Oscars 2009

[sonic21]

Best Picture Noms:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
MILK


Actor in a leading role:

RICHARD JENKINS-THE VISTOR
FRANK LANGELLA-FROST/NIXON
SEAN PENN-MILK
BRAD PITT-THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MICKEY ROURKE-THE WRESTLER


Actor in a supporting role:

JOSH BROLIN-MILK
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.-TROPIC THUNDER
PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN-DOUBT
HEATH LEDGER-THE DARK KNIGHT
MICHAEL SHANNON-REVOLUTIONARY ROAD


Actress in a leading role:

ANNE HATHAWAY-RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
ANGELINA JOLIE-CHANGELING
MELISSA LEO-FROZEN RIVER
MERYL STREEP-DOUBT
KATE WINSLET-THE READER


Actress in a supporting role:

AMY ADAMS-DOUBT
PENELOPE CRUZ-VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
VIOLA DAVIS-DOUBT
TARAJI P. HENSON-THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MARISA TOMEI-THE WRESTLER


Animated Feature:

BOLT
KUNG FU PANDA
WALL-E

Art Direction:

CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

Cinematography:

CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Costume Design:

AUSTRALIA
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DUCHESS
MILK
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD


Directing:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE


Documentary Feature:

THE BETRAYAL
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE GARDEN
MAN ON A WIRE
TROUBLE THE WATER


Documentary Short:

THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN
THE FINAL INCH
SMILE PINKI
THE WITNESS

Film Editing:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
SILKM
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE


Foreign Language Film:

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
THE CLASS
DEPARTURES
REVANCHE
WALTZ WITH BASHIR


Makeup:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY II


Music (Score):

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DEFIANCE
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E


Music (Song):

"DOWN TO EARTH"- WALL-E
"JAI HO"-SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
"O Sava"-SLUMBDOG MILLIONAIRE


Short Film (Animated):

LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
LAVATORY-LOVESTORY
OKTAPODI
PRESTO
THIS WAY UP


Short Film (Live Action):

AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
MANON ON THE ASPHALT
NEW BOY
THE PIG
SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)


Sound Editing:

THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WANTED


Sound Mixing:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
WALL-E
WANTED


Visual Effects:

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN


Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
DOUBT
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Writing (Original Screenplay):

FROZEN RIVER
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
IN BRUGES
MILK
WALL-E

[mexicanjunior]

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.-TROPIC THUNDER

Wow...that is a shocker. I hope Tomei wins the best supporting actress. For as much as she showed on camera, she deserves it...

[CuckingFunt]

There's no question that Supporting Actor is going posthumously to Ledger, and it's a deserving performance, but that is one hell of a strong category this year. Including Robert Downey, Jr. (who I'd actually kind of like to see win the thing, just because comedic performances so rarely get recognition despite being every bit as challenging as dramatic performances).

[Melmart1]

I was surprised Winslet got nominated in lead actress for "The Reader." And I didn't care for "The Changeling" at all, and I thought Jolie's performance was OK but not Oscar worthy, so I was surprised at that. I am rooting for Anne Hathaway, I think.

I agree with CF about comedy, but Ledger is a sure thing, I think. I did literally laugh out loud at him in Tropic Thunder a few times, and it seems to me that laughing out loud at a movie is so rare these days. Probably cus of all the crap that passes for comedy.

[Spurminator]

I have a lot of catching up to do.

[monosylab1k]

Did Benjamin Button really deserve that much love?

[monosylab1k]

I didn't really realize how bad a year 2008 was for movies until I saw this list.

[CuckingFunt]

Did Benjamin Button really deserve that much love?

Screenplay and Best Actor are a bit of a stretch, in my opinion, but I'm okay with the latter since there's no chance of Brad Pitt winning -- the performance was, I thought, good enough to merit nomination, but not good enough to beat out Richard Jenkins or Mickey Rourke. Best Picture... meh, I didn't think so, but I'm not surprised by the nomination. I was really happy with Taraji P. Henson's Supporting Actress nomination, though.

[CuckingFunt]

Also, I didn't notice it right away, but I love, love, love the screenplay nomination for In Bruges. That film should have gotten a bit more love, I think.

[slayermin]

Benjamin Button was way too long and boring to be nominated for best picture. It didn't have enough humor. Much of the story was predictable, imo. Maybe you have to read the book to appreciate it.

[Spurminator]

Benjamin Button was way too long and boring to be nominated for best picture.

Typically it helps the case for nomination, really.

[balli]

WTF? No best picture nomination for WALL-E? Fuck that.

[ploto]

Benjamin Button has a good chance to win the awards for such aspects as cinematography, art direction, and visual effects. Do not discount how much the academy likes motion pictures of its type.

Ledger and Rourke are shoo-ins.

[Trainwreck2100]

Ledger and Rourke are shoo-ins.

Teh gays might give Best Actor to Penn for Milk like they did for Lee & Brokeback Mountain. And they came up with THREE songs from TWO movies. WTF is that shit, they nominated and awarded 3-6 Mafia one year and they came up with 3 songs. I hope Wally beats that Hadji movie for that category and every one they share a nomination

[CuckingFunt]

WTF? No best picture nomination for WALL-E? Fuck that.

Part of the double-edged sword that is the Best Animated Feature category -- nice that it ensures animation will always be recognized, but keeps deserving animated films from every being considered for Best Picture.

[mardigan]

Iron Man should win every award it's up for, and should have had way more nominations than it did imo.

[tp2021]

I like Hellboy for Best Makeup.

[Shastafarian]

Also, I didn't notice it right away, but I love, love, love the screenplay nomination for In Bruges. That film should have gotten a bit more love, I think.

Probably the best movie no one has seen this year. I thought it was great, even with Colin Farell.

[anakha]

So Bruce Springsteen wins a Golden Globe but doesn't get an Oscar nomination?

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol dark knight didnt get nominated for best picture, fukn lame....didnt it gross 300m+?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

lol dark knight didnt get nominated for best picture, fukn lame....didnt it gross 300m+?

So what, the movie was heavily flawed.


And yeah mono, Benjamin Buttons was really overrated. Fincher is a great director but with such a crappy script there really wasn't much more he could do.


I still can't believe "There Will Be Blood" didn't win best picture.

[ClingingMars]

Did Benjamin Button really deserve that much love?

not really

where's TDK for best picture?!?

-Mars

[tp2021]

I watched Dark Knight again. I understood it better. But that was all that was better.

[ClingingMars]

So what, the movie was heavily flawed

:lmao

not really. how does a "heavily flawed movie" break nearly every box office record in history?

-Mars

[tp2021]

:lmao

not really. how does a "heavily flawed movie" break nearly every box office record in history?

-Mars
Economic success doesn't mean a movie was good cinema. Just that people wanted to see it.

[ClingingMars]

Economic success doesn't mean a movie was good cinema. Just that people wanted to see it.

...

if it's a bad movie, THAT many people aren't gonna shell out THAT much money to see it. seriously, did over time this movie change for you people or what? TDK remains one of my favorite movies of all time.

-Mars

[balli]

:lmao

not really. how does a "heavily flawed movie" break nearly every box office record in history?

-Mars

Lots of fools, more than willing than willing to part with their money.

The Dark Knight was at best a decent popcorn flick. I'd argue it was much worse. Either way, the idea that TDK deserved Oscar nods for best picture is ridiculous beyond measure and anyone who would say so is obviously uneducated in the merits of truly good cinema.

[SA210]

Hooray for Benjamin Button! :tu

Although I think Cate Blanchette got snubbed. wth, no best actress nomination?

[1Parker1]

The given of course is that Slumdog Millionaire will win Best Picture of the year. I'd bet my $$$ on that one. The other ones, I'm not too sure...they always throw in a surprise win or two.

[monosylab1k]

So what, the movie was heavily flawed.


And yeah mono, Benjamin Buttons was really overrated. Fincher is a great director but with such a crappy script there really wasn't much more he could do.


I still can't believe "There Will Be Blood" didn't win best picture.

2007 was a pretty good year for movies. 2008 was far, far worse. I can name about 10 movies that came out in 2007 better than anything that came out in 2008.

[monosylab1k]

the idea that TDK deserved Oscar nods for best picture is ridiculous beyond measure and anyone who would say so is obviously uneducated in the merits of truly good cinema.

TDK being nominated wouldn't have been any worse than Life Is Beautiful or Titanic or Shakespeare In Love getting nominated (and winning for the last 2). To make it sound like the Academy has such a high standard for film that TDK doesn't deserve a nomination is obtuse at best.

More than likely TDK lost votes because nobody could take a dogface like Maggie Gyllenhaal as "the hot girl every guy in the film wants" seriously.

[Spurminator]

Benjamin Button was terrible. I had heard it was kind of boring but I was not expecting boring and stupid. I can't believe David Fincher put his name on that piece of garbage. The only redeeming quality was the performance of the mother, well deserving of her Oscar nomination. I haven't been that disappointed in a movie in a long time.

[EricB]

I was thinking about seeing Benjamin Button but I've heard alot of people say lately that its a bad flick....

[mrsmaalox]

I'm disappointed by the lack of a nomination for Ben Kingsley in "The Wackness"

[Avitus1]

I still can't believe "There Will Be Blood" didn't win best picture.

+1

[ShoogarBear]

Benjamin Button is a lock for Best Picture . . . fourteen years ago . . . when it was called Forrest Gump.

[Melmart1]

Benjamin Button is a lock for Best Picture . . . fourteen years ago . . . when it was called Forrest Gump.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d76506803/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump-from-fgump44

[ShoogarBear]

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1d76506803/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump-from-fgump44

Classic.

[sonic21]

bump

so who's watching?

[duncan228]

Did they do supporting actor yet?

[slayermin]

Did they do supporting actor yet?

Coming up.

[Melmart1]

I don't like this musical number right now, but up until then I was really enjoying it. The "Pineapple Express" bit was hilarious.

[CubanMustGo]

Hugh Jackman wanted to be a singer in another life, apparently.

[duncan228]

Coming up.

Thanks.

[TDMVPDPOY]

tdk gross US$1.1b worldwide.....

[MaNuMaNiAc]

ok, who didn't see this one comin?? Health Ledger wins

[Twisted_Dawg]

ok, who didn't see this one comin?? Health Ledger wins


I thought Josh Brolin might have a shot due to the influential Gay powers in Hollywood.

[CubanMustGo]

Giving the FX award to Button was a disgrace.

And all the awards going to effing SlumCock Millionaire is sad.

[tlongII]

I want to see Slumdog. I've heard it's a great flick.

[ploto]

One of those years where if they did not know for whom to vote, they voted for SlumDog. It was not THAT good!

[flipcritic]

Giving the FX award to Button was a disgrace.

And all the awards going to effing SlumCock Millionaire is sad.

Have you seen SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE? I thought it was great entertainment. I didn't think it was the best film of the year, but it's an easy film to admire.

[jaffies]

best score and song??

BULLSHIT, I SAY!

I can see some of the other shit that this now overrated film received, but song and score should have gone to Wall-E.

This award is now tainted.

Oscar now has the clap.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

wait a sec.... did they show heath ledger in there?? did I miss something??

[MaNuMaNiAc]

They missed Heath Ledger in that tribute

[jaffies]

I think he was in last year's tribute

[mrsmaalox]

I'm just going to look up the results in a while; I tried to watch, but there were like what? 3 boring ass musical medleys in the first hour or so? :sleep

[balli]

boo. Rourke.

[TheProfessor]

Rourke got robbed!!!

[arial]

Rourke was robbed!

[IronMexican]

Rourke got robbed! What he lose?

[CubanMustGo]

His dignity.








No, never mind, that was gone a long time ago.

[slayermin]

Another great film about the street kids in India is 'Salaam Bombay' by Mira Nair.

http://matchcuts.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/salaam-photo-2.jpg

It's the first Indian film that I really loved.

[Supergirl]

I had Rourke pegged to use it, except that when it became clear Hollywood was going to screw Van Zant out of his Oscar ONCE AGAIN, I was pretty sure Penn would get the Oscar over Rourke.

Rourke and Penn both gave amazing performances.

The highlight was San Antonio refugee Dustin Lance Black winning best screenplay:

"If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he would want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there tonight who have been told they are less than by the churches, by the government, by their families, that you are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value, and that no matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours," Black said."

[Gerryatrics]

Another great film about the street kids in India is 'Salaam Bombay' by Mira Nair.

It's the first Indian film that I really loved.

The first Indian film that I really loved was Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love.

http://www.heyokamagazine.com/sarita.4.jpg

:eyebrows

[slayermin]

The first Indian film that I really loved was Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love.

http://www.heyokamagazine.com/sarita.4.jpg

:eyebrows

:lol Same director.

[monosylab1k]

Slumdog Millionaire winning it all just reinforces how bad a year 2008 was for movies. Mickey Rourke losing was another kick in the nuts.

again, at least 10 movies that came out in 2007 are better than anything that came out in 2008.

[monosylab1k]

when it became clear Hollywood was going to screw Van Zant out of his Oscar ONCE AGAIN

Giving Van Sant an Oscar for Milk would have been like when they gave it to Scorsese for The Departed....it wasn't anywhere close to said director's best film.

The one difference being that The Departed was still a badass movie, and Milk sucked cock (no pun inten......yes, pun intended.)

[CuckingFunt]

I still haven't seen The Wrestler, so I can't know for sure whether or not Rourke was robbed, but I have no problems with Sean Penn's win. I'm usually of the opinion that he is a HUGELY overrated actor, but his performance in Milk was excellent.

[ZStomp]

SEAN PENN BABY!!!
That's #3!!!! Although, I think he should have four. He was robbed for Dead Man Walking- Nick Cage won that year I believe for Leaving Las Vegas.

[Rogue]

SEAN PENN BABY!!!
That's #3!!!! Although, I think he should have four. He was robbed for Dead Man Walking- Nick Cage won that year I believe for Leaving Las Vegas.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000576/awards

That's just his second, and I think two Oscars are already too many for him.

Penn was born in 1960 but he looks even older than Warren Beatty who was born in 1937.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE2MDE3NTExNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIzNjI5MQ@@._ V1._CR0,0,272,272_SS90_.jpghttp://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ1NTU5MzEwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDc0NjQzMg@@._ V1._CR0,0,267,267_SS90_.jpg

Obviously Brab Pitt got robbed, despite his terrible british accent Brad Pitt is still a good actor with great skills and strong muscles. But Pitt hasn't yet got an Oscar he deserves, he was nominated twice though.

[ZStomp]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000576/awards

That's just his second, and I think two Oscars are already too many for him.

Penn was born in 1960 but he looks even older than Warren Beatty who was born in 1937.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE2MDE3NTExNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIzNjI5MQ@@._ V1._CR0,0,272,272_SS90_.jpghttp://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQ1NTU5MzEwMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDc0NjQzMg@@._ V1._CR0,0,267,267_SS90_.jpg

Obviously Brab Pitt got robbed, despite his terrible british accent Brad Pitt is still a good actor with great skills and strong muscles. But Pitt hasn't yet got an Oscar he deserves, he was nominated twice though.

Hmmm, I could have sworn he won for I Am Sam. He was robbed for that too! Who won that year? What does Penn's personal image have to do with his acting???

***Duh! I just remembered- Denzel Washington won that year for Training Day. While I think that he did a great job on that movie, I think Penn did an amazing job in I Am Sam.

[TDMVPDPOY]

it seems movies who gross alot dont usually end up winning on the night, fkn lame

[Melmart1]

Those who hate Sean Penn for his activism are ridiculous for thinking he still shouldn't win an Oscar for his work. I think Mickey Rourke should have won, but I still like Penn's win, and the fact that his speech was extraordinarily self-aware.

[DoubtingThomas]

I wasn't sure who was going to take but I have no doubts that Sean Penn was worthy of winning.

[TheProfessor]

it seems movies who gross alot dont usually end up winning on the night, fkn lame
Titanic? Return of the King?

[ploto]

I actually was enjoying the lack of politics in this year's Oscars, and then Penn won. It seems to me like he got some votes not as much for his performance as for some notion that a vote for him showed support for gay rights and especially gay marriage. You can't fight hate with more hate and that is how the end of his speech sounded to me.

[TheProfessor]

I actually was enjoying the lack of politics in this year's Oscars, and then Penn won. It seems to me like he got some votes not as much for his performance as for some notion that a vote for him showed support for gay rights and especially gay marriage. You can't fight hate with more hate and that is how the end of his speech sounded to me.
Agreed. Though they could have done the same thing with Brokeback Mountain for best pic in 2005 (the odds-on favorite at the time) but went with Crash instead, which had the less risque social message.

[JoeChalupa]

I was glad Sean Penn. He continues to be one of my favorite actors and hise speech didn't bother me at all. He was awesome in MILK.

[mrsmaalox]

I've always been a Sean Penn fan and I was hoping all along he'd win. As far as his speech, I don't have a problem with those celebrities pushing their agendas on the podium; I think it displays an awareness, when they could easily exist in a bubble.

[Spurminator]

I hated how they didn't show clips of the nominated actors during those awards. The intros by past winners were fine and all but I really missed seeing highlights of the performances.

[Dark Gable]

That X-man guy can really dance.

[mrsmaalox]

That X-man guy can really dance.

Yea! I think it's funny that all over tv today people are marveling at what he can do! I guess the mainstream knows him for movies, but his real success is as a Tony award winning song and dance Broadway performer.

[Whisky Dog]

Did anybody actually watch the thing start to finish? I put it on for 3 minutes watching Ben Stiller impersonate Phoenix on Letterman and I couldn't watch any more. I think my all time personal record for watching an awards show is 45 min.

[angel_luv]

I am so pleased that Kate Winslet won. I think she is an excellent actress and she seems like a nice person as well.

[balli]

Did anybody actually watch the thing start to finish? I put it on for 3 minutes watching Ben Stiller impersonate Phoenix on Letterman and I couldn't watch any more. I think my all time personal record for watching an awards show is 45 min.

Fuck no. I just checked in on it every so often and only kept watching when they were giving a substantive award.

[ploto]

As far as his speech, I don't have a problem with those celebrities pushing their agendas on the podium; I think it displays an awareness, when they could easily exist in a bubble.

I simply think there is a huge difference between:

"...no matter what everyone tells you, God does love you, and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally across this great nation of ours."

and

"anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren’s eyes if they continue that way of support."

[Spurminator]

Every time I see Rourke give an interview, I'm less impressed with his performance in The Wrestler... It was good and all, but maybe not much that of a stretch for him. I haven't seen Milk but for now I can't really begrudge Penn.

The awards I had the biggest problems with (and only because I filled out a ballot for a contest) was Best Makeup. How does Benjamin Button win that over Hellboy? A huge part of the "aging" effect in BB was achieved with CG and lighting. I thought the makeup was actually pretty bad when it could be seen in detail.

[CuckingFunt]

SEAN PENN BABY!!!
That's #3!!!! Although, I think he should have four. He was robbed for Dead Man Walking- Nick Cage won that year I believe for Leaving Las Vegas.

Nic Cage deserved that Oscar. I can't stand most of his recent work, but his performance in Leaving Las Vegas was amazing.

[CuckingFunt]

I actually was enjoying the lack of politics in this year's Oscars, and then Penn won. It seems to me like he got some votes not as much for his performance as for some notion that a vote for him showed support for gay rights and especially gay marriage. You can't fight hate with more hate and that is how the end of his speech sounded to me.

Loved his win. Loved the film, loved his performance, loved his acceptance speech, loved the whole lot of it. I teared up, and everything.

[CuckingFunt]

I hated how they didn't show clips of the nominated actors during those awards. The intros by past winners were fine and all but I really missed seeing highlights of the performances.


The awards I had the biggest problems with (and only because I filled out a ballot for a contest) was Best Makeup. How does Benjamin Button win that over Hellboy? A huge part of the "aging" effect in BB was achieved with CG and lighting. I thought the makeup was actually pretty bad when it could be seen in detail.


Ditto.

[ploto]

So you object to those who use shame against homo-sexuality but support those who use shame against those who use shame against homo-sexuality?

[David Bowie]

I haven't seen the Wrestler (looks like a movie I would enjoy though), soI can't say anything. I think Penn is a great actor, I've seen Milk and thought that he did a really grat job.

I don't think that Milk was an amazing movie though. (just good.)

I'm glad that Heath and Kate Winlet finally got their Oscars

[CuckingFunt]

So you object to those who use shame against homo-sexuality but support those who use shame against those who use shame against homo-sexuality?

Yes. I feel that those who fight against anyone's basic human rights should be shamed.

[mrsmaalox]

I simply think there is a huge difference between:

"...no matter what everyone tells you, God does love you, and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights federally across this great nation of ours."

and

"anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren’s eyes if they continue that way of support."

Yes you're right, those are 2 different ways of saying the same thing. I suppose it's a reflection of each one's personality. But those are the kind of messages that will need to be delivered a zillion more times in a zillion more ways to finally achieve a common goal. I guess I just believe that it was their moment, and they could use it however they pleased; and I prefer those kind of messages to a "me,me,me" platform.

[sonic21]

I am so pleased that Kate Winslet won. I think she is an excellent actress and she seems like a nice person as well.

:tu
and it was her 6th nomination, that would have sucked if she lost again.

[Xylus]

Just saw Slumdog Millionaire tonight. That movie earned every award it took home, and maybe should have received a couple more. I can't recall the last time I left a movie theatre feeling that good. When I watched the Oscars last night, I had hoped that Milk would win it (loved that film, too), but I've changed my mind.

Best movie I've seen since There Will Be Blood, and even then I might consider Slumdog a better movie.

[bag of spinach]

Sean Penn deserved it.

[Spurminator]

I watched Milk last night and I have to say that even though Penn won Best Actor, I think his performance might still be underrated. He was that good, and while I loved Rourke in The Wrestler, IMO they weren't even close... The fact that it was even a question that Penn would win it makes the performance underrated.

In hindsight, I wouldn't have batted an eye if Milk had won Best Picture. Just a fantastic all-around movie.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Nic Cage deserved that Oscar. I can't stand most of his recent work, but his performance in Leaving Las Vegas was amazing.

he was pissed, look

http://threadbombing.com/data/media/2/nicholas_cage.gif

[DesandDave]

Benjamin button:
http://www.rantman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/bored-cat.jpg

[MiamiHeat]

Slumdog is one of the most overrated movies I have ever seen, and I've seen a few.

Slumdog now joins my list of overrated movies.

One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Slumdog Millionaire
Casablanca
Reservoir dogs
Lawrence of Arabia

i think i forgot some

[David Bowie]

Slumdog is one of the most overrated movies I have ever seen, and I've seen a few.

Slumdog now joins my list of overrated movies.

One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Slumdog Millionaire
Casablanca
Reservoir dogs
Lawrence of Arabia

i think i forgot some

I don't Understand how the English Patient won best picture. It was one of the few movies that I ever turned off in the middle of the movie. Also
The Aviator is one of the most ovverated movies.

I thought that the Dark Knight was good, but not good enough to gross over one billion. :whine

[Xylus]

Slumdog is one of the most overrated movies I have ever seen, and I've seen a few.

The only thing I didn't like about Slumdog was the theme of destiny, and the whole "God is Great" motif that kept popping up.

[MiamiHeat]

the torture scene looked like a scene out of RAMBO 3. the kid may or may not have cheated on a TELEVISION SHOW for gods sake. stupid exaggerated scenes to 'pull our heart strings' as my wife said