Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Even More Nominees Will Be...

As usual you can read in depth analysis as well as my own preferences for these choices by checking out the MySpace blog which also includes links for many possible contenders for Original Song and Music Score. But here are the predictions.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Encounters At the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man On Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
3 Monkeys (Turkey)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Revolutionary Road - Thomas Newman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Down To Earth "WALL-E" - Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
Gran Torino "Gran Torino" - Jamie Cullum, Michael Stevens, and Clint and Kyle Eastwood
I Thought I Lost You "Bolt" - Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele
Jaiho "Slumdog Millionaire" - A.R. Rahman
The Wrestler "The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen

Tomorrow I'll be posting my predictions in the remaining categories (Picture, Director, Screenplays) and then let you know how I did on Thursday after they announce the nominations.

3 comments:

Red said...

You're just trying to beat Dave Karger, aren't you.

I kinda hope "Barkin' at the Moon" gets a nomination because it would be rad to see Jenny perform at the Oscars, but Bruce will be enough.

Liz said...

I've thought about that too Red, because of my increasingly unsettling crush on Jenny Lewis. I haven't heard much buzz for her though

Garney said...

It's quite common for movies to get more than one song nomination (Enchanted, Dreamgirls, The Lion king, Beauty and the Beast) so this year it might be Bolt. We'll find out in an hour.