Oscar Nominees Announced

The nominees for this year's Oscars have been announced. The full list is available all over the place, but here's the nominees for the 3 biggest categories:

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

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


The following films received multiple nominations:
13 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10 Slumdog Millionaire
8 The Dark Knight, Milk
6 WALL-E
5 Doubt, Frost/Nixon, The Reader
3 Changeling, Revolutionary Road
2 The Duchess, Frozen River, Wanted, The Wrestler, Iron Man

I have only seen 2 films released in 2008 and neither of them received any nominations so I don't know what to cheer for.

Gran Torino should have been nominated for best picture


And also "The Wrestler"


Stupid Hollywood!

Gran Torino didn't get a single nomination. I'm pretty surprised by that.

catbox_9 wrote:

Gran Torino didn't get a single nomination. I'm pretty surprised by that.

Is that the Clint Eastwood one? I want to see it. It was filmed in Michigan.

Frost/Nixon looks like a good one. And um...go WALL-E?

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

Gran Torino didn't get a single nomination. I'm pretty surprised by that.

Is that the Clint Eastwood one? I want to see it. It was filmed in Michigan.

Yeah

bobrob2004 wrote:

Frost/Nixon looks like a good one. And um...go WALL-E?

I don't even know what most of the best picture nominees are about

For those that don't know, Milk is not about a glass of milk.

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

Frost/Nixon looks like a good one. And um...go WALL-E?

I don't even know what most of the best picture nominees are about

For those that don't know, Milk is not about a glass of milk.

I heard Benjamin Button is a lot like Forest Gump. But I haven't even seen any trailers on that movie, so I wouldn't know.

Frost/Nixon is about David Frost and Richard Nixon.

Darn, I thought Milk was about milk.

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

Frost/Nixon looks like a good one. And um...go WALL-E?

I don't even know what most of the best picture nominees are about

For those that don't know, Milk is not about a glass of milk.

I heard Benjamin Button is a lot like Forest Gump. But I haven't even seen any trailers on that movie, so I wouldn't know.

Frost/Nixon is about David Frost and Richard Nixon.

Darn, I thought Milk was about milk.

I think in Benjamin Button he ages backwards or something. I hope that one doesn't win Best Picture. I'm also rooting against Slumdog Millionaire for some reason. I hope The Reader loses because it has the word "read" in the title and I'm not really a fan of reading. Then again I doubt the movie is about a guy who reads.

The other two movies are political so they might as well win since 2008 was an election year. Furthermore, the Milk movie is about a Democrat whereas Nixon is a Republican. Since the Democrats won in 2008 I hope Milk wins best picture despite the fact I don't really know what it's about and it might be terrible.

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

Gran Torino didn't get a single nomination. I'm pretty surprised by that.

Is that the Clint Eastwood one? I want to see it. It was filmed in Michigan.

I thought it was one of Eastwood's best films


Worth seeing at the theatre

My mom went last week and said it was good.

I have seen The Reader yesterday. Excellent movie and pretty impressive Kate Winslet! She really would deserve the Oscar. To the jury: please keep in mind, Kate Winselt is also absolutely brilliant in Revolutionary Road!

Chaneling is highly recommended too btw. I have seen this a couple of weeks ago. Go and check it out. Great storyline and great Angelina Jolie!

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

Frost/Nixon looks like a good one. And um...go WALL-E?

I don't even know what most of the best picture nominees are about

For those that don't know, Milk is not about a glass of milk.

I heard Benjamin Button is a lot like Forest Gump. But I haven't even seen any trailers on that movie, so I wouldn't know.

Frost/Nixon is about David Frost and Richard Nixon.

Darn, I thought Milk was about milk.

Me,too

Milk is really good, if you are in love with Sean Penn

gs78 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

Gran Torino didn't get a single nomination. I'm pretty surprised by that.

Is that the Clint Eastwood one? I want to see it. It was filmed in Michigan.

I thought it was one of Eastwood's best films
Worth seeing at the theatre

I agree 100%. Really cool movie!

SoulRat wrote:

Milk is really good, if you are in love with Sean Penn

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I am not!

gs78 wrote:

SoulRat wrote:

Milk is really good, if you are in love with Sean Penn

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I am not!

I am I don't even care about his politics, Sean Penn is the man

What's wrong with his politics?

Is he too conservative? I only know a few of his viewpoints so maybe the rest of them aren't as left as I was assuming.

catbox_9 wrote:

What's wrong with his politics?

Is he too conservative? I only know a few of his viewpoints so maybe the rest of them aren't as left as I was assuming.

Too conservative bahahaha He is extremely left-wing.

So where's the problem?

Is he, despite his extremely left-wingedness, still too far right

catbox_9 wrote:

So where's the problem?

Is he, despite his extremely left-wingedness, still too far right

I have no problem with Sean Penn, I just don't always agree with him, on his speech at the Oscars I did though.

His speech seemed like it mostly copied the screenwriter's speech from that same film. The only difference was Sean Penn didn't get to say "I'd like to thank my mom for not disowning me even though everyone told her to". They were both good though. Might as well throw something into a speech because the standard "I'd like to thank X, Y, and Z " gets boring fast.

catbox_9 wrote:

His speech seemed like it mostly copied the screenwriter's speech from that same film. The only difference was Sean Penn didn't get to say "I'd like to thank my mom for not disowning me even though everyone told her to". They were both good though. Might as well throw something into a speech because the standard "I'd like to thank X, Y, and Z " gets boring fast.

Sure does