81st Academy Awards Discussion

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She was lead for both movies I thought.

Overall, I'm surprised Revolutionary Road did so poorly, seems like they favored The Reader much more.

Anyways, most of it is not a surprise. Very happy for Heath, Kate, and Slumdog.
 
Kate HAS to win! It's so her year, it's not even funny.



YES! She's always way too pretty.

Also, Hugh is doing an amazing job, his opening was so perfect! Also, all the videos are great!
 
Loved the speach his parents gave, just perfect for the ocasion and situation. He totally deserved that award.

Musicals are back! Hell yeah, Hugh! Amanda Seyfried is so cute and talented! She could've sang more though... but Hugh and Beyonce? Perfect.
 
Yea Heath---RIP always such a bittersweet moment but im so glad his family was the one who excepted the award.

He def. deserved it and i know hes looking on and smiling :)
 
Yep Heath, Kate and Sean---those were the three i had hoped win. "Milk" was a great movie and Sean Penn did beyond amazing in it
 
Hugh was the best part of the show...and Ben stiller :lmao:


Kudos to Jennifer Aniston for being so cool with a certain couple not two feet away :clap:
 
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Frost/Nixon (2008): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner

Milk (2008): Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Michael London

The Reader (2008): Donna Gigliotti, Anthony Minghella, Redmond Morris, Sydney Pollack

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)

Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Sean Penn for Milk (2008)

Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:

Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)

Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)

Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)

Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)

Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)

Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)

Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)

Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)

Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)

David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)

Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:

Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh

In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh

Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black

WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord

Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley

Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan

The Reader (2008): David Hare

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:

Changeling (2008): Tom Stern

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda

The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister

The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith

Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Milk (2008): Elliot Graham

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:

Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo

The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando

The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway

Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:

Australia (2008): Catherine Martin

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West

The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor

Milk (2008): Danny Glicker

Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky

Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom

The Dark Knight (2008)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat

Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard

Milk (2008): Danny Elfman

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman

WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar("Jai Ho")

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, M.I.A("O Saya")

WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:

The Dark Knight (2008)

Iron Man (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Wanted (2008)

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Edson Williams

The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin

Iron Man (2008)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:

Bolt (2008)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

WALL·E (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)

Entre les murs (2008)(France)

Revanche (2008)(Austria)

Okuribito (2008)(Japan)

Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:

The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008)

Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

The Garden (2008/I)

Man on Wire (2008)

Trouble the Water (2008)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:

The Conscience of Nhem En

The Final Inch

Smile Pinki

The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:

Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit

La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato

Oktapodi (2007): Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi

Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland

This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:

Auf der Strecke (2007)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy (2007)

The Pig

Spielzeugland (2007)
 
I actually really enjoyed the awards tonight..although it could be that I could FF through some of the speeches and whatnot. But I think Hugh did a fantastic job ( I love the guy anyways :lol: ), I think he was totally underused though :lol:

And I didnt really enjoy the Beyonce bit..well..I think that was mainly because of Zac and Vanessa though. Nothing against Hugh..he was great.

It was nice to wonder who was going to be next presenting, or which past winners would be involved in awarding the oscar to the winner. And each one presenting a nominee was nice..some of it felt honest and from the heart,some..not so much. But still, I liked the format.



I agree with the direction of that montage. Completely terrible. The swoops and pans of the cameras were totally distracting, and made it difficult to see who was in the tribute.

But I loved Queen Latifah singing. I thought that was a great idea. So basically I liked the concept but it was not executed well.... and I guess it was wrong to think people would refrain from clapping over a live performance. Oh well.

Will Smith was great..I like how they had him present those technical awards back to back to back..smart move.

Great moment to see Heath's family accept the award.

Daniel Day-Lewis where were you?:( And So disappointed that Mickey Rourke didnt win

Kate Winslet looked absolutely stunning. I love her so much, and was so happy to see her win. Loved her speech..and I'll admit that I loved that she thanked Peter Jackson..."Heavenly Creatures" was a fantastic film :lol:

"I'm sorry, Meryl, but you have to just suck that up!" Priceless.

Loved that they awards didnt go on forever and ever...just a little over 3hrs. Not bad. And some of it seemed to fly by :)

Did anyone else find it hilariously ironic that the majority of the clips of the new movies for 2009 at the credits, have absolutely zero chance of getting Oscars? :lol:


So..in summary..uhmmm...bring Jackman back :lol:
 
Woohoo for Kate Winslet! I love her!

I love Sean Penn but I was rooting for Mickey.

Loved Hugh's opening---was laughing the entire time. So much fun.
 
Jen is ALWAYS pretty :D
SJP is pretty also.

But Hugh and his opening, oh my, perfect :thud:

And if Kate doesn't get this i'm gonna be so pissed off.
 
Melinator, I'm glad it wasn't just me in those reguards. :)

Oh, I also loved the musical number, that was brilliant. Although, I'm not a huge Beyonce fan, and didn't really like Zac Efron/Vanessa Hudgens being part of it, overall, it was really amazing. Hugh! :thud:
 
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