Continuing this year’s slightly different version of my Oscar preview we look at both screenplay categories and pick a head and a heart winner.
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Heart and Head Pick: Slumdog Millionaire
I haven't seen it but I just can't believe this won't follow the Good Will Hunting path of winning for a screenplay about a tortured underdog. It's got all the ear marks of a slam dunk. Don't ever count out a holocaust script though.
Original Screenplay
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
Wall-E
Heart Pick: Wall-E
If you were an adult and were not moved by the layers of Wall-E then check your pulse. The commentary on society was dark and spot on while still leaving a film on screen that entertained old and young alike.
Head Pick: Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh always wins these and it always drives me insane. The man, while a great filmmaker, is not a great screenwriter. He improvises like a mo-fo and that’s just not right. Of course far be it for the Academy to get it right this year as I expect Leigh to take home yet another award for a deserving film in an undeserving category.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment