Ieri dimineata au fost anuntate nominalizarile pentru cea de-a 81-a editie a Premiilor Oscar, ce va avea loc pe 22 februarie. Dupa parerea mea, anul asta (in special in ultimele cateva luni) a plouat cu filme bune si foarte bune. De-aici rezulta ca, din nou, sunt cativa care se considera nedreptatiti. Din start, marele perdant este The Dark Knight. Desi producatorii au primit nominalizarea pe care si-o doreau cel mai mult – Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol secundar (stiti cine) -, celui mai nou si, dupa parerea multora, celui mai bun film din seria Batman nu i s-a acordat nicio sansa la celelalte categorii importante. Criticii au fost surprinsi, dar si multumiti, multi dintre ei, de cele sase nominalizari ale lui Wall-E. Doresc sa-mi exprim regretul, pe aceasta cale, in legatura cu situatia englezoaicei Kate Winslet. Rolul sau din Revolutionary Road n-a fost rasplatit nici macar cu o nominalizare. Pacat. De asemenea, tin sa atrag atentia asupra marii batalii care se va da la categoria Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol principal. Asadar, doamnelor si domnilor, nominalizatii sunt:

Cel mai bun film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Cel mai bun regizor
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
Clint Eastwood – Changeling
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon

Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol principal
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Cea mai buna actrita intr-un rol principal
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol secundar
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Cea mai buna actrita intr-un rol secundar
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Cel mai bun  scenariu original
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon – Wall-E

Cel mai bun scenariu adaptat
Eric Roth & Robin Swicord – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
David Hare – The Reader
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

Cel mai bun film de animatie
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Cel mai bun film strain
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir

Cel mai bun departament de arta (decor, etc.)
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

Cea mai buna cinematografie
Tom Stern – Changeling
Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight
Chris Menges & Roger Deakins – The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire

Cel mai bun film documentar
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

Cele mai bune efecte speciale
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Cele mai bune costume
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

Cel mai bun machiaj
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Cel mai bun montaj
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Cel mai bun sunet
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted

Cel mai bun soundtrack
Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard – Defiance
Danny Elfman – Milk
A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman – Wall-E

Cel mai bun cantec
„Down to Earth” from Wall-E
„Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
„O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire