Alright guys.... preliminary ballot time, at least from me. Shows the holes I have in my 2009 watching, but still. Some of these are as of yet not FYC'ed... I want to wait a little bit before officially nominating them, as to not MovieBuff the nominations thread with a bunch of names that won't be on my final ballot.
BEST PICTURE
Broken Embraces
Sugar
Goodbye Solo
Cheri
Up
BEST DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodóvar, Broken Embraces
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Sugar
Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo
Ramin Bahrani, Goodbye Solo
Stephen Frears, Cheri
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Broken Embraces
Sugar
Ponyo
Goodbye Solo
The Brothers Bloom
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Cheri
Star Trek
State of Play
In the Loop
Watchmen (if only by attrition, seemingly)
BEST ACTOR
Goodbye Solo - Souleymane Sy Savane
Broken Embraces - Lluís Homar
World's Greatest Dad - Robin Williams
Cheri - Rupert Friend
Public Enemies - Johnny Depp
BEST ACTRESS
Broken Embraces - Penelope Cruz
Lion's Den - Martina Gusman
Cheri - Michelle Pfieffer
Sunshine Cleaning - Amy Adams
Drag Me to Hell - Alison Lohman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Goodbye Solo - Red West
State of Play - Ben Affleck
The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Watchmen - Jackie Earle Haley
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Jim Broadbent
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Goodbye Solo - Diana Franco Galindo
Drag Me to Hell - Lorna Raver
Broken Embraces - Blanca Portillo
The Brothers Bloom - Rinko Kikuchi
Cheri - Kathy Bates
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Broken Embraces
The Girlfriend Experience
Earth
Soul Power
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
BEST ART DIRECTION
Broken Embraces
The Brothers Bloom
Cheri
Star Trek
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
BEST SCORE
Broken Embraces
Drag Me to Hell
Earth
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Soul Power
The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio
Sugar
Adventureland
Sita Sings the Blues
BEST SOUND
Drag Me to Hell
Broken Embraces
The Brothers Bloom
Up
Star Trek
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Up
Sita Sings the Blues
Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Soul Power
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Beautiful Losers
Chelsea on the Rocks
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Sugar
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Lion's Den
BEST EDITING
Star Trek
Goodbye Solo
Soul Power
Earth
The Girlfriend Experience
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Star Trek
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Watchmen
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Soul Power
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Sita Sings the Blues
In the Loop
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Broken Embraces
Goodbye Solo
Cheri
Star Trek
Sugar
BEST SURPRISE
Sita Sings the Blues
Soul Power
Sunshine Cleaning
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
State of Play
BEST LINE
1. In the Loop - "Difficult, difficult, lemon, difficult."
2. Up - "I was hiding underneath your porch, because I love you."
3. The Boat that Rocked/Pirate Radio - "There's no such thing as a little CINECAST!!"
4. Earth - "It's their first flight. Actually, I wouldn't call it flying... as much as 'falling with style'."
5. The Brothers Bloom - "I don't like to stereotypically vilify an entire country, but Mexico is a horrible, horrible place."
BEST SCENE (DRAMATIC)
1. Broken Embraces - Touching the Documentary
2. Up - Scenes from a Marriage
3. Drag Me to Hell - Prologue
4. Watchmen - Opening Credit Montage
5. Broken Embraces - Judit's Confession
BEST SCENE (COMEDIC)
1. In the Loop - Riot Act
2. The Brothers Bloom - Penelope's Hobbies
3. Up - The Introduction of Kevin
4. Coraline - The Mouse Circus
5. Chelsea on the Rocks - Interviewing Milos Forman
BEST SHOT
1. Broken Embraces - Magdelena and the Staircase
2. Brothers Bloom - Card Up the Sleeve
3. Up - Lightning Bolt
4. Brothers Bloom - Car in Mid Air
5. Cheri - Final Shot