I discovered the blog polling tool, so this post just got a whole lot more interactive. Here are my predictions for the 2009 Academy Awards – who should win and who will win the top categories. Cast your vote!
Best Actor
Nominees: Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Brad Pitt (Benjamin Button), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Who should win: Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Who will win: Sean Penn for Milk. More people saw it and more people love Sean.
Best Actress
Nominees: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Meryl Streep (Doubt), Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Who should win: Kate Winslet. She’s the youngest person to receive as many nominations as she has – and she’s never won.
Who will win: Kate Winslet. She’s the youngest person to receive as many nominations as she has – and she’s never won.
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees: Josh Brolin (Milk), Robert Downey, Jr. (Tropic Thunder – seriously), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
Who should win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, even though it feels like he just won for Capote.
Who will win: Heath Ledger. Unfortunately, he was passed over for the award he should have won (Brokeback Mountain), and everyone thought he’d have more time.
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees: Amy Adams (Doubt), Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona), Viola Davis (Doubt), Taraji Henson (Benjamin Button – the mom), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
Who should win: Taraji Henson
Who will win: Taraji Henson
Best Picture
Nominees: Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire
What should win: Slumdog Millionaire
What will win: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
Nominees: David Fincher for Benjamin Button, Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon, Gus Van Sant for Milk, Stephen Daldry for The Reader, Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Who should win: David Fincher for Benjamin Button
Who will win: David Fincher for Benjamin Button. If he doesn’t I’ll be surprised, and if he doesn’t it will be Van Sant.
Stay tuned! More polls to come in the “secondary” categories. . .
2 Comments
January 23, 2009 at 12:39 am
So glad to see Slumdog made the list – an outstanding movie with a great story. Yes!
January 27, 2009 at 12:13 am
Here’s hoping agenda and other political “slants” don’t get in the way of real talent being expressed on the big screen.
Thanks for the chance to vote, Watchfl.
Watchin’ Watchfl