SEFCA likes "Milk"

The Southeastern Film Critics Association, of which I am a member of semi-good standing, announced its list of 2008 winners yesterday. Milk and Slumdog Millionaire were the two big winners. Alas, my beloved Gran Torino got shut out. And that odious Frost/Nixon made it into the top ten. Ugh.

Next up are the Florida Film Critics Circle. The ballots for that one are due tomorrow.

SEFCA 2008 Awards

BEST PICTURE
1. Milk
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Wrestler
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. The Reader
8. The Visitor
9. Frost/Nixon
10. Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn - Milk
* Runner-up: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
* Runner-up: Kate Winslet, The Reader

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Runner-up: Viola Davis - Doubt

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
* Runner-up: Gus Van Sant - Milk

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
* Runner-up: Robert D. Siegel - The Wrestler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
* Runner-up: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
* Runner-up: I've Loved You So Long (France)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire
* Runner-up: Young@Heart

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E
* Runner-up: Kung Fu Panda

Comments

[Connie]

I have to say I don't think The Reader belongs on that top 10 list, either. And for me to say that about a Ralph Fiennes movie...well...you KNOW it can't be perfect.

[Rene Rodriguez]

What the hell is "Frost/Nixon" doing there, too?

And "Revolutionary Road of Endless Bickering" does not belong there, either.

I also don't get the incessant praise for "The Visitor." I mean, I liked it, but it's no "Gran Torino."

[Connie]

Some would say Gran Torino doesn't belong on that list either! Frankly I liked a LOT of movies more than I liked that.

I have to watch Frost/Nixon still.

And I really did love Milk, but would still put Slumdog at no. 1

[Rene Rodriguez]

Listen, eggroll, GRAN TORINO is awesome.

[HoCo]

Gran Torino was terrific and Clint Eastwood was his usual masterful self behind the camera and in front of the camera too. Hope this movie gets some Oscar love and that Wall-E isn't relegated to the cartoon ghetto 'cuz it's a work of art.

[Connie]

Eastwood was certainly his usual self in front of the camera; hasn't he been playing that part in a variety of different settings - the old west, a boxing gym, a Detroit neighborhood - for years now!?