Who should win: Is it odd that a film with such little dialogue win best screenplay? I don't care, for within WALL·E's rather quiet first half, there are still plenty an homage to cinematic genres to appeal to any lover of film.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
- David Hare, The Reader
- Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
- John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
- Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Who will and should win: Life-as-game show metaphor Slumdog should prevail here.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- WALL·E
Who will and should win: WALL·E, if only because this is one of the few bones thrown to this picture this year.
And the rest of the categories...
BEST EDITING
Who will win: This one will most likely be just another winning round for Slumdog's contestants.
Who should win: Dark Knight, for providing us with the anti-Bay summer blockbuster that's not afraid to let the camera linger for more than 20 seconds.
ART DIRECTION
After being left out of top-tier prizes, look for Dark Knight to nab various technical awards this year.
ORIGINAL SCORE
Judges will honor Slumdog's score to earn hipster points.
ORIGINAL SONG
Because of the frustrating Academy rules that exempted Spingsteen's poetic closing number for The Wrestler, look for Peter Gabriel to earn honors here for WALL·E's "Down to Earth."
COSTUME DESIGN
Unless the voters are feeling sorry for sending Button home empty-handed by giving it to them, bow to The Duchess here.
MAKEUP
Button's astounding work should earn props here.
SOUND EDITING
Dark Knight, here's another consolation prize.
SOUND MIXING
The Dark Knight
VISUAL EFFECTS
Button should stitch this up.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz with Bashir should, after getting snubbed in the animated category.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Yes, most of these are available to those who search hard enough. That said, the short that accompanies WALL·E, "Presto" is vintage Warner Bros.-era bliss.
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Article comments
1 - No Longer Silent
Milk is the most important cultural happening outside of the Obama Presidency this year.
How can you deny the impact this will have on this nation? This is the end of the right-wing rule over our lives!
2 - El Bicho
"Winslet's Golden Globe win ups her chances for Oscar glory"
I don't understand your reasoning here. The SAG award went to Meryl Streep and the acting body is the biggest wing in the Academy. Many of the members crossover, so I don't see how a Golden Globe decided by foreign journalists matters.
3 - Rob
Here you go, Bicho. From that rag called the UK Independent:
"Strangely enough, the Globes are a slightly more reliable indicator of who will be the Oscars' best actress than they are for the best actor. The Globes have largely matched the Oscars in the actress category for yonks - as far back as 1944, when Jennifer Jones won both for The Song of Bernadette, through to 1972, when Jane Fonda reaped both for Klute. In the last five years, there has been only one mismatch, when Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom) and Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge) won Globes, but Halle Berry took the Oscar for Monster's Ball."
Enjoy the show...
4 - handyguy
Different nominations at the SAG awards: Winslet won for The Reader in the supporting category, and was nominated for Revolutionary Road in the lead. [And don't forget last year's results: Julie Christie won the SAG, and Marion Cotillard got the Oscar.]
I love Kate in general, but I'd prefer to see Anne Hathaway be recognized. Rachel Getting Married is very good, and she is phenomenal in it. Melissa Leo will probably win the Independent Spirit award the night before the Oscars.
5 - suvro
Hi,
My vote for the best movie goes to Slumdog.Awesome movie with magnificient music and backgound score.I have seen the movie several times.