the oscar blog

i just realized that the oscars are tonight and i never posted my oscar picks (actually i haven't posted anything at all in forever....i suck). so, i am now sitting at work realizing i need to post these and becoming very saddened by the fact that i will miss the majority of the oscars tonight due to training for a missions trip. you're welcome, God.

so since i'm missing them for a holier purpose, i pray that God will hear my cries for these wins. we shall see...and we shall hope. and we shall pray.

so, without further ado, i present my last minute, readers digest version of my oscar picks. and the winners are...

ACTOR IS A LEADING ROLE: Mickey Rourke (though i'm worried Sean Penn may steal this one)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Heath Ledger (deserves it)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Meryl Streep (i'm gonna punch someone if Winslet gets it)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Taraji P. Henson (or Viola Davis. i'm lovin me some soul this year)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Wall-E (again, punching people if this doesn't win. but it will)

ART DIRECTION: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (i'm gonna be throwing a lot of these awards Benjamin's way. they would be well deserved)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (see? told ya)

COSTUME DESIGN: Australia (it's not gonna win....but i'd like it to)

DIRECTING: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Slumdog may take this one...but i loved what David Fincher did here)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man on Wire (looked good...this is a shot in the dark for me)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT: The Final Inch (sure, why not)

FILM EDITING: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Fincher and his digital editing...brilliant)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Class (heard good things)

MAKEUP: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (hard to argue this one)

MUSIC (SCORE): Slumdog Millionaire (really enjoyed the score here)

MUSIC (SONG): "O Saya" Slumdog Millionaire (no idea which one this is, but i liked the music and it has a 1 in 3 chance of winning. pretty good odds)

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire (i think so. The Reader has no chance, neither does Benjamin. Frost/Nixon, doubt it. Milk....maybe. just maybe)

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): Presto (only one i've seen)

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): Auf Der Strecke (solid german name...sounds good)

SOUND EDITING: The Dark Knight (it deserves something)

SOUND MIXING: The Dark Knight (it deserves two somethings)

VISUAL EFFECTS: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt as an old man child? winner)

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): Slumdog Millionaire (perfectly done)

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): Milk (i'm goin with my gut here, since i've only seen Wall-E out of these. i could see Happy-Go-Lucky taking it here too, though)

Closing Thoughts...

there are a few things i wanted to say before i close this blog. first off, i'm upset that The Wrestler didn't get a best pic nod and that The Reader did. stupid stupid stupid. second, i've been getting a lot of people asking "how do you feel about the dark knight not getting a best pic nod?" honestly, not surprised. i wasn't expecting it so i'm not dissapointed by it. not that i don't think it was worthy of it, but that's not how the academy works. never has been. i think the big contenders this year are going to be Milk and Slumdog Millionaire. i know there's been a lot of talk about Benjamin Button and it has 13 nods (one less than record Titanic, i believe. correct me if i'm wrong, though. i don't feel like looking it up) but i think most awards it will receive will be directing and effects and stuff like that. well deserved, too. one of my dreams is to see Brad Pitt win an oscar. isn't gonna happen this year. oh well. other than that, i think its obvious i guessed at a lot of these. that's okay. i didn't get to see nearly as many of the films this year as i wanted to, but times are busy. but i've read quite a bit, and i feel pretty confident at least about my main category choices. if there are some films that come from behind, that's gonna be exciting as well.

so feel free to play along at home and bash me on here come tomorrow when everything i guessed ends up being wrong.

sorry i won't be there tonight. say hey to hugh jackman for me.

enjoy.