Sunday, January 9, 2011

2008 FILM BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 
Another exercise in "If We Picked the Oscars" self-indulgence. Both the nominees & the winners.
Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:  


Also, if you wish to view my favorite 30 films of 2008, go here.


Note: Actual Oscar nominees & winners are marked below each category.










2008

*WENDY AND LUCY
SPEED RACER
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
HUNGER 
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
REVANCHE
 RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
WALL*E
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
STILL LIFE
IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA
SHOTGUN STORIES
CHE
 SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 
BE KIND REWIND
REPRISE
A CHRISTMAS TALE
SECRET OF THE GRAIN
TIMECRIMES

actual best picture oscar nominees:
MILK
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (won)
THE READER
FROST/NIXON
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

actual foreign language oscar nominees:
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
THE CLASS
DEPARTURES (won)
REVANCHE
WALTZ WITH BASHIR











2008
*Kelly Reichardt
                       for WENDY & LUCY
Steve McQueen  for HUNGER
Mike Leigh for HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Wachowski sisters for SPEED RACER
Guillermo Del Toro for HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY

actual oscar nominees:
David Fincher for CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Ron Howard for FROST/NIXON
Gus Van Sant for MILK
Stephen Daldry for THE READER
Danny Boyle for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (won)











2008
*Sally Hawkins 
                       in HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Michelle Williams in WENDY & LUCY
Ann Hathaway in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Kristin Scott Thomas in I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
Melissa Leo in FROZEN RIVER

 actual oscar nominees:
Angelina Jolie in CHANGELING
Ann Hathaway in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Melissa Leo in FROZEN RIVER
Meryl Streep in DOUBT
Kate Winslet in THE READER (won)









2008
*Mickey Rourke in THE WRESTLER
Michael Fassbender in HUNGER
Benicio Del Toro in CHE
James Franco in PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
Sean Penn in MILK

actual oscar nominees:
Richard Jenkins in THE VISITOR
Frank Langella in FROST/NIXON
Sean Penn in MILK (won)
Brad Pitt in CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Mickey Rourke in THE WRESTLER









2008
*Penélope Cruz 
in VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Rosemarie DeWitt in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Samantha Morton in SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Viola Davis in DOUBT
Tilda Swinton in CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

actual oscar nominees:
Amy Adams in DOUBT
Penélope Cruz in VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (won)
Viola Davis in DOUBT
Taraji P. Henson in CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Marisa Tomei  in THE WRESTLER









2008
*Jeffrey Wright 
                   in CADILLAC RECORDS
Brad Pitt in BURN AFTER READING
Heath Ledger in THE DARK KNIGHT
Eddie Marsan in HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Richard Jenkins in STEP BROTHERS

actual oscar nominees:
Josh Brolin in MILK
Robert Downey Jr.  in TROPIC THUNDER
Philip Seymour Hoffman in DOUBT
Heath Ledger  in THE DARK KNIGHT  (won)
Michael Shannon in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD











2008
*IN BRUGES - Martin McDonagh
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - Mike Leigh
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK  - Charlie Kaufman
MILK - Dustin Lance Black
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED - Jenny Lumet


actual oscar nominees:
FROZEN RIVER
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
IN BRUGES
MILK (won)
WALL*E












 2008
*A CHRISTMAS TALE 
                       - Arnaud Desplechin
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN  - John Ajvide Lindqvist
CHE - Peter Buchman, Benjamin A. Van der Veen
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Eric Roth
SNOW ANGELS - David Gordon Green

actual oscar nominees:
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (won)
DOUBT
FROST/NIXON
THE READER
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON













 2008
*THE UNFORESEEN
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
MY WINNIPEG
STRANDED: I'VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS
DEAR ZACHARY
TROUBLE THE WATER
ZIDANE: 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT
PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND
CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA


actual oscar nominees:
THE BETRAYAL
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
THE GARDEN
MAN ON WIRE (won)
TROUBLE THE WATER













2008
*WALL-E
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
SITA SINGS THE BLUES
THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIME
KUNG FU PANDA
EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE
GURREN LAGANN THE MOVIE: CHILDHOOD’S END

actual oscar nominees:
KUNG FU PANDA
BOLT
WALL*E (won)










2008
*WALTZ WITH BASHIR  
                             - Max Richter >
THE DARK KNIGHT - Hans Zimmer >
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON 
                                                    - Alexandre Desplat >

actual oscar nominees:
MILK
DEFIANCE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (won)
WALL*E





2008
*TREEVENGE
AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE)
RADIOHEAD: HOUSE OF CARDS
NEXT FLOOR
THE PIG [GRISEN]
KANYE WEST: FLASHING LIGHTS
Robert Eggers' THE TELL-TALE HEART
Muschietti's MAMÁ

actual oscar nominees live action:
AUF DER STRECKE
MANON ON THE ASPHALT
NEW BOY
THE PIG [GRISEN]
SPIELZEUGLAND: TOYLAND (won)

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN
THE FINAL INCH
SMILE PINKI (won)
THE WITNESS









2008
*BJORK: WANDERLUST 3D >
LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES
MUTO by BLU
HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU [GOTHAM KNIGHT segment]
SEGMENT 2 by Charles Burns [FEAR(S) OF THE DARK] 
PORTISHEAD: THE RIP
LAVATORY LOVESTORY

actual oscar nominees:
LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES (won)
LAVATORY LOVESTORY
OKTAPODI
PRESTO
THIS WAY UP










categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓

 2008
*THE DARK KNIGHT 
                     - Wally Pfister, BSC, ASC
THE FALL - Colin Watkinson ASC
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Anthony Dod Mantle BSC, DFF
SILENT LIGHT - Alexis Zabe MSC
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BEN BUTTON  - Claudio Miranda ASC

actual oscar nominees:
CHANGELING
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (won)













 2008
*THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Kirk Baxter 
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE - Andy Grieve
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - Chris Dickens
SPEED RACER - Roger Barton; Zach Staenberg
MILK - Elliot Graham

actual oscar nominees:
FROST/NIXON
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MILK
THE DARK KNIGHT
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (won)










2008 - PRODUCTION DESIGN + SET DECOR
*THE CURIOUS CASE 
OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Don Burt
CITY OF EMBER - Martin Laing; Jon Billington
THE DARK KNIGHT  - Peter Lando; Nathan Crowley
SPEED RACER - Owen Paterson; Hugh Bateup; Peter Walpole
THE FALL - Ged Clarke; Riccardo Pugliese


 actual oscar nominees:
CHANGELING
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (won)










2008
*THE FALL - Eiko Ishioka
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Jacqueline West
MILK - Danny Glicker
SPEED RACER - Kym Barrett
CITY OF EMBER - Ruth Myers
THE LAST MISTRESS - Anaïs Romand
THE DUCHESS - Michael O'Connor
AUSTRALIA - Catherine Martin

 actual oscar nominees:
AUSTRALIA
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
MILK
THE DUCHESS (won)
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD










2008
*HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY - Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz 
THE FALL - Leon von Solms, Kevin Epstein, Kerry September
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - Greg Cannom
THE DARK KNIGHT - John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
W. - Chris Lyons, Stephen Bettles, Matthew W. Mungle
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK - Mike Marino, Naomi Donne

 actual oscar nominees:
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  (won)
THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY









2008
*WALL-E
CLOVERFIELD
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
WANTED

 actual oscar nominees:
IRON MAN
WANTED
THE DARK KNIGHT  (won)
WALL*E
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE








2008
*THE DARK KNIGHT
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WALL*E
SPEED RACER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

 actual oscar nominees:
THE DARK KNIGHT
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WALL*E
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  (won)
WANTED







2008
*CURIOUS CASE 
             OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
 THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
CLOVERFIELD
SPEED RACER
 INDIANA JONES: KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

 actual oscar nominees: 
THE DARK KNIGHT
CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  (won)
IRON MAN










↓And now on to our beloved Muriel Award categories!!




2008
*1) Saying goodbye  
                                 - WENDY & LUCY
2) Final stretch of big race. (Mach5 jumps warp speed) 
------------------------------------------------------------------ SPEED RACER
3) Wall*E and Eve's zero gravity waltz - WALL*E
 4) Lebanon's "Haunted Ocean." (recurring nightmare) 
------------------------------------------- WALTZ WITH BASHIR
5) Eli's off-camera swimming pool murders 
----------------------------------------- LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
6) Tai Lung's prison escape - KUNG FU PANDA
 7) Bat-pod chase sequence. (18Wheeler flip) 
------------------------------------------------- THE DARK KNIGHT
8) Vision of a young Bobby Sands running away from 
his older self ----------------------------------------- HUNGER
9) Ken's tower sacrifice. "On Raglan Road." - IN BRUGES
10) Alexandria's head injury dream sequence - THE FALL
11) 16mm super hfr slow-motion skateboarding
 --------------------------------------- PARANOID PARK
12) Rachel comes home after meltdown (bathtub tattoo) 
---------------------------------- RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
13) disoriented penguin runs off into oblivion 
--------------- ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
14) “Elemental” tree god dies over downtown 
---------------------------- HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
15) Big premiere of community Fats Waller movie 
---------------------------------- BE KIND REWIND
also this; 










2008
*RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
A CHRISTMAS TALE
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
MILK
BE KIND REWIND






Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:   1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1992,
 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
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