The Most Disapponting Oscars of All Time.

The nominees for the 81st Oscars are in, and I got to say I'm disappointed. The Reader over The Dark Knight? The Dark Knight really is the new Dreamgirls. No Gran Torino either. I think the Academy screwed themselves as far as ratings go. They might have had higher ratings if they had nominated The Dark Knight instead of The Reader. The Academy really has lost touch with the general public. I, along with many MILLIONS of Americans am very disappointed.

anyway... here are the nominees from Oscar Frenzy.

Best motion picture of the year

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milks
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
• Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn in Milk
• Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Josh Brolin in Milk
• Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
• Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
• Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie in Changeling
• Melissa Leo in Frozen River
• Meryl Streep in Doubt
• Kate Winslet in The Reader

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in Doubt
• Penélope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis in Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

Best animated feature film of the year

• Bolt, Chris Williams and Byron Howard
• Kung Fu Panda, John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
• WALL-E, Andrew Stanton

Achievement in art direction

• Changeling, Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• The Dark Knight, Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando
• The Duchess, Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
• Revolutionary Road, Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt

Achievement in cinematography

• Changeling, Tom Stern
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Claudio Miranda
• The Dark Knight, Wally Pfister
• The Reader, Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
• Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle

Achievement in costume design

• Australia, Catherine Martin
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Jacqueline West
• The Duchess, Michael O’Connor
• Milk, Danny Glicker
• Revolutionary Road, Albert Wolsky

Achievement in directing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Fincher
• Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard
• Milk, Gus Van Sant
• The Reader, Stephen Daldry
• Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle

Best documentary feature

• The Betrayal, A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
• Encounters at the End of the World, A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
• The Garden A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Man on Wire, A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
• Trouble the Water, An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Best documentary short subject

• The Conscience of Nhem En A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki
• The Final Inch A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
• Smile Pinki A Principe Production, Megan Mylan
• The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306 A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde

Achievement in film editing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• The Dark Knight, Lee Smith
• Frost/Nixon, Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
• Milk, Elliot Graham
• Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens

Best foreign language film of the year

• The Baader Meinhof Complex A Constantin Film Production, Germany
• The Class, A Haut et Court Production, France
• Departures, A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
• Revanche, A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
• Waltz with Bashir, A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel

Achievement in makeup

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom
• The Dark Knight, John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Achievement in music written for motion pictures

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Alexandre Desplat
• Defiance, James Newton Howard
• Milk, Danny Elfman
• Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
• WALL-E, Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures

• Down to Earth from WALL-E, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
• Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
• O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam

Best animated short film

• La Maison en Petits Cubes A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
• Lavatory - Lovestory A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
• Oktapodi A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
• Presto A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
• This Way Up, A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best live action short film

• Auf der Strecke, An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
• Manon on the Asphalt, A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
• New Boy, A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
• The Pig An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
• Spielzeugland A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank

Achievement in sound editing

• The Dark Knight, Richard King
• Iron Man, Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
• Slumdog Millionaire, Tom Sayers
• WALL-E, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
• Wanted,Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
• The Dark Knight, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
• Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
• WALL-E,Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
• Wanted, Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt

Achievement in visual effects

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
• The Dark Knight, Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
• Iron Man, John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan

Adapted screenplay

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• Doubt, Written by John Patrick Shanley
• Frost/Nixon, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
• The Reader, Screenplay by David Hare
• Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy

Original screenplay

• Frozen River, Written by Courtney Hunt
• Happy-Go-Lucky, Written by Mike Leigh
• In Bruges, Written by Martin McDonagh
• Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black
• WALL-E, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Source: http://www.awardsdaily.com