Screen Actor's Guild Award Nominees

These are the film nominees. Pretty boring...although Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins did get a nomination so, someone was paying attention. 

 But...

 Slumdog Millionaire getting an ensemble nomination? This is not a Best Picture category and shouldn't be treated as one. I dunno. First of all, it's not an actor's film to begin with and second...the acting is really...not great.  Sorry.  It's not.

Also, Doubt.  What's up with that.  There are like four actors in the movie and they all got separate nominations.  Personally, I think the acting is overwrought and over the top, but, even if you thought it was the second coming how many nominations do they need?

I think The Visitor would have been a better choice here. A fine film that has no chance at Best Picture, but did boast a terrific ensemble in a character driven piece of work. Well cast and perfectly executed. 

 Also, Synecdoche, New York!?!?  Great performances from all involved and what an ensemble!  Diane Weist, Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Philip Hoffman, Michelle Williams...I can't even name them all because it is a movie about rehearsing a play and there are a gazillion  actors.  Hello?  

It is supposed to be about the acting only.  That is the thing that should distinguish the SAG awards.  

They don't pull it off very well at all. 

They still, for the most part, kiss the same asses as every else.  

I have no doubt I'll rant more about this later.

The nominees:


THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale - “THE VISITOR” (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon - “FROST/NIXON” (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk - “MILK” (Focus Features)
BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy - “THE WRESTLER” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)


Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym - “RACHEL GETTING MARRIED” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins - “CHANGELING” (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy - “FROZEN RIVER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler - “REVOLUTIONARY ROAD” (Paramount Vantage)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JOSH BROLIN / Dan White - “MILK” (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - “TROPIC THUNDER” (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker - “THE DARK KNIGHT” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEV PATEL / Older Jamal - “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
AMY ADAMS / Sister James - “DOUBT” (Miramax Flms)
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Maria Elena - “VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA” (The Weinstein Company)
VIOLA DAVIS / Mrs. Miller - “DOUBT” (Miramax Films)
TARAJI P. HENSON / Queenie - “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON” (Paramount Pictures)
KATE WINSLET / Hanna Schmitz - “THE READER” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
DOUBT (Miramax)
FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
MILK (Focus Features)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)

Updates to Oscar predictions later.