Final SAG Predix

Brian

Unfortunately I won't be able to watch these tonight, but here are my predix anyways:

BEST ENSEMBLE
Prediction: Milk
Runner-Up: Doubt (but don't be surprised if Slumdog wins just...because)

BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Sean Penn - Milk
Runner-Up: Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon (Rourke too...honestly I can see any of the three taking it)

BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Meryl Streep - Doubt
Runner-Up: Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Runner-Up: Josh Brolin - Milk (does it really matter?)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Runner-Up: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (maybe Viola Davis?)

Daniel

I'm going to be unrealistic and go with my heart, rather than my head, that Slumdog goes home empty handed tonight. Apart from Boyle's superb direction, I really don't think the film deserves to be sweeping every awards show. If Slumdog wins Ensemble tonight, I will be sorely disappointed. Slumdog is NOT a film defined by its actors; the SAG shouldn't vote for it as such. However, it's definitely worthy of its nominations this season. That, however, is a completely different story. Anyway, here they are:

BEST ENSEMBLE
Prediction: Milk
Runner-Up: Doubt

BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Runner-Up: Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Runner-Up: Meryl Streep, Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Runner-Up: Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction: Viola Davis, Doubt
Runner-Up: Kate Winslet, The Reader

Daniel's Final SAG Predictions

I'm not going to write out an explanation for every winner because I'm not taking any risks with these this year so my winners are pretty self-explanatory.

Best Performance by a Cast
No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Into the Wild

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Alternate: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Alternate: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

What are your predictions?

My SAG Predix

I always like to use the SAG as an opportunity to make some absolutely absurd predix, but, because (especially in the last few years), those have never turned out to be true, I'm playing it safe this year. My predix are:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTRESS: Julie Christie - Away From Her
BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
BEST ENSEMBLE: No Country for Old Men

Yawn.

But what if it went down like this:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTRESS: Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
BEST ACTOR: Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
BEST ENSEMBLE: Hairspray

That would be...hilarious. It would make for a much more exciting award season. What would be even more exciting is if The Diving Bell and the Butterfly won the PGA, Sean Penn took the DGA and the WGA went to Zodiac and Knocked Up. The Oscars would be much more unpredictable.

But that's just me dreaming. It's totally impossible. Sigh.

Well, discuss your thoughts on the forum. Winners are announced tomorrow in an ACTUAL TELECAST! Be sure to tune in because, and I hate to say this, it might be what we get instead of an Oscar broadcast.