Tuesday 1 December 2009

Obscenely Early Oscar Predictions


Given that the number of potential best picture nominees has gone up from five to ten. Almost every conceivable film that could get nominated will get nominated. So without due consideration here's what I expect the main categories to look like. PS. If Avatar is any way good, it has a shot at the tenth spot.

Best Picture:
Nine
Up
Up in The Air
A Serious Man
The Lovely Bones
The Hurt Locker
Precious
An Education
Coraline
Invictus

Best Director:
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Rob Marshall, Nine
Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones
Jason Reitman, Up in the air
Clint Eastwood, Invictus

Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
George Clooney, Up in the air
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Best Supporting Actor:
Christophe Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Matt Damon, Invictus

Best Supporting Actress:
Judi Dench, Nine
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Anna Kendrick, Up in The Air
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Susan Sarandon, The Lovely Bones

Not all what I hope mind, but what I think.

2 comments:

MrJeffery said...

Good predictions. Though I'm not sold on The Lovely Bones yet.

Louis Baxter said...

I think it might be this year's Benjamin Button, which isn't necessarily a good thing, but it seems very oscar friendly to me.