Thursday, January 22, 2009

Oscar Nominations How Did I Do on Guessing?

Terrible thats how.
Kate Winslets lead in Reader
Snub for The Dark Knight for picture and director
Angelina Jolie and Melissa leo in Best Actress instead of Sally Hawkins and Kristin Scott Thomas...

Lets see.
Best Picture

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

4/5
The Dark Knight/Wall - E for The Reader

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

5/5
Woot! No surprises for me! Really glad to see Jenkins and Pitt here

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

2.5(wrong role for winslet)/5
Hawkins and Scott - Thomas for Leo and Jolie also predicted Winslet being nominated here for the Reader instead of Revolutionary Road.

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

5/5
Correctly predicted Michael Shannon while everyone else thought he was merely a dark horse.
A pleasant surprise.

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

4/5
Predicted Kate Winslet for Reader instead ofMarissa Tomei The Wrestler

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

4/5
Predicted Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight for Stephen Daldry The Reader

Will look over the the rest of the nominees tomorrow I think The widespread support for The Reader is good for Kate Winslet and 13 total noms for Benjamin Button is good for it too... we will see!

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