deserving nominees. But then you have well-known, top director like Ron Howard sneak in and you have a huge competition and challenger for this category.
Actor:
All but one actor does not have a Academy Award, yet. Sean Penn won it for Mystic River in this same category in 2003. That same year the other four actors nominated have not received their Academy Award.
Actress:
Melissa Leo, who is she. She is the breakout star. I will guarantee you Meryl Streep will not win. Her performance in Doubt was ruined by the script. Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway are the top 3 actresses who are in the race.
Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger will win this category. The other four I just happy and pleased and overachieved by their nomination.
Supporting Actress:
Usually, not my favorite category but I have respect for the supporting actresses who got nominated this year All five of these supporting ladies have tons of talent and have lots of work ahead of them.
Original Screenplay:
Hollywood is being quite original these days, even if many films are being adapted from a novel, magazine, short play, comic book or television program. I have seen Wall-E and I’d like to see the other four nominees.
Adapted Screenplay:
Here’s where they went wrong this year. The Dark Knight was considerably faithful to it’s source and did not get nominated for Best Adapted Screenplaywhere Benjamin Button was 3 hours long and based on a short story. Frost/Nixon was almost considered a docudrama. Doubt wasn’t as good as the play. The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire could’ve easily been original screenplays.
Animated Feature Film:
All blockbuster movies this year-Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E. No little animated feature like Waltz with Bashir or last year’s nominee Persepolis. Wall-E has kind of some competition going for it.
Foreign Language Film:
Three of the nominees are from the Eastern Hemisphere. Baadar and The Class are European.
Documentary Feature:
Weak category this year I think.
Visual Effects and Make-Up:
Dark Knight/Benjamin Button up for both.
Hellboy 2/Iron Man- One in Make-Up, one in Visual Effects
Art Direction/Costume Design:
Good List of Films
Original Score:
Danny Elfman should win. That composer is such a awesome musician for movies. I got some of his soundtracks. I don’t really give a care about rest of the nominees.
Original Song:
Boring. Boring. I like pop music in my movies. Bruce Springsten should’ve been nominated.
Film Editing/Cinematography:
Great List of Films Nominated.
Doucmentary Short Subject:
Another boring category. Haven’t seen them.
Sound Mixing/Sound Effects Editing:
One nominee that I did not think about was Wanted. Another nominee is Slumdog Millionaire. No Indy. No Narnia. No Tropic Thunder. No Appaloosa. No Mummy 3. No Speed Racer. No Kung Fu Panda. No Hancock. No Nothing. Extremely disappointed.
Overall:
In all my years of watching and predicting the Academy Awards, I kinda feel tired out but I still have the energy to watch the nominees and the respect I could give to all the nominees. Great Job Sid Ganis!!!
Predicted Winners
Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Directing: Danny Boyle
Actor: Personal PicK: Frank Langella/Reality Pick: Mickey Rourke
Actress: Kate Winslet
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei
Original Screenplay: In Bruges
Adapted Screenplay: The Reader
Animated Feature Film: Wall-E
Animated Short Film: Presto
Live Action Short Film: The PIg
Documentary Feature: Trouble the Water
Documentary Short Subject: The Final Inch
Make-Up: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army(Want to Lead Guillermo Del Toro’s team into success for the Hobbit)
Visual Effects: The Dark Knight
Art Direction: Changeling
Costume Design: Changeling
Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Effects Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Orignal Score: Danny Elfman: MIlk
Original Song: Jai-Ho: Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign Language Film: The Class
I have to say I hope Peter Gabriel wins the Oscar for original song. He’s one of my favourite performers and Down to Earth is deserving of the award. As much as I love Springsteen, too, he has his Oscar for The Streets of Philadelphia, a much better song than The Wrestler.
Bolt over Bashir.
Bollywood over Bruce.
Bruges over Barcelona.
…but…
Berlin over Batman?!?!?
Bummer.
Maybe the Academy just liked The Reader better that TDK? I mean that COULD be possible, and everything is so subjective. Personally I am happy for The Reader because obviously there is a lot of support for the film , which bodes well for Kate, because let’s be serious… we all want Kate to walk away with that Oscar.
More like THE DARK KNIGHT got fucked all because it was an action movie.
Because you know, action movies aren’t as legitimate or prestige as dramas.
Or whatever retarded bullshit.
I am actually happy about most of the nominations, but I find it a bit over-the-top to use the F word or other foul language like many have done in the expression of their personal discontent. All my favourites were not nominated, so what ? I can still look at this as a collective choice where a certain amount of disappointment is inevitable.
The Reader made me think afterwards a lot more than The Dark Knight, which I admit I did not care too much for personnally (I am not especially thrilled by blockbusters). I had a ball both times I saw Slumdog Millionaire and was moved by Milk. And I would have loved to see Kristin Scott Thomas amongst the top 5, at the expense of Ms Jolie, but, hey, so what ? I am not a member of the Academy !
I suggest that either Awards Daily usus a bit more control over the language used or that people express their opinion in a more intelligent and convincing fashion. Let’s all calm down and enjoy the show, shall we ?
We fought the good fight for TDK, guys.
. . . I’m proud of us.
#################
So we ARE a lobbying group then? Really, Ryan?
I’m not sure how I feel about that.
But thanks for the heads up. Next year I’ll come better prepared.
As a huge Springsteen fan since the 1970s, I’m not disappointed he failed to get nommed. It’s really a much lesser work. It’s so predictable that everything he pens is expected to not only be nommed but to naturally win. He’s not perfect.
Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins shouldn’t be a surprise. AMPAS appreciates when good actors with strong bodies of work finally get a role that can be recognized. Happy for both of them.
Am also relieved that Revolutionary Road was passed over. Maybe this will make up for my strong desire to make them and Mendes give back the Oscars for American Beauty. Sam should return to the theater where he belongs. Sorry, RR lovers.
All this talk is making me feel like shirking everything and taking in a matinee. Good work AD!
I will have to say that after surviving the Crash surprise win over BBM I don’t really find these nominations too upsetting. I’m starting to just appreciate the show, hope for the best, and know that we just have to wait for the old members of the Academy to pass on and leave room for new blood to start changing things.
HOWEVER… on that note… WAY TO GO ACADEMY FOR NOMINATING MICHAEL SHANNON FOR REVOLUTIONARY ROAD!!!! The moment I saw him on the screen, I knew he HAD to be nominated. I just feel sad for Leo and Kate, who had great chemistry on that screen. Yes the movie was disturbing and hard to watch, but Sam made it that way because not everybody’s “picture perfect family life” is what it seems to be. There are dark secrets and violent fights… it makes you uncomfortable because you know it’s true, but people don’t want to see the truth. So, in that vein–people don’t want to see the truth: that an action film can both be deep, artistic and deserving of a BP nomination. I will watch the Oscars, but will also wonder how long we have to wait before voters start voting for what they “feel” is the right choice and not what “seems” to be the grandiose and proper choice.
I Hope Peter ( wall- e ) wins the best song becauas ,since the beginning, was the best song ever !!!
I am overall extremely happy with these nominations and I applaud the academy for choosing SMART choices.
Happy for:
* Melissa Leo
* Angelina getting in
* Michael Shannon being included
* Marisa Tomei and Amy Adams
* The Doubt 4some
* 2 Slumdog songs
* Richard Jenkins
Not Happy About:
* Wrestler snubs everywhere but acting
* No Bruce Springstein nomination
* Taraji P Henson … overrated
* All the Benjamin Button love
Benjamin Button is like Forrest Gump. 13 Nominations, a acting lead, a adapted screenplay by Eric Roth
I haven’t seen all of THE READER yet, so I can’t comment on that, but here’s my two cents:
Yay: Richard Jenkins, Mickey Rourke, Heath Ledger, and Marisa Tomei (I haven’t seen FROZEN RIVER yet, but I like Melissa Leo a lot, so I’m glad she’s getting recognition).
Boo: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON got 13 nominations? The technical ones, okay. But it’s essentially FORREST GUMP redux, Brad Pitt was one-note throughout, and while I like Taraji Henson, she’s essentially playing a “magic Negro” through most of the second half of the movie.
And everyone’s ripping on FROST/NIXON, but whatever you think of it, it’s a hell of a lot better play-to-movie film than DOUBT. The only performance from the latter that deserved to be nominated was Viola Davis, who at least played a character, no matter how little screen time she had. Poor Amy Adams had nothing to work with, Philip Seymour Hoffman was good in the first half of the film but one-note in the second half, and don’t get me started on Meryl Streep’s performance (and I normally like her). How she and Angelina Jolie got nominated over Sally Hawkins and Kristin Scott Thomas (who gave the best performance of the year, next to Rourke’s) is beyond me.
I am disappointed Bruce got snubbed as well. As for TDK, I never thought it would get a Best Picture nom, but I thought Christopher Nolan would get a Best Director nod, and that was surprising.
This has to be one of the most boring oscar nominations ever, very predictable (esp the TDK snubs). There are some nice surprises, Richard Jenkins!!!! He was wonderful in the Visitor, deserved to be nominated. Brad Pitt?? really?? Good for Melissa Leo, but I’m very bummed out about Sally Hawkins in my top film of the year
And the director’s nom is exactly the same as the best pic noms. Can’t they at least give Nolan a nom? Or Darren? Or even Mike Leigh. I might have to stop watching the Oscar, they are just a bunch of #$%&*.
Such a sham this year. You blew it this time Academy! You just couldn’t see passed “The Dark Knight” being just a comic-book film, could you? You couldn’t even recognize the brilliance of “The Wrestler?” Or the deep, poignant truthfulness of “Revolutionary Road?” And probably thought Eastwood had enough, to snuff him for “Gran Torino?”
No, you had to give it to overrated drek like “Milk,” “Slumdog,” and “The Reader?” You bore me, Academy. Go against the grain! Grow a set, and give to what is deserved for a change.
That said, I’m happy for Rourke, Jolie, Ledger, Downey Jr., Shannon, Tomei…and the “Button” love.
THE ACADEMY IS A TRULY A JOKE!
Melissa Leo!!! YEAHH!!!
But where is:
Cate Blanchett, Kristin Scott Thomas, The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky, Rosemarie Dewitt?
Why did the AMPAS have to settle the category fraud now? Why now?
Ups : The Reader in BP, TCCBB should haVE BEEN OUT. tHE MOVIE WAS BORING, COME ON ADMIT IT.
Happy Go LUcky – in the original screenplay…I betcha It will win!
Michael Shannon – AMPAS got the balls to nominate him
if you think that the AMPAS was bought by Weinstein, think again!
Down :
No RR nomination for Winslet….they really want Penelope to win.
NO TDK!!!! Just joking
Go Melissa Leo!
Daniel S-R: You’re B-ing awesome!
I have to agree with GabelovesOscars
After the snub of BBM for CRASH, I am always waiting the worst from the Oscar. Is not surprise at all that TDK isn´t nominated as best picture and direction.
I hope they don´t make the same mistake the next Febrary with Wall- E.
Well, i have to say I’m happy that THE VISITOR got a little love in the form of a nomination for Richard Jenkins. I was afraid it would be completely forgotten.
I do agree that the nods are rather unimaginative–nothing really outside the realm of the imaginable. So glad that Richard Jenkins and Melissa Leo pulled through, sorry that Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Rosemary Dewitt, Misty Upham, Hannah Schygulla, Mandy Walker and Courtney Hunt didn’t (for director), and would have liked to see a double nod for Kate. Hate the fact that Brangelina got nods. Happy with omission of TDK and WALL*E for best pic. Sorry that Canada didn’t get nod for foreign film. Surprised at only 3 songs nominated, but happy that M.I.A. was among the nominees there (do you think she’ll perform?!). Sad Kung Fu Panda’s score wasn’t recognized. Here’s whom I’m rooting for now:
Actor
Either Mickey Rourke or Richard Jenkins
Actress
Kate or Melissa Leo
Supporting Actor
Heath (though I really think he was a lead)
Supporting Actress
Viola Davis
Director
Danny Boyle
Picture
Slumdog
Animated
Kung Fu Panda
Original Screenplay
Frozen River
Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire
Original Score
Slumdog
Original Song
Slumdog (O Saya)
Foreign Film
The Class
Art Direction
Ben Button
Cinematography
Slumdog
Costume Design
Ben Button
Visual Effects
Ben Button
Make-up
Ben Button
Sound Mixing
Slumdog
Sound Editing
Iron Man
Editing
Frost/Nixon
Documentary
Trouble the Water
And just based purely on the titles…
Animated Short
Lavatory – Love Story
Live Action Short
The Pig
Documentary Short
Smile Pinki
I hope Sally Hawkins gets a lot of jobs after this, because not only should she have been nominated, she should have won. I’m sorry, but her performance was better than all five nominated. Such a shame that they wouldn’t vote her in, or even Bruce for “The Wrestler.” I’m happy Marisa was nominated though. Hope she wins. I think the Best Picture, Brad in Best actor, All of Best Actresses except for Leo, Best Director, and Best song are all signs of typical, typical Hollywood and Oscars. Jolie and Streep should have been replaced by Hawkins and Michelle Williams, without a doubt. I was really excited about the awards season this year, but not so much anymore. Big disapointment.
“I guess if Nolan and Company wanted that Best Pic nomination they would’ve ended The Dark Knight with a single ten minute still photo of Anne Frank.”
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a tie for the best quote of the day!
Im soooooo sorry for Sally Hawkins.
Angelina Joile didn’t deserve the nomination.
Kate winning 2 was just a dream.
I MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THE GLLOOOOOOBEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS>…
I predicted The Reader to make it for Best Picture, so it’s no surprise. I did predict it to take Frost/Nixon’s place and not The Dark Knight’s. I did not think The Reader would make it in for Best Director though.
It is pretty shocking that REVOLUTIONARY ROAD was snubbed in the major categories. Obviously the biggest surprise is Kate not getting nominated for Best Actress for it. I’m surprised they went against everyone else and put her for lead in The Reader. But oh well. At least she got nominated. With as much love as that movie has (for some reason, since reviews aren’t amazing) I believe she’s going to win.
It’s complete crap that “The Wrestler” didn’t get a Best Song nomination. How could that be? It seemed like a lock and has been winning everywhere. Plus, it’s a great song.
I wish Wendy & Lucy had been released by someone like Sony Pictures Classics because Michelle Williams would have been nominated for sure then. What a shame!
Too bad about Rosemarie DeWitt too.
The people who nominate Song need to fix their crap as much as the people who nominate Foreign Film.
Re: married couples: though not married at the time, William Hurt and Marlee Matlin were both nominated.
If Penelope Cruz wins, and she’s still with Javier Bardem, will it be the first time since Hurt and Matlin that the winner receives the Oscar from his/her significant other??
And Jai Ho is winning, unless it becomes too ubiquitous
Well, I’m thrilled that AMPAS nominated Richard Jenkins. Although I wasn’t a huge fan of The Visitor – good movie, but it didn’t strike me the way it did so many others who raved about it; but Jenkins’ performance was fantastic. So glad he made it in.
Also happy to see that Anne Hathaway and Melissa Leo made it in.
GO ANGIEEEE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE THAT HATERS!!
WE WANT HER OSCAR BACK!! WE WANT HER OSCAR BACK!!!
AND GET READY PEOPLE BCS THE THIRD NOMINATION IS COMING IN 2011, FOR THE MERCENARY OR ATLAS!
J.C.B. I’m with you on the language on this site. Too many fanboys who can’t put a sentence together without an expletive. Get over it! It’s not the end of the world. I’m sorry too that we don’t see a bit more control over this unnecessary foul-mouthed rage.
I always like to take note of which nominees surprised even the webmasters of Oscar.com. You can tell, because they’re the ones they didn’t have little pictures ready for.
This year, the ones that caught the web folks off guard were Wanted, Hellboy II and In Bruges.
Happy for Penelope, Heath, Kate and Mickey, which in most probabilities will be the cuartet walking up the stage. Happy for Benjamin Buttom, which now seems more likely as a winner than Slumdog (Pitt and Henson nom’d while no Dev Patel is not only fair but accurate and kills part of the Slumdog chances at winning).
Unhappy for the huge snubs of The Dark Knight and Wall·E at Best Picture. No Hawkins at Actress. No Marsan. The Dark Knight is no Silence of the Lambs but Aliens, after all. We all know how Aliens is regarded nowadays and what a huge snube it was at Picture and Directing. Hopefully Heath won’t be snubbed as Sigourney was.
The lesson learnt today: Lord of the Rings was a mirage. The Academy is not willing to change their scheme. Maybe Watchmen will have better luck next year, but I seriously doubt it.
Happy for Penelope, Heath, Kate and Mickey, which in most probabilities will be the cuartet walking up the stage.
Ummm… well… errr…
The lesson learnt today: Lord of the Rings was a mirage.
You might be right. But it was a beautiful one, and we’ll always have it. To steal from Magnolia: “But it did happen!”
Maybe Watchmen will have better luck next year, but I seriously doubt it.
Me too. Unless Snyder learned how to direct actors in the last couple of years. Even if he did.
Even VALKYRIE seems to be a better Best Picture nod than THE READER
> “I will have to say that after surviving the Crash surprise win over BBM I don’t really find these nominations too upsetting. ”
How about this version:
Having lived through the 2004 Presidential election, I don’t find the TDK snub too upsetting.
No fucking Sally Hawkins? Oh, poor girl.
My biggest disappointment with the Oscars is that they snubbed Revolutionary Road big-time, especially in the Best Actor/ Best Actress category: Leonardo Dicapario and Kate Winslet give the best performance of a life-time and they dont get nominated. This is dumb… and sad and disappointing….:(:(
@Jorge:
¿Por qué la nominaron? Porque es la mitad del par de celebridades más famosas del planeta. Y qué casualidad, Brad también está nominado.
Te repito: DAS PENA. Tu fanatismo es ridículo y te impide juzgar con un mínimo de objetividad. Aunque dudo que tengas siquera idea de qué se trata el arte de actuar.
Tú debes ser uno de esos acechadores con problemas mentales que se obsesionan con las celebridades. Acéptalo, nunca tendrás nada que ver con Angelina. Frijolero perdedor!
@ Carlos Balbás-Espin
És demasiado violento nas tuas palavras. Vê lá se atinas ou então vai morrer longe, asno.
And Cruz was only average in VCB.
T.
Boycott this crap! My love affair ( Love/Hate) is over, i hate the damn things and that is that. I say BOYCOTT this farce. How can The Dark Knight be treated the way it was? An absolute travesty and very very disappointing, it was a GREAT film and deserved so much more and better for what it is. The Reader better than TDK? You gotta be shitting me!
These fools know nothing about movies. $531 MILLION and how many
people didn’t like the film? Very few and it was the reason for watching
the Oscars now that is gone and how dull, boring, unimaginative and
self-righteous are these snobs who bottled it and overlook the films
that people genuinely loved and want to win? You wait and see, the
viewing figures will drop and the credibility will wane after this!
Heath will win and that is the one good thing to come from this.
Nothing to watch for bar Heath’s win.
Bye bye oscar show!
I haven’t cared for or about the OSCARS for many years in any category. Most people can’t remember who won after a couple of weeks after the ceremony. But, I am going on record RIGHT NOW as saying it looks like this will be the year that “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” wins best picture and Danny Boyle wins Best Director and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both go home with an OSCAR in their hand. Count on it. Oh, I thank the Academy for at least recognizing the film “Changeling” which by all accounts is the best film of 2008.
> “the film “Changeling” which by all accounts is the best film of 2008″
and by “by all accounts” you mean all the precursor awards it’s received?
brainypirate, i was just wondering when you were going to answer my question.
Two things.
WHERE THE FUCK IS THE DARK KNIGHT!
WHERE THE FUCK IS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN!
The Academy need to get their heads out of their asses. The only thing I am really happy about here is Milk getting nominated in several categories, which is my favorite movie of the year. Very unhappy about The Reader and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button getting in over The Dark Knight in major categories. They just lost millions of viewers they could have had for this.
It’s been several hours since I heard the nominations this morning and I still have a fiery desire to kick the Academy in the collective nuts.
CARLOS MIRA INDOCUMENTADO AQUI EL UNICO CON PROBLEMAS MENTALES ACECHADOr ERES TU, POR QUE CLARAMENTE PODEMOS VER COMO TE HACE FALTA EDUCACION, MEJOR REGRESATE POR DONDE VENISTE (EL RIO BRAVO) Y SI SOY FAN Y SE QUE JAMAS TENDRE QUE VER NADA CON ELLA, PERO AQUI EL DE FALTA DE OBJETIVIDAD ERES TU, QUE NO ES LO SUFICIENTE RACIONAL COMO PARA ACEPTAR QUE NO SIEMPRE TENDRAS LA RAZÓN.
EL ACECHADOR ERES TU, QUE SOLO TU SE ENOJA DE ESTA MANERA, POR MI QUE ANGELINA FUERA NOMINADA ESTA INCREIBLE PERO SI NO ESTABA? ERA ALGO QUE NO ME IBA A QUITAR EL SUEÑO.
SIGUETE HUMILLANDO IGNORANTE DOCUMENTADO , ERES UNA VERGUENZA PARA LOS LATINOS
Really happy about no Springsteen for Song. Thought it was shit. The nominees for song – I actually like for once.
I am wondering whether Heath Ledger actually stopped voters from giving TDK a ‘Best Pic’ nom. There is so much universal acknowledgement of the performance it has overshadowed the film itself in awards season.
I loved the film and I am sad it didn’t make the final 5, plus the Reader isn’t worthy to be there.
Shut up all of you. Jesus.
*lists every movie every one in the world likes* There, everybody’s happy.
Thank god for the Sally Hawkins snub.
And where are the people who thought Jolie would be snubbed??? hmmm…
Chrisw @ 189:
> “brainypirate, i was just wondering when you were going to answer my question.”
Which question was that? I didn’t see it.
Name me minorities, actor or otherwise, who deserve nominations over the nominees or people who were up for nominations.
You all can hate as much as you want but I’m Thrilled that they didn’t nominate TDK as best picture… never got all the hype behind that picture… Wish Kate had been nominated for both her movies and was crossing my fingers for DiCaprio, I’m not his hugest fan but I thought he was great in Rev Road… Great original screenplay line up (In Bruges -YAY!!) but wasn’t Wall-e almost a silent movie? hehe
I hoped for some more love for Rev Road and Rachel Getting Married
Meryl is the winner and the winner takes it all for Doubt.
Poor Kate, no nominated for Revolutionary Road?
Where is Revolutionary Road?
I knew Shannon it’s gonna be nominated.
C’mon Cruz and Ledger, they deserved it.
And Pitt, you rock boy! Patetic Rourke.
I am actually happy that Kate was not nominated for Rev Road, at least I can say that Meryl will win the OSCARS now. We need to give her the honors, its her 15th Noms people!!!!!!!
I think Button will steal the Best pic from Slumdog.
Sean Penn will win it! So as Meryl!
> “Name me minorities, actor or otherwise, who deserve nominations over the nominees or people who were up for nominations.”
I didn’t see a lot of films this year, including most of the nominees. So I can’t really say who should have been nominated.
But it does seem odd to me that year in and year out, the acting nominees are so very White. Were there really no award-worthy performances by black men this year? Not one? No good black female leading performances? None?
And no Asian Americans, Latinos/as (again, Cruz doesn’t count because she’s European), or Native Americans? These groups just couldn’t get even one person to represent their talent??? Are white folks just that much better as actors????
I doubt it, but can’t figure out what the explanation is. Is it because there are no good roles for these folks? Or because good roles for these folks don’t fit well with what voters perceive to be “Oscar” films? Or because the good roles can’t even get greenlit by the studios? Or some combination of the three?
I think it’s telling that this year, the only two minority nominees are in films that are mainly about white folks. That worries me.
IM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS ESPECIALLY
FOR :
“MILK”
“DOUBT”
“THE WRESTLER”
“FROZEN RIVER”
IM VERY HAPPY TOO ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS FOR :
MARISA TOMEI,
VIOLA DAVIS,
MELISSA LEO
MERYL STREEP, GREAT PERFORMACES
Yeah, what I’m telling you is that almost all of the award worthy performances were performed by white people. I’ll give you Viola Davis, but other than that…no. Art is art. Don’t look at it because it’s black and white. If you want to blame anyone it’s studios who look for money, but don’t blame award shows.
I have said in the past (way before even there was a talk about making the movie version) and will say it again here – that whoever plays Sister Aloysius in the movie version of Doubt will win an Oscar for it.
Remember this post on Oscar night.
Could Peter Gabriel actually win an Oscar? I, for one, (well, maybe two if you count Matt several posts above me) thought the Boss’s song was overrated, just another Boss song that sounds like all the other Boss songs. They bore me to tears. Gabriel’s song is beautiful and floating and complex. I’m pulling for a Gabriel win!
And, although Ledger is the sentimental favorite, wouldn’t it be sweet if Robert “Entertainer of the Year” Downey, Jr. won for his tour de force comedic performance? It’s been a while since Kevin Kline won his Oscar for his hilarious performance in “A Fish Called Wanda”. I would dance the Happy Dance if Downey won.
The Oscar’s fucked up BAD this year. How in God’s green earth could they nominate The Reader over The Dark Knight. This is as big of a travesty as Chocolate being nominated in 2000 over Almost Famous.
Of course Oscar picks a bullshit Holocaust movie over a genre changing masterpiece.
I’d even be happier with WALL-E, The Wrestler, or even Revolutionary Road over The Reader. Awful. How many dicks did the Wiensteins have to suck to pull this bullshit miracle off.
And how Nolan didn’t get a best director nomination is beyond me. Daldry doesn’t deserve it. It should be Nolan and that’s it.
And how is Bruce Springsteen’s “The Wrestler” not nominated for Best Song. That’s almost as big a travesty as The Reader.
And Kate Winslet was nominated for the wrong movie. Her performance in Revolutionary Road was phenomenal. I think it may hurt her because her performance in The Reader wasn’t at the same level and Anne Hathaway and Streep are right behind her.
I am very happy about the supporting categories. Michael Shannon deserves it for his scene stealing role, and the other 4 were great (even though Ledger will get a much deserved win).
And seeing Marissa Tomei and Amy Adams is awesome. Tomei gave an outstanding performance and Adams was the best performance in that whole movie.
Overall, not so good. Fuckin AMPAS
> “Yeah, what I’m telling you is that almost all of the award worthy performances were performed by white people.”
The implication is that black people aren’t as talented as whites and that Asians, Indians and Latinos/as are even less talented. Nice.
I think the problem is that the Academy voters have certain sensibilities about what roles are worth considering — and I bet that a lot of times those sensibilities affect which films get made and distributed in time for Oscars.
The Good:
No Eastwood
The Bad:
No DiCaprio
No Springsteen
Amy Adams
The Reader
And the Ugly:
Brangelina (overrated and overexposed)
I’m actually quite happy. Low ratings are quite assured once again. Slumdog Millionaire, the Academy’s darling. Whoop-dee-doo.
So Happy
for the nominations of
Angelina Jolie
Micheal Shannon
To all the detractors of THE READER : Have you ACTUALLY seen the movie? TDK was alright but it’s the most OOOOOOOOOVERRATED film of the year. Though Heath Ledger is most deserving of the nomination.
THE READER rightfully deserves its BP nom.
The only saving grace for those of us who believe TDK was the best movie of the year is that we can take pleasure in the fact that television ad sales for the evening will be non-existent. Hell, with that best picture line-up, you’ll see ads for local used car dealerships if you happen to tune in. The Oscars loses all credibility with this years nominations. What a bunch of retarded fucksticks academy voters are. Slumdog Sucked!!! Benjamin Button was Average!! Milk was as boring as a boring could get! Don’t get me started on Frost/Nixon! The who gives a fuck movie of the year award! The Reader was the only movie that actually belonged in best picture category. The other four are f-ing terrible and boring to the nth degree.
FUCK YOU OSCSAR BITCH MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!
NOBODY CARES WHO WINS NOW!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@Jorge:
No sólo no sabes escribir ni hablar inglés, sino que tampoco sabes escribir ni hablar español, que es tu primer idioma? Wao, eres verdaderamente patético.
También tengo la impresión de que cuando me llamas “indocumentado”, asumiendo que estoy en Estados Unidos, que soy mexicano y además ilegal, estás hablando por ti mismo y tu propia experiencia, FRIJOLERO.
Te lo repito una vez más: DAS PENA. NUNCA tendrás NADA que ver con Angie, ACECHADOR xD!!!
@Tufas:
Don’t they teach you people in Portugal not to stick your noses where you’re not being called, you idiot? Jeez…
Not only that, you’re still hung up on the whole Penélope thing? God, get a life!
Besides, now that Kate Winslet was nominated as Lead for “The Reader”, that Oscar is pretty much Penélope’s. So eat your fucking heart out xD!!!
let’s be honest, TDK isn’t the only movie snubbed for Best Pic. There were a couple that i could have seen in that slot other than THE READER. At least, TDK gang can cry into their handfuls of money. I did love TDK, by the way!
But i can appreciate the fanboy anger, i’m still pissed about Brokeback.
I will NEVER forget what AMPAS did with BB mountain.
TDK snub was bad, but the same thing or WORST with WALL-E .
No, brainey, the implication is that no minority put up a worthy performance THIS year. Not not as talented. You can’t nominate everyone, ask Dicaprio. Why didn’t they nominate Eastwood? Do they hate old people? Why didn’t Peter O’Toole beat Whitaker? Where’s the support for the old people? You can use this argument for any group. The fact of the matter is that THIS year the best just so happened to be white.
The biggest movie star in the planet is black. It’s about what sells, what makes money.
“-Eva??
-WallEEEE
-WallE?!?
-Evaaaaaaaa
-WallE
-Evaaa!?!
-WallEEEEEEEEEE…”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Wall-E
Thats freaking hilarious!!!! LOL LOL LOL
GRACIAS POR DEDICARME TANTO TIEMPO DE TU VIDA CARLOS, OJALA NO TE QUITE MUCHO TIEMPO EN TU TRABAJO DE OBRERO, GIGOLO YO QUE SE, Y PARA EMPEZAR VIVO EN MADRID, Y NO NO SOY FRIJOLERO, SUPONGO QUE TU SI ERES MAS BIEN MORENITO TIPO INDIGENA NO? Y PUES ME CONFORMO CON EL HECHO DE TU DISGUSTO DE QUE ANGELINA ESTE NOMINADA NACO IGNORANTE
Jorge y Carlos:
Porque no se van los mucho a la chiflar a su flauta? De veras que dan pena ajena insultandose. No entiendo porque siempre tienen que insultar a los mexicanos, son igual de ignorantes que los white supremacists para esos hijos de perra todas las personas que hablan espanol y tienen piel morena son mexicanos. Par de viejas arguenderas.
Two people attacked by ugly messages that this is not the fans and film lovers, this is insane fans.
I just want to say to say what you say these nominations brought much discontent.
1. Not nominated Chris.Nolan. BAFTA decided well supported Stephen Daldry . AMPAS and did the same.
2. Sally Hawkins was not nominated for BAFTA, because its members decided to support the candidacies of disproportionately Winslet in RR and Reader, the first in an effort to give the victory no one stand and the second factor Stephen Daldry, the British love a lot to the reader and Daldry . Leaving the poor Hawkins; AMPAS did the same on the left side redeem the sins of the past year not to nominate Angelina, then it deserved, but not in Changelling.
3. When nominate Leonardo Dicaprio, was much better than Brad Pitt (who does not deserve to be nominated).
4 .- Turning to Nolan and Hawkins, if you do not support BAFTA and you’re British, who would support if they had already decided to support by others?
To finish my modest understanding of C. Nolan is a great director innovative TDK was the best of years and was moved by Daldry for his Holocaust film that issue was addressed in thousands of films and are always rewarded (?) And enough of this.
Sally’s case is worse, if I receive a lot of criticism prize ¿this does not mean anything? or that are all the critics were wrong? No, they were the only fair, His performance complex was one of the best of the year unfortunately did not support anyone not BAFTA no AMPAS ( this snub was a little predictable because they had evidence to support those (hoped not happen ..)
That is unfair to all this, I would finally bring Nolan, Sally and Leonardo with a theme of Bruce Springteen together in a great movie is a silly joke, but I’m still sad.
@Jorge:
Frijolero es frijolero, sin importar donde esté.
Una vez más: DAS PENA, FRIJOLERO. Y acostúmbrate a la idea de que NUNCA tendrás nada que ver con Angelina!
xD!!!!!
Come on. Why did anyone expect a Dark Knight nom? Just because you enjoy a movie doesn’t make it great. I enjoyed Harry Potter, as did millions of others, but that doesn’t make it a better novel than Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
what is pizdec?
The Dark Knight is a BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST OF 2008 YEAR !!!
WHAT THE FUCK ?! IM SUICADING NOW !!!
NOOO TDK!! SUCK THAT ONE!!
I’m sick of that movie, only was good because of heath ledger. So he is the only one in that movie who get a nod
YEAAAH!
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