Friday, March 5, 2010

My Oscar Predictions for 2010

As I list the nominees in each of the major categories,
 I will share with you My Prediction (who I think will win) and My Preference (who I think should win).

Best Actor:

The Nominees Are...

Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney in "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth in "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker".

My Prediction - Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
My Preference - Colin Firth in "A Single Man"

Best Supporting Actor:

The Nominees Are...

Matt Damon in "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones",
Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"

My Prediction - Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"
My Preference - Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Actress:

The Nominees Are...

Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan in "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious"
Meryl Streep in "Julie and Julia"

My Prediction - Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
My Preference - Meryl Streep in "Julie and Julia"

Best Supporting Actress:

The Nominees Are...

Penélope Cruz in "Nine"
Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique in "Precious"

My Prediction - Mo'Nique in "Precious"
My Preference - Penélope Cruz in "Nine"

Best Animated Feature:

The Nominees Are...

"Coraline" (Focus Features) Henry Selick
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Wes Anderson
"The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) John Musker and Ron Clements
"The Secret of Kells" (GKIDS) Tomm Moore
"Up" (Walt Disney/Pixar)

Please Note: I never got to see the "Secret of Kells"
so my selections are made from the remaining four.

My Prediction - "Up" (Walt Disney/Pixar)
My Preference - "Up" (Walt Disney/Pixar)

Best Original Song:

The Nominees Are...

"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog" by Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog" by Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36" by Reinhardt Wagner & Frank Thomas
"Take It All" from "Nine" by Maury Yeston
"The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart" by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett

My Prediction - "The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart"
My Preference - "Take It All" from "Nine" (even though Randy Newman songs were lots of fun).

Best Original Score:

The Nominees Are...

"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
"The Hurt Locker" (Summit) Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
"Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
"Up" (Walt Disney/Pixar) Michael Giacchino

My Prediction - "UP" (Walt Disney/Pixar) Michael Giacchino
My Preference - Either "Avatar" or "UP" would be fine with me. 

Best Original Screenplay:

The Nominees Are...

“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

My Prediction - “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
My Preference -  “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Adapted Screenplay:

The Nominees Are...

“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner 

My Prediction - “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman & S. Turner
My Preference - "A Single Man" Screenplay by Tom Ford & David Scearce (This film of course, wasn't even nominated in this category, although it was an excellent adaptation of a beautiful novel.)

Best Film Editing:

The Nominees Are...

“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz
My Prediction - “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
My Preference - "Avatar", “Inglourious Basterds”, and "The Hurt Locker"  would all be excellent choices.

Best Visual Effects:

The Nominees Are...

"Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

My Prediction - "Avatar"
My Preference - "Avatar"
There is No Contest here, it's "Avatar" all the way, no doubt in my mind. In fact the same can and should be said for all of the Artistic and Special Effect Awards. The night belongs to "Avatar"!

Best Costumes:

The Nominees Are...

“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

My Prediction - “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
My Preference -  “Nine” Colleen Atwood  (Although to be perfectly fair, I did not get to see all the nominated films in this category and truth to be told, fashion and custom designs are not really my thing.)

Now On to the 2 Big Prizes of the Night!

Best Director:

The Nominees Are...

"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
"Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) Lee Daniels
"Up in the Air" (Paramount, Cold Spring, & DW Studios) Jason Reitman

My Prediction - Kathryn Bigelow for the "Hurt Locker" (James is gonna be so disappointed)

My Preference - James Cameron for "Avatar"  (He really does deserve it.  Although if either wins I'll be happy.) 


Best Picture:

The Nominees Are (believe it or not there's 10 of them)...

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove & Broderick Johnson
“District 9” Peter Jackson & Carolynne Cunningham
“An Education” Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier & Greg Shapiro
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender
“Precious: Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness & Gary Magness
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“Up” Jonas Rivera
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
 
And the Oscar Goes to
i.e.  The Winner Is...

My Prediction -  "Avatar"

My Preference -  "Avatar" 

The truth is, I would be perfectly happy if any of my top four favorite films were to win this year.  That list included "Avatar", "A Serious Man", "The Hurt Loker" and "Inglourious Bastards".

Just Thinking

So what do you think?  Did I get it right? Did I miss any of your favorites?  Don't forget to check back after the awards and see how I did. Please feel free to comment below, ( just click on the word comment if the panel is not open). Or you can e-mail me direct at eddieoreilly@hotmail.com and your comment will be posted.

8 comments:

  1. I think Matt Damon will win Best Supporting Actor and Vera Farmiga will win Best Supporting Actress. I also think James Cameron will win Best Director

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  2. Good luck to Sandra Bullock hope she wins, any body but Jeff Bridges that was terrible movie

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  3. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
    Broken Embraces (Spain)
    The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)

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  4. I've seen nearly all nominated movies and I can tell: Tarantino is my man, at least this year and "Basterds" should win although Avatar is good as well. Hurt Locker did not leave much impression. Jeff Bridges is the Best!

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  5. WHO CARES ABOUT THESE NEO MARXIST ACTORS AND ACTRESSES? NOT ME...DONT EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES!

    THERE ALL A BUNCH OF OBAMA SOCIALISTS ANYWAY.

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  6. 'Inglourious Basterds' A FAIR "B" MOVIE AT BEST. WHY ALL THE ATTENTION AND NOMINATIONS?

    SINCE NO GAY MOVIE (MILK} HAS BEEN NOMINATED, THE NEXT BEST THING FOR THE HOLLYWOOD ELITE IS TO HONOR OR REEVISIT THE "JEWISH" QUESTION".. POOR PLOT, AVERAGE ACTING AND TOTAL DISREGARD TO HISTORICAL FACT. BEST MOVIE. BEST ACTING. NO WAY. WATCHING THIS MOVIE WAS A TOTAL WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY.

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  7. "Inglourious Bastards" was not meant to be Historical, it was a "What If" fantasy! You obviously missed the whole point.

    Also, "Milk" was from last year.
    Eight Nominations and Two Wins, btw.

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  8. I'm waiting for your critique on the red carpet fashions, guess I best not hold my breath....lol

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