Sunday, February 22, 2009

Oscar Picks 2009

These are my picks for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Now, I have not seen every movie in some of the categories, so I will try to be as objective as possible in all of the categories.


Best Documentary:
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire **WINNER**
Trouble the Water

Best Animated Feature:
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E **WINNER**

Best Original Screenplay:
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges **WHAT SHOULD WIN**
Milk **WHAT WILL WIN**
Wall-E

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire **WINNER**

Best Director:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire **WINNER**
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant for Milk

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams for Doubt
Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona **WHO WILL WIN**
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button **WHO SHOULD WIN**
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey, Jr for Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight **WINNER**
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

Best Actress:
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
Kate Winslet for The Reader **WINNER**

Best Actor:
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for Milk
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler **WINNER**


Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire **WINNER**



There you go. Enjoy the show people

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