2008 Award Nominations

[Gemini Cricket]

Hugh Jackman is hosting the 2008 Oscars. Huh? Interesting choice.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

WTF? Slumdog Millionaire got nominated, but not Milk?

Slumdog Millionaire is soooo overhyped.

You didn't like it? I thought it was good; it's not perfect, but it's not bad.

[CoasterMatt]

Slumdog Millionaire was good, but it wasn't best picture good.

[Alex]

I saw Slumdog Millionaire today. I'm not saying it is bad (it isn't) but it didn't do anything for me personally. Standard "love story against the backdrop of disaster" story where the disaster is epic poverty. The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire gimmick also didn't click (though an American remake I'd go see if they got Regis to play the host character).

So, I'll not be supporting it for any of the awards I've seen it up for so far.

[Stan4dSteph]

I liked Man on Wire. Glad to see it is getting recognition.

[wendybeth]

I hope Hugh Laurie wins- we love House. In the middle of watching a mini-marathon right now.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

AFI Top 10 of 2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

SAG Nominations

Theatrical Motion Pictures
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale - “THE VISITOR” (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon - “FROST/NIXON” (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk - “MILK” (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy - “THE WRESTLER” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym - “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins - “CHANGELING” (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy - “FROZEN RIVER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler - “REVOLUTIONARY ROAD” (Paramount Vantage)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White - “MILK” (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - “TROPIC THUNDER” (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker - “THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal - “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James - “DOUBT” (Miramax Flms)
PENELOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena - “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz - “THE READER” (The Weinstein Company)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)

[Alex]

I'm not sure how Frank Langella is a lead in Frost/Nixon if Heath Ledger is merely a supporting role (I know, it is frequently politics on how a studio promotes them).

Saw Frost/Nixon today. Brilliant performance by Langella without trying to do a spot on impression. All the standard caveats about being less impressed by role playing well recorded real people.

The movie itself wasn't all that interesting, though, with a fantastic last 15 minutes.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Yeah, I loved the last 15, too. And I agree that it's Sheen, not Langella, who is the lead. It seems to me that they go more by buzz/quality of performance than actual lead sometimes. (Though, Sheen's performance was equally brilliant, in my opinion - but Frost is simply not as iconic as Nixon.) Why is Sheen always overlooked? I loved, loved, loved him in The Queen. Can't wait for his next outing as Blair.