Matty G's Oscar Picks... because I know you want to know!

I could go on about how tired I am getting with the Oscars, and how little they practically mean anymore, but we all already know that don't we?  So instead, here, ladies and gentlemen, are my picks for this year's Oscars (which air on Sunday, if didn't already know/care).  I'm doing it the same way I did last year; I'll list the categories and nominees, who/what I think will win, who/what I think should win, and then movies or people I thought got snubbed.  Unlike last year, however, my picks for who should win will almost always be meaningless, as I haven't seen many of these films yet (and some I have no plans to see whatsoever... I'm [not] looking at you, "Doubt" and "Revolutionary Road").  Here we go:

Best Picture:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire - will win & should win (seriously, I did see this movie and it's great)

Got snubbed: The Dark Knight (seriously Oscars, are you kidding me?) and WALL-E.

Best Actor:

Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" - should win

Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon"

Sean Penn in "Milk" - will win

Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"

Got snubbed: Nobody.  I'm more or less fine with this one.

Best Actress:

Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" - should win (honestly for no real reason other than she's hot and I really want to see this movie)

Angelina Jolie in "Changeling"

Melissa Leo in "Frozen River"

Meryl Streep in "Doubt"

Kate Winslet in "The Reader" - will win

Got snubbed: Rachel McAdams in "The Lucky Ones" (she's the heart of this film).

Best Supp. Actor:

Josh Brolin in "Milk"

Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder"

Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt"

Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" - will win & should win (dead or alive, Ledger deserves to win)

Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road"

Got snubbed: Brad Pitt in "Burn After Reading" (thought the fact that Downey actually got nominated for "Tropic Thunder" makes me very happy)

Best Supp. Actress:

Amy Adams in "Doubt" - should win (just because I like her in other stuff; as stated above I have no interest in seeing "Doubt")

Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Viola Davis in "Doubt" - will win (more of a guess; could be Penelope)

Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler"

Got snubbed: Hayley Atwell in either "Brideshead Revisited" or "The Duchess"

Best Directing:

David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (loved his other movies though; "Zodiac" should have been nominated last year)

Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon"

Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"

Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" - will win & should win (seriously, this guy can do anything)

Got snubbed: Chris Nolan, "The Dark Knight" and Andrew Stanton, "WALL-E"

Animated Feature:

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

WALL-E - will win & should win

Got snubbed: "Waltz With Bashir" and "9.99" (seriously, look these movies up... and while on the subject, if "Coraline" isn't nominated here next year I will make it my personal mission to destroy everything about the Academy Awards)

Original Screenplay:

Frozen River

Happy-Go-Lucky

In Bruges (great movie though)

Milk - will win

WALL-E - should win

Got snubbed: The Dark Knight

Adapted Screenplay:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Doubt

Frost/Nixon

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire - will win & should win

Got snubbed: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (and yes, I am completely serious on this; it's a great and under-appreciated film)

(Okay, just to be honest: for most of the rest of these categories I picked the winners by flipping a coin)

Art Direction:

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight - should win

The Duchess - will win

Revolutionary Road

Cinematography:

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight - will win

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire - should win

Costume Design:

Australia

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Duchess - will win & should win

Milk

Revolutionary Road

Documentary Feature:

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

Encounters at the End of the World

The Garden

Man on Wire - will win & should win

Trouble the Water

Documentary Short:

The Conscience of Nheme En

The Final Inch

Smile Pinki - will win

The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306

Film Editing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight - should win

Frost/Nixon

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire - will win

Foreign Language Film:

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Class

Departures

Revanche

Waltz With Bashir - will win & should win

Makeup:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - will win

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - should win

Original Score:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Defiance

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire - will win

WALL-E - should win

Original Song:

"Down to Earth" from WALL-E - will win

"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire - should win

"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire

Animated Short Film:

La Maison en Petits Cubes - will win

Lavatory: Lovestory

Okapodi

Presto - should win

This Way Up

Live Action Short Film:

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy

The Pig

Spielzeugland (Toyland) - will win

Sound Editing:

The Dark Knight - should win

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire - will win

WALL-E

Wanted

Sound Mixing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - will win

The Dark Knight

Slumdog Millionaire - should win

WALL-E

Wanted

Visual Effects:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Iron Man - will win & should win