Here are the 83rd Academy Award Winers in the order it went down on the show... at leas the ones I was willing to bet my honor on.
Art Direction:Alice In WonderlandMy Prediction: The King's Speech, okay so I got one wrong, but does this category really matter to anyone who's not an art director?
Cinematography:InceptionMy Prediction:The Social Network, I have to say I probably dropped the ball on this prediction, but they're totally different styles and I'm eating my words so there!
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo
She dropped the F-bomb at the Oscars! Not Kla$$y.
Best Animated Feature:Toy Story 3
Consolation prize.
Adapted Screenplay:The Social Network
Done...
Original Screenplay:The King's Speech
and done.
Best Foreign Language Film:In A Better WorldBest Supporting Actor:Christian Bale
Prime time free advertising for an ex-crack addict's boxing gym!
Best Original Score:The Social Network
Long live rock n' roll!
Sound Mixing:InceptionSound Editing:InceptionDocumentary Feature: Inside Job My Prediction:Gasland, okay I admitted I hadn't seen any of these movies... even the trailers.
Visual Effects:InceptionFilm Editing:The Social NetworkBest Original Song:Toy Story 3 My Prediction:Country Strong, not really a real predication more of a pipe dream.
Best Director: Tom Hooper
My Prediction: David Fincher, as soon as Tom Hooper's name was announced I knew The Social Network had a shot in hell of winning Best Picture.
Best Actress: Natalie Portman
Best Actor: Colin Firth
Best Picture: The King's Speech My Prediction:The Social Network, as I said in my predictions post, the safe bet would be The King's Speech, it's a very Oscars movie. And while I'm not upset at all about the outcome of this, I chose to go with the more risky prediction with The Social Network because the Oscars were going in a younger direction but leave it to the oldies to go with the predictable pick. C'est la vie. Regardless it was a great year in film and a bearable Oscars... and that's really all I could ever ask for.
My Score: 12/18
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Okay, so here we are. A few weeks away from The 83rd Annual Academy Awards, set to air on Sunday, February 27th at 8/9c. And here I am, over 10 movies deep and overwhelmingly happy with the turnaround from last year's shit-tastic movie turnout. I would just like to take a moment to thank the producers, directors and writers of the world for stepping it up. We all took a hit having to deal with fuckingAvatar (it's one word) last year and I'm just glad that we won't have to go through that again... until the sequel comes out that is... but if all goes according to plan, James Cameron should be walking into my net trap in 3..2..1
Anyway... here are my Oscar Predictions! I thought long and hard about them, so I hope you appreciate all the work I put into this... even though I know you won't!
Follow hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco into the land of the unknown!The 83rd Annual Academy Awards Predictions MissBleecker Style!!!The Big FiveActor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
My Prediction: While I did l<3ve Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of Satan I'm going to have to go with the favorite (and only man whose name does not begin with a "J") in this category, Colin Firth. It's about time Colin got some recognition and there's no better way to win an award than stuttering, cursing like a sailor and filling your mouth with balls! Colin will and should win, but that was a give in...
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
My Choice: I should say that Annette Bening is my role model for life, but I don't think she should win. I'm sure Nicole Kidman does a great job of trying to make her face emote, but she shouldn't win. However, Jenny Lawrence was awesome at getting her face kicked in and Michelle Williams did an excellent job at faking it, and I would be happy if either of these bitches won... but they won't.
My Prediction: Natalie Portman will win (even though she shouldn't.) But she's having a baby and she's taking time off acting so I guess she should get a prize. Also, she's engaged to the ballerino from "Black Swan," not married, not sure if this means the Oscars Curse doesn't apply to her or not. Either way, I don't see their relationship lasting very long. I mean, he's French for crying out loud!
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter's Bone”
My Prediction: Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network," that's it, wrap it up, it was beautiful. I would literally trade my first born child to be able to write as well as this man. Rumpelstiltskin, where you at?
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King's Speech”
My Choice: As a would-be screenwriter I knows that there's a lot more that goes into great writing than dialogue and I'm sorry but "Inception" was just yummy. The concept, the storylines, the detail that went into that script was impeccable, and while the characters were a wee bit underdeveloped, they weren't based on real people and who really cares about character arc when you're 5 layers down? Am I right?
My Prediction: "The King's Speech." Whatever.
Directing
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
My Choice: I'm still really upset that Chrissy Nolan wasn't nominated. 🙁
My Prediction: David Fincher for "The Social Network." No one else really has a chance.
Best Picture
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King's Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter's Bone"
My Prediction: Okay here's where things get interesting. A lot of these awards are very predictable and if the Crash fiasco of 2006 taught us anything, it's that the Oscars do not like to be considered predictable. So I'm gonna break it down for you right now! "Black Swan," too dark and leaves you with a bad taste of "huh?" in your mouth. "The Fighter" while good, is just another boxing movie that isn't "Raging Bull." "Inception," too conceptual and apparently the Academy hates Christopher Nolan. "The Kids Are All Right," too funny and lesbian-y. "127 Hours," HA! "Toy Story 3," it's animated. "True Grit," it's a western and a re-make. "Winter's Bone," let's face it, the Academy was just throwing the indie film a bone (pun intended).
Now that leaves me with two, The Globes sided with "The Social Network" while SAG picked "The King's Speech." What the Academy usually does is award best picture to the best screenplay and best director winner, but as my predictions say, screenplay is split since the films are in different writing categories. David Fincher would win over Tom Hooper any day because he's just a better director, so it leaves me a little split. I do believe the safe choice would be "The King's Speech," however, I'm not one to play it safe and I'm willing to take a gamble and predict "The Social Network" as the winner. The Oscars are trying to reach to a younger audience this year, with hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco and I think they're going to side with the younger, more popular choice in "The Social Network."
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Let's talk Oscar Nominations! The front-runner in the race this year is, no surprise here, The King's Speech with 12 nominations (that's 1 shy of a baker's dozen!) The Coen Brother's hog the awards, yet again, with 10 nominations for their western True Grit. And two of my favorite films this year, The Social Network and *am I dreaming?* Inception come in third with 8 nominations each. I have to say, I'm super happy with this year's selection. Not only was it a great year for film but Avatar was not nominated! So even if my least favorite film wins Best Picture (I'm looking at you 127 Hours) I still won't want to gauge my eyes out and puncture my ear drums for fear of hearing James Cameron make, yet another, douchey acceptance speech! You're not the king of anything asshole!
Anyway... here's how my predictions did! (Bolded films are nominated)
Best PictureInception
Toy Story 3
The King's Speech
True Grit
Black Swan
The Social Network
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone
127 Hours10/10 - Yeah right, Like The Town was ever in the running!
Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
David O. Russell - The Fighter4/5 Missed True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Poor Chrissy Nolan can't catch a break. With The Dark Knight being snubbed for the major awards in 2009, he doesn't get a director's nod in 2011 either. *Sad face emoticon* Not that the other directors don't deserve to be in the running but I think with the Coen Brothers already sharing 4 Oscars, they could show poor Chrissy some sympathy.
Best Original ScreenplayChristopher Nolan - Inception
David Seidler - The King's Speech
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin - Black Swan
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right
Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy - The Fighter4/5 Missed Another Year - Mike Leigh
It wouldn't be the Academy if they didn't shake things up and throw a bone to a little international indie film. It won't win, but it's a polite nomination.
Best Adapted ScreenplayAaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - True Grit
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone
David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole
Dark Horse: Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 34/5 - My dark horse selection actually made it into this category. Good for you Toy Story 3! It's very rare that an animated feature gets nominated for anything other than animated feature!
Best ActorJesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
4/5 Missed Javier Bardem in - Biutiful
2008's best actor winner and baby daddy of Academy Award Winner Penelope Cruz's fetus sneaks into the ranks with his foreign language film.
Best ActressNicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right5/5Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone5/5Best Supporting ActressAmy Adams - The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech4/5 Missed Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
To be honest I hadn't heard of Animal Kingdom, accept that it got Jacki Weaver a SAG nod. I don't want to say I'm surprised that Mila wasn't nominated; while her *cough* (oral) *cough* performance was good, it certainly wasn't Oscar worthy. However, the biggest indication that Mila would have been nominated for the Oscar were her nominations in the same category for both Golden Globes and SAG, they're usually not that off.
I did fairly well if I don't say so myself, 40/45 correct predictions! Give me the weekend to catch up on the films and I'll have my full winners prediction list by Monday! You'll be swimming in your office Oscar pool!
Check out the full list of nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards!
It's almost time for Mo'Nique to announce the 2011 Oscar Nominations! And while all the agents, publicists and managwhores will eagerly await the announcement tomorrow, Jan 25th at 5:30AM Hollywoodland Time, I will still be sleeping, knowing that I already knew who was going to get a nod. Here are my predictions for The Big Five, aka the only awards that really matter to anyone.
Best Picture
Inception
Toy Story 3
The King's Speech
True Grit
Black Swan
The Social Network
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone
127 Hours
Dark Horse: Rabbit Hole
Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
David O. Russell - The Fighter
Dark Horse: Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Best Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David Seidler - The King's Speech
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin - Black Swan
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right
Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy - The Fighter
Dark Horse: Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne - Blue Valentine
Best Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - True Grit
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone
David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole
Dark Horse: Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 3
Best Actor
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Dark Horse: Tie between Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter or Paul Giamatti – Barney's Version
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Dark Horse: Hilary Swank - Conviction
And here's a couple for the road that kind of matter too. (I'm less attached to these predictions.)
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
Dark Horse: Armie Hammer - The Social Network
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Dark Horse: Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right