The 2009 Oscar Nominees are...

[shadow_spidey]

Heath got nominated! :)

And it's a couple hours away for it being a year since Heath died. :(

Since I don't remember all the nominees, and don't want to mix any up, I'll just wait for them to be on the Oscars' site.

[shadow_spidey]

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

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

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

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

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

Doubt - Amy Adams
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Penélope Cruz
Doubt - Viola Davis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Taraji P. Henson
The Wrestler - Marisa Tomei

Best animated feature of the year:

Bolt - Chris Williams and Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda - John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction:

Changeling - James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess - Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography:

Changeling - Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Reader - Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design:

Australia - Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
Milk- Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
Milk - Gus Van Sant
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature:

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) - Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World - Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden - Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire - James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water - Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject:

The Conscience of Nhem En - Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch - Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
Smile Pinki - Megan Mylan
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 - Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
Milk - Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire - Chris ****ens

Best foreign language film of the year:

The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
The Class - France
Departures - Japan
Revanche - Austria
Waltz with Bashir - Israel

Achievement in makeup:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight - John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

Achievement in music (original score):

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman

Achievement in music (original song):

WALL-E - "Down to Earth"
Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire - "O Saya"

Best motion picture of the year:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
Frost/Nixon - Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
Milk - Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
The Reader - Nominees to be determined
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson

Best animated short film:

La Maison de Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
Lavatory - Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi - Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto - Doug Sweetland
This Way Up - Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film:

Auf der Strecke (On the Line) - Reto Caffi
Manon on the Asphalt - Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy - Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
The Pig - Tivi Magnusson, Dorte Høgh
Spielzeugland (Toyland) - Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing:

The Dark Knight - Richard King
Iron Man - Frank Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire - Tom Sayers
WALL-E - Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted - Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight - Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Slumdog Millionaire - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
WALL-E - Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted - Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
The Dark Knight - Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
Iron Man - John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Su****, Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

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

[luke123]

like every other year, i dont agree with the academy for the most part.

[Ock/Joker fan]

Wow, eight nominations for TDK.

Impressive.

[Caveboy0]

like every other year, i dont agree with the academy for the most part.

Has Hans Zimmer ever one the best original score? it seems like he hasn't and not being in the running for best score its kind of sucks.

[shadow_spidey]

Hans Zimmer has won an Oscar and has been nominated 6 other times. He won for original score for The Lion King.

James Newton Howard has been nominated 8 times! And hasn't won so far. Maybe he'll win this year?

Danny Elfman is nominated this year! :congrats: I don't know what his score sounds like for Milk, but he amazingly hasn't won either, yet. He's been nominated 3 previous times to this year. Twice in 1997. That was the first time he wasn't nominated.

[Caveboy0]

Hans Zimmer has won an Oscar and has been nominated 6 other times. He won for original score for The Lion King.

James Newton Howard has been nominated 8 times! And hasn't won so far. Maybe he'll win this year?

Danny Elfman is nominated this year! :congrats: I don't know what his score sounds like for Milk, but he amazingly hasn't won either, yet. He's been nominated 3 previous times to this year. Twice in 1997. That was the first time he wasn't nominated.

nice, but it's still only one.

[shadow_spidey]

It's better than nothing! ;) :D I really hope Danny wins one day.

[Webber3000]

Awesome thread! :D Not bad nominations, I mean, I agree with some, but disagree with others.

[aliensuit1495]

wow, this is all pretty cool
cool thread shaodw

[web_head_33]

like every other year, i dont agree with the academy for the most part.

same here. and for this i thought the dark knight would get the fifth slot for best picture but the reader beat it that's really surprising.

Wow, eight nominations for TDK.

Impressive.

yeah its good but no best picture of best director which are hige awards. i definitely think it deserved to be nominated

[socool83]

i think that TDK should have been nominated for best picture, best director and best supporting character (Joker) the rest seem so tiny and stupid....

[web_head_33]

i think that TDK should have been nominated for best picture, best director and best supporting character (Joker) the rest seem so tiny and stupid....

yeah it wazs a big surprise to me that the reader beat out the dark knight for the fifth and final nomination

[Caveboy0]

yeah it wazs a big surprise to me that the reader beat out the dark knight for the fifth and final nomination

It should have been. Why put in movies then nobody knows about. It's like they get in for being unrecognized instead of being deserving.

[web_head_33]

It should have been. Why put in movies then nobody knows about. It's like they get in for being unrecognized instead of being deserving.

well i knew what the reader was but yeah i agree. well it could be rigged for example i'm pretty sure most people know that the academy loves clint eastwood and nominates for anything really who knows maybe they like kate winslet as well.

[Caveboy0]

well i knew what the reader was but yeah i agree. well it could be rigged for example i'm pretty sure most people know that the academy loves clint eastwood and nominates for anything really who knows maybe they like kate winslet as well.

The award is definitely overrated. Serious how many best picture award winners can you remember. Not alot.

[shadow_spidey]

For me, most of the nominees for Best Picture, that I like and I think should win -- don't win.

And I can think of some:

No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Crash
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Chicago
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
American Beauty
Shakespeare in Love
Titanic
The English Patient
Forest Gump
Schindler's List
The Silence of the Lambs

Those are the ones I remember mostly. ^_^

I don't know which movie will win this year. Since I've only seen 1 out of the 5. And I don't think I'll be seeing the Reader any time soon. Due on the sex and such.

[web_head_33]

For me, most of the nominees for Best Picture, that I like and I think should win -- don't win.

And I can think of some:

No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Crash
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Chicago
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
American Beauty
Shakespeare in Love
Titanic
The English Patient
Forest Gump
Schindler's List
The Silence of the Lambs

Those are the ones I remember mostly. ^_^

I don't know which movie will win this year. Since I've only seen 1 out of the 5. And I don't think I'll be seeing the Reader any time soon. Due on the sex and such.

you forgot million dollar baby in 2004

i'm pretty sure that slumdog millionaire will win best picture seeing as it is winning the award everywhere else

[webhead988]

As usual, the Oscars are essentially a joke. It formulatically bases itself usually on melodramatic movies and tries to ignore all other movies that may be considered even better because they're only "blockbusters" and usually get no awards none other than in the VFX and sound catergories.

The Reader, for example is nominated in so many categories, including Best Picture, simply because it's based on the Holocaust and therefore automatically earns the right for awards that it may not necesarrily deserve. Critics defenitely don't show it. With The Reader with mixed reviews at only 60% percent approval from them, don't they have any say in the Oscars? This is the same with an endless number of movies all these years with the Oscars, where movies that essentially aren't as praised by the movie-watching community as other movies which are and ignored for the sole purpose that they're "popcorn movies to be ignored." Movies like The Dark Knight (94% approved by critics) and Wall-E (97%), two of the most highly crtiqued movies of the year along with so many other candidates with very high and great approval percentages, don't don't receive a Best Picture nomination, only for them to be give to movies which drastically lower percentage approval from critics, The Reader (60%), and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (71%).

Even in the best original song, when there should be 5 songs to be nominated, one of them "The Wrestler" unquestionably, there's only 3, 2 of which belong to Slumdog Millionaire. Simply, what the f uck?!

There's a lot more to be said about how the Oscar cheaps away its awards, but I'm sure most realise the Oscars' essential joke of an awards event. I do, at least.

[aliensuit1495]

thats why i dont care for these awards shows, the way they give the awards is simply stupid, so i never watch them. I probably will continue to do so until they get their act together

[Caveboy0]

As usual, the Oscars are essentially a joke. It formulatically bases itself usually on melodramatic movies and tries to ignore all other movies that may be considered even better because they're only "blockbusters" and usually get no awards none other than in the VFX and sound catergories.

The Reader, for example is nominated in so many categories, including Best Picture, simply because it's based on the Holocaust and therefore automatically earns the right for awards that it may not necesarrily deserve. Critics defenitely don't show it. With The Reader with mixed reviews at only 60% percent approval from them, don't they have any say in the Oscars? This is the same with an endless number of movies all these years with the Oscars, where movies that essentially aren't as praised by the movie-watching community as other movies which are and ignored for the sole purpose that they're "popcorn movies to be ignored." Movies like The Dark Knight (94% approved by critics) and Wall-E (97%), two of the most highly crtiqued movies of the year along with so many other candidates with very high and great approval percentages, don't don't receive a Best Picture nomination, only for them to be give to movies which drastically lower percentage approval from critics, The Reader (60%), and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (71%).

Even in the best original song, when there should be 5 songs to be nominated, one of them "The Wrestler" unquestionably, there's only 3, 2 of which belong to Slumdog Millionaire. Simply, what the f uck?!

There's a lot more to be said about how the Oscar cheaps away its awards, but I'm sure most realise the Oscars' essential joke of an awards event. I do, at least.

Tropic Thunder at the end when it one, the other nominees in the back round pretty much summarized what a movie needs to succeed. Either it needs to be an emotional war movie, a movie about a guy with a disability, or a biopic of some famous guy.

[webhead988]

Tropic Thunder at the end when it one, the other nominees in the back round pretty much summarized what a movie needs to succeed. Either it needs to be an emotional war movie, a movie about a guy with a disability, or a biopic of some famous guy.
Exactly. It's nothing but a formalatic awards event designed to falsely and even unjustly recognize a usually generic melodrama. Unless the movie's actually amazing, like I hear the Wrestler for example really is, the Oscars is still unfaily recognizing melodramas, seeing as they already have a tremedous hear start over movies that deserve awards so much much more than most nominees, but don't get it only because a panel of old sappy movie lovers who don't know how to nominate movies think they CAN tell people what a good movie is and what truly great movies should be ignored only because they're "popcorn movies".

The panel of judges are basically geezers who lived in the 50s' who've only ever watched melodramas which were considered back then truly great. That's why it's the onlu type of movies being really nominated. You can see how all the main nominees are reflective and reminiscent of those 50s' cheesy and corny melodramas.

[shadow_spidey]

As usual, the Oscars are essentially a joke. It formulatically bases itself usually on melodramatic movies and tries to ignore all other movies that may be considered even better because they're only "blockbusters" and usually get no awards none other than in the VFX and sound catergories.

The Reader, for example is nominated in so many categories, including Best Picture, simply because it's based on the Holocaust and therefore automatically earns the right for awards that it may not necesarrily deserve. Critics defenitely don't show it. With The Reader with mixed reviews at only 60% percent approval from them, don't they have any say in the Oscars? This is the same with an endless number of movies all these years with the Oscars, where movies that essentially aren't as praised by the movie-watching community as other movies which are and ignored for the sole purpose that they're "popcorn movies to be ignored." Movies like The Dark Knight (94% approved by critics) and Wall-E (97%), two of the most highly crtiqued movies of the year along with so many other candidates with very high and great approval percentages, don't don't receive a Best Picture nomination, only for them to be give to movies which drastically lower percentage approval from critics, The Reader (60%), and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (71%).

Even in the best original song, when there should be 5 songs to be nominated, one of them "The Wrestler" unquestionably, there's only 3, 2 of which belong to Slumdog Millionaire. Simply, what the f uck?!

There's a lot more to be said about how the Oscar cheaps away its awards, but I'm sure most realise the Oscars' essential joke of an awards event. I do, at least.WALL-E got nominated for Best Animated Feature. That's Best Picture of the Year for animated movies. So WALL-E did get nominated. :)

[webhead988]

WALL-E got nominated for Best Animated Feature. That's Best Picture of the Year for animated movies. So WALL-E did get nominated. :)

There aren't many contenders for anumated films really. And Wall--E is too obvious an option since it's the best of ANIMATED movies. So that doesn't count. I mean the so-called academy would have to be even more brainless than it already is to not nominate it!

[web_head_33]

As usual, the Oscars are essentially a joke. It formulatically bases itself usually on melodramatic movies and tries to ignore all other movies that may be considered even better because they're only "blockbusters" and usually get no awards none other than in the VFX and sound catergories.

The Reader, for example is nominated in so many categories, including Best Picture, simply because it's based on the Holocaust and therefore automatically earns the right for awards that it may not necesarrily deserve. Critics defenitely don't show it. With The Reader with mixed reviews at only 60% percent approval from them, don't they have any say in the Oscars? This is the same with an endless number of movies all these years with the Oscars, where movies that essentially aren't as praised by the movie-watching community as other movies which are and ignored for the sole purpose that they're "popcorn movies to be ignored." Movies like The Dark Knight (94% approved by critics) and Wall-E (97%), two of the most highly crtiqued movies of the year along with so many other candidates with very high and great approval percentages, don't don't receive a Best Picture nomination, only for them to be give to movies which drastically lower percentage approval from critics, The Reader (60%), and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (71%).

Even in the best original song, when there should be 5 songs to be nominated, one of them "The Wrestler" unquestionably, there's only 3, 2 of which belong to Slumdog Millionaire. Simply, what the f uck?!

There's a lot more to be said about how the Oscar cheaps away its awards, but I'm sure most realise the Oscars' essential joke of an awards event. I do, at least.

i totally agree with you man this is how the oscars are. but they have nominated and some have won blockbusters or fan favorites. like Titanic, Lord of the rings, Silence of the lambs, Star Wars, Rocky

WALL-E got nominated for Best Animated Feature. That's Best Picture of the Year for animated movies. So WALL-E did get nominated. :)

well it's animated film and there never are many contenders for that one and ther is usually onwe great animated film of the year which stands out so you kinds know who's gonna win

[Caveboy0]

i totally agree with you man this is how the oscars are. but they have nominated and some have won blockbusters or fan favorites. like Titanic, Lord of the rings, Silence of the lambs, Star Wars, Rocky



well it's animated film and there never are many contenders for that one and ther is usually onwe great animated film of the year which stands out so you kinds know who's gonna win

What did Star Wars win? I know it won like all the visuals awards and stuff, but not really the important ones.

[web_head_33]

What did Star Wars win? I know it won like all the visuals awards and stuff, but not really the important ones.

it was nominated for best picture

[Caveboy0]

it was nominated for best picture

But it didn't win.

[webhead988]

i totally agree with you man this is how the oscars are. but they have nominated and some have won blockbusters or fan favorites. like Titanic, Lord of the rings, Silence of the lambs, Star Wars, Rocky

But it's extremely rare. They only ever might possibly nominate that way when the movie is given such high praise and celebrated that the academy can't hold back, and even then it's really rare. See The Dark Knight? Not even a best director or best picture award, and look at the invaluable righteous praise it was given.

The Oscars is nothing but a biased celebration of melodramas by a panel of old 30-50s corny movie lovers trying to tell people what a good movie should be all through the preference of their cheesy time, instead of what an actual good movie is.

[web_head_33]

But it didn't win.

still to be nominated. if the dark knight didn't win best picture or director which i think it wouldn't but it would have been great to see it get nominated

But it's extremely rare. They only ever might possibly nominate that way when the movie is given such high praise and celebrated that the academy can't hold back, and even then it's really rare. See The Dark Knight? Not even a best director or best picture award, and look at the invaluable righteous praise it was given.

The Oscars is nothing but a biased celebration of melodramas by a panel of old 30-50s corny movie lovers trying to tell people what a good movie should be all through the preference of their cheesy time, instead of what an actual good movie is.

you are right that it is truly rare to see it. Titanic was so huge that was the only reason it won and it wasn't a great rating with all the critics. like lord of the rings, rocky were ect were great but i don't see why the oscars have to be biased. if a fantasy can win and nominated, and a sports film win why can't a super hero we nominated at least it's total bullsh!t

[Spider Rider]

WALL-E got nominated for Best Animated Feature. That's Best Picture of the Year for animated movies. So WALL-E did get nominated. :)

true, but I think WALL-E could easily be considered a runner for best picture, just because its animated the academy won't nominate it for that award. It's so dumb how they do things

[Spazzarro]

true, but I think WALL-E could easily be considered a runner for best picture, just because its animated the academy won't nominate it for that award. It's so dumb how they do things
same with th grammys, all tht pop and rap krap always wins, sure they have best metal performance but tht is totally just thrown together i mean come on

[webhead988]

you are right that it is truly rare to see it. Titanic was so huge that was the only reason it won and it wasn't a great rating with all the critics. like lord of the rings, rocky were ect were great but i don't see why the oscars have to be biased. if a fantasy can win and nominated, and a sports film win why can't a super hero we nominated at least it's total bullsh!t
Titanic got the big nominations because it's the ultimate postermovie for melodramas. It's the pinicle of sappy love movies, reflective of those black and white cry fests. It's exactly what the so-called "academy" sees as a "true real movie that every other movie should be like".

[lopli]

same with th grammys, all tht pop and rap krap always wins, sure they have best metal performance but tht is totally just thrown together i mean come on
I agree with you there. Modern music has been ruined by rap, pop, and hip hop. The people that listen to it only do so because it's popular and on the charts and they think they are worthless if they don't listen to it.

[Spazzarro]

I agree with you there. Modern music has been ruined by rap, pop, and hip hop. The people that listen to it only do so because it's popular and on the charts and they think they are worthless if they don't listen to it.
exactly, i dont kno alot about rap but im pretty sure "Rock" came first

[lopli]

exactly, i dont kno alot about rap but im pretty sure "Rock" came first
Rock definatley came first. I'm pretty sure even elvis was rock.

[web_head_33]

Titanic got the big nominations because it's the ultimate postermovie for melodramas. It's the pinicle of sappy love movies, reflective of those black and white cry fests. It's exactly what the so-called "academy" sees as a "true real movie that every other movie should be like".

yeah that is true it's just how the academy is

[Spazzarro]

Rock definatley came first. I'm pretty sure even elvis was rock.
Hellz ya Elvis wuz rock
I wuz listening to my Suicide Silence CD in my Grandmothers car and she was like, My dad said Elvis was noise, i wonder if he is looking down on us now saying, Elvis was good!! THIS, this is the noise! lol

[webhead988]

yeah that is true it's just how the academy is

Which is bullsh!t.

[web_head_33]

Which is bullsh!t.

i know. too bad there is nothing we can do about it

[webhead988]

i know. too bad there is nothing we can do about it

We can not take it seriously and laugh at the idea of it. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!