Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Oscars - who ya got?

This was not a great year in the cinema. I can’t remember a year in which I hadn’t seen any of the top nominees going into February. I am not at all confident in my picks this year. Normally I’m four or five out of six. We’ll see.

Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader – My best.
Slumdog Millionaire – Will probably win.

Actor:
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor;
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon;
Sean Penn, Milk; – Will probably win.
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button;
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler. - My best.

Actress:
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married;
Angelina Jolie, Changeling;
Melissa Leo, Frozen River;
Meryl Streep, Doubt;
Kate Winslet, The Reader. - My best

Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin, Milk;
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder; - My best
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt;
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight; – Will probably win.
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road.

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, Doubt;
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona;
Viola Davis, Doubt; – Will probably win.
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button;
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler. - My best

Director:
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button;
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon;
Gus Van Sant, Milk;
Stephen Daldry, The Reader; - My best
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire. – Will probably win.

6 comments:

R U Bourd said...

Supporting actress - WRONG - off to a good start.

R U Bourd said...

Supporting actor - my "will probably win" won, so I guess I'm back go even.

R U Bourd said...

Best Director - my "will probably win" won, so I guess I'm one up.

R U Bourd said...

Best actress - nailed it! Goalllll!

R U Bourd said...

Best actor - my "will probably win" won. Bummer. Sorry Mickey.

R U Bourd said...

Best picture - my "will probably win" won. I guess I'll have to go see it. I was going to go see it tonight, but I stayed home to watch the Oscars instead. If you count my "will probably win" picks, I'm 5 out of 6. Only actually saw 3 of them if you count Dark Knight.