CriticSociety- film reviews

 Groucho wrote at 1/20/2009 1:14:01 PM:

Morris told me something quite curious by mail today: That the Oscar nominations would've been today but because of Obama's inauguration were instead pushed to Thursday, coincidentally Heath Ledger's first death anniversary in which he'll surely be nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role which, odds indicate, he'll go on to win.

The question I have for Morris is: what would be happening if Heath was alive?

 Morris wrote at 1/20/2009 1:21:32 PM:

Some people, mainly "Dark Knight" dissenters, have said that all of this wouldn't be happening had he been alive. Maybe the nomination, but not the win.

Truth is, there's absolutely no supporting performance this year that has garnered as much universal impact and acclaim. Back in July people said we would have to wait to see what the year had in store for us. We're at that point right now, and even though there have been truly excellent stand-out supporting performances none have been able to dethrone Heath's, at least in the opinion of the majority since this kind of stuff is always relative.

We still don't know if he really is going to win, but a different scenario would be improbable at this point. We'll see...

 tiggerboy01 wrote at 1/21/2009 9:25:23 PM:

Best Picture
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Wall-E

Best Director
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Danny Boyle - Slumdgo Millionaire
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Best Actor
Sean Penn - Milk
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino

Best Actress
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Sally Hawkins - Happy Go Lucky
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Melisa Leo - Frozen River

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Rosemary DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Animated Feature
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir
KungFu Panda

Best Foreign Language Film
The Class - France
The Necessities Of Life - Canada
Waltz With Bashir - Israel
The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany
Arrancame La Vida - Mexico

Best Song
The Wrestler - The Wrestler
Down To Earth - Wall-E
Jai-Ho - From Slumdog Millionaire
The Story - By Blueberry Nights
High School Musical - High School Musical (just for the show)

Lets see who gets the juice...

 Morris wrote at 1/22/2009 8:56:40 AM:

It's a tie!