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By Matthew on January 22nd, 2009 -

81st Academy Awards Nominations are in!

Oscars air live on February 22nd

Oscars air live on February 22nd

The nominations for the 81st annual Academy Awards are in and to be honest not to surprising. The group behind the noms are getting to be pretty predictable. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button brought in 13 nominations to lead all other films.

Other films such as Slumdog Millionaire, scored 10 nominations.

My personal favorite of 2008, The Dark Knight, failed to earn nominations in both the best picture and best director categories. Personally I would not think it would win because of all the old farts on the board, but the money it earned alone should of been a hint to the old fogies that someone enjoyed it.

Heath Ledger did get his Best Supporting Actor nod. If he doesn’t win, there may be a broken TV in Maryland somewhere. I would be sure to bet that he is the leading candidate for the win.

Another favorite movie of mine, GranTorino was snubbed in a few categories also.

The Oscars will be on TV February 22nd live from the Kodak Theater in a Hollywood.

Below are the nominations:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306

BEST EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST 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

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
”Down to Earth,” (WALL-E)
”Jai Ho,” (Slumdog Millionaire)
”O Saya,” (Slumdog Millionaire)

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

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  • Nathan
    This was a disapointing Oscar nomination list. TDK I think is easily the best movie of the year and besides technical categories it got way over looked. I'm glad that Heath earned a nomination but I still think Chris Nolan got overlooked for screenplay and direction.
  • Jim
    Please tell me who The Dark Knight can make a billion dollars and not get nominated for best picture, what a joke. How pretenious does the oscar have to be not to at least give it a nomination. No one cares about The Reader, Frost Nixon, Benjamin Button, Milk, or Slumdog? The people have already told you what the best film of the year is, not all blockbusters deserve best picture, but there is a reason it is the second highest grossing movie of all time next to Titanic(which won best picture). Its bad enough the oscars do not give nods to comedians, I do not know how they still justify not giving Jim Carrey one for Truman Show, Man on the Moon, or Eternal Sunshine. I am absolutely stunded that Robert Downey Jr. got a nom this year, but what a joke the TDK isnt even nominated when it is a no brainer that it is the best movie of the year. Congratulations Oscars, you just proved that you have zero credibilty.
  • I enjoyed The Dark Knight, it's a great film, but to suggest that any film should be nominated for best picture based on the fact it made over a billion dollars is ludicrous.

    Going on that basis surely they ought to nominate the top five grossing films of the year? There are plenty of ceremonies out there who'll be only too happy to give awards to films based on how much money they've made.

    I'd like to see Slumdog Millionaire win the award as it's an incredible film.

    In fact, while I am here, my two cents.

    BEST PICTURE
    Slumdog Millionaire

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

    BEST ACTOR
    Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

    BEST ACTRESS - I haven't seen either of these yet.
    Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
    Angelina Jolie, Changeling
    Melissa Leo, Frozen River
    Meryl Streep, Doubt
    Kate Winslet, The Reader

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - A close one for me between Ledger and Downey Jr.
    Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    In Bruges, Martin McDonagh

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - I hated Wall-E and haven't seen the others.
    Bolt
    Kung Fu Panda
    WALL-E

    BEST ART DIRECTION
    The Dark Knight


    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Slumdog Millionaire

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - I haven't seen any of these yet.
    The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
    Encounters at the End of the World
    The Garden
    Man on Wire
    Trouble the Water

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - I haven't seen any of these yet.
    The Conscience of Nhem En
    The Final Inch
    Smile Pinki
    The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306

    BEST EDITING
    Slumdog Millionaire

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - I haven't seen any of these yet.
    The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
    The Class (France)
    Departures (Japan)
    Revanche (Austria)
    Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT - I haven't seen any of these yet.
    Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
    Manon on the Asphalt
    New Boy
    The Pig
    Spielzeugland (Toyland)

    BEST MAKEUP
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
    Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG
    ”O Saya,” (Slumdog Millionaire)

    BEST SOUND EDITING
    Slumdog Millionaire

    BEST SOUND MIXING
    Slumdog Millionaire

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • NoL
    This is why I don't look forward on watching the Oscars anymore. Their are some movies this year who got the noms but really don't deserve it. I hope they'll replace all the old members and chance the way they look into movies. I won't be watching this year because I'll find something better to watch or do that night.
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