I really really enjoyed Benjamin Button. But I more I sat back and thought about it, the more I noticed the parallels with Forrest Gump, and that takes away from my enjoyment. i still like it, but I'm hoping it doesn't win. That said, I'm really hoping Slumdog Millionaire wins.
Screenplay Adapted will go to Slumdog and Original will go to Milk. Visual effects will go to Benjamin Button, unless The Dark Knight pulls a surprising upset. Makeup will go to Benjamin Button, unless, again, The Dark Knight pulls an upset which I think is highly possible. Ben Button and The Dark Knight both have 50/50 chances in this category. The Music category is up in the air for me, I thought both Wall-E's score and Milk's (which makes me sad because I'm a huge Danny Elfman fan) are both very unimpressive. Especially Wall-E's, though. I think it'll either go to Slumdog or Benjamin Button. The song I think will go to Jai Ho since that's the only song that was nominated that doesn't suck.