And for the 81st Academy Awards the nominees for best picture are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Reader, and Frost/Nixon. Surprise, surprise. I still think Benjamin Button should win, but who knows? All of these are pretty good. It did get 13 nominations. Slumdog Millionaire got 10 and The Dark Knight got 8 which is righteous even if it didn't get a best picture nomination.
Who was snubbed? Revolutionary Road. It got only 3 nominations, but was expected to get many more. Doubt. Supposedly a best picture nominee, it picked up nominations in other categories. Gran Torino. Did it get any nominations?
Who were the surprises? In Bruges. I never thought I'd live to see the day this movie would be nominated for anything special. A really cool movie that got missed by many movie goers. Wanted. 2 nominations? I'm in shock! Tropic Thunder. Robert Downey Jr. is making quite a comeback! Australia. After all the negative reviews, still there is one nomination.
So who will win? I think we can agree that WALL-E will win best animation, Man on Wire will win best documentary, and that Waltz with Bashir will win best foreign film. I don't know about anything else. Is Slumdog Millionaire too buzzy? Is Benjamin Button too mainstream? Is Frost/Nixon too real? Is The Reader too controversial? Is Milk too gay? Find out of February 22nd.
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