So, just after the nominations were announced I wrote (at length) about who I thought would reign supreme in each catagory. Not much has changed over the last month, apart from I’ve now seen ‘Crazy Heart’ twice and am fully in love with its soundtrack. I have also re-watched ‘Precious’, arthoused it for ‘Un Prophete’ and treated my parents to some great performances in ‘Invictus’. During this period, there have also been many an award ceremony and many a controversy (ie. naughty ‘Hurt Locker’ producers). Needless to say, ‘The Hurt Locker’ has picked up pace winning big at the BAFTAs and (impressively) at the DGAs. ‘Basterds’ winning at the SAGs may have shaken things up a big, but only slightly. At best, it will mean a screenplay win for Tarantino.
Before I get too carried away chatting Oscar, I thought I would pitch in with my final predictions. Alongside my actual prediction you will find an alternate winner as well as who I would personally prefer to take home gold.
I hope you all are able to enjoy the ceremony tonight, and if anyone is online I will be Twittering the whole shabang alongside thisfilmison.com's Owen Nicholls from 0100GMT at www.twitter.com/htimsttam
Without further ado:
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Jeff Bridges in ‘Crazy Heart’
Alt: Colin Firth in ‘A Single Man’
My Pick: Jeff Bridges in ‘Crazy Heart’
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christoph Waltz in ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alt: None
My Pick: Christoph Waltz in ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Sandra Bullock in ‘The Blind Side’
Alt: Gabby Sidibe in ‘Precious’
My Pick: Carey Mulligan in ‘An Education’
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Mo’Nique in ‘Precious’
Alt: None
My Pick: Mo’Nique in ‘Precious’
Animated Feature Film
Winner: ‘Up’
Alt: ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
My Pick: ‘Up’
Art Direction
Winner: ‘Avatar’
Alt: ‘Sherlock Holmes’
My Pick: ‘Avatar’
Cinematography
Winner: ‘Avatar’
Alt: ‘The Hurt Locker’
My Pick: ‘The White Ribbon’
Costume Design
Winner: ‘The Young Victoria’
Alt: ‘Coco Avant Chanel’
My Pick: ‘Bright Star’
Directing
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow for ‘The Hurt Locker’
Alt: James Cameron for ‘Avatar’
My Pick: Kathryn Bigelow for ‘The Hurt Locker’
Documentary Feature
Winner: ‘The Cove’
Alt: ‘Food Inc.’
My Pick: ‘Food Inc.’
Editing
Winner: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Alt: ‘District 9′
My Pick: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Foreign Language Film
Winner: ‘Un Prophete’
Alt: ‘The White Ribbon’
My Pick: ‘The White Ribbon’
Make-Up
Winner: ‘The Young Victoria’
Alt: ‘Star Trek’
My Pick: ‘The Young Victoria’
Original Score
Winner: Michael Giacchino for ‘Up’
Alt: Hans Zimmer for ‘Sherlock Holmes’
My Pick: Michael Giacchino for ‘Up’
Original Song
Winner: ‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart’ by T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham
Alt: ‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog’ by Randy Newman
My Pick: ‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart’ by T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham
Best Picture
Winner: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Alt: ‘Inglourious Basterds’
My Pick: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Short Film (Animated)
Winner: ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’
Alt: ‘Logorama’
My Pick: ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’
Sound Editing
Winner: ‘Avatar’
Alt: ‘Star Trek’
My Pick: ‘Avatar’
Sound Mixing
Winner: ‘The Hurt Locker’
Alt: ‘Inglourious Basterds’
My Pick: ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Visual Effects
Winner: ‘Avatar’
Alt: ‘District 9′
My Pick: ‘Avatar’
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner: ‘Inglourious Basterds’ by Quentin Tarantino
Alt: ‘The Hurt Locker’ by Mark Boal
My Pick: ‘Inglourious Basterds’ by Quentin Tarantino
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner: ‘Up in the Air’ by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Alt: ‘In The Loop’ by Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Tony Roche and Simon Blackwell
My Pick: ‘Up in the Air’ by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Well, there you have it folks. That is EXACTLY what is going to happen. Feel free to post your thoughts and predictions in the replies! If there are upsets to be had, for the life of me I can’t figure out where. Unless Jeremy Renner wins Best Actor and Christoph Waltz walks away empty handed (haha, like that would ever happen), I’d say it’s going to be a fairly straight forward affair! COME ON HURT LOCKER!!
