EWB's Oscar Awards Nomination Thread

[arwrestling]

Well, it is no secret that here at EWB we do have a lot of movie buffs. For that reason, I thought we could do our own littel version of the Oscars here at EWB. This thread will be the nomination thread, and should last until mid-to late January.

Now, you can nominate any feature film you want in here, so long as it was released in 2008 (January-April included). Also, I ask that you only nominate things that you've seen, not only heard of. Frankly, buzz or not, how can you nominate someone or something that you haven't witnessed?

So anyways, this is how it works. We have the categories, you give your top 5 nominees, in order of 1-5. Nominee 1 being your favorite (worth 5 points) and nominee five being your least favorite of your nominations (worth 1 point). I would like to ask that we have no less than 3 nominations per category, though anything between 3 and 5 is acceptable. For those wondering, Wikipedia has a very complete list of films released in 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...until=Book+Lady, for those who need a refresher course of what they've seen.

Categories are going to be...

Best Visual Effects

Best Film Editing

Best Costume Design and Make Up

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Actor in a Lead Role

Best Actress in a Lead Role

Best Screenplay

Best Director

Best Picture

So, with that I'll start the process with my own nominations...

Best Visual Effects

1. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

2. The Dark Knight

3. Wanted

4. 10, 000 BC

5. The Ruins

Best Film Editing

1. Vantage Point

2. The Strangers

3. Blindness

4. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

5. The Dark Knight

Best Costume Design and Make Up

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. The Dark Knight

3. 10, 000 BC

4. The Strangers

5. The Other Boelyn Girl

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight

2. Gael Garcia Bernal as King of Ward 3/Bartender in Blindness

3. Gary Oldman as James Gordon in The Dark Knight

4. Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox in The Dark Knight

5. Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Taraji P. Henson as Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

3. Kristin Scott Thomas as Elizabeth Boleyn in The ther Boleyn Girl

4. Maggie Gyllenhall as Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight

5. Angelina Jolie as Fox in Wanted

Best Actor in a Lead Role

1. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight

2. Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

3. Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight

4. Steven Strait as D'Leh in 10, 000 BC

5. Mark Ruffalo as Doctor in Blindness

Best Actress in a Lead Role

1. Cate Blanchett as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. Julianne Moore as Doctor's Wife in Blindness

3. Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl

4. Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl

5. Liv Tyler as Kristen McKay in The Strangers

Best Screenplay

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. The Dark Knight

3. Blindness

4. The Strangers

5. Vantage Point

Best Director

1. David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight

3. Pete Travis for Vantage Point

4. Bryan Bertino for The Strangers

5. Fernando Meirelles for Blindness

Best Picture

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2. The Dark Knight

3. The Strangers

4. Blindness

5. Vantage Point

Well there you have it. I look forward to seeing other peoples' picks and favorites as opposed to mine. Frankly, it was a slow movie year for me and most of the ones I've seen have been older released I hadn't had the chance to see before now... Basically my nominations are based on 19 films... Blindness, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Eye, Funny Games, The Happening, Made Of Honor, Mirrors, One Missed Call, The Other Boleyn Girl, Prom Night, The Ruins, The Strangers, 10, 000 BC, Untraceable, Vantage Point, Wanted, What Happens In Vegas & You Don’t Mess With The Zohan. I mean not too bad, but some of the ones I haven't had a chance to yet likely (according to the hype) would have been on here...

Go For It!

Edited December 30, 2008 by arwrestling

[ROC]

This will be easily my worst year end voting list ever. But I must save the world from Vantage Point winning everything.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent - The Dark Knight (Because I personally view his character as supporting to the story, because the entire damn thing's about Batman.)

Aaron Eckhart as Travis Vuoso - Towelhead

Jeff Bridges as Obadiah - Iron Man

Craig Robinson as Delaney - Zack and Miri Make A Porno

Chris Mintz-Plasse as Augie Farks - Role Models

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jane Lynch as Gayle Sweeny - Role Models

Toni Collette as Melina Hines - Towelhead

Mila Kunis as Rachel Jansen - Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Evan Rachel Wood as Stephanie Robinson - The Wrestler

Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes - The Dark Knight

Best Actor in a Lead Role

Paul Rudd as...basically, himself - Role Models

Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski - Gran Torino

Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus - Tropic Thunder

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark - Iron Man

Mickey Rourke as Randy The Ram - The Wrestler

Best Actress in a Lead Role

Summer Bishil as Jasira - Towelhead

Michelle Williams as Wendy - Wendy and Lucy

Elizabeth Banks as Miri - Zach and Miri Make A Porno

Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts - Iron Man

Marisa Tomei as Cassidy - The Wrestler

Best Screenplay

Towelhead, written by Alan Ball

The Dark Knight, written by the Nolan brothers

Slumdog Millionaire, written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Alan Ball - Towelhead

Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

Kelly Reichardt - Wendy and Lucy

Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler

Best Picture

The Wrestler

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire

Role Models

Towelhead

EDIT: What I anticipated in fact did happen, so time to edit!

Edited January 5, 2009 by ROC

[GoGo Yubari]

Heh, I was going to do this too. Except with more categories/categories more interesting than film editing and such. I guess I'll give a preliminary list right now for the categories that interest me with the addendum that this will be edited probably after I see Frost/Nixon and The Wrestler (and maybe Doubt). Also, yeah, this is my worst year-end thing too. Jesus, have I really only seen eight movies in theatres this year?

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer in Burn After Reading

2. Josh Brolin as Dan White in Milk

3. Gary Oldman as James Gordon in The Dark Knight

4. Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones in Milk

5. Sam Rockwell as James Reston, Jr., in Frost/Nixon

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Michelle Williams as Claire Keen in Synecdoche, New York

2. Tilda Swinton as Catie Cox in Burn After Reading

3. Alison Pill as Anne Kronenburg in Milk

4. Catherine Keener as Adele Lack in Synecdoche, New York

5. Judi Dench as M in Quantum of Solace (and here I thought I wasn't going to give that movie any nominations anywhere. Oh well.)

Best Actor in a Lead Role

1. Frank Langella as Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon

2. Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk

3. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard in Synecdoche, New York

4. Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man

5. John Malkovich as Osborne Cox in Burn After Reading

Best Actress in a Lead Role

1. Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts in Iron Man

2. Samantha Morton as Hazel in Synecdoche, New York

3. Frances McDormand as Linda Litzke in Burn After Reading

4. Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush in W.

5. ... uh. Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight. I guess.

Best Screenplay

1. Charlie Kaufman for Synecdoche, New York

2. Dustin Lance Black for Milk

3. Christopher & Jonathan Nolan for The Dark Knight

4. Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon for WALL-E

5. Joel & Ethan Coen for Burn After Reading

Best Director

1. Andrew Stanton for WALL-E

2. Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight

3. Charlie Kaufman for Synecdoche, New York

4. Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon

5. Gus Van Sant for Milk

Best Picture

1. WALL-E

2. Synecdoche, New York

3. Milk

4. Frost/Nixon

5. The Dark Knight

[Blue Rosler]

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

George Clooney in Burn After Reading

Best Actor in a Lead Role

Sean Penn in Milk

Best Actress in a Lead Role

Frances McDormand in Burn After Reading

Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married

Best Picture

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire

Vantage Point

Rachel Getting Married

[arwrestling]

Here I thought this might help... http://www.oscars.org/81academyawards/rule...eminderlist.pdf

It is the official list of eligible films from the Academy...

[Herr Matzat]

I Vote ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO in every section. I have not seen it or have any idea what it is, but asides Zombie Strippers it just must be the best movie on that PDF List.

[GoGo Yubari]

Well, this fell apart marvelously.

[VinnyT]

Give it time. Once nominations are out it'll grow.

Or do you mean the race itself? Admittedly it's been a slow year for these movies. Last year I had three anticipated films come out ON THE SAME DAY during December and this year I'm not going nuts on anything other than The Wrestler, which wont be around most people till Jan 6th.

[ROC]

Yeah, let's let everyone see Zombie Strippers before making the judgment for best films of the year.

[wgh_2001]

Well, it is no secret that here at EWB we do have a lot of movie buffs. For that reason, I thought we could do our own littel version of the Oscars here at EWB. This thread will be the nomination thread, and should last until mid-to late January.

Not just film buffs but I think a few people here actually work in the film business including myself.

Now, you can nominate any feature film you want in here, so long as it was released in 2008 (January-April included). Also, I ask that you only nominate things that you've seen, not only heard of. Frankly, buzz or not, how can you nominate someone or something that you haven't witnessed?

It's doesn't always stop the Academy.

Anyways, there are a couple of movies I want to see before making my list.

Will post my list in a few days.

Edited January 2, 2009 by wgh_2001

[Zaz]

The list of movies from that list I've seen (hence why I won't be voting for Dark Knight >_>):

Body of Lies

Burn After Reading

Cloverfield

Drillbit Taylor

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Get Smart

Hancock

Indiana Jones (most of it anyway)

Max Payne

My Blueberry Nights (most of)

Nim's Island (some of, it was on a plane >_>)

Quantum of Solace

Rocknrolla

What Happens in Vegas

And The Spirit might be added to this when I go and see it next week.

Best Visual Effects

1. Cloverfield

2. Max Payne

3. Quantum of Solace

4. Body of Lies

5. Hancock

Best Film Editing

1. Cloverfield

2. Rocknrolla

3. Burn After Reading

4. Quantum of Solace

5. My Blueberry Nights

Best Costume Design and Make Up

1. Max Payne

2. Rocknrolla

3. Indiana Jones

4. Quantum of Solace

5. Hancock (Will Smith in tights >_>)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading

2. Jude Law in My Blueberry Nights

3. Mark Strong in Body of Lies

4. Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

5. Mark Strong in Rocknrolla

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Lizzy Caplan in Cloverfield

2. Kristen Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

3. Natalie Portman in My Blueberry Nights

4. Charlize Theron in Hancock

Best Actor in a Lead Role

1. Will Smith in Hancock

2. Leo di Caprio in Body of Lies

3. Gerard Butler in Rocknrolla

4. Marky Mark in Max Payne

...5. Ashton Kutcher in What Happens in Vegas

Best Actress in a Lead Role

1. Abigail Breslin in Nim's Island >_>

2. Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones

3. Norah Jones in My Blueberry Nights

4. Cameron Diaz in What Happens in Vegas

Best Screenplay

1. Rocknrolla

2. Burn After Reading

3. Cloverfield

4. Body of Lies

5. What Happens in Vegas

Best Director

1. Guy Ritchie - Rocknrolla

2. JJ Abrams - Cloverfield

3. Ridley Scott - Body of Lies

4. Coen Brothers - Burn After Reading

5. Kar Hai Wong - My Blueberry Nights

Best Picture

1. Rocknrolla

2. Cloverfield

3. Burn After Reading

4. Body of Lies

5. Hancock

Man, if I'd seen Dark Knight, Vantage Point, Tropic Thunder etc., my list may have been a bit more solid in places

[GoGo Yubari]

Edited my lists to reflect the fact that I saw Frost/Nixon and it's great.