This is when the big hahunas come on out. The biggies:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire – Messy and beautiful, but most of all, different. A story so optimistic and refreshing, fueled by the amazing setting that sets the stage for a unique cinematic experience. There’s nothing quite like it.
The Dark Knight – Sometimes you sit at the theater and watch a movie. Sometimes, though, you experience one. The Dark Knight blends action, drama, a smart screenplay and a great ensemble to make one of the most unforgettable films of the decade.
Synecdoche, New York – A mind-bending character study that doubles as a parable about life, death, love, work and more death. A breathtaking directorial debut for Kaufman.
Frozen River – The most thrilling movie of the year, backed by an impressive performance from Leo. An extremely emotional and intense film. I cannot wait to see more from Courtney Hunt.
Milk – Avoids being a Conventional Biopic, instead instilling a story of pure hope that is so relevant for the times. Tells an essential American story.
Slumdog Millionaire – Messy and beautiful, but most of all, different. A story so optimistic and refreshing, fueled by the amazing setting that sets the stage for a unique cinematic experience. There’s nothing quite like it.
The Dark Knight – Sometimes you sit at the theater and watch a movie. Sometimes, though, you experience one. The Dark Knight blends action, drama, a smart screenplay and a great ensemble to make one of the most unforgettable films of the decade.
Synecdoche, New York – A mind-bending character study that doubles as a parable about life, death, love, work and more death. A breathtaking directorial debut for Kaufman.
Frozen River – The most thrilling movie of the year, backed by an impressive performance from Leo. An extremely emotional and intense film. I cannot wait to see more from Courtney Hunt.
Milk – Avoids being a Conventional Biopic, instead instilling a story of pure hope that is so relevant for the times. Tells an essential American story.
Bronze
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire
Silver
Synecdoche, New York
Gold
The Dark Knight
Best Director
Chris Nolan, The Dark Knight – Nolan elevated his film from a popcorn flick to an intelligent crime drama that should go down as Nolan’s masterwork.
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York – Brought his vision to the film so effortlessly. Such a story could have gone off the rails, but Kaufman never become self-indulgent or too over-the-top, and kept his film on the right track.
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River – Has a gift for giving you an emotional punch in the gut, while also establishing so much tension and purpose in the story.
Gus Van Sant, Milk – Evoked a very communal and buoyant connection with the film and brought out Penn’s, Franco’s, Brolin’s and Hirsch’s best work to date.
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire – Brought together a technically flawless film while never hitting a wrong note in bringing such a wacky narrative to the screen. Truly epic filmmaking.
Best Director
Chris Nolan, The Dark Knight – Nolan elevated his film from a popcorn flick to an intelligent crime drama that should go down as Nolan’s masterwork.
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York – Brought his vision to the film so effortlessly. Such a story could have gone off the rails, but Kaufman never become self-indulgent or too over-the-top, and kept his film on the right track.
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River – Has a gift for giving you an emotional punch in the gut, while also establishing so much tension and purpose in the story.
Gus Van Sant, Milk – Evoked a very communal and buoyant connection with the film and brought out Penn’s, Franco’s, Brolin’s and Hirsch’s best work to date.
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire – Brought together a technically flawless film while never hitting a wrong note in bringing such a wacky narrative to the screen. Truly epic filmmaking.
Bronze
Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle
Silver
Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman
Gold
Christopher Nolan
Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk – A very sincere screenplay that portrays Milk and the other characters as real people with real emotions and in the end it all comes together poignantly. Can’t wait for Black’s next script.
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York – So ridiculously ingenious and full of meaning. I’m almost speechless.
Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler – Siegel’s screenplay creates great characters that fit together so impeccably and could easily have become clichéd and melodramatic, but fortunately never do.
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River – At times so thrilling and intense, that I was actually sweating. Not only that, but the script has beautiful and authentic drama, written impressively.
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky – Again, it’s all in the characters. Leigh creates such unique and truly unforgettable characters. Quite an achievement.
Dustin Lance Black, Milk – A very sincere screenplay that portrays Milk and the other characters as real people with real emotions and in the end it all comes together poignantly. Can’t wait for Black’s next script.
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York – So ridiculously ingenious and full of meaning. I’m almost speechless.
Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler – Siegel’s screenplay creates great characters that fit together so impeccably and could easily have become clichéd and melodramatic, but fortunately never do.
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River – At times so thrilling and intense, that I was actually sweating. Not only that, but the script has beautiful and authentic drama, written impressively.
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky – Again, it’s all in the characters. Leigh creates such unique and truly unforgettable characters. Quite an achievement.
Bronze
Dustin Lance Black
Silver
Courtney Hunt
Gold
Charlie Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire – Beaufoy’s screenplay is brilliant in its way of warping chronology that translates into an incredible pay-off at the end of the film.
Jonathan and Chris Nolan, David S. Goyer, The Dark Knight – An extremely smart screenplay with dialogue better than any other film this year. It’s smart, intense and entertaining.
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt – Brilliant in how it tinkers with the mind of the viewer. Shanley’s script is masterful in the way that it keeps you guessing, while also injecting the movie with thought-provoking moral dilemmas.
David Gordon Green, Snow Angels – Gut-wrenching as hell and so draining by the end. Between this and Frozen River I’m going to need a hell of an anti-perspirant…or some heavy drug. So intense and captivating.
John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In – So creative and ingenious, as there is nothing like LTROI this year. It takes its time in developing great characters and a story unlike any other. So many inventive scenes.
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire – Beaufoy’s screenplay is brilliant in its way of warping chronology that translates into an incredible pay-off at the end of the film.
Jonathan and Chris Nolan, David S. Goyer, The Dark Knight – An extremely smart screenplay with dialogue better than any other film this year. It’s smart, intense and entertaining.
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt – Brilliant in how it tinkers with the mind of the viewer. Shanley’s script is masterful in the way that it keeps you guessing, while also injecting the movie with thought-provoking moral dilemmas.
David Gordon Green, Snow Angels – Gut-wrenching as hell and so draining by the end. Between this and Frozen River I’m going to need a hell of an anti-perspirant…or some heavy drug. So intense and captivating.
John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In – So creative and ingenious, as there is nothing like LTROI this year. It takes its time in developing great characters and a story unlike any other. So many inventive scenes.
Bronze
Simon Beaufoy
Silver
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Gold
Jon and Chris Nolan and David S. Goyer
(Chris Nolan pictured above)
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