Here are the nominees:

-Slumdog Millionaire
-Frost/Nixon
-The Reader
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Milk


I saw every movie online & in theaters, & my vote will go to Slumdog. Yes, they really deserve it. Not out of pity, the screenplay was just incredible. I'd be devastated if it was based on a true story.

I saw Benjamin Button, it was nice, but not Oscar worthy. Milk made me cry, Sean Penn is just talented. Frost/Nixon was pretty awesome too, i enjoyed it. & The Reader was excellent, but i don't know why everyone's making such a huge deal of Winslet's performance . The story & plot was beautiful, but her acting isn't what they all awarding. She was AMAZING in Titanic though . OH! I also saw Doubt, which i was suprised it wasn't nominated in this catergory. All these movies were very good, but Slumdog deserves it.

I haven't seen any of the nominated movies (sad, I know), but I think it'll go to Milk or Benjamin Button. Do you really think Slumdog deserves it?

I've only watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and even though I enjoyed it, I didn't think it's good enough to deserve the award for Best Feature Film. I'm hoping to see Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, and Milk soon.

Slumdog's gonna win(but I fell in love with Benjamin Button).

I'd vote Frost/Nixon >_>

what a terribly uninteresting list... 2008 was not a good year for the academy.
in either case, i'll only be happy as long as slumdog millionaire does not win. milk winning would, at least, be a gesture of repentance for the homophobic bullshit that went down with crash vs. brokeback. the academy is a piece of shit commercial & conservative machine anyways.



p.s. that let the right one in isn't even nominated for best foreign feature is such a sadness.
p.p.s. hopefully man on wire will win best documentary feature.
p.p.p.s. hopefully the dark knight will win nothing. god, what a trash bag. if they have to win anything, just give the dead man the award and let's get over it, f*ck.

I only saw Slumdog out of the five, so I will hold my judgements for when I see the rest of them .. one day :P

But I liked Slumdog lots. The kids did such a great job acting, and go brown pride :)

Yeah, from this list, that would be my vote as well.

I would say either Benjamin Button or Slumdog Millionaire is gonna win.

I've only seen Slumdog Millionaire and it was thoroughly entertaining. Don't know if it really "lives up" to Academy standards though. I mean...with that ending...what geezer in their right mind would let that through? jk

Will watch the others soon (hopefully).

Oh Gigi, I looooved the Bollywood ending. Definitely LOL'ed!


Gah, this year sucks for the Academy. All good movies were either ignored or pushed into stupid categories. Cannot believe Dark Knight got so many nominations. THE MOVIE WASN'T THAT GOOOOOD.


On topic though, I think best picture will probably go to Milk or Button. Academy is hardcore sucking Bradgelinas dick this year.

Gran Torino. Why the hell is it not up for best picture?

^ Because it wasn't good? Or because those others were better? Clint Eastwood does not an instant Academy nominee make.

^ Stupid. Gran Torino was way better than 3 of the movies on that list.

My vote goes to Slumdog Millionaire though.

I think i might love you.

THE DARK KNIGHT SUCKED COCK AND HEATH I AM CONVINCED WAS NOT A GOOD JOKER.

there i f*cking said it.As a big batman comic book fan i did not care much for his portrayal of the joker. jack did it better.

YES.

Part of me wanted Slumdog to win because I love Dev Patel from his days in Skins and the other part of me wanted Milk to win to make up for the Brokeback Mountain shaft. I was pleased with the result.

^ I was actually really surprised Sean Penn won Best Leading Actor... I was so sure it would be Mickey Rourke because I had heard so many good things about his performance.

Man, I've really got to go watch Milk.


And Carrie, I want to reply to all your Twitter updates LOL

^ Then do ittttttt. I love getting @replies!

I thought it was going to go to Rourke too, but the Oscars tend to have their causes and this year's was apparently gay marriage. But I've heard nothing but good things about both of their performances, so in either case the award would've been well earned.

I too need to watch Milk, if only for Emile Hirsch and James Franco.

you know your not as unique as you think you are.

actually your image fits your opinion very well. your like a generic avatar for the vast army of "beatnicks" who think its cool to hate anything mainstream.

hey it may not be true.....but you're doing a damn good interpretation of it. and you've been doing so....for YEARS.

I was a bit disappointed with Slumdog winning Best Picture, but at least all the nominees were reasonable this year. It's nothing like 1998, when Shakespeare in f*cking Love won Best Picture. That, and Titanic the year before, were what made me realize the Oscars meant shit anyway...

i realy liked all of them so idk ....

thank you for your fresh & alternative angle, yawn.



i like plenty of things that tons of other people like - things that are "mainstream" & popular (gossip girl, pineapple express, the violent femmes, etc.). further, & most importantly, i like things that i like & i don't like things that i don't like. it's true that i'm highly critical, however... i am not superficial. i don't dislike anything merely because it is popular (i may have my doubts or suspicions, but i must always see something for myself). i like or dislike things based on that thing's own specific merits, my articulation of my taste is usually characteristic of this (i.e. full of detail & example).

the mainstream is popular for a reason... usually, it is designed to be thoughtless, digestible, deceivingly clever, cliche, & non-subversive. i like my art subversive, thoughtful, indigestible, witless, etc. my tastes are often in opposition with what makes mainstream entertainment enjoyable to the masses... this is simply a matter of my personal sentiment & character.



even in your quote i hail two tremendously popular films (man on wire & let the right one in). just because i lampoon two others (slumdog millionaire & the dark knight) you seem to take issue. but, it's sort of contrary: you're just cherry picking. or, worse, you're just reacting because you enjoyed those particular films...?

in either case, my feelings are genuine. i don't mean to look "cool" by not liking movies. if that were my intent don't you think i would go somewhere where people thought it looks "cool" to not like the dark knight? you know, as opposed to a place that characterizes america's ass sucking (as per usual)?

Do you see it possible, or even necessary, to change this facet of mainstream media?

I thought of this post today while I was reading a collection of one- and two-act plays written by Tennessee Williams in the 70s and early 80s. Williams is, of course, lauded for plays like The Glass Menagerie, but after the 50s he won very few awards. His later, shorter works are fascinating, since he experimented much more with his ideas, and pushed the limits of theater. But, as I noted, his work was so "out there" than critics often didn't even know how to understand his later plays; and while it represents some of his best work, he got little recognition for it.

It made me think a lot about my own writing. True art is written more for oneself than an audience, but as a writer, I do like to feel that the common person can understand my work, if only so my message is heard. But obviously, plays, novels, and films that go "against the grain" are often lost in the swarm of mainstream media that is more palatable to the masses. This really raises two questions in my mind: How can you wean people off of "stereotypical" media that doesn't really make people think; and more importantly, since "good" art is generally written for the artist and not an audience, does it even matter if an artist's work is well-received by the masses?