THE REVERSE PIVOT|oscar breakdown

I love the Academy Awards. Actually, I just flat out love movies... I have my top fifteen films down pat. In fact, for posterity's sake, I'll list my top 15 before I get down to this years nominees and my pick to win.

1. Goodfellas (Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro)
2. JFK (Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones)
3. The Sand Pebbles (Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough)
4. Star Wars: A New Hope (Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill)
5. Caine's Mutiny (Humphrey Bogart)
6. Rebel Without A Cause (James Dean)
7. The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger, Christian Bale)
8. Platoon (Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen)
9. 2001:A Space Odyssey (Kier Dullea)
10. Cool Hand Luke (Paul Newman, George Kennedy)
11. The Great Escape (Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough)
12. Schindlers List (Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes)
13. Citizen Kane (Orsen Welles)
14. The Treasure of Sierra Madre (Humphrey Bogart, William Huston)
15. A Clockwork Orange (Malcolm McDowell)

All 15 of those movies should be watched before death. Alright, on to the NOM's.

BEST PICTURE:

THE READER- This movie is not a holocaust movie, I repeat NOT a holocaust movie. It's a movie about a man trying to figure out something a bit difficult to understand. If you loved somebody your whole life and found out they committed unspeakable acts- is your love real?

MILK- This movie is gay, yes, but who cares? Gay is fine. This movie is about gay people rising up in the late 70's in San Fran' Cali to gain some equality in the world. This movie is about the first openly gay man elected to public office.

FROST/NIXON- Based on a Tony Award winning play, this flick is based off of a play based off of a set of interviews that solidified the impossibility of Richard Millhouse Nixon regaining some public likability.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON- Look, I can tell you what it's about, but basically know this. Forrest Gump, only instead of him being mildly retarded, he is born old and dies young.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE- A film about poverty, and wishes fulfilled. You should know about this film by now.

WHO SHOULD WIN: The Reader is the best film, it's fucked up...It is thought provoking and all together disturbing for the soul.

WHO WILL WIN: Slumdog Millionaire just has too much going for it right now.


BEST ACTOR:

MICKEY ROURKE- The Wrestler.

BRAD PITT- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

SEAN PENN- Milk.

FRANK LANGELLA- Frost/Nixon.

RICHARD JENKINS- The Visitor.

WHO SHOULD WIN: Sean Penn is the best actor alive right now. Period. He fucking owned this movie.

WHO WILL WIN: Sean Penn. He's a fucking legend.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

HEATH LEDGER- The Dark Knight

ROBERT DOWNEY JR- Tropic Thunder

JOSH BROLIN- Milk

PHILLIP SEYMORE HOFFMAN- Doubt

MICHAEL SHANNON- Revolutionary Road

WHO SHOULD WIN- Heath Ledger. Don't argue.

WHO WILL WIN- Heath Ledger. A writer for Newsweek said that if he doesn't win, riots should ensue.


BEST ACTRESS:

ANNE HATHAWAY- Rachel Getting Married

KATE WINSLET- The Reader

MERYL STREEP- Doubt

MELISSA LEO- Frozen River

ANGELINA JOLIE- Changeling

WHO SHOULD WIN: Kate Winslet has been nominated 5 times for an oscar, and deserves it this year like no other.

WHO WILL WIN: Most feel this is Kate's year. As for Angelina Jolie, fuck her, she's a talentless hack.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

VIOLA DAVIS- Doubt

AMY ADAMS- Doubt

TARAJI P. HENSON- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

MARISA TOMEI- The Wrestler

PENELOPE CRUZ- Vicky Christina Barcelona

WHO SHOULD WIN- Viola Davis made me appalled and shocked and sad in her spot in Doubt. She killed it. In a scene with Meryl Streep, the best female actress ever, she held her own and then some.

WHO WILL WIN- Penelope Cruz is a horrid actress, but apparently people lover her in this role. I can't stand her.


There are many more awards in the show, I have personal opinions on each one, but realistically not many people have time to read all my opinions on awards like best makeup and best sound editing. So check out the awards tonight, and rest assured the biggest snubs were The Dark Knight not getting a nom for best pic or best directing as well as Benicio Del Toro not getting shine for his portrayal in the Che Guevara epic, The Argentine & The Guerrilla.