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Loading ...“Milk” nabs best picture, actor, supporting actor, director, screenplay Oscar nominations
The big shockers are that Kate Winslet and that Happy-Go-Lucky chick, who won Golden Globes for their roles, weren’t nominated (Winslet was nominated for The Reader but not for Revolutionary Road, and in a different category than for her Globe). And The Dark Knight and Wall-E were shut out of the major categories, proving once again that the Academy doesn’t like it’s cinema that cinematic.
Best picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Frost/Nixon
Director
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Supporting actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Supporting actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, Dark Knight
Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Original screenplay
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonough, In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
Adapted screenplay
Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign-language film
Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
The Class, France
Departures, Japan
Revanche, Austria
Waltz With Bashir, Israel
Animated film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
And here’s the full list.
The editing had flaws…
1977 S.f.Gay day Parade showing up in the 1978 segment,
Robert Hillsbourgh being murdered 3 years before it happened. But these facts plus a few script timelines and locations does not take away from the fact, that the movie introduced millions of people of all ages to Harvey, here in the states and around the world…
Milk had a great deal of potential. But it got awfully repetitive. You have basically three scenes that are repeated again and again and again: (1) Harvey has an intimate moment with his boyfriend; (2) Harvey is on the campaign trail; (3) Harvey leads a street protest. I realize this was the historical sequence of events. But this is a movie. It doesn’t have to be exactly right. And this particular movie would’ve benefitted from better editing.
Besides, the other assasination victim (Mayor Moscone) was barely there. And Feinstein, Burton, Kopp, and Brown were basically played by extras. Surely, we could’ve interrupted one of the recycled protests or love scenes to explore how Harvey actually dealt with his straight colleagues. And maybe give them personalities. Many of these folks are, after all, larger than life figures whose actions have continued to influence California and national politics today. Some of them are still in office!
I like how Milk made it into the Best Picture category twice, boxing in the Globe winner Slumdog Millionaire. But I hope it doesn’t split the vote with itself.
As long as the Curious Case of Benjamin Gump does not clean up.
Here we go again… I just hope everyone doesn’t cry foul when Milk doesn’t win everything it is nominated for… like we do everytime… just because it is Gay doesn’t make it the best nor does it automatically give it merit.