February 27, 2011

Big, BIG Day (Part 2)

And now, (drumroll) these are my predictions as to who I think will take home the golden statues tonight.

Again, these are who I think WILL win. In several cases, they will not be who I think SHOULD win. That is another multi-hour conversation I'm totally down to have with anyone. Just gimme a call.



* BEST PICTURE: The King’s Speech
Dark Horse: The Social Network

Lead Actor: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
             Dark Horse: NONE 
Lead Actress: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
             Dark Horse: Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (The Fighter)
            Dark Horse: NONE
* Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
            Dark Horse: Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Animated Film: Toy Story 3
            Dark Horse: NONE
* Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland
            Dark Horse: The King’s Speech
Cinematography: Roger Deakins (True Grit)
            Dark Horse: Wally Pfister (Inception)
* Costume Design:  Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
            Dark Horse: Jenny Beaven (The King’s Speech)
Directing: David Fincher (The Social Network)
            Dark Horse: Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Documentary Feature: Inside Job
            Dark Horse: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Documentary Short: Strangers No More
            Dark Horse: Killing In The Name
Film Editing: The Social Network
            Dark Horse: The King’s Speech
Foreign Language Film: In A Better World (Denmark)
            Dark Horse: Biutiful (Mexico)
Make Up: Rick Baker (The Wolfman)
            Dark Horse: Peter Weir (The Way Back)
* Music (Score): The King’s Speech
            Dark Horse: The Social Network
Music (Song): “If I Rise” (127 Hours)
            Dark Horse: “We Belong Together” –Toy Story 3
Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network
            Dark Horse: NONE
Original Screenplay: The King’s Speech
            Dark Horse: Inception
Short (Live Action): Na Wewe
            Dark Horse: Wish 143
Short (Animated): Day & Night
            Dark Horse: The Gruffalo
Sound Editing: Inception
            Dark Horse: The Social Network
Sound Mixing: Inception
            Dark Horse: True Grit
Visual Effects: Inception
            Dark Horse: NONE

 *=These are the categories that I still think are the closest races.

And NONE under Dark Horse means that I think those are pretty much a lock. Besides Colin Firth as Best Actor. That just IS a lock. He was so good.

-AM

6 comments:

  1. I hope exit through the gift shop window wins, I didnt see the one you picked I loved the gift shop window though

    -jv

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  2. i totally want that one to win to, but its got a slim chance

    -am

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  3. dang, also when it comes out wanna watch buitiful together, also id love to watch vicki christina barcelona, which ill call vcb from now on i think, with you
    -jv

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  4. Some of the most amazing predictions ever, the song just got announced and things are crazy how right these are
    -jv

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  5. Thanks JV, I'm proud of 22/24 , but fuck those shorts, especially guy with the fro.

    -am

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