Your Academy Awards Picks for March 7, 2010

[nats2playoffs]

For tonight's Academy Awards who do YOU say:
(a) WILL win, and (b) SHOULD win if YOU alone made the choice?  
You can just do one of those, if you want.  Or none...

Best Picture
Best Actor, Nominees:
   A Single Man (2009) - Colin Firth
   Crazy Heart (2009) - Jeff Bridges (I)
   Invictus (2009) - Morgan Freeman (I)
   The Hurt Locker (2008) - Jeremy Renner
   Up in the Air (2009/I) - George Clooney
Best Actress, Nominees:
   An Education (2009) - Carey Mulligan
   Julie & Julia (2009) - Meryl Streep
   Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Gabourey Sidibe
   The Blind Side (2009) - Sandra Bullock
   The Last Station (2009) - Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actor, Nominees:
   Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Christoph Waltz
   Invictus (2009) - Matt Damon
   The Last Station (2009) - Christopher Plummer
   The Lovely Bones (2009) - Stanley Tucci
   The Messenger (2009/I) - Woody Harrelson
Best Supporting Actress, Nominees:
   Crazy Heart (2009) - Maggie Gyllenhaal
   Nine (2009) - Penélope Cruz
   Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Mo'Nique
   Up in the Air (2009/I) - Vera Farmiga
   Up in the Air (2009/I) - Anna Kendrick
Best Director, Nominees:
   Avatar (2009) - James Cameron (I)
   Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Quentin Tarantino
   Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Lee Daniels (I)
   The Hurt Locker (2008) - Kathryn Bigelow
   Up in the Air (2009/I) - Jason Reitman
Best Original Screenplay, Nominees:
   A Serious Man (2009) - Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
   Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Quentin Tarantino
   The Hurt Locker (2008) - Mark Boal
   The Messenger (2009/I) - Alessandro Camon; Oren Moverman
   Up (2009) - Bob Peterson (III) (screenplay/story); Pete Docter (screenplay/story); Thomas McCarthy (I) (story)
Best Adapted Screenplay, Nominees:
   An Education (2009) - Nick Hornby
   District 9 (2009) - Neill Blomkamp; Terri Tatchell
   In the Loop (2009) - Jesse Armstrong (I); Simon Blackwell; Armando Iannucci; Tony Roche
   Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Geoffrey Fletcher
   Up in the Air (2009/I) - Jason Reitman; Sheldon Turner
Best CinematographyNominees:
   Avatar (2009) - Mauro Fiore
   Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009) - Christian Berger
   Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - Bruno Delbonnel
   Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Robert Richardson
   The Hurt Locker (2008) - Barry Ackroyd
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Makeup
Best Original Song
Best Original Score

We can ignore the other categories (animated and short films), unless you want to guess at those (and you may guess or skip any above.) The nominees can found here:
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/2010



 

[ronnynat]

Inglourious Basterds for BP. I saw all of them except for Avatar and Precious.

Best Actor - Jeremy Renner

[Minty Fresh]

I'm betting James Cameron has bought another Academy Award.

[nats2playoffs]

I'm betting James Cameron has bought another Academy Award.

All the members of the Academy who got paid to work on that film will vote for him, as well as anyone in the industry who wants producers to spend LOT$ of money, and take LOT$ of time, making films.  Worked for Titanic.

I say that George Clooney will upset Jeff Bridges for Best Actor, and that Up in the Air will win the screenplay award in its category.  Kathryn Bigalow could upset Cameron in the Best Director category, since a woman has never won.  (Not sure if she's the first woman even nominated.)

 

[houston-nat]

Kathryn Bigelow is I think the 3rd woman nominated. She WILL be the first to win - every other director seems to be in awe of her achievement. Jason Reitman in an interview seemed to just be amazed at how well-directed Hurt Locker was.

My personal pick would be Hurt Locker.

[cmdterps44]

I choose Hurt Locker as well. I'm glad Jeremy Renner is nominated for best actor. I hope he gets better roles in the future. I mean 28 weeks later isn't much of an achievement but he was really awesome in that movie as well.

[PatsNats28]

James Cameron used to be married to her.