Question by Thomas Z: What are your 2010 Oscar predictions?
The nominees have been announced and here are my thoughts, based on what Ive seen and heard and basically assume.
BEST PICTURE:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Predicted winner: Avatar
Second guess: Hurt Locker
DIRECTING:
James Cameron – Avatar
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Predicted winner: James Cameron
2nd guess: Kathryn Bigelow
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
Predicted winner: Jeff Bridges
2nd guess: None, Im that sure
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Prediction: Sandra Bullock
2nd guess: Meryl Streep
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Prediction: Christoph Waltz
2nd guess: None
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Prediction: Mo’Nique
2nd guess: None
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
Up in the Air
Prediction: District 9
2nd guess: Up in the Air
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Prediction: Inglorious Basterds
2nd guess: Up
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Ajami
El Secreto de sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Une Prophéte
The White Ribbon
Prediction: White Ribbon
2nd guess: None
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of the Kells
Up
Prediction: Up
2nd guess: None
ART DIRECTION:
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Prediction: Avatar
2nd guess: None
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Prediction: Avatar
2nd guess: Hurt Locker
COSTUME DESIGN:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Prediction: None
FILM EDITING:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Prediction: Avatar
2nd guess: District 9
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Prediction: None
MAKEUP:
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Prediction: Star Trek
2nd guess: None
ORIGINAL SCORE:
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Prediction: Up
2nd guess: Avatar
ORIGINAL SONG:
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog (
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
“Take It All” from Nine
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart
Prediction: Weary King
2nd guess: None
SOUND MIXING:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Prediction: Avatar
2nd Guess: Star Trek
SOUND EDITING:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Prediction: Avatar
2nd guess: Star Trek
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Prediction: Avatar
2nd guess: Star Trek
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
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
Prediction: None
ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte
Logorama” (Autour de Minuit)
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Prediction: Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
2nd guess: None
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi,
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants,
Prediction: None
Best answer:
Answer by The Stoic Squirrel
haha i wish i could disagree, but everything you said i predict as well.
except for the last 2.. i’m not entirely sure about those ones
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