February 24, 2011

Oscar 2011: Predictions, Picks, and Wishes

Last year I did in depth columns on all the categories. I enjoyed doing it, but I just did not have the time this year. This Year, I am going to do it the easy way. I will present you with each category followed by a clip/trailer of my pick to win, who I want to win, and where applicable of a film I feel should have been nominated in that category (not necessarily who I would choose to win, but would have wanted nominated). Sound Good? Of course it does. Granted, I don't know anyone interested in my picks, but here they are for posterity. (sorry for the repetitious Inception clips, most had embedding disabled)



Best Picture:


Winner: The King's Speech


My Pick: Black Swan


Overlooked: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World



Actor in a Leading Role:


Winner: Colin Firth


My Pick: Jeff Bridges


Overlooked: Ryan Reynolds



Actor in a Supporting Role:


Winner/My Pick: Christian Bale


Overlooked: Vincent Cassel



Actress in a Leading Role:


Winner/My Pick: Natalie Portman


Overlooked: Noomi Rapace (not sure of eligibility)



Actress in a Supporting Role:


Winner: Melissa Leo


My Pick: Hailee Steinfeld


Overlooked: Chloe Moretz



Animated Feature Film:


Winner/My Pick: Toy Story 3


Art Direction:


Winner: The King's Speech


My Pick: Inception


Overlooked: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World



Cinematography:


Winner: The Social Network


My Pick: Inception


Overlooked: Shutter Island



Costume Design:


Winner/My Pick: Alice in Wonderland


Overlooked: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World



Directing:


Winner: Tom Hooper


My Pick: Darren Aronofsky


Overlooked: Edgar Wright



Documentary Feature: I have not seen enough of these or docs in general to make a real guess... but:

My Pick: Exit Through the Gift Shop


Documentary Short Subject: I have seen none of these.

My Pick: The Warriors of Quigang


Film Editing:


Winner: The Social Network


My Pick: Black Swan


Overlooked: Inception



Foreign Language Film: I haven't seen any of these, I am a bad person.

Winner: Biutiful


My Pick: Dogtooth


Makeup:


Winner/My Pick: The Wolfman


Music (Original Score):


Winner/My Pick: Inception


Overlooked: Frozen



Music (Original Song):


Winner: "We Belong Together" Toy Story 3


My Pick: "I See the Light" Tangled



Short Film (Animated): Only seen one of these.


Winner: Madagascar,  carnet de voyage


My Pick: Day and Night


Short Film (Live Action): Have seen none of these.

Winner: The Confession


Sound Editing: 


My Pick/Winner: Inception


Sound Mixing:


My Pick/Winner: Inception


Visual Effects:


Winner/My Pick: Inception


Writing (Adapted Screenplay):


Winner/My Pick: The Social Network


Overlooked: Never Let Me Go



Writing (Original Screenplay):


Winner: The King's Speech


My Pick: Inception


Overlooked: Black Swan



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