Best Picture Nominees 2008

As is my tradition, I have finished viewing all five of the nominations for the Academy Award category, Best Motion Picture of the Year. This is in no way a prediction of who the Oscar will go to, but I would like to rank the five films in the order that I liked them.

Here is my ranking of favorite to least favorite:

1. THE READER--Stephen Daldry

2. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON--David Fincher

3. MILK--GUS VAN SANT

4. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE--Danny Boyle

5. FROST/NIXON--Ron Howard

For me, when I say "the order order in which I liked them," that is really synonymous with me saying, "the order in which they affected me." So, no, I don't think the Academy will give Best Picture to THE READER, but, of the five, it is the one that emotionally moved me the most.