Oscar nominations are out!

There is no more exciting time than awards season for most movie fans. I find myself a bit jaded on the whole thing. I just don't know how the Academy can be taken seriously with some of the picks they choose. I don't expect them and I to always see eye to eye, but the close-mindedness of the Academy has left me a bit bitter, and of the opinion they have not evolved alone with cinema. Anywho, I digress, the real topic is the nominations, with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button receiving a whopping 13 nominations, including a best actor for Brad Pitt. Heath Ledger did get a best supporting actor nod for Dark Knight, posthumously.
So, here is the list, with who I think will win.
Here are the 2009 Oscar Nominees:
Best Picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire” <----Winner!
Best Director
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” <----winner
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Stephen Daldry, “The Reader”
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk” <------- Sadly, the winner. Shoulda gone to Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader” <------good for her, just happy Anne Hathaway got a nod.
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder” <----- seriosly, what kinda luck to have to go against the Joker? Any other time, winner!
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” <------- Winner. That's right, I said it, Ledger will win,
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”
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” <------- proof, My Cousin Vinney was not a fluke
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Doubt”
“Frost/Nixon”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire” <-----winner
Best Original Screenplay
“Frozen River”
“Happy-Go-Lucky”
“In Bruges” <----- I didn't like it, but winner!
“Milk”
“WALL-E”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“WALL-E” <------ Great movie, should've had a best pictre nod, too. Winner!
Best Foreign Language Film
“The Baader Meinhof Complex”
“The Class”
“Depatures”
“Revanche”
“Waltz with Bashir” <-----El Winner-O
Best Documentary Feature
“The Betrayal (Nerkhoon)”
“Encounters at the End of the World” <------winner!
“The Garden”
“Man on Wire”
“Trouble the Water”
Best Art Direction
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight” <-------Winner. Poor movie, besides Ledger, the movies only win.
“The Duchess”
“Revolutionary Road”
Best Cinematography
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” <------winner
“The Dark Knight” <----darn
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Costume Design
“Australia”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Duchess” <----winner. Shoulda been Benjamin Button
“Milk”
“Revolutionary Road”
Best Film Editing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Frost/Nixon” <-----this movie, really? Winner.
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” <-----Winner. Although, Hellboy was great!
“The Dark Knight”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
Best Music (Original Score)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Defiance”
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E” <-----Winner!
Best Music (Original Song)
“Slumdog Millionaire” <----well, it's a 2 to 1 shot, Winner!
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”
Best Sound Editing
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man” <----- You have to go this far down the list for this movie? Very Sad....anyway, Winner!
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”
“Wanted”
Best Sound Mixing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Slumdog Millionaire” <--------winner
“WALL-E”
“Wanted”
Best Visual Effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” <-----winner....Should've been Iron Man!
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man”
Best Documentary Short Subject
“The Conscience of Nhem En” <------I'm completely guessing here.
“The Final Inch”
“Smile Pinki”
“The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306″
Best Short Film (Animated)
“La Maison de Petits Cubes”
“Lavatory - Lovestory”
“Oktapodi”
“Presto”
“This Way Up” <-----winner!
Best Short Film (Live Action)
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)”
“Manon on the Asphault”
“New Boy”
“The Pig”
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” <-----guessing here too!