Oscar Lovers Predictions

[misspt]

Are there any Oscar lovers out there? If so, what are your Oscar predictions? I'm all for the King's Speech. I guess I am getting too old to appreciate The Social Network, but I am stumped on the Lead Actress Category. Anybody care to discuss? The Nominees:

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'

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

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

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

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams
'The Fighter'
Helena Bonham Carter
'The King's Speech'
Melissa Leo
'The Fighter'
Hailee Steinfeld
'True Grit'
Jacki Weaver
'Animal Kingdom'

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

Best Foreign Language Film
'Biutiful'
Mexico
'Dogtooth'
Greece
'In a Better World'
Denmark
'Incendies'
Canada
'Outside the law'
Algeria

Best Film Editing
'Black Swan'
Andrew Weisblum
'The Fighter'
Pamela Martin
'The King's Speech'
Tariq Anwar
'127 Hours'
Jon Harris
'The Social Network'
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter

Best Documentary Feature
'Exit Through the Gift Shop'
'Gasland'
'Inside Job'
'Restrepo'
'Waste Land'
Best Animated Feature Film
'How to Train Your Dragon'
'Illusionist'
'Toy Story 3'

Best Visual Effects
'Alice in Wonderland'
Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas & Sean Phillips
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1'
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz & Nicolas Aithadi
'Hereafter'
Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski & Joe Farrell
'Inception'
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley & Peter Bebb
'Iron Man 2'
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright & Daniel Sudick

Best Original Song
'Coming Home' from 'Country Strong'
Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
'I See the Light' from 'Tangled'
Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
'If I Rise' from '127 Hours'
Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
'We Belong Together' from 'Toy Story 3'
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

[dividend]

If Geoffrey Rush doesn't win best supporting actor, it will be a crime. That was an awesome performance.

[Deleted]

I'd go with Michelle Williams for Actress. Natalie Portman will get an Oscar one day, but not for this movie.

I suspect Coming Home will get it for song. Surely Randy Newman doesn't have any more shelf space, and they'll want to make sure that Gwen Paltrow shows up.

I thought everything about The King's Speech was amazing, so I hope they clean up.

[misspt]

Jan 26, 2011 18:17:34 GMT -5 dividend said:

If Geoffrey Rush doesn't win best supporting actor, it will be a crime. That was an awesome performance.

It will be! I think he will win, even with all the press cheering for Christian Bale.

[misspt]

Jan 26, 2011 18:53:54 GMT -5 @craftysarah said:

I'd go with Michelle Williams for Actress. Natalie Portman will get an Oscar one day, but not for this movie.

I suspect Coming Home will get it for song. Surely Randy Newman doesn't have any more shelf space, and they'll want to make sure that Gwen Paltrow shows up.

I thought everything about The King's Speech was amazing, so I hope they clean up.

I am considering Annette Benning for the Best Actress. The Academy gets sentimental sometimes, and I think they will look at actresses like Portman and Williams and see further opportunities for them to win. I could be wrong, but look at all the analysis of John Wayne's win for "True Grit" back in the day.

[HappyCat]

Colin Firth gets my vote! He can have ALL my votes! *swoon*

[dragon2008]

Loved the King's Speech - hope it sweeps! Although Helena Bonham Carter's performance should have been for Best Actress.

[misspt]

Jan 27, 2011 18:20:03 GMT -5 dragon2008 said:

Loved the King's Speech - hope it sweeps! Although Helena Bonham Carter's performance should have been for Best Actress.

Yes, I thought that was an interesting snub, especially when they included Nicole Kidman over her.

[alphayankee]

I think Rush will have a hard time beating out Christian Bale. He was utterly compelling in a not very comfortable way in The Fighter. Those type of visceral performances usually win.

I too think Annette Bening will win Best Actress. Williams had by far the better performance, but the Academy can be very old fashioned and Bening is more with the "in" crowd than Williams.

[dragon2008]

It's all about the bedroom scene.... Poor Williams. Not because I thought it was great, but I'm betting Portman walks away with Oscar.

[redwagon]

I think the Kings Speech for Best Picture, Christopher Nolan will win screenplay since he wasn't nominated for director, toy story 3 will get animated, colin firth for kings speech, natalie portman for black swan.

I haven't actually seen ANY of them, and am planning to do so the two weekends before the Oscars (the 19th and 26th) at AMC's Best Picture Showcase (http://www.amctheatres.com/bps/). $60 for ten movies! I've done it the last four years and it's a blast (used to be 5 movies, of course). Then I'lll get back to you with my non-political guesses and who I think SHOULD win as opposed to who WILL win

[misspt]

"Then I'lll get back to you with my non-political guesses and who I think SHOULD win as opposed to who WILL win"

This is what makes the guessing so much fun!! However, the should-wins take all of the drama out of the rewards, and you know Hollywood, they love them some drama..........