2009 Academy Award Nominees

Like the 2009 Golden Globe Nominees, I will predict who WILL win and who I WANT to win. I personally cannot wait until the MTV movie awards when the categories actually interest the general public... best kiss, best villain....etc

Best Picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”-- WANT
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”-- WILL - that's ok if it does win because this film was fantastic. Definitely the type of movie the academy likes, and finally, something the majority of the public enjoys as well.

Best Director
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”-- WANT - I'm bias, he's my favorite director.
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”-- WILL

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”-- WILL & WANT -- I hope his entourage for the evening are his puppies

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”-- WILL & WANT

Best Supporting Actor: A TIE BETWEEN DOWNEY JR., HOFFMAN, AND LEDGER.
Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”-- WILL & WANT - Well deserved
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”-- WILL
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler” -- WANT

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Doubt”
“Frost/Nixon”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”-- WILL & WANT

Best Original Screenplay
“Frozen River”
“Happy-Go-Lucky”-- WILL
“In Bruges”
“Milk”-- WANT
“WALL-E”

Best Animated Feature Film
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“WALL-E”-- WILL & WANT

Best Foreign Language Film HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH OF THE BELOW TO MAKE A VALID CHOICE
“The Baader Meinhof Complex”
“The Class”
“Depatures”
“Revanche”
“Waltz with Bashir”

Best Documentary Feature
“The Betrayal (Nerkhoon)”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“The Garden”
“Man on Wire”-- WILL & WANT
“Trouble the Water”

Best Art Direction
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”-- WILL & WANT
“The Dark Knight”
“The Duchess”
“Revolutionary Road”

Best Cinematography TOUGH CALL-- BETWEEN BUTTON & MILLIONAIRE
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - WANT
“The Dark Knight”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”- WILL & WANT

Best Costume Design
“Australia”-- WANT - Even though the rest of the film was a disaster
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Duchess”
“Milk”
“Revolutionary Road”-- WILL

Best Film Editing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”-- WILL & WANT

Best Makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”-- WILL & WANT .. The artists re-created the old 90s Brad Pitt we all loved!
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”

Best Music (Original Score)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Defiance”
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”-- WANT
“WALL-E”-- WILL- The music created the story

Best Music (Original Song) EITHER ONE OF THE MILLIONAIRE'S WILL DO JUST FINE BY ME
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”

Best Sound Editing
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man”
“Slumdog Millionaire”-- WILL
“WALL-E”
“Wanted”-- WANT

Best Sound Mixing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Slumdog Millionaire” -- WILL & WANT
“WALL-E”
“Wanted”

Best Visual Effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” - WILL & WANT
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man”

Best Documentary Short Subject HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH OF THE BELOW TO MAKE A VALID CHOICE
“The Conscience of Nhem En”
“The Final Inch”
“Smile Pinki”
“The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306″

Best Short Film (Animated)
“La Maison de Petits Cubes”
“Lavatory - Lovestory”
“Oktapodi”
“Presto”
“This Way Up”-- WILL & WANT

Best Short Film (Live Action)
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)”
“Manon on the Asphault”
“New Boy”
“The Pig”-- WILL & WANT
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)”