Category: Oscars

Oscar Guesses 2011

Apparently, the only blogging I do is this post once a year…

I was going to put my second choices in (these things that are not brackets) but after looking at the list, my second choice is the nominee was always The Social Network or The King’s Speech (whichever I didn’t have as the winner) and when that’s not an option it will be Inception or True Grit.
Best Picture – The Social Network no -> The King’s Speech
Best Animated Feature – Toy Story 3 yes
Best Director – David Fincher no -> The King’s Speech
Best Actor – Colin Firth yes
Best Actress – Natalie Portman yes
Best Supporting Actor – Christian Bale yes
Best Supporting Actress – Hailey Steinfeld no -> Melissa Leo
Best Original Screenplay – King’s Speech yes
Best Adapted Screenplay – Social Network yes
Best Original Song – Toy Story 3 yes
Best Original Score – Trent Reznor yes
Best Editing – Social Network yes
Best Cinematography – Inception (True Grit) yes
Best Art Direction – Alice in Wonderland yes
Best Costume Design – King’s Speech no (Alice in Wonderland)
Best Makeup – The Wolfman yes
Best Sound Mixing – Inception yes
Best Sound Editing – Inception yes
Best Visual Effects – Inception yes

I’ll update this post with winners once it’s over.

Oscar Guesses 2010

Just a quick post with my guesses for this year…

Best Picture – Avatar no -> Hurt Locker
Best Animated Feature – Up yes
Best Director – The Hurt Locker yes
Best Actor – Jeff Bridges yes
Best Actress – Sandra Bullock yes
Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz yes
Best Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique yes
Best Original Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds no -> Hurt Locker
Best Adapted Screenplay – Up in the Air no -> Precious
Best Original Score – Up yes
Best Original Song – Crazy Heart yes
Best Editing – The Hurt Locker yes
Best Cinematography – The Hurt Locker no -> Avatar
Best Art Direction – Avatar yes
Best Costume Design – The Young Victoria yes
Best Makeup – Star Trek yes
Best Sound Mixing – Avatar no -> Hurt Locker
Best Sound Editing – Avatar no -> Hurt Locker
Best Visual Effects – Avatar yes

I’ll update this post with winners once it’s over.

Another Oscar Day Done.

How’d I do?

Alright.

The show started with Supporting Actress and they didn’t show any clips. They really ticked me off. You want to see the best example of their work in the film. Anyway, I didn’t watch any of these. For the other seventeen…

Winner me:

Original Screenplay – Milk
Art Direction – Ben Button
Costume Design – Dutchess
Makeup – Ben Button
Visual Effects – Ben Button
Sound Editing – Dark Knight
Actress – Kate Winslet

Lose:

Adapted Screenplay Skumdog won over Ben.
Animated Feature I was wrong… Wall-E beat Panda.
Cinematography, apparently a dog is better than some buttons.
Sound Mixing I had Dark Knight, and Skummy McSkum took it.
Supporting Actor: Heath won, as he should have… but Robert would have been awesome.
Score another win for the Slums, not Button.
Director was taken again by a Millionaire that is sweeping Ben out of the way.
Actor Sean did a really great job and I did not expect him to beat Frank.
Best Picture… meh.

Editing. Yes editing. Slumdog Millionaire was a film that was very well edited. I don’t want any mistake on that point. I have not lost faith in Oscar this time. There were five amazing choices for editing this year, and deserved to win. I let my emotions overpower my critical thinking. This film was a journey, and one that I have to admit was very, very smooth. For it is only when the ride is bumpy that we can see that the editing is bad. It was a good ride.