I a sad SNOOZE reaction when they listed the best picture nominees. Apparently, they're not interested in ratings this year. Good grief. And the special Oscar goes for Harvey Weinstein's deep pockets.
- Slumdog Millionaire is now officially a SHOE-IN to win best picture. It's over. Boyle will get it, too.
- On that note, Rourke will win. Guaranteed. Richard Jenkins' performance just became the single most overrated of the year. It just wasn't that special. Anybody can sit there and look sad and then liberally whine about immigration laws for a few seconds. He and/or Pitt stole Eastwood's nod.
- Winslet will win. No doubt. Nudity prevails.
- Ledger. Duh. The Downey nomination is a joke, a big fat one.
- Supporting actress is fairly wide open actually now that Winslet snuck in the other category (fishy). Right now, good money might should be on Cruz, but I wouldn't count out Davis or Adams (although their votes will likely split, but remember 1994!).
- Agreed about The Wrestler getting sound nods. It totally deserves them. But like you said, just hand the awards to Wall-E.
- How was Springsteen's song left out? That doesn't make sense. It was used in the movie just as much as Peter Gabriel's song (over the end credits).
- Visual effects SHOULD go to Iron Man, but stupid Button will probably win.
- Makeup is a tough call. The Hellboy main character makeup is a major achievement in movie history, I think. The rest of the Pan's Labyrinth knockoffs were impressive but just okay to me.
- Looks like Milk may just get the screenplay consolation prize, unless Van Sant steals director from Boyle.
POINT IS: The Oscars are getting way too predictable, boring and phony. I have yet to see these: Milk, The Reader, Frost/Nixon. Only really looking forward to the first and parts of the second.
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