Oscar Nominees Announced

catbox_9 · Subject: Oscar Nominees Announced Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:36 pm

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

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:40 pm

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.

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gs78 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:33 pm

Gran Torino should have been nominated for best picture

And also "The Wrestler"

Stupid Hollywood! grouch

catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:11 pm

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

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bobrob2004 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:45 pm

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.

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bobrob2004 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:46 pm

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

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:49 pm

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

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:50 pm

bobrob2004 wrote:

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

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

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

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bobrob2004 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:07 pm

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

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

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

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. ashamed

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catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:08 pm

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

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

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

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. ashamed

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.

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gs78 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:10 pm

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

catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:12 pm

My mom went last week and said it was good.

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swiss_tiger · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:29 pm

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!

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swiss_tiger · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:31 pm

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!

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gs78 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:31 pm

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

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

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

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. ashamed

Me,too

SoulRat · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:15 pm

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

swiss_tiger · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:38 am

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!

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gs78 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:59 am

SoulRat wrote:

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

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I am not!

Sorry

SoulRat · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:15 pm

gs78 wrote:

SoulRat wrote:

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

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I am not!

Sorry

I am

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

catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:25 pm

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.

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SoulRat · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:56 am

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 LMAO

He is extremely left-wing.

catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:46 pm

So where's the problem?

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

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SoulRat · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:24 pm

catbox_9 wrote:

So where's the problem?

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

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

catbox_9 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:48 pm

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 BLAH!

" gets boring fast.

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gs78 · Subject: Re: Oscar Nominees Announced Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:29 pm

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 BLAH!

" gets boring fast.

Sure does