Oscar Predictions
Just under the wire, here are my predictions for this year:
Actor in a leading role
Who should win: Colin Firth
Who will win: Colin Firth
Actor in a supporting role
Who should win: Geoffrey Rush
Who will win: Geoffrey Rush
A win for Bale would be great since he was equally excellent, but tie goes to the better film.
Actress in a leading role
Who should win: Natalie Portman
Who will win: Natalie Portman
To quote myself from elsewhere: She went down the “How to Win An Oscar” list and checked every box. Lost an unhealthy amount of weight for the role? Check. Straight actor doing same-sex love scenes? Check. Commenting on a comfortably damnable subject? Check.
Actress in a supporting role
Who should win: Hailee Steinfeld
Who will win: Hailee Steinfeld
There were some very weak contenders in this category. Steinfeld is the only sane choice.
Best motion picture of the year
Who should win: Black Swan, True Grit or The Social Network
Who will win: The King’s Speech
Anything but Inception will do, really.
Achievement in directing
Who should win: Tom Hooper or Darren Aronofsky
Who will win: Tom Hooper
Sometimes, precision and reserve can win the day. The lack of a nomination for Nolan seems to indicate that the Academy is feeling that way this year.
Adapted screenplay
Who should win: The Social Network
Who will win: The Social Network
Honestly… they made a movie about a website gripping and intense.
Original screenplay
Who should win: The Kids Are All Right
Who will win: Inception
I just have a bad feeling about this one. I hope I’m wrong.
Best documentary feature
Who should win: Exit Through the Giftshop
Who will win: Inside Job
EXtG was amazing. A Banksy acceptance speech would be potentially mind-blowing. But Inside Job lets Hollywood think it’s super-duper-important, so it’s got a leg up there.
Best animated feature film
Who should win: How to Train Your Dragon
Who will win: Toy Story 3
Not a great showing this year for this category. Toy Story 3 was deeply mediocre, especially by Pixar standards. HtTYD was at least wacky fun.
Achievement in art direction
Who should win: Inception
Who will win: Inception
I think Inception will pick up a lot of the more technical awards and get snubbed in all of the major categories.
Achievement in cinematography
Who should win: Black Swan of The King’s Speech
Who will win: Inception
People seem to thing that CGI, slo-mo and practical gags Kubrick pioneered in the 70s are a revolutionary visual styling.
Achievement in costume design
Who should win: True Grit
Who will win: The Tempest
Not much thought going into this one. Alice in Wonderland shouldn’t win because it was pure CGI rubbish. True Grit had cowboys and I like cowboys. Meh.
Achievement in film editing
Who should win: Black Swan
Who will win: Black Swan
That movie scared the bejeezus out of me. Mostly due to its editing.
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