2008: Wrapping Up

So the week has passed I’ve assessed the year 2008 more or less, and here are my winners in all the categories I felt I could assess properly with the runners up in parentheses.

    

Costume Design

The Other Boleyn Girl [The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Australia]

                        

Art Direction

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Australia; Changeling]

            

Makeup

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Hellboy; The Reader]

            

Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Revolutionary Road; Burn After Reading]

          

Cinematography

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Australia; The Dark Knight]

            

Score

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [The Reader; Australia]

              

Original Song

Cadillac Records “Once in a Lifetime” [The Wrestler “The Wrestler”; WALL-E “Down to Earth”]

               

Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [The Dark Knight; WALL-E]

           

Sound Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Wanted; Slumdog Millionaire]

             

Original Screenplay

In Bruges [Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Burn After Reading]

"My date involved two instances of 

extreme violence, one instance was

her hand on my cock and my finger

up her thing which lasted all too

briefly, and then I was away..."

Adapted Screenplay

Revolutionary Road [The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Doubt]

            

Supporting Actress

Amy Adams in Doubt [Kate Winslet in The Reader; Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married]

             

Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading [Jason Butler Harner in Changeling; Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt]

          

Lead Actress

Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road [Kristin Scott Thomas in I’ve Loved You So Long; Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]

    

Lead Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road [Collin Farrell in In Bruges; Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon]

           

Director

David Fincher in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road; Stephen Daldry for The Reader]

           

Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Revolutionary Road; The Reader]

Yes, I was going crazy for Benjamin B. I confess. But what can I say I really liked the movie. Fincher, Pitt, Blanchett. They know my weakness. I'm looking forward to 2007 next week. 72 films I saw that year.