Oscar Picks: Just 6 minutes in
So the Oscars are tonight and Wolverine is here to provide hosting duties. My final picks are as follows:
Best Documentary Feature
I have only seen Man on Wire. If you have not seen this film, I strongly recommend it. It’s a bar that docus have to raise.
Best Foreign Language Film
I, sadly, haven’t seen any of these films. So whatever pick I make here is based on buzz. So with that, I say Vals Im Bashir. But who really knows. I mean this is an animated film after all.
Best Animated Feature
Dare I say, WALL-E? Of course I do!
Best Adapted Screenplay
Well, to me, this award goes to Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire. For all I know, Eric Roth is catching shit for the striking simalarities between Forrest Gump and Benjamin Button. I also didn’t care much for The Curious Case (I did see it).
Best Original Screenplay
This award usually goes to the indie film nominated for Best Picture. If history is an indicator, then Milk would be the pick to go with. But Pixar rears its beautiful head too with WALL-E. I’m going to say that Dustin Lance Black will win it for Milk. Although, I believe WALL-E is the better pick.
Best Supporting Actress
I think it is anyones guess as to who will win in this category. The only performances that I have seen in this film were that of Taraji P. Henson and Marissa Tomei. But the buzz says Penolope Cruz, so I am going to go with that.
Best Supporting Actor
Wouldn’t it be funny if when they play a clip of Heath Ledger’s perrfomace they play this:
YouTube – joker kind of likes bacon (batman, 1989)
Oh yeah, Heath wins.
Best Actress
Guess what, as is almost always the case with this category every year, I have not seen any of these performances. What is it with me and women in cinema. Well everyone is saying that Kate is going to win it. It smells of an honorary Oscar presentation, but thats the way the Academy works sometimes.
Best Actor
Of the performances nominated, I have seen all but one (can you guess which?). And to me, it comes down to two. Sean Penn for Milk and Micky Rourke for The Wrestler. I’m going to declare Sean Penn the winner for this. He is my personal and official pick. Although it looks as though Rourke has a shitton going on for him at the moment. I think I’m going to be wrong on this one.
Best Director
On this category, I have seen three of the directors work: Danny Boyle, David Fincher, and Gus Van Zant. Danny Boyle presented a vast and epic film and Fincher provided, not just a portrait, but a movement and time. Boyle is my pick, but not my choice. My personal choice is Van Zant. But I do give kudos to both these men.
Best Picture
I have not seen The Reader or Benjamin Button, but of the other three I saw, two stuck out. For reasons I already mentioned above, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire were my favorite (Benjamin Button is nowhere near these two). But where as the director showdown of Milk and Slumdog were about which visionary worked out a vision, this one is just about that vision. And to me, Slumdog Millionaire is the universal reason why we go to movies. It’s a classic film that opens up worlds, has characters we like, and a story that captures us. And ultimately, it may very well come down to what you think movies can do. Milk gave the world perspective and attention to something special that took place. But for know, I am rooting and officially picking Slumdog Millionaire as my choice. If Milk wins, which doesn’t appear likely, part of me might rejoice.
