2010 Oscar contest

[Still Servant]

Well, the big night is almost upon us. Since we all love movies here, I thought it might be fun for us to play a little game come Oscar night.

My family and I always try to predict who will win each category. Even if you have no clue and couldn't care less who wins in the animated short film category, just guess anyway.

Remember, this is not about what you want to win. It's what you think is going to win. Although this is a contest, I have nothing to give you but my respect and a high-five.

Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’
‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’
‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’
‘Music by Prudence’
‘Rabbit à la Berlin’



Best Short Film (Animated)
‘French Roast’
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’
‘The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)’
‘Logorama’
‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Door’
‘Instead of Abracadabra’
‘Kavi’
‘Miracle Fish’
‘The New Tenants’

Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’ Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Documentary Feature
‘Burma VJ’
‘The Cove’
‘Food, Inc.’
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
‘Which Way Home’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[Still Servant]

When giving your picks, it should look something like this.

Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’
‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’
‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’
‘Music by Prudence’
‘Rabbit à la Berlin’



Best Short Film (Animated)
‘French Roast’
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’
‘The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)’
‘Logorama’
‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Door’
‘Instead of Abracadabra’
‘Kavi’
‘Miracle Fish’
‘The New Tenants’

Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’ James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’ Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Documentary Feature
‘Burma VJ’
‘The Cove’
‘Food, Inc.’
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
‘Which Way Home’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’ George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’

Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’ Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[turtlex]

SS - Are those your actual picks?!?

[Still Servant]

Yup, you can change them right up until the show starts, but I think I'm pretty happy with these.

[Odetta]

OK, I went pretty randomly... these are my choices


Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’
‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’
‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’
‘Music by Prudence’
‘Rabbit à la Berlin’



Best Short Film (Animated)
‘French Roast’
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’
‘The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)’
‘Logorama’
‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Door’
‘Instead of Abracadabra’
‘Kavi’
‘Miracle Fish’
‘The New Tenants’

Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’ Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’ Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Documentary Feature
‘Burma VJ’
‘The Cove’
‘Food, Inc.’
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
‘Which Way Home’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’

Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[turtlex]

Gonna think on this ... it's tough for me to call them as they WILL win, rather than how they SHOULD win. :lol:

[Heather19]

Excellent, I've been waiting for this thread!
Here are my picks :)

Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’
‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’
‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’
‘Music by Prudence’
‘Rabbit à la Berlin’

Best Short Film (Animated)
‘French Roast’
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’
‘The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)’
‘Logorama’
‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Door’
‘Instead of Abracadabra’
‘Kavi’
‘Miracle Fish’
‘The New Tenants’

Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Documentary Feature
‘Burma VJ’
‘The Cove’
‘Food, Inc.’
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
‘Which Way Home’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[cody44]

Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’
‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’
‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’
‘Music by Prudence’
‘Rabbit à la Berlin’



Best Short Film (Animated)
‘French Roast’
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’
‘The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)’
‘Logorama’
‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Door’
‘Instead of Abracadabra’
‘Kavi’
‘Miracle Fish’
‘The New Tenants’

Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Documentary Feature
‘Burma VJ’
‘The Cove’
‘Food, Inc.’
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
‘Which Way Home’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’

Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[turtlex]

Okay, here's my predictions ... not sure how I'm going to do, since I think I basically disagree with a bunch of these ... but this is how I think it will shake out tomorrow night :

Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’
‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’
‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’
‘Music by Prudence’
‘Rabbit à la Berlin’

Best Short Film (Animated)
‘French Roast’
‘Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty’
‘The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)’
‘Logorama’
‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’

Best Short Film (Live Action)
‘The Door’
‘Instead of Abracadabra’
‘Kavi’
‘Miracle Fish’
‘The New Tenants’

Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’ Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Documentary Feature
‘Burma VJ’
‘The Cove’
‘Food, Inc.’
‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’
‘Which Way Home’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’ George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’

Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[Still Servant]

Get your picks in guys. The show is almost upon up.

I have a baptism today. I hope I'm home on time.:panic:

[Seymour_Glass]

This is more of a "I want to win" than "I think will win"

Best Picture
‘Avatar’
‘The Blind Side’
‘District 9’
‘An Education’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’
‘A Serious Man’
‘Up’
‘Up in the Air’

Best Costume Design
‘Bright Star’
‘Coco Before Chanel’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, ‘The Hurt Locker’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, ‘The Messenger’
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, ‘A Serious Man’
Peter Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, ‘Up’

Best Art Direction
‘Avatar’
‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
‘Nine’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Makeup
‘Il Divo’
‘Star Trek’
‘The Young Victoria’

Best Visual Effects
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘Star Trek’


Best Sound Editing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Up’

Best Sound Mixing
‘Avatar’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Star Trek’
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Best Adapted Screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, ‘District 9’
Nick Hornby, ‘An Education’
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, ‘In the Loop’
Geoffrey Fletcher, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, ‘Up in the Air’

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ‘The Hurt Locker’
James Cameron, ‘Avatar’
Lee Daniels, ‘Precious’
Jason Reitman, ‘Up in the Air’
Quentin Tarantino, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, ‘Crazy Heart’
George Clooney, ‘Up in the Air’
Colin Firth, ‘A Single Man’
Morgan Freeman, ‘Invictus’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Hurt Locker’

Best Original Score
‘Avatar’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Sherlock Holmes’
‘Up’

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’
Helen Mirren, ‘The Last Station’
Carey Mulligan, ‘An Education’
Gabourey Sidibe, ‘Precious’
Meryl Streep, ‘Julie & Julia’

Best Original Song
‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Down in New Orleans’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
‘Loin de Paname’ from ‘Paris 36,’ Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
‘Take It All’ from ‘Nine,’ Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
‘The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)’ from ‘Crazy Heart,’ Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, ‘Invictus’
Woody Harrelson, ‘The Messenger’
Christopher Plummer, ‘The Last Station’
Stanley Tucci, ‘The Lovely Bones’
Christoph Waltz, ‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, ‘Nine’
Vera Farmiga, ‘Up in the Air’
Maggie Gyllenhaal, ‘Crazy Heart’
Anna Kendrick, ‘Up in the Air’
Mo’nique, ‘Precious’

Best Film Editing
‘Avatar’
‘District 9’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘Precious’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Coraline’
‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’
‘The Princess and the Frog’
‘The Secret of Kells’
‘Up’

Best Cinematography
‘Avatar’
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
‘The Hurt Locker’
‘Inglourious Basterds’
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Foreign Film
Israel - ‘Ajami’
Argentina - ‘El Secreto de sus Ojos’
Peru - ‘The Milk of Sorrow’
France - ‘Un Prophete’
Germany - ‘The White Ribbon’

[Still Servant]

Congratulations to Heather. She won the 2010 Academy Award contest. Please accept this high-five.

*high-fives Heather*

In case you were wondering, here are the rest of the scores:

Heather - 15
Servant - 14
Turtlex - 14
Cody - 8
Seymour - 8
Odetta - 4

I hope everybody enjoyed the show. I thought it was pretty boring. I know that's kind of what people always say about the show. I still enjoyed it, but I think the lack of surprises in the big categories was a problem. There was no suspense.

Also, as the night went on, it became clear that Hurt Locker was going to take best picture and Bigelow for best director.

The only surprises came in some of the other awards. I was surprised White Ribbon didn't win and I was also surprised with both screenplay awards. Neither went to the favorite.

I also thought Baldwin and Martin did a nice job. I've never been a big Steve Martin fan, but I thought they both had great chemistry together. I just wish they were used more.

My other problem with Oscar night is something I've always hated. I think Oscar night should be a celebration of all films from that year, not just the ones that are nominated. Last year they did a nice job incorporating this with montages. It was missing this year, and I think that's too bad.

Anyway, I still enjoyed the show. I hope everybody else did too.

[Heather19]

Yay :rock:

I thought the show last night was really good. There really wasn't any surprise concerning the big categories, but there were some in the smaller ones. I was shocked that The White Ribbon didn't win. I thought for sure that would get it. And the screenplays also surprised me. And Avatar winning cinematography?!

[turtlex]

Heather!!! Congrats!!!!

[Melike]

Yay :rock:

I thought the show last night was really good. There really wasn't any surprise concerning the big categories, but there were some in the smaller ones. I was shocked that The White Ribbon didn't win. I thought for sure that would get it. And the screenplays also surprised me. And Avatar winning cinematography?!

Heather, have you seen El Secreto de sus Ojos? I really love Haneke's works but my favorite was this.
Second that. <_<

[Heather19]

No, but I'm dying to see it now. Hopefully they'll release the dvd soon.

[Seymour_Glass]

Yay :rock:

I thought the show last night was really good. There really wasn't any surprise concerning the big categories, but there were some in the smaller ones. I was shocked that The White Ribbon didn't win. I thought for sure that would get it. And the screenplays also surprised me. And Avatar winning cinematography?!

Heather, have you seen El Secreto de sus Ojos? I really love Haneke's works but my favorite was this.
Second that. <_<

Because pointing a camera at a bluescreen is deserving of an award, over actually photographing actual things.

[Still Servant]

Yay :rock:

I thought the show last night was really good. There really wasn't any surprise concerning the big categories, but there were some in the smaller ones. I was shocked that The White Ribbon didn't win. I thought for sure that would get it. And the screenplays also surprised me. And Avatar winning cinematography?!

Heather, have you seen El Secreto de sus Ojos? I really love Haneke's works but my favorite was this.
Second that. <_<

Because pointing a camera at a bluescreen is deserving of an award, over actually photographing actual things.

I didn't understand how Avatar could win best cinematography. Sure, there's some cinematography going on in the film, but there's a lot of CG too. I was really surprised by that.