SO. They announced the Oscar nominations this morning.
BEST PICTURE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry, The Reader David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST 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
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin, Milk Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder (LOL!!!!) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
BEST ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie, Changeling Melissa Leo, Frozen River Meryl Streep, Doubt Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST ACTOR Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Sean Penn, Milk Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Dustin Lance Black, Milk Courtney Hunt, Frozen River Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky Marttin McDonagh, In Bruges Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, WALL-E
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire David Hare, The Reader Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon John Patrick Shanley, Doubt Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST FOREIGN FILM The Baader-Meinhof Complex (Germany) The Class (France) Departures (Japan) Revanche (Austria) Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Bolt Kung Fu Panda Wall-E
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Duchess Revolutionary Road
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY Changeling Slumdog Millionaire The Reader The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Duchess Milk Revolutionary Road
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Encounters at the End of the World The Garden Man on Wire Trouble the Water
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT The Conscience of Nhem En The Final Inch Smile Pinki The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Defiance Milk Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E
BEST ORIGINAL SONG "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire "Down to Earth" from Wall-E
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM La Maison en Petits Cubes Lavatory — Lovestory Oktapodi Presto This Way Up
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM Auf der Strecke (On the Line) Manon on the Asphalt New Boy The Pig Spielzeugland (Toyland)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING The Dark Knight Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E Wanted
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E Wanted
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Iron Man
Honestly? While I think The Dark Knight was one of the best movies of last year, I think it's UGH fourth act was what killed it's chances for any sort of major nomination. It just lost control at the end (you know it did) and the whole last hour could've been used in the next movie. You can tell, too, they tried to make up for the backlash that they're going to get by throwing it in for a ton of technical awards that no one cares about :/