My Oscar Ballot

If the Oscar nominations were up to only me, they'd look like this:

PICTURE
Doubt
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
Up the Yangtze
Waltz with Bashir

DIRECTOR
Yung Chang, Up the Yangtze
Ari Folman, Waltz with Bashir
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E

ACTOR
Sasson Gabai, The Band’s Visit
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

ACTRESS
Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Julianne Moore, Blindness
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Love You So Long
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York
Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
In Bruges
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
WALL-E
The Wrestler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Blindness
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Band’s Visit
The Edge of Heaven
Up the Yangtze
Waltz with Bashir

ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

DOCUMENTARY
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire
Taxi to the Dark Side
Up the Yangtze
Waltz with Bashir

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blindness
Cloverfield
The Fall
Paranoid Park
Up the Yangtze

FILM EDITING
The Edge of Heaven
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
Up the Yangtze

ART DIRECTION
Blindness
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Synecdoche, New York
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

COSTUME DESIGN
Caramel
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Fall
The Other Boleyn Girl
Revolutionary Road

ORIGINAL SCORE
Blindness
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir

SOUND MIXING
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
WALL-E
Wanted

SOUND EDITING
Blindness
Cloverfield
Slumdog Millionaire
Speed Racer
WALL-E

VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloverfield
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

MAKE UP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Synecdoche, New York

--NOMINATION TOTALS--
Synecdoche, New York - 8
Milk - 7
WALL-E - 7
Waltz with Bashir - 7
Blindness - 6
Doubt - 6
Up the Yangtze - 6
Cloverfield - 4
Revolutionary Road - 4
Slumdog Millionaire - 4
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 3
The Edge of Heaven - 3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - 3
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days - 2
The Band's Visit - 2
The Dark Knight - 2
The Fall - 2
Frost/Nixon - 2
The Wrestler - 2
Burn After Reading - 1
Bolt - 1
Caramel - 1
Encounters at the End of the World - 1
In Bruges - 1
Iron Man - 1
I've Loved You So Long - 1
Man on Wire - 1
The Other Boleyn Girl - 1
Paranoid Park - 1
Speed Racer - 1
Taxi to the Dark Side - 1
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 1
Wanted - 1