Personal Big 8

Here are my personal best choices for the Big 8 categories of the year, and I'll number the order of those pix:

Best Picture
1. WALL-E
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Dark Knight
4. Milk
5. The Wrestler

Best Director
1. Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
2. Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
4. Andrew Stanton - WALL-E
5. Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler

Best Actor
1. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
2. Sean Penn - Milk
3. Colin Farrell - In Bruges
4. Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
5. Benicio Del Toro - Che

Best Actress
1. Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Meryl Streep - Doubt
3. Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
4. Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
5. Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Best Supporting Actor
1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
4. Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
5. Emile Hirsch - Milk

Best Supporting Actress
1. Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Viola Davis - Doubt
3. Missy Upham - Frozen River
4. Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
5. Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Screenplay
1. Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon - WALL-E
2. Nick Schenk - Gran Torino
3. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - Burn After Reading
4. Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
5. Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
2. Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan - The Dark Knight
3. John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
4. Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
5. Peter Buchman & Benjamin A. van der Veen - Che

What do you think?