It's impossible to not second-guess your Oscar picks. While I feel pretty confident with the idea that the Academy will go with Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, in part because of the cinematic-like ressurection of Mickey Rourke's career, we can't discount the universal belief that dour and humorless Sean Penn is a great actor. Conventional wisdom says Danny Boyle will win Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire. This year is all about Slumdog Millionaire. However, sometimes the Academy knows a film is going to be honored already (Slumdog will be winning Best Picture) so they use the Best Director category to honor another good film, which is why I think Frost/Nixon and the universally beloved Ron Howard, might have a shot (as well as Benjamin Button in the cinematography category). Viola Davis (for Best Supporting Actress) is my dark horse , and I totally called it before I saw Ebert had too.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Viola Davis, Doubt
Best animated feature film of the year
WALL-E
Achievement in cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in costume design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in directing
Frost/Nixon
Best documentary feature
Trouble the Water
Adapted screenplay
Doubt
Original screenplay
Milk
Best motion picture of the year
Slumdog Millionaire
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qwe saw Slumdog a couple weeks ago and while overall it's a good film, some parts were just hard to watch. I usually try to see most of teh nominated films before the Oscars but I didn't get through most of them this year. I still really want to see Doubt and The Reader.
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