And for those bean counters out there, not everyone voted in every category, so the totals are not constant.
Best Actor:
- Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler (4 votes, Sean Penn 3, Brad Pitt 1)
- My vote -- Mickey Rourke
- Kate Winslet in The Reader (4 votes, Meryl Streep 2, Angelina Jolie 1, Anne Hathaway 1)
- My vote -- Kate Winslet
- Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (6 votes, Philip Seymour Hoffman 3)
- My vote -- Heath Ledger
- Split: Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2 votes, Amy Adams 1, Viola Davis 1)
- My vote -- Amy Adams
- WALL-E (7 votes, Bolt 1)
- My vote -- WALL-E
- Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (5 votes, David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 1, Gus Van Sant for Milk 1)
- My vote -- Danny Boyle
- Slumdog Millionaire (6 votes, Milk 1)
- My vote -- Slumdog Millionaire
How do you vote? See if you do better than these picks!
Copyright ©2009, Martin Baggs
So, I got 5 out of 7 right (of the big prizes). The group's consensus came out one better with 6 of 7. Indeed, my wife pulled one better than me with 6 out of 7. But why did the Academy slight "The Dark Knight" with no major nominations. Come to think of it, why was "WALL-E" not up for best picture? Oh well, I guess that's why I am an amateur critic and not in the Academy.
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