It’s time for me to go to the well one more time before next week’s big announcement. That’s right, six days and the mystery of the 10 will finally be answered. But first, some blind (since there are no nominations yet) guesses. Just trying to find the right balance here:
Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Art Direction: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Cinematography: “Avatar”
Best Costume Design: “The Young Victoria”
Best Film Editing: “Avatar”
Best Makeup: “District 9”
Best Music (Original Score): “Up”
Best Music (Original Song): “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
Best Sound Editing: “Avatar”
Best Sound Mixing: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Animated Feature Film: “Up”
Best Foreign Language Film: “The Secret in Their Eyes”
Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”
Feel free to chime in with your guesses below. And a note: final Oscar predictions (for nominations) will be published Monday.
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I think Bullock is having more of a moment than Meryl is…so I’m going with her for the dead heat between them.
Picture – AVATAR (i hope)
Director – Kathryn Bigelow
Actor – Jeff Bridges
Actress – Sandra Bullock :(
Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique
Adapted Screenplay – Up in the Air
Original Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds
Animated Feature – Up
Foreign Language – The White Ribbon
Art Direction – Inglourious Basterds
Cinematography – AVATAR
Costume Design – The Young Victoria
Film Editing – AVATAR
Original Score – Up
Original Song – “The Weary Kind”, “Crazy Heart”
Sound Mixing – AVATAR
Sound Editing – AVATAR
Makeup – Distric 9
Visual Effects – AVATAR
I also think Waltz is sahky. I would much rather see Plummer win. Wasn’t Samuel L Jackson the frontrunner for supporting actor for Pulp Fiction?
I agree with the majority on this thread….As far as Best Actress, I think Streep has a considerable edge. I think AMPAS will recognize the overdue status that she has, especially considering how close she’s been in the last decade alone. (Adaptation, Devil Wears Prada, Doubt)
so here goes…
Picture – Avatar (I really think it will happen)
Director – Kathryn Bigelow
Actor – Jeff Bridges
Actress – Meryl Streep :)
Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique
Adapted Screenplay – Up in the Air
Original Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds
Animated Feature – Up
Foreign Language – The White Ribbon
Art Direction – Inglourious Basterds
Cinematography – Avatar
Costume Design – The Young Victoria
Film Editing – The Hurt Locker
Original Score – Up
Original Song – “The Weary Kind”, “Crazy Heart”
Sound Mixing – Avatar
Sound Editing – Avatar
Makeup – Distric 9
Visual Effects – Avatar
“Wasn’t Samuel L. Jackson the frontrunner for supporting actor for Pulp Fiction?”
In a word: no.
Martin Landau swept the critics awards, the Globe and SAG. Trust me, his win was a foregone conclusion.
I have a feeling Gabby Sidibe is gonna take Best Actress.
Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Art Direction: “Sherlock Holmes”
Best Cinematography: “The White Ribbon”
Best Costume Design: “The Young Victoria”
Best Film Editing: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Makeup: “District 9”
Best Music (Original Score): “Avatar”
Best Music (Original Song): “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
Best Sound Editing: “Star Trek”
Best Sound Mixing: “District 9”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Animated Feature Film: “Up”
Best Foreign Language Film: “A Prophet”
Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”
38- The script snagged several critics’ awards.
Best Picture: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Art Direction: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Cinematography: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Costume Design: “The Young Victoria”
Best Film Editing: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Makeup: “District 9”
Best Music (Original Score): “Up”
Best Music (Original Song): “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
Best Sound Editing: “Avatar”
Best Sound Mixing: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Animated Feature Film: “Up”
Best Foreign Language Film: “The White Ribbon”
Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”
Oh and…
Best Animated Short: “Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’” !!! :)
Have any of you guys seen district 9?
best visual effects I have ever seen in a movie. I think Avatar is incredibly overrated and district 9 should beat it out.
Best Picture: “Avatar”
Best Director: James Cameron, “Avatar”
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay: ““Inglourious Basterds”
Best Art Direction: “Avatar”
Best Cinematography: “Avatar”
Best Costume Design: “Avatar”
Best Film Editing: “Avatar”
Best Makeup: “District 9”
Best Music (Original Score): “Up”
Best Music (Original Song): “Everybody’s’ Fine”
Best Sound Editing: “Avatar”
Best Sound Mixing: “Avatar”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Animated Feature Film: “Up”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Un Prophete”
Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”
The faith here in Meryl Streep warms my <3
What a joke it would be if “A Serious Man” doesn’t win Best Original Screenplay.
The support for Streep in this particular thread warms my heart and gives me hope. :)
Guy Lodge (#3): White Ribbon can’t win because it is “too cold”? Ever heard of a dude named Ingmar Bergman? He won his share of Oscars…
But has to be said that no other category sees as many mistakes and screw-ups as Foreign Language Picture, so the White Ribbon might as well lose.
Speaking English: Prepare yourself. It’s going to lose.
My guesses:
Best Picture: “Up in the Air”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Art Direction: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Cinematography: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Costume Design: “Bright Star”
Best Film Editing: “Avatar”
Best Makeup: “District 9”
Best Music (Original Score): “Up”
Best Music (Original Song): “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
Best Sound Editing: “Avatar”
Best Sound Mixing: “Avatar”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Animated Feature Film: “Up”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Winter in Wartime”
Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”
LOL, how do you know it’s going to lose and why are you so certain?
I don’t care what film wins Best Picture as long as its not Avatar.
There, I said it.
I think it is interesting how a lot of people are predicted Inglorious Basterds to win (besides Tom O’neil… btw I would love an upset like that) do you guys think it has a chance to win?
I doubt The Hurt Locker is going to get original screenplay.
Would love to see A Prophet win over The White Ribbon.
Best Picture: “Avatar”
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Actress: Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Best Original Screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Art Direction: “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Cinematography: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Costume Design: “Bright Star”
Best Film Editing: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Makeup: “Star Trek”
Best Original Score: “Up”
Best Original Song: “Crazy Heart”
Best Sound Editing: “Avatar”
Best Sound Mixing: “Avatar”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Best Animated Feature Film: “Up”
Best Foreign Language Film: “The Secret of Their Eyes”
Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”
Terribly familiar sounding, I’m sure, but those are my predictions. As far as who I feel actually DESERVE to win, I’d only change three:
Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner
Best Foreign Language Film: “Ajami”
If the Academy has credibility and enough respect left ., Meryl Streep will win her THIRD OSCAR THIS YEAR!!!!!, Hollywood, the Public are all rooting for Streep this year.
I’m just going for the 10 Best Pics Predictions
Invictus, The Hurt Locker, Up, Up in the Air, A Serious Man, Avatar, Precious, Inglourious Basterds, An Education, & A Single Man.
Winner – The Hurt Locker
Picture: The Hurt Locker
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actor: Jeff Bridges
Actress: Meryl Streep
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique
Original: Inglourious Basterds
Adapted: Up in the Air
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Cinematography: Basterds
Art Direction: Basterds
Costumes: The Young Victoria
Makeup: District 9
Visual Effects: Avatar
Score: Up
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Sound Editing: Avatar
“Hollywood, the Public are all rooting for Streep this year.”
The box-office receipts for “The Blind Side” suggest to me that the public aren’t ALL rooting for Streep, I’m afraid ;)
can we combine and add the streep box office for the last 3 years into that equation?? TDWP, Mamma Mia! ,J&J, and It’s Complicated? I think we’d have around 1.2 billion…..give or take….in that same time I think Bullock has around 500 million.
I still think Streep has the edge this year. This “Bullock Kick” will fade soon I think.
:)
Yeah Zak, Bullock buzz will fade very quickly. Actually, it will start fading on Monday…..because the Razzie Awards will be announced and she will be nominated (and a frontrunner for a win) for her dreadful performance in the horrible All About Steve (a strong contender for worst picture). I don’t think the Academy will want to reward a likely Razzie Award winner.
But a Razzie win would sure give her some good fodder for her acceptance speech. Though, I gotta say, I would love nothing more than for the Razzies to sack up and dare to nominate her not (just) for All About Steve, but for The Blind Side.
Meryl Streep for Oscar no. 3!
How many classic films have lost best pic and how many classic foriegn films have lost best foriegn language film? For me, the foriegn film category has a much better track record.
“The white ribbon” will win. The academy LOVES anything dealing with the holocaust. It also feels like a classic. The other nominees aren’t even in the same league.
Why do so many people post their theories on here and give no supporting arguments with examples to back it up?
GO STREEP!
Great picks.
I agree, All About Steve was horrific. I almost walked out of the theater….I would have if I wasn’t insanely bored….and a bit masochistic…hahaha
It does make me mad that I honestly think her performance in The Blind Side is so absolutely mediocre, especially compared to Streep, Sidibe, Blunt, Mirren, and Mulligan…I hate that she’s getting so much praise. I really think it’s because she’s young beautiful, and popular. Hopefully by March 7th, the Academy will decide to reward talent over popularity.
“I really think it’s because she’s young, beautiful and popular.”
She’s not that young — she’s 45. A large part of the reason why Bullock is such a story this year is because, like Streep, she’s proving that middle-aged women can still be major audience draws in Hollywood. So I find it interesting that the race has come down to the two of them.
yeah, you’re right….I really didn’t realize she’s 45!…..girl looks good. lol.
still going with streep though….it would be nice to see her win an Oscar in my lifetime. she won for sophie’s choice the year I was born, so I just missed it, lol
Hey, I was only two months old myself!
I read on another site that more industry insiders are pulling for Bullock over Streep for the Oscar win. Do you (Kris/Guy) think this is the case or is this race still neck & neck?
1983!!! holla!
haha
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Directing: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique – Precious
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Score: Up
Best Song: The Weary Kind – Crazy Heart
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Cinematography: Avatar
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Makeup: Star Trek
Best Sound Mixing: Avatar
Best Sound Effects Editing: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: A Prophet
Best Documentary Feature Film: The Cove
Scrath makeup and put District 9 .
Picture: The Hurt Locker, RU: Inglourious Basterds
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, RU: Quentin Tarantino
Lead Actor: Colin Firth, RU: Jeremy Renner
Lead Actress: Gabby Sidibe, RU: /
Supp. Actor: Christoph Waltz, RU: Anthony Mackie
Supp. Actress: Mo’Nique, RU: Marion Cotillard
Don’t understand all you people think that Avatar should win for anything but if there was a Oscar for highest grossing movie. The VFX was good…but the same crap over and over. Script was awful, if there ever was one written. Seemed like it was shot and written at the same time. Sounded terrible, every single space ship. hoover craft sounded like a huey helicopter, animals all sounded the same. Music, was so bad I don’t even remember a single note of it…except the last song which was the Titanic song with different lyrics. Maybe Cameron should get an award for being a visionary, but best director ?? Come on. It’s a movie I have seen 50 times before…but with more fairy dust in the form of repetitive VFX. I have hope that Hollywood is not voting with the box office numbers created by escapism of the teenagers.
Best movie – Hurt Locker
Best director – Kathryn Bigelow
Best actor – Jeff Bridges (should be Renner)
Best actress – Meryl Streep
Supporting actor – Christoph Waltz
Everything else is a toss up
Can someone tell me what the heck is “vintage directing”? It’s straight out of the commercial and in a previous comment by Leon.