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
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 Wonderland
My 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: Inception
My 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 World
Best 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: Inception
Sound Editing: Inception
Documentary Feature: Inside Job
My Prediction: Gasland, okay I admitted I hadn't seen any of these movies... even the trailers.
Visual Effects: Inception
Film Editing: The Social Network
Best 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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