Academy Awards Predictions

[Joda]

Who actually gets geeky about this? Probably just me, but oh well. Here are my projections for winners.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)


Performance by an actress in a leading role
Ellen Page in "Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)


Best animated feature film of the year
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney)


Achievement in art direction
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"


Achievement in cinematography
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins


Achievement in costume design
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"


Achievement in directing
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen


Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs


Best documentary short subject
"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley


Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse


Best foreign language film of the year
"12" Russia


Achievement in makeup
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz


Best motion picture of the year
"Juno"


Best animated short film
"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films)


Best live action short film
"The Tonto Woman"


Achievement in sound editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal):


Achievement in sound mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal)


Achievement in visual effects
"Transformers"


Adapted screenplay
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen


Original screenplay
"Juno"

[cheatingtheman]

I used to get real jazzed up about the awards but last year was so dull for film and I found myself, for the first time ever, relishing the dumb brainless action and horror romps. It took me back to being younger when Dances With Wolves was the first film I genuinely cared for winning an award. Before that the Oscars was a stuffy suit show for films that flat-out did not interest me whilst various assorted famous people ego-stroked their peers. Then in my adult life I began getting aquainted with previous oscar winners and began to show care for the nominees. After watching performances that I thought broke the benchmark (Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets) fail to win I started to see the political side of the show.

Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine - THE best performance of the year. At least she was nominated.

-Where was a nod for Napoleon Dynamite as best film?

-Jim Carrey for the Truman Show - ingnored.

-Ben Affleck for his portrayal of George Reeves in Hollywoodland.

Jon Stewart hosting is the only reason I watched last year.

[Westcroft]

Best Film
No Country for Old Men

Best Director
Coen Bros (last year Scorsese got his, now it's the brothers' turn)

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem


Best Actress
Julie Christie


Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton

Best Adapted screenplay
"No Country for Old Men"


Best Original screenplay
"Juno"

Best Art Direction
Sweeney Todd (the academy always go with the more lavish production)

Best cinematography
There Will Be Blood (When that boy was laying on the roof near the oil rig, you could just tell something was going to happen)

Best film editing
No Country (it usually matches film editing)

Best Original score
Atonement

Best Original Song
"Falling Slowly" from Once


Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight"

Best documentary short subject
Freeheld

Best foreign language film
The Counterfeiters

Best animated film
"Ratatouille"

Best animated short film
I met the walrus

Best live action short film
Tanghi Argentini

Best costume design
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Best Make-Up
La Vie En Rose  (making a 32 year old 19 and then up to 47 was a task.)

Best visual effects
"Transformers" (although I hated the movie... it was visually up to par... Pirates might take it even though)

Best sound mixing
Transformers (this is just to give 20-time nominee Kevin O'Connell his first win)

Best sound editing
It usually goes to whoever wins Sound Mixing... so Transformer                               

[cheatingtheman]

Juno won't win! It's too quirky, cute and amazing! My favourite film of the year. My love is a jinx.

[Westcroft]

My predictions are based on my own choices and from a bunch of Oscar predictions I read... Juno's pretty high up there in odds for Best Original Screenplay.

[cheatingtheman]

I'll cross my fingers. Oh Ellen Page... you minx.

[Saftster]

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

As cute and catchy as that song is I think out of all the Enchanted songs that got nominated for the oscars it's probaly going to go to "That's how you know" seriously, that song gets stuck in your head for days on end. I'm just sad that "True Love's Kiss" didn't get a nomination. <- Big Disney/Enchanted/Alan Menken geek.

[Joda]

I am just to the point that as long as Enchanted gets a win, I'll be happy.

[Westcroft]

Whoohoo No Country, baby! I'm happy to see Daniel take home the Best Actor award as well.

[Saftster]

God Kristen Chenoweth.... Did you HAVE to rape my favourite song from Enchanted? T~T

[cheatingtheman]

I can think of better things she should rape.

[Joda]

I am a bit shocked at some of the winners.. I think the only reason Page didn't win was because of her age.