Only two more weeks until I’m done with this segment. This week I’ll be looking at the movie Doubt and next week I’ll write one up for Gran Torino and any other movie that has a shot at some major awards.
So this was, along with Frost/Nixon, one of the movies based of a Play. It was well made, and you could imagine this being done on a stage instead of a screen. But also like Frost/Nixon, it had some of the best performances of last year. They had a great cast, including Meryl Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. All three did such a great job, its hard to imagine them not being nominated for Oscars. While I did say it was well made, I don’t think that it’ll be nominated for Best Picture or Director. The reason being that there have been better films that deserve those awards more. I also think that it will be a heavy contender for the Best Adapted Screenplay category with it’s great dialogue keeping me interested the whole time. Best Art Direction could also be a chance for it since the sets seemed to be well thought out, and Roger Deakens, the cinematographer, is always an Academy favorite. The only categories I think it could win though, are maybe Best Actress (Streep) and Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams). If you get the chance, see Doubt, I can’t see too many people NOT enjoying it.
Best Picture- Long shot
Best Director- Long Shot
Best Actress- Lock
Best Supporting Actress- Very good chance
Best Supporting Actor- Nomination, but won’t win
Best Art Direction- Maybe
Best Cinematography- Maybe
Also, right now it seems that these are going to be the movies nominated for Best Picture.
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Frost/Nixon
