Sunday, February 15, 2009

2009 Oscar Predictions: Previewing the Best Films of 2008



Hi guys. I'm not an Oscar addicted, but at this time of the year, everybody gets curious, excited about the Oscar nominees. People cheer for their greatest stars and run to the theaters in order to see the best movies before the Oscar ceremony. Here are the nominees for the most important Academy categories.

Let's hurry to the movies. We still have some time left!!!


''Benjamin Button'' and ''Slumdog Millionaire'' lead with 13 and 10 nominations, respectively; Heath Ledger gets a Best Supporting Actor nod, but ''The Dark Knight'' snubbed in Best Picture and Best Director categories.


With 13 nominations — including Best Picture, Best Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actress (Taraji P. Henson), and Best Director (David Fincher) — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads the field of Academy Award contenders announced this morning in Los Angeles. As expected, Slumdog Millionaire scored big too, nabbing 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Danny Boyle), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Not surprisingly, Heath Ledger was recognized for his supporting role in The Dark Knight, but a widely anticipated Best Picture nomination didn't happen, and director Christopher Nolan came up empty as well. Other notable snubs: Clint Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio's turns in Gran Torino and Revolutionary Road, respectively. (Click over to PopWatch after reading the full list of nominees below to post your nominees for most frustrating Oscar omissions.)


The Academy Awards will be handed out on Feb. 22. Below, the complete list of nominees.
BEST PICTURE:







BEST DIRECTOR:

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon

Stephen Daldry, The Reader



BEST ACTOR:












BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:







BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:







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


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! The Changeling is so perfect! Jolie act so good and she's so beautiful! I love her, she is very lovely with her sons! Heath Ledger was the best in Batman! He deserves win... I'm so sorry with his death but...

Kisses teahcer!

Anonymous said...

Well,I'm not an Oscar addicted too and I often don't agree with the awards. I listen about the movie "Benjamin Button" and the peoples talking the movie it's so great! I'd like see this movie. So,I don't like very much Batman,but the movie "The Dark Knight" is very good.

Happy carnival teacher!

Anonymous said...

Hi!
The actor Heath Ledger was a big professional, it's very sad that it he may be dead =/. I believe that he it gains the Oscar as best supporting actor. By the way, he it acted very well in the film "The Dark Knight"

Bye teacher! xD

Anonymous said...

Im not an oscar addicted but in this year i like the oscar Predictions becouse the actor Heath Ledger competed for best supporting actor after his death.

bye bye ;]

Anonymous said...

The actor Heath Ledger was the best actor of 2008. He conquered the world doing the Joker, of the movie The Dark Knight. But, he died after having done this role. :P
But its most striking sentence in the film will still stored in the memory of his fans -> " Why so serious? "