Thursday, January 22, 2009

Knee Jerkin the Oscar Pix

Sorry, Geeks. I guess your triumph is limited to dollars as TDK was all but snubbed.
My knee Jerk picks are in bold. My strong seconds are italicized.
It's Oscar Season. Let's roll.

Supporting Actress (The Toss Up category)
Amy Adams in Doubt
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Tarajip Henson in Benjamin Button

Supporting Actor (The Gimmes)
Josh Brolin in Milk
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

Best Actress (The battle of the perennials)
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Angelina Jolie in The Changeling

Best Actor (The Nobles)
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button
Sean Penn in Milk
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Director (The Revenge of the 90s)
David Fincher
Ron Howard
Gus Van Sant
Stephen Daldry
Danny Boyle

Original Screenplay (The Consolation Prize)
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Wall-E (The fuck you, actually. The scripts is sparse I might have to flip)
In Bruges

Adapted Screenplay (The Progenitor)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader

Foreign Film (The Oscar Pool Pick 'em)
The Baader Meinhoff Complex
The Class
Departure
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir

Animated (The most annoying category)
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best Picture (The Revenge of the Filmmaker)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

At this moment in time, I'm gonna say I'm right about this.

No comments: