2010 Oscar Predictions
The time is finally upon us. Nothing has seemingly changed since the nominations were announced, and that’s even counting the extremely negative publicity “The Hurt Locker” has received as of late. And much like at the time of the nominations, most of the major awards are pretty much wrapped up. Of the eight major awards to be handed out tomorrow evening, only Best Picture and both Screenplays seem to be in question. The Best Picture race is evidently down to only two movies, while the Screenplay races are wide open to multiple contenders. With that being said, see my predicted winners and the runner-ups by clicking on the fancy jumpy thingy.
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Best Picture
- “The Hurt Locker”
- “Avatar”
Best Director
- Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
- James Cameron, “Avatar”
Best Actor
- Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” *jumps for joy*
- George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Best Actress
- Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side” *sigh*
- Meryl Streep, “Julie and Julia”
Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”
- Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Best Supporting Actress
- Mo’Nique, “Precious”
- Vera Farminga, “Up in the Air”
Best Adapted Screenplay
- “Up in the Air”
- “Precious”
Best Original Screenplay
- “Inglorious Basterds”
- “The Hurt Locker”
Best Animated Feature Film
- “Up”
- “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Best Art Direction
- “Avatar”
- “Sherlock Holmes”
Best Cinematography
- “The Hurt Locker”
- “The White Ribbon”
Best Costume Design
- “The Young Victoria”
- “Nine”
Best Documentary (Feature)
- “The Cove”
- “Food, Inc.”
Best Documentary (Short)
- “China’s Unnatural Disaster”
- “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”
Best Film Editing
- “The Hurt Locker”
- “Avatar”
Best Foreign Language Film
- “The White Ribbon”
- “The Secret in Their Eyes”
Best Makeup
- “Star Trek”
- “The Young Victoria”
Best Music (Original Score)
- “Up”
- “Avatar”
Best Music (Original Song)
- “The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
- “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
Best Sound Editing
- “Avatar”
- “The Hurt Locker”
Best Sound Mixing
- “The Hurt Locker”
- “Avatar”
Best Visual Effects
- “Avatar”
- “District 9″
Best Short Film (Live-Action)
- “The Door”
- “Miracle Fish”
Best Short Film (Animated)
- “Logorama”
- “A Matter of Loaf and Death”
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It will be interesting this year. The main show is a dramatic battle between the man who revolutionized 3-D and big-budget filmmaking technology, and the woman who created one of the most realistic, intense war films of all time. But I’m going with Kathryn Bigelow “The Hurt Locker” as well.
I didn’t like Nine, but I’m counting on it to win its ccategories to win my Oscar pool.
Hope Avatar and The Hurt Locker get snubbed in favor of Inglourious Basterds!! Avatar, simply because it has nothing to do in the discussion of Best anything except CGI and The Hurt Locker because it was so unrealistic.
You’re not the first person I know to say its unrealistic. I haven’t seen it, but considering your background I’d take your word for it.
@ Fitz- As much as I wanted to LOVE Nine, it was just bashed too much. I thought the cinematography was top shelf stuff, as well as costumes and art design, but it appears the film was too hated. Although, with this year, someone really has to get wild with there picks to win a pool. With so many of the major awards wrapped up, I went against the norm on the short films, and to an extent the documentaries, to possibly win mine.
@ Castor- While I would love Basterds to win, and it should come in third, I don’t really hold out hope for it. I really don’t mind The Hurt Locker winning. It was realistic enough for most people, especially people who don’t have military bearings. Even for me, I didn’t really see too many problems until you pointed them out. But like someone else said, Bigelow probably did that on purpose to build up the drama and the intensity of the film.
The only award I’m excited about is Foreign Language film.
If Haneke’s film wins I’ll be so elated I’ll probably block Bullock’s win and like this year a bit more.
It just wasn’t meant to be Jose. The Oscars tend to go away from the violent/bold foreign movies, and Ribbon probably split too many votes with The Prophet(which I absolutely cannot wait to see)for either of them to contend.
I unfortunately didn’t get to watch the Oscars, and I’m just now getting around to looking at the winners. I should have a follow-up sometime tomorrow afternoon.
You’re far more diligent than I in predicting all the categories, Red, I only got around to predicting just 10 of them and it was down to the day before the actual event! Looks like you got a lot of ‘em right, too, but this year’s acting nods seem much more predictable, isn’t it? Though I predicted either Sandra or Meryl would get it, in the back of my mind I still think Carey might nab this one. But of course, the biggest bummer of the night for me is that IB didn’t win Best Original Screenplay nor Best Picture. At least if QT won Best Director that’d make things right. Like Castor said, THL is too darn unrealistic to sweep off the Oscars the way it did! Anyway, done with all that… I’m ready to move on!
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