Keep a Look Out - Possibly Oscar Worthy

Every year I try to watch the Oscars and I really get irritated when I haven't seen the movies that have been nominated. In result I have decided to start researching early.

I found this website that gives a list of predictions. I've heard of almost all of these movies and plan to watch most of them, especially Milk, Revolutionary Road, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Body of Lies, Burning After Reading, Changeling, Blindness, Choke and the Soloist.

What do you think? Are there any movies missing?

http://baasecha1.blogspot.com/2008/03/2009-oscar-predictions-year-in-advance.html

2009 Oscar Predictions - Year in Advance

Best Picture:

1. Revolutionary Road
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Australia
4. Blindness
5. Milk
   
   Other Chances:
   Changeling
   The Reader
   Doubt
   Synecdoche, New York
   Brothers
   Frost/Nixon
   Defiance
   Body of Lies
   Appaloosa
   Burn After Reading
   

Best Director:

1. Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road
2. Baz Luhrman – Australia
3. David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Fernando Meirelles – Blindness
5. Gus Van Sant – Milk
   
   Other Chances:
   Clint Eastwood – Changeling
   Jim Sheridan – Brothers
   Stephen Daldry – The Reader
   John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
   Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
   Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
   Joe Wright – The Soloist
   Ed Harris – Appaloosa
   Coen Brothers – Burn After Reading
   Ridley Scott – Body of Lies
   

Best Actor

1. Sean Penn – Milk
2. Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
3. Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
4. Benecio Del Toro – The Argentine
5. Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   
   Other Chances:
   Hugh Jackman – Australia
   Ralph Fiennes – The Reader
   Eric Bana – The Time Traveller’s Wife
   Sam Rockwell – Choke
   Jamie Foxx – The Soloist
   Jake Gyllenhall – Brothers
   Leonardo DiCaprio – Body of Lies
   

Best Actress:

1. Kate Winslett – Revolutionary Road
2. Nicole Kidman – Australia
3. Julianne Moore – Blindness
4. Meryl Streep – Doubt
5. Rachel McAdams – The Time Traveller’s Wife
   

Other Choices:
Angelina Jolie – Changeling'

Keira Knightly – The Duchess

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Meryl Streep – Mama Mia
Natalie Portman – Brothers
Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria


Best Supporting Actress

1. Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Amy Adams - Doubt
3. Anjelica Houston – Choke
4. Kate Winslett – The Reader
5. Kathy Bates – Revolutionary Road
   
   Other Chances:
   Sandra Oh – Blindness
   Amy Ryan – Changeling
   Catherine Keener – The Soloist
   Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
   Catherine Keener – Synedoche, New York or Soloist
   Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
   Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
   Samantha Morton - Synecdoche, New York
   Dianne Weist - Synecdoche, New York
   Raches Weisz – My Blueberry Nights
   

Best Supporting Actor

1. Josh Brolin – Milk
2. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
3. Mark Ruffalo – Blindness
4. Emille Hirsch – Milk
5. Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon
   
   Other Choices:
   Gael Garcia Bernal – Blindness
   Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
   James Franco – Milk
   David Strathairn – My Blueberry Nights
   Tobey Maguire – Brothers
   Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
   Russell Crow – Body of Lies
   Robert Downy Jr. – The Soloist
   
   

Sometimes It's Easier to Escape Society

I'll start by posting this quote from the movie Into the Wild.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
- Christopher McCandless

For those of you not familiar with the this quote or the movie here is a summary. Christopher McCandless, who is extremely intelligent, hates society and it's judgmental characteristics. A lot of this stems from his childhood (which you learn about throughout the movie). After he graduates from a prestigious college he decides to abandon society and travel through the wild. This movie is deeply inspirational and breathtaking. Or at least that is what I got out of it.

Being an impatient person makes it difficult to accept that all the questions that I have about life will not be answered, EVER. This eventually leads to over analyzing every situation that I am put into and also every persons actions around me. Judgment is not only frustrating and straining to ones mind, it is also natural. Every person judges other people. This probably has something to do with also every person being naturally selfish.

So, as I over analyze and question my path through life and the meaning behind my decisions (what's moral and immoral...etc), and my future, I very much just want to escape society and leave all the corruption and bullshit behind. Sometimes I want to leave everything behind and see the pure things in this world instead of hearing the deceiving and fake conversations of people around me and seeing the conniving actions of those in this world

I'm probably a hypocrite for writing this since I too say things that may not be absolutely true and also want to be accepted by others. But being selfish and judgmental is natural and can in some aspects lead a person to be more of a "down to earth" person, but there is a line that should be drawn because the more you judge others and are selfish, the more you turn into a person you never wanted to become. We should all just step back and take a look at the actions we take, the comments we make, the judgmental attitudes we have and try to change the way we look at the world and what it offers. There is so much more to life than going to see a concert, buying a pair of shoes, or going out to parties. Maybe this is why seeing the wild and leaving society is so great. It allows you to see the pureness and breathtaking world that most of us never even start to consider. A world that is inspirational and far from the bullshit all people have to deal with in life.