MY ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS FOR 2008
January 14, 2009
MY ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS FOR 2008
I LOVE YA' CLEVELAND! HERE WE GO. . .
HOLA AMIGOS!
I'M HEADING TO MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME . . .PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO .. FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WHILE I'M ON VACATION, THE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED, SO I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU MY PREDICTIONS IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES. . .AS TO WHO I THINK SHOULD BE NOMINATED . .AND WHO WILL BE NOMINATED, WHICH OF COURSE, ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M ELATED THAT SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WON THE GOLDEN GLOBE FOR BEST PICTURE DRAMA. IT DESERVED IT! I THINK IT'S THE BEST PICTURE IN 2008. WHETHER IT WILL RECEIVE ANY ACTING NOMINATIONS IN QUESTIONABLE. I PERSONNALY FEEL THAT THE INDIAN ACTOR PLAYING THE HOST OF THE TV SHOW SHOULD BE NOMINATED FOR SUPPORTING ACTOR.
WITHOUT QUESTION. .THE FILM WILL BE NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE, DANNY BOYLE FOR BEST DIRECTOR, SIMON BEAUFOY FOR SCREENPLAY, FLIM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, AND FOR IT'S TREMENDOUS MUSICAL SCORE.
I ALSO PREDICT THE READER. . DIRECTED BY STEVEN DALDRY, WILL BE RECEIVE MANY NOMINATIONS. . INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR.
IF IT'S STAR, KATE WINSLET IS NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS. . SHE WILL WIN HANDS DOWN.
LOOK FOR WINSLET TO ALSO BE NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS IN REVOLUTIONARY ROAD WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY HER HUSBAND SAM MENDES.
I ALSO PREDICT THAT LEONARDO DICAPRIO WILL BE NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR, PLAYING WINSLET'S HUSBAND IN ROAD.
I'M SURE RON HOWARD'S FROST NIXON WILL ALSO BE NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE AND BEST DIRECTOR. . .BUT I DON'T THINK IT DESERVES IT.
I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON!
SPECIAL EFFECTS, MAKE UP, CINEMATOGRAPHY. . YES. . .BUT BEST PICTURE. . .NO WAY! I'M GOING TO BE SICK TO MY STOMACH IF PITT IS NOMINATED AS BEST ACTOR. . .ESPECIALLY IF CLINT EASTWOOD IS NOT NOMINATED FOR GRAN TORINO, AS WE WAS IGNORED DURING THE RECENT GOLDEN GLOBES. HIS PERFORMANCE IN THIS MOVIE HE DIRECTED, IS GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN.
I ALSO FEEL MICKEY ROURKE FOR THE WRESTLER AND SEAN PENN FOR MILK WILL GET BEST ACTOR NODS. ROURKE MIGHT BE THE SENTIMENTAL FAVORITE BECAUSE OF OVERCOMING SO MUCH IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE.
FRANK LANGELLA WILL MOST LIKELY BE NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR FOR FROST NIXON.
GETTING BACK TO THE BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY. . THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT MERYL STREEP SHOULD EASILY WIN WITH HER PORTRAYAL OF SISTER ALOYISIS IN DOUBT.
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN WOULD GET MY VOTE FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR PLAYING THE PRIEST IN QUESTION. HOWEVER. . . IT SEEMS THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL THAT THE LATE HEATH LEDGER WILL RUN AWAY IN THIS CATEGORY FOR THE DARK KNIGHT.
ONE ACTOR WHO I'M SURE WILL BE SNUBBED IS JOHN MALKOVICH WHO WAS BRILLIANT IN 2 FILMS LAST YEAR . . .BURN AFTER READING AND CHANGELING. SPEAKING FOR CHANGELING. . ALSO DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD. . I PREDICT ANGELINA JOLIE WILL EARN A NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS.
LOOK FOR AMY ADAMS AND VIOLA DAVIS, CO-STARS IN DOUBT TO BE NOMINATED IN THE SUPPORTING ACTRESS CATEGORY, ALONG WITH MARISA TOMEI FOR THE WRESTLER.
I HOPE TOM CRUISE GETS NOMINATED FOR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN TROPIC THUNDER. . .BUT CO-STAR, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. JUST MAY CANCEL HIM OUT.
RALPH FIENNES. . .LIKE MALKOVICH. . .WAS TREMENDOUS IN TWO FILMS THIS YEAR. . THE READER AND THE DUCHESS. SPEAKING OF THE DUCHESS. . I THINK KIERA KNIGHTLY DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR BEST ACTRESS. HOWEVER. . .SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED MUCH BUZZ. . .
THERE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISES. . .BUT ONE THING I'M SURE OF. .SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE DESERVES TO WIN BEST PICTURE. I LOOK FOR IT TO GARNER THE MOST NOMINATIONS. . BUT AS I SAID EARLIER, WHETHER IT RECEIVES AN ACTING NOMINATION OR NOT. . REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
IT'S EXTREMELY RARE FOR A MOVIE TO WIN BEST PICTURE WITHOUT ANY OF ITS' CAST BEING NOMINATED IN THE ACTING CATEGORIES, BUT IT'S NOT UNPRECEDENTED! IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE 1950'S. .WITH AMERICAN IN PARIS, THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH AND AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. .UNTIL 1987 WITH THE LAST EMPORER. IN 1995, BRAVEHEART WON BEST PICTURE BUT NEITHER MEL GIBSON NOR ANY OF HIS SUPPORTING CAST WERE NOMINATED. MOST RECENTLY. . .IN 2003, LORD OF THE RINGS, RETURN OF THE KING WON 11 OSCARS TO TIE TITANIC, AND BEN HUR FOR THE MOST EVER. . .BUT IT DID NOT RECEIVE 1 ACTING NOMINATION.
WHEN I RETURN I WILL REVIEW AND REACT TO THE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION. IN THE MEANTIME. . ADIOS AMIGOS. . .
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY. .
I LOVE YA' CLEVELAND!!!!
