Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air – We went 7-for-10 in our Best Picture predictions yesterday, erroneously including Invictus and Nine, two semi-flop dramas that I underestimatedly expected the Academy to just toss in there, and also mistakenly included Crazy Heart, which apparently only exists so Jeff Bridges [...]
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
– We went 7-for-10 in our Best Picture predictions yesterday, erroneously including Invictus and Nine, two semi-flop dramas that I underestimatedly expected the Academy to just toss in there, and also mistakenly included Crazy Heart, which apparently only exists so Jeff Bridges can finally get his Acting Oscar.
In their places, the Academy, in a stunning display of open-mindedness and competency, actually included Up and District 9, two awesome and universally well-reviewed movies that I was rooting for, but which are precisely the type of films that never would’ve had a shot to crack the 5 nominees under the old system (maybe this 10 nominee thing is only slightly completely ridiculous?) They also threw in The Blind Side — a film that voters would’ve forgotten if it came out earlier in the year or didn’t perform as well at the box office — which I definitely didn’t see coming. Get it? Blind Side? Didn’t see it coming? Whoa, I just got nominated for an Oscar for COMEDY.
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julia And Julia
– Probably a toss-up between Mulligan and Bullock, depending on whether Hollywood wants to pull the “Make Younger Actress More Known To Boost Future Box Offices” or the “Reward Veteran Actress For Doing A Bunch Of Movies”. I think they’ll go with Bullock.
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
– Much as I’d love to see Renner snag this, it’s clearly Jeff Bridges’ to lose. Clooney will get some votes too, but ultimately his position will be weakened because he already has a Supporting Actor Award, whereas it’s probably a now-or-never year for the well-liked Bridges.
After the jump, the rest of your 2010 Academy Award Nominees — feel free to leave your own reactions / predictions in the comments:
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
– Mo’Nique is the clear favorite; with her unique role, combined with the fact that Precious will likely come up short in the other categories and the two Up In The Air people will split votes, I’d say she’s a virtual lock.
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
– If Christoph Waltz doesn’t win this, I’m quitting movies. Fortunately, he will, making the last three Supporting Actor Awards the mass murderer from No Country For Old Men, the mass murderer from Dark Knight, and the mass murderer from Inglourious Basterds. If you wanna win Best Supporting Actor, ya gotta kill a bunch o’ dudes.
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
– Tough call; I foresee the Academy giving Reitman a Screenplay Award so they can omit him from this discussion, which would leave Bigelow vs. Tarantino (assuming Hollywood decides Cameron’s already been properly compensated in the past and with Avatar’s 8 effects awards). Perhaps I’m just biased towards my likeness, but I could see Tarantino taking this, with Hurt Locker triumphing for Best Picture.
Best Animated Picture
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess And The Frog
The Secret Of Kells
Up
– Though it’s an exceptionally strong Animated field this year, this one’s a factual no-brainer. Clearly it’s gonna be Monsters Vs. Aliens as a write-in candidate.
Best Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
– Sad to see Anvil! fail to receive the notoriety (how ironic), but this one’s probably gonna go to Food, Inc., the most marketable of the lot, barring an upset from The Cove.
Best Foreign-Language Film
Ajami (Israel)
The Milk Of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophite (France)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
– Not gonna lie, don’t have much insight into this one. The White Ribbon is the easiest one for the presenter to pronounce, so we’ll just go with that.
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Bob Peterson & Pete Docter, Up
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
– Tarantino’s the likely frontrunner here, and he’s a shoe-in if they end up deciding not to give him Best Director. Really encouragingly strong list here, though.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, In The Loop
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
– I’m ecstatic to see the guys from In The Loop get nominated, and their script couldn’t be more deserving, but Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner are a virtual lock here.
Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from The Princess and the Frog, Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from The Princess and the Frog, Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from Paris 36, Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from Nine, Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from Crazy Heart, Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Best Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Best Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Documentary Short Subject
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin
Best Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter Of Loaf And Death
Best Live Action Short Film
The Door
Instead Of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Reactions to the nominees? Early Oscar predcitions? Debate away in the comments.
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