So, the National Board of Review chose movies that they loved this year. The underdog movie of this year came out on top-Slumdog Millionaire. Unexpected and expected, this means Slumdog Millionaire may actually have a shot at an oscar.
David Fincher won for best director. No surprise here. I mean, c'mon, the guy has made Zodiac and Fight Club! Clint Eastwood won for best actor and NOT best director. How did that happen? Anne Hathaway expectedly won for best actress in Rachel Getting Married. Josh Brolin won for supporting actor in Milk. The two do not surprise me at all. Also, an obvious winner was Penelope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The ensemble cast award went to Doubt. Duh.
The best foreign film went to Mongol. It really didn't have very much competition. Wall-E obviously won for animated feature. Was there really any competition for these two categories?
Among other awards, Dev Patel rightly won for breakthrough performance.
The ten top films of the year were Burn After Reading, Changeling, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Defiance, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Gran Torino, Milk, Wall-E, and the Wrestler.
What does this mean for the Oscars? Frost/Nixon may not see any awards, but lots of nominations. After getting good to ok reviews, Doubt may not win best picture. Australia has no shot whatsoever. Slumdog Millionaire may just get nominated. Imagine that.
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