Oscar Buzz

Yes, it's near. My favourite time of the year is coming, of course it's the time for Oscar Predictions. So, what/who are the frontrunners? Most of the movies i've not watched yet but i'm super eager to because they're supposed to be damn good!

Slumdog Millionaire, The curious case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, The Wrestler, The Changeling, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Reader, The Dark Knight & Milk are all heading towards Oscar glory.

The big questions that are bothering me are :

Will The Dark Knight score big at the Oscar's? Or will Heath Ledger even get nominated?
No doubt about Dark Knight earning nominations in the technical sections but will it score a Best Picture Nomination? Well.... not really. The academy has never been much of a fan of such movies although it earned a huge buck in the theaters. As for Heath, the marvelous actor gave one of the most iconic performances ever as the Joker and i'd say a nomination in the Best Supporting category would be the very minimum. As for winning, the chances are very slim. Out of the actors/actresses that got a posthumus nomination, only Peter Finch won. Although i really hope the late Heath would get a trophy because he was one who could always give more.

Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road and The Reader.
When will Kate Winslet ever freaking get an Oscar? She has always been giving constantly applausable performances yet every time she gets nominated, some one-timer suddenly popular actress would just win. After the debate of which movie she would enter for Best Actress ( The academy would not allow 2 nominations in a category and if she enters for both, she would split her votes), Kate has decided to enter Revolutionary Road for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Although she is on every scene in The Reader, she has decided to go for Supporting in that movie. So, will she finally get her little man?

So, what are my choices?

Best Picture
-Slumdog Millionaire
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Revolutionary Road
-Milk
-Doubt

Best Actor
-Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
-Sean Penn, Milk
-Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Leonardo Dicaprio, Revolutionary Road
-Josh Brolin, W.

Best Actress
-Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
-Anne Hathaway, Rachel getting Married
-Meryl Streep, Doubt
-Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Kristin Scott Thomas, I'ved loved you so long

Best Actor in a Supporting role
-Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
-James Franco, Milk
-Ralph Fiennes, The Reader
-Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
-Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder

Best Actress in a Supporting role
-Tilda Swinton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Kate Winslet, The Reader
-Amy Adams, Doubt

thats all for now, more updates will come!