Sunday, February 13, 2011

Oscar Predictions

BAFTAs came out today, the final major awards ceremony before the Oscars in two weeks. It is time to make my official predictions.

nominations first, then predicted winner

Best Picture:
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Inception
Black Swan
The Fighter
True Grit
The Kids Are All Right
Toy Story 3
Winter's Bone
127 Hours

Projected Winner: The King's Speech

Best Director:
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
David Fincher for The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
David O. Russell for The Fighter

Projected Winner: David Fincher for The Social Network

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for 127 Hours
Michael Arndt for Toy Story 3
Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen for True Grit
Debra Granik for Winter's Bone

Projected Winner: Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network

Best Original Screenplay:
David Siedler for The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right
Mike Leigh for Another Year
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson for The Fighter

Projected Winner: Christopher Nolan for Inception

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Javier Bardem for Biutiful
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
James Franco for 127 Hours

Projected Winner: Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine

Projected Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Christian Bale for The Fighter
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right
Jeremy Renner for The Town

Projected Winner: Christian Bale for The Fighter

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Hailee Stanfield for True Grit
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Jackie Weaver for Animal Kingdom

Projected Winner: Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Best Editing:
The Social Network
The King's Speech
The Fighter
Black Swan
127 Hours

Projected Winner: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for The Social Network

Best Cinematography:
The Social Network
The King's Speech
True Grit
Inception
Black Swan

Projected Winner: Roger Deakins for True Grit

Best Original Score:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network
Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech
Hans Zimmer for Inception
John Powell for How to Train Your Dragon
AR Rahman for 127 Hours

Projected Winner: Reznor and Ross for The Social Network

Best Art Direction:
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

Projected Winner: Guy Hendrix Dyas for Inception

Best Sound Editing:
Inception
True Grit
Toy Story 3
Unstoppable
Tron Legacy

Projected Winner: Inception

Best Sound Mixing:
Inception
The Social Network
The King's Speech
True Grit
Salt

Projected Winner: Inception

Best Visual Effects:
Inception
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Hereafter
Iron Man 2

Projected Winner: Inception

Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist

Projected Winner: Toy Story 3

Makeup, Costume Design, Foreign Film, Documentary, etc., I don't really know, nor do I really care.

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