oscar noms

[faux_teak]

OK, so I'm terribly out of the movie loop and haven't seen nearly as many of the nominated films this year as I'd have liked, but I still have to post the annual Oscar nom list. My feelings in italics after each category. Some categories skipped for boringness or lack of caring.

Performance by an actor in a leading roleRichard Jenkins in "The

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[aaaaaames]

I was just all-around confused by the nominees. I mean, I thought I was doing a good job of seeing a bunch of movies that would be nominated...then all the movies that I thought would sweep hardly showed up. Perplexing. Also, I heard from several good sources that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button sucked, so I'm not sure why it's the leading nominee.

My comments:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
I have only seen Milk, but I understand Mickey Rourke is pretty much a shoe-in. Yawn.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Michael Shannon is amazing in Revolutionary Road. I'm totally behind him. But I think Heath Ledger will and probably should win, and that's fine. Dani and I are going to start a "Reanimate Heath Ledger with CGI in the Event He Wins the Oscar" group on Facebook. We discussed it today at lunch.

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Agreed, anyone but Saint Angelina. Is it really possible that Kate Winslet hasn't won an Oscar?!? I guess I should see The Reader. Having only seen two of these, I

[theswirtproject]

As usual, I've only seen one movie on this list: WALL-E.

Figures.