Academy Awards

Since I work at a movie theater, I believe that it is only right for me to state my opinion on the awards.

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
*Slumdog Millionaire
However, I believe that these are not the best representation of the year.


BEST DIRECTOR
*Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Gus Van Sant, Milk


BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
I think that Heath Ledger should have been on here (under this category).


BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
*Kate Winslet, The Reader


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
*Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
There's no question about it, of course he'll get the award. I think Shannon would have had a better chance if Ledger was alive.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen River, Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
I have no real say on this one.


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan
*The Reader, David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
*WALL-E


BEST ANIMATED SHORT
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory — Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
*This Way Up


BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
*Slumdog Millionaire
Let The Right One In should be on here.


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
*Man on Wire
Trouble the Water


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306
I didn't see any of these.


BEST EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
*Slumdog Millionaire
Seriously, only one tiny continuity error that the masses didn't catch.


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
*Waltz with Bashir (Israel)


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
*The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)


BEST MAKEUP
*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat
Defiance, James Newton Howard
Milk, Danny Elfman
*Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
WALL-E, Thomas Newman


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
''Down to Earth,'' WALL-E
''Jai Ho,'' Slumdog Millionaire
*''O Saya,'' Slumdog Millionaire


BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
*Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted


BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
*WALL-E
Wanted


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
*The Dark Knight
Iron Man