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Dr. Lecter
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 WOKJ MP Awards 2008 Nominations
The Nominees
Best Picture
Let the Right One In The Wrestler TDK WALL-E Slumdog Revolutionary Road
Best Director
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) Andrew Stanton (WALL-E)
Best Actor
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) Sean Penn (Milk) Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road) Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) Meryl Streep (Doubt) Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) Kate Winslet (The Reader) Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky) Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Best Supporting Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married) Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Viola Davis (Doubt)
Best Ensemble
Rachel Getting Married The Dark Knight Doubt Milk Tropic Thunder
Best Original Screenplay
WALL-E Milk Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Adaped Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire Frost/Nixon The Dark Knight Revolutionary Road Let the Right One In
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E Kung-Fu Panda Waltz with Bashir Bolt Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
Best Foreign Film
Waltz with Bashir Let the Right One In Inside A Christmas Tale The Flight of the Red Balloon 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Best Documentary Feature
Encounters at the End of the World Religulous Man on Wire Surfwise Young@Heart
Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight Let the Right One In Australia
Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight Milk WALL-E Frost/Nixon
Best Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight WALL-E Revolutionary Road
Best Song
"Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire "The Wrestler", The Wrestler "Down to Earth", WALL-E "Rock Me Sexy Jesus", Hamlet 2 "Dracula's Lament", Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Best Make Up
Tropic Thunder The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Reader The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Visual Effects
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man The Dark Knight Speed Racer The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Art Direction
Hellboy II: The Golden Army The Dark Knight The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Revolutionary Road Australia
Best Costume Design
The Duchess Revolutionary Road The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Australia Milk
Best Sound
The Dark Knight WALL-E Iron Man Cloverfield Australia
Best Horror Film
Cloverfield The Strangers Let the Right One In The Ruins Inside
Best Comedy
Pineapple Express Burn After Reading Tropic Thunder Forgetting Sarah Marshall In Bruges
Most Overlooked Film (every 2008 film is eligible that got NO MORE than one nom in the major nine categories (Best Picture/Director/Actor/Actress/Ensemble/Original Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay/Sup. Actor/Sup. Actress) - just a pick a film that you think was overlooked the most.
Pick your winners and send the ballot to me!
VOTE NOW!!!
DEADLINE: Friday, midnight PST
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Loyal
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GO WALL-E and TDK
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snack
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hi
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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For the BIG NINE categories the nominees will be presented one by one...but in a swift manner.
_________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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And we shall start...
WOKJ Nominees for
BEST COMEDY
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snack
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swiftER please.
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Chippy
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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YAYAYA
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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xiayun
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Dr. Lecter wrote: For the BIG NINE categories the nominees will be presented one by one...but in a swift manner. Could you also post them in one post immediately after the last nominee then? Easier for people to see.
_________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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snack
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Chippy
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_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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BEST COMEDY
Pineapple Express Burn After Reading Tropic Thunder Forgetting Sarah Marshall In Bruges
Runner-Up: Step Brothers (missed by 21 points)
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xiayun
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No Kung-Fu Panda! 
_________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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trixster
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Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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FINALLY
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
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Loyal
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Burn After Reading is not funny. Outside of that, good picks.
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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xiayun wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: For the BIG NINE categories the nominees will be presented one by one...but in a swift manner. Could you also post them in one post immediately after the last nominee then? Easier for people to see. Sure
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snack
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no happy-go-lucky? psh tosh.
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Chippy
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xiayun wrote: No Kung-Fu Panda!  
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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trixster
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Pretty obvious nominees.
Hopefully In Bruges will take it.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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And for some tidbits inbetween...
There are a couple of categories with 6 nominees, but not many.
Not a single category with 7 nominees.
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xiayun
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In Brudges could make some splash in major categories.
_________________Recent watched movies: American Hustle - B+ Inside Llewyn Davis - B Before Midnight - A 12 Years a Slave - A- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - A- My thoughts on box office
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Dr. Lecter
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BEST HORROR FILM
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snack
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I think I might vote Pineapple.
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Dr. Lecter
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BEST HORROR FILM
Cloverfield The Strangers Let the Right One In The Ruins Inside
Runner-Up: Quarantine (missed by 1 point)
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Michael A
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go forgetting sara marshall
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Chippy
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CLOVERFIELD!
_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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