The nominees for the 35th Annual SATURN AWARDS have been announced. This is like another Oscars but from Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video,… unfortunately some the titles and names mentioned in the list below, in my humble opinion, just don’t belong.
For Best Horror category, I can’t believe my eyes that The Happening and Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor are some of the contenders. And check out the Action/adventure/thriller category, what the hell are Gran Torino and Changeling doing in there? O ya.. might as well throw in Sex and The City movie in there with the bunch.. we all know how thrilling, action packed and adventurous it was for Carrie and Samantha as they shop from one store to another in NYC (sarcasm!)
The Dark Knight, however, is ahead of the competition with a towering 11 nominations, Hail, Nolan!
SATURN AWARDS Ceremony will take place on June 25th, 2009
Here is the list, I only shared the ones that are movie-related
My predictions are in bold dark maroon color
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Eagle Eye
- The Incredible Hulk
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Iron Man
- Jumper
BEST FANTASY FILM
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Hancock
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Twilight
- Wanted
BEST HORROR FILM
- The Happening
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- Quarantine
- Splinter
- The Strangers
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
- Changeling
- The Dark Knight
- Gran Torino
- Quantum of Solace
- Traitor
- Valkyrie
BEST ACTOR
- Christian Bale (The Dark Knight)
- Tom Cruise (Valkyrie)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)
- Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
- Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Will Smith (Hancock)
BEST ACTRESS
- Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight)
- Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
- Julianne Moore (Blindness)
- Emily Mortimer (Transsiberian)
- Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Jeff Bridges (Iron Man)
- Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight)
- Woody Harrelson (Transsiberian)
- Shia LeBeouf (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
- Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
- Bill Nighy (Valkyrie)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Joan Allen (Death Race)
- Judi Dench (Quantum of Solace)
- Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace)
- Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Charlize Theron (Hancock)
- Carice van Houten (Valkyrie)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
- Freddie Highmore (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- Lina Leandersson (Let the Right One In)
- Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
- Jaden Christopher Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
- Catinca Untaru (The Fall)
- Brandon Walters (Australia)
BEST DIRECTOR
- Clint Eastwood (Changeling)
- Jon Favreau (Iron Man)
- David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
- Bryan Singer (Valkyrie)
- Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
- Andrew Stanton (WALL-E)
BEST WRITING
- Iron Man
- Ghost Town
- Let the Right One In
- The Dark Knight
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Changeling
