The nominations are out, and here are my quick thoughts, having not seen much:
- Best Picture - the movie most people will not have seen is The Reader
- Best Actor - Where is young Hollywood this year? Also surprised to see Eastwood passed over.
- Best Actress - Is it me or does this category look increasingly familiar each year? Glad to see Melissa Leo on there for some variety.
- Best Director - I know Ron Howard is good, and he's gotten plenty of acclaim, but he's up against some serious talent here. I haven't seen Frost/Nixon, but this nod makes me want to see it sooner rather than later. And no Christopher Nolan?
- Original Screenplay - Thrilled that Wall-E and In Bruges are up. The latter is an underseen gem, and the former... Damn it's good.
- Adapted Screenplay - I've seen one of these... Sad.
- Editing - Give it to Slumdog now and save some time.
- Animated Feature - I know I've only seen the one, but it better win.
- WANTED - got two nominations. Huzzah!
Because I had a meeting get moved, I'll likely post some thoughts on a couple movies I saw on Sunday later today. You know, as opposed to this where I yammer about things I haven't seen.
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