Oscar Predictions

3/6/2010

Here are my predictions for the Oscars tomorrow. Some of them I agree with and some I don't. Tomorrow's post may be a rant on those I feel should have won but didn't...

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges; Crazy Heart
George Clooney; Up in the Air
Colin Firth; A Single Man
Morgan Freeman; Invictus
Jeremy Renner; The Hurt Locker


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock; The Blind Side
Helen Miren; The Last Station
Carey Mulligan; An Education
Gabourey Sidibe; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep; Julie & Julia


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon; Invictus
Woody Harrelson; The Messenger
Christopher Plummer; The Last Station
Stanley Tucci; The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz; Inglorious Basterds


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz; Nine
Vera Garmiga; Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal; Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick; Up in the Air
Mo’Nique: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire


Best Achievement in Directing
Kathryn Bigelow; The Hurt Locker
James Cameron: Avatar
Lee Daniels; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jason Reitman; Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino; Inglorious Basterds


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The Hurt Locker; Mark Boal
Inglorious Basterds; Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger; Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
A Serious Man; Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up; Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Avatar
Das Weisse Band
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

Best Achievement in Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Crazy Heart
Faubourg 36
Nine
The Princess and the Frog…
The Princess and the Frog…

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Ajami
Das weisse Band
El secreto de sus ojos
Un prophete
La teta asustada

Best Documentary, Features
Burma VJ: Reporter I et lukket land
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Which Way Home

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
China’s Unnatural Disaster
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Krolik po berlinsku
Music by Prudence

Best Short Film, Animated
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
La dama y la muerte
Logorama
Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film, Live Action
The Door
Istallet for abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants