Pick the Winners!!! 2009 Academy Awards

[OogieBoogie]

Here's a list of the nominees for the 2009 Academy Awards. Let's see how many winners we can pick.

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk

BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen River , Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan
The Reader, David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory — Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306

BEST EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat
Defiance, James Newton Howard
Milk, Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
WALL-E, Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
''Down to Earth,'' (WALL-E)
''Jai Ho,'' (Slumdog Millionaire)
''O Saya,'' (Slumdog Millionaire)

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

[aimster]

All I'm going to say is if Heath doesn't win best supporting actor, the poo is going to hit the oscillating object.

[SummerInFL]

Thanks for the list!

[sir clinksalot]

I honestly could care less about the Oscars this year. Haven't seen ANY of the most nominated movies, and most likely won't until they are out on DVD.

[royaldisneyfan]

Wall-e hands down for the animation nominees.

[Coheteboy]

I have my work cut out for me. I love Oscar season.

[Coast21]

Wall-e easily for Animation

[Barbossa]

Originally Posted by aimster

All I'm going to say is if Heath doesn't win best supporting actor, the poo is going to hit the oscillating object.

I hope he gets it too. I'm disappointed that Dark Knight didn't get more nominations. In all it looks like a pretty boring selection of movies. They should've just given the Oscars to Heath and WALL-E right away.

The only movie I've seen from the best picture category is Benjamin Button. It was good, but not great. It was long and slow, It was lacking that little bit of extra to really make it stand out.

Only three movies nominated for visual effects? What the...?? Where's Iron Man, or some of the other summer blockbusters? Even the lead-lined fridge got shut out of this category.

[Mr. Yeti]

I never really care about these things except for Visual Effects. I'm surprised Narnia didn't get Visual or even Make-Up. I am really surprised about Robert Downey Jr. for getting a nomination for Tropic Thunder.

[Coheteboy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Yeti

I never really care about these things except for Visual Effects. I'm surprised Narnia didn't get Visual or even Make-Up. I am really surprised about Robert Downey Jr. for getting a nomination for Tropic Thunder.

Narnia didn't offer anything new to the table of visual effects, which is why they probably got snubbed. And it's not because it wasn't "good". All the movies go through several rounds of voting from industry professionals. Narnia just didn't get enough votes.

I personally wouldn't have voted for that one either.

[migitmouse88]

Im pretty sure about Wall E for best animated feature (allthough I was hoping for a best picture nomination), and Heath Ledger is a given for best supporting actor.

[Stitchy]

I hope Presto wins. I loved that little movie.

[DATman]

I'm extremely excited that Milk has 8 chances of winning an oscar. A truly deserving film. Man on Wire needs to win for best documentary, because it blew my mind from awesomeness. I'm happy that Wall-E was given more nods than just animation, and I really think TDK garnered the nominations it deserved.

[Maverick]

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle
Lead Actor: Sean Penn
Lead Actress: Anne Hathaway
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz
Original Screenplay: Milk
Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated: WALL*E
Art Direction: Changeling
Cinematography: Changeling
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Film Editing: The Dark Knight
Best Make Up: Hellboy II
Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Original Song: Jai Ho Slumdog Millionaire
Best FX: Iron Man

[nathan detroit]

A selected list of not what I think should win but what I think will win: -

BEST PICTURE
Frost/Nixon

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST SUPPORTING
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk, Dustin Lance Black

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
WALL-E, Thomas Newman

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button