Golden Bagel Awards 2008
It's that time again for my own personal Golden Bagel Awards. I usually use the Golden Bagels to predict the upcoming nominees for the Oscars. Yah, many of them mirror awards for Golden Globes, Satellite Awards, Independent Spirit, but many of the nominees are based on award buzz which usually helps predict who gets the main spots come Oscar time. With my own special categories like the young actor awards, giving many outstanding under 21 performances a chance when the supporting and lead categories usually shun the performances. The winners aren't announced cuz A) I forgot and am lazy and B) should we really rely on who wins? a nomination is enough!
BEST PICTURE:
1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 The Reader
4 Frost/Nixon
5 Vicky Christina Barcelona
6 Revolutionary Road
7 The Wrestler
8 Milk
9 Frozen River
10 The Dark Knight
BEST YOUNG ACTOR PERFORMANCE(Under 21):
1 Australia: Brandon Walters
2 The Changeling: Eddie Alderson
3 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Asa Butterfield
4 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Jack Scanlon
5 Ballast: JimMyron Ross
6 Frozen River: Charlie McDermott
7 Fugitive Pieces: Robbie Kay
8 Let the Right One In: Kare Hadebrant
9 Gran Torino: Bee Vang
10 Adrian Alonso: Under the Same Moon
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS PERFORMANCE(Under 21):
1 Elle Fanning: Phoebe in Wonderland
2 Madeline Carroll: Swing Vote
3 Summer Bishil: Nothing is Private
4 Catinca Untaru: The Fall
5 AnnaSophia Robb: Sleepwalking
6 Lina Leandersson: Let the Right One In
7 Inés Efron: XXY
8 Abigail Breslin: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
9 Evan Rachel Wood: The Wrestler
10 Kristen Stewart: Twilight
BEST LEAD ACTOR:
1 Brad Pitt: Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Frank Langella: Frost/Nixon
3 Richard Jenkins: The Visitor
4 Clint Eastwood: Gran Torino
5 Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler
6 Sean Penn: Milk
7 Leonardo DiCaprio: Revolutionary Road
8 Dev Patel: Slumdog Millionaire
9 Ralph Fiennes: The Reader
10 Greg Kinnear: Flash of Genius
BEST LEAD ACTRESS:
1 Meryl Streep: Doubt
2 Angelina Jolie: Changeling
3 Anne Hathaway: Rachel Getting Married
4 Sally Hawkins: Happy-Go-Lucky
5 Rebecca Hall: Vicky Christina Barcelona
6 Frances McDormand: Burn After Reading
7 Kristen Scott Thomas: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime(I've Loved You So Long)
8 Dakota Fanning: Secret Life of Bees
9 Kate Winslet: Revolution Road
10 Keira Knightly: The Duchess
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
1 Viola Davis: Doubt
2 Penelope Cruz: Elegy
3 Marisa Tomei: The Wrestler
4 Kate Winslet: The Reader
5 Misty Upham: Frozen River
6 Catherine Keener: Synecdoche, New York
7 Penelope Cruz: Vicky Christina Barcelona
8 Emma Thompson: Brideshead Revisited
9 Amy Adams: Doubt
10 Beyone Knowles: Cadillac Records
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
1 Heath Ledger: The Dark Knight
2 Philip Seymour Hoffman: Doubt
3 James Franco: Milk
4 Haaz Sleiman: The Visitor
5 Michael Sheen: Frost/Nixon
6 Robert Downey Jr: Tropic Thunder
7 Rade Serbedzija: Fugitive Pieces
8 Anthony Mackie: The Hurt Locker
9 Michael Shannon: Revolutionary Road
10 Kevin Bacon: Frost/Nixon
BEST DIRECTOR:
1 Ron Howard: Frost/Nixon
2 Darren Aronofsky: The Wrestler
3 David Fincher: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4 Danny Boyle: Slumdog Millionare
5 Gus Van Sant: Milk
6 The Reader: Stephan Daldry
7 Sam Mendes: Revolutionary Road
8 Courtney Hunt: Frozen River
9 Clint Eastwood: Gran Torino
10 Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
1 Martin McDonagh: In Brudges
2 Courtney Hunt: Frozen River
3 Charlie Kaufman: Synecdoche, New York
4 Eric Roth, Robin Swicord: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5 Thomas McCarthy: The Visitor
6 Woody Allan: Vicky Christina Barcelona
7 Jenny Lumet: Rachel Getting Married
8 Dustin Lance Black: Milk
9 Philippe Claudel: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime(I've Loved You So Long)
10 Baz Luhrman, Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan: Australia
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
1 Eric Roth, Robin Swicord: Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Simon Beaufoy: Slumdog Millionare
3 Peter Morgan: Frost/Nixon
4 John Patrick Shanley: Doubt
5 Justin Haythe: Revolutionary Road
6 John Ajvide Lindqvist: Let the Right One In
7 David Hare: The Reader
8 Johnathon, Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
9 Philip Roth: Elegy
10 Nick Schenk: Gran Torino
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime(I've Loved You So Long): France/Germany
2 Låt den rätte komma in(Let the Right One In): Sweden
3 Waltz with Bashir: Israel
4 Gomorra: Italy
5 Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick(Everlasting Moment): Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden/Germany
6 Hunger: UK/Ireland
7 Stellet licht(Silent Light): Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany
8 Entre les murs(The Class) France
9 Sukkar banat(Caramel): France/Lebanon
10 Reprise: Norway
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
1 WALL*E
2 Horton Hears a Who
3 Bolt
4 Tale of Desperaux
5 Kung Fu Panda
20 MOST EMBARRASSING FILMS OF 2008
1 Delgo
2 Meet Dave
3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4 College Road Trip
5 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
6 Disaster Movie
7 Meet the Spartans
8 The Hottie and the Nottie
9 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
10 The Haunting of Molly Hartley
11 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
12 Over Her Dead Body
13 What Happens in Vegas
14 How She Move
15 In the Names of the King
16 Doomsday
17 The Happening
18 One Missed Call
19 Step Up 2 The Streets
20 Eagle Eye
BEST PICTURE:
1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 The Reader
4 Frost/Nixon
5 Vicky Christina Barcelona
6 Revolutionary Road
7 The Wrestler
8 Milk
9 Frozen River
10 The Dark Knight
BEST YOUNG ACTOR PERFORMANCE(Under 21):
1 Australia: Brandon Walters
2 The Changeling: Eddie Alderson
3 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Asa Butterfield
4 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Jack Scanlon
5 Ballast: JimMyron Ross
6 Frozen River: Charlie McDermott
7 Fugitive Pieces: Robbie Kay
8 Let the Right One In: Kare Hadebrant
9 Gran Torino: Bee Vang
10 Adrian Alonso: Under the Same Moon
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS PERFORMANCE(Under 21):
1 Elle Fanning: Phoebe in Wonderland
2 Madeline Carroll: Swing Vote
3 Summer Bishil: Nothing is Private
4 Catinca Untaru: The Fall
5 AnnaSophia Robb: Sleepwalking
6 Lina Leandersson: Let the Right One In
7 Inés Efron: XXY
8 Abigail Breslin: Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
9 Evan Rachel Wood: The Wrestler
10 Kristen Stewart: Twilight
BEST LEAD ACTOR:
1 Brad Pitt: Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Frank Langella: Frost/Nixon
3 Richard Jenkins: The Visitor
4 Clint Eastwood: Gran Torino
5 Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler
6 Sean Penn: Milk
7 Leonardo DiCaprio: Revolutionary Road
8 Dev Patel: Slumdog Millionaire
9 Ralph Fiennes: The Reader
10 Greg Kinnear: Flash of Genius
BEST LEAD ACTRESS:
1 Meryl Streep: Doubt
2 Angelina Jolie: Changeling
3 Anne Hathaway: Rachel Getting Married
4 Sally Hawkins: Happy-Go-Lucky
5 Rebecca Hall: Vicky Christina Barcelona
6 Frances McDormand: Burn After Reading
7 Kristen Scott Thomas: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime(I've Loved You So Long)
8 Dakota Fanning: Secret Life of Bees
9 Kate Winslet: Revolution Road
10 Keira Knightly: The Duchess
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
1 Viola Davis: Doubt
2 Penelope Cruz: Elegy
3 Marisa Tomei: The Wrestler
4 Kate Winslet: The Reader
5 Misty Upham: Frozen River
6 Catherine Keener: Synecdoche, New York
7 Penelope Cruz: Vicky Christina Barcelona
8 Emma Thompson: Brideshead Revisited
9 Amy Adams: Doubt
10 Beyone Knowles: Cadillac Records
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
1 Heath Ledger: The Dark Knight
2 Philip Seymour Hoffman: Doubt
3 James Franco: Milk
4 Haaz Sleiman: The Visitor
5 Michael Sheen: Frost/Nixon
6 Robert Downey Jr: Tropic Thunder
7 Rade Serbedzija: Fugitive Pieces
8 Anthony Mackie: The Hurt Locker
9 Michael Shannon: Revolutionary Road
10 Kevin Bacon: Frost/Nixon
BEST DIRECTOR:
1 Ron Howard: Frost/Nixon
2 Darren Aronofsky: The Wrestler
3 David Fincher: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4 Danny Boyle: Slumdog Millionare
5 Gus Van Sant: Milk
6 The Reader: Stephan Daldry
7 Sam Mendes: Revolutionary Road
8 Courtney Hunt: Frozen River
9 Clint Eastwood: Gran Torino
10 Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
1 Martin McDonagh: In Brudges
2 Courtney Hunt: Frozen River
3 Charlie Kaufman: Synecdoche, New York
4 Eric Roth, Robin Swicord: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5 Thomas McCarthy: The Visitor
6 Woody Allan: Vicky Christina Barcelona
7 Jenny Lumet: Rachel Getting Married
8 Dustin Lance Black: Milk
9 Philippe Claudel: Il y a longtemps que je t'aime(I've Loved You So Long)
10 Baz Luhrman, Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan: Australia
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
1 Eric Roth, Robin Swicord: Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Simon Beaufoy: Slumdog Millionare
3 Peter Morgan: Frost/Nixon
4 John Patrick Shanley: Doubt
5 Justin Haythe: Revolutionary Road
6 John Ajvide Lindqvist: Let the Right One In
7 David Hare: The Reader
8 Johnathon, Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
9 Philip Roth: Elegy
10 Nick Schenk: Gran Torino
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1 Il y a longtemps que je t'aime(I've Loved You So Long): France/Germany
2 Låt den rätte komma in(Let the Right One In): Sweden
3 Waltz with Bashir: Israel
4 Gomorra: Italy
5 Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick(Everlasting Moment): Denmark/Finland/Norway/Sweden/Germany
6 Hunger: UK/Ireland
7 Stellet licht(Silent Light): Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany
8 Entre les murs(The Class) France
9 Sukkar banat(Caramel): France/Lebanon
10 Reprise: Norway
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
1 WALL*E
2 Horton Hears a Who
3 Bolt
4 Tale of Desperaux
5 Kung Fu Panda
20 MOST EMBARRASSING FILMS OF 2008
1 Delgo
2 Meet Dave
3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4 College Road Trip
5 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
6 Disaster Movie
7 Meet the Spartans
8 The Hottie and the Nottie
9 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
10 The Haunting of Molly Hartley
11 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
12 Over Her Dead Body
13 What Happens in Vegas
14 How She Move
15 In the Names of the King
16 Doomsday
17 The Happening
18 One Missed Call
19 Step Up 2 The Streets
20 Eagle Eye