YOUR Predictions & Choices for this year's OSCARS

Performance by an actor in a leading role
[w] Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
George Clooney, UP IN THE AIR
[s] Colin Firth, A SINGLE MAN
Morgan Freeman, INVICTUS
Jeremy Renner, THE HURT LOCKER

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Matt Damon, INVICTUS
Woody Harrelson, THE MESSENGER
Christopher Plummer, THE LAST STATION
Stanley Tucci, THE LOVELY BONES
[w, s] Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Performance by an actress in a leading role
[w] Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Helen Mirren, THE LAST STATION
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
[s] Gabourey Sidibe, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
Meryl Streep, JULIE & JULIA

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Penélope Cruz, NINE
Vera Farmiga, UP IN THE AIR
Maggie Gyllenhaal, CRAZY HEART
Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR
[w, s] Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE

Best animated feature film of the year
CORALINE
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE SECRET OF KELLS
[w, s] UP

Achievement in art direction
[w, s] AVATAR
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
NINE
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Achievement in cinematography
AVATAR
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
[w, s] THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
THE WHITE RIBBON

Achievement in costume design
BRIGHT STAR
[s] COCO BEFORE CHANEL
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
NINE
[w] THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Achievement in directing
James Cameron, AVATAR
[w] Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
[s] Lee Daniels, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
Jason Reitman, UP IN THE AIR

Best documentary feature
BURMA VJ
[w] THE COVE
[s] FOOD, INC.
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
WHICH WAY HOME

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
[w] MUSIC BY PRUDENCE
RABBIT À LA BERLIN

Achievement in film editing
AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
[w, s] THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE

Best foreign language film of the year
AJAMI (Israel)
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (Argentina)
THE MILK OF SORROW (Peru)
UN PROPHÈTE (France)
[w] THE WHITE RIBBON (Germany)

Achievement in makeup
IL DIVO
[w, s] STAR TREK
THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
[w] James Horner, AVATAR
[s] Alexandre Desplat, FANSTASTIC MR. FOX
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, THE HURT LOCKER
Hans Zimmer, SHERLOCK HOLMES
Michael Giacchino, UP

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
[s] "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)
[w] "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from CRAZY HEART (Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett)

Best motion picture of the year
AVATAR
THE BLIND SIDE
DISTRICT 9
AN EDUCATION
[w] THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
[s] PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
A SERIOUS MAN
UP
UP IN THE AIR

Best animated short film
FRENCH ROAST
GRANNY O’GRIMM’S SLEEPING BEAUTY
THE LADY AND THE REAPER
[w] LOGORAMA
A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

Best live action short film
THE DOOR
INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
KAVI
MIRACLE FISH
[w] THE NEW TENANTS

Achievement in sound editing
AVATAR
[w] THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
[s] STAR TREK
UP

Achievement in sound mixing
[w] AVATAR
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
[s] STAR TREK
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

Achievement in visual effects
[w] AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
STAR TREK

Adapted screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, DISTRICT 9
[s] Nick Hornby, AN EDUCATION
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, IN THE LOOP
[w] Geoffrey Fletcher, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR

Original screenplay
Mark Boal, THE HURT LOCKER
[w, s] Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, THE MESSENGER
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A SERIOUS MAN
Written by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, UP

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Only marking [s] where I think I can judge fairly based on what I have seen.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
[w]Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
George Clooney, UP IN THE AIR
Colin Firth, A SINGLE MAN
Morgan Freeman, INVICTUS
Jeremy Renner, THE HURT LOCKER

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Matt Damon, INVICTUS
Woody Harrelson, THE MESSENGER
Christopher Plummer, THE LAST STATION
Stanley Tucci, THE LOVELY BONES
[w]Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Performance by an actress in a leading role
[w]Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Helen Mirren, THE LAST STATION
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
<3Gabourey Sidibe, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE
[s]Meryl Streep, JULIE & JULIA

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Pen�©lope Cruz, NINE
Vera Farmiga, UP IN THE AIR
Maggie Gyllenhaal, CRAZY HEART
Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR
[w] [s]Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE

Best animated feature film of the year
CORALINE
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE SECRET OF KELLS
[w] [s] UP

Achievement in art direction
[w]AVATAR
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
NINE
SHERLOCK HOLMES
THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Achievement in cinematography
AVATAR
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
[w]THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
THE WHITE RIBBON

Achievement in costume design --tough
BRIGHT STAR
COCO BEFORE CHANEL
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
NINE
[w]THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Achievement in directing
James Cameron, AVATAR
[w] [s]Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Lee Daniels, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE
Jason Reitman, UP IN THE AIR

Best documentary feature
BURMA VJ
[w]THE COVE
FOOD, INC.
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
WHICH WAY HOME

Best documentary short subject --no clue
CHINAâ??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 Ã?? LA BERLIN

Achievement in film editing
[w]AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
THE HURT LOCKER --or this one
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE

Best foreign language film of the year
AJAMI (Israel)
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (Argentina)
THE MILK OF SORROW (Peru)
UN PROPHÃ??TE (France)
[w]THE WHITE RIBBON (Germany)

Achievement in makeup
IL DIVO
[w]STAR TREK
THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
James Horner, AVATAR
Alexandre Desplat, FANSTASTIC MR. FOX
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, THE HURT LOCKER
Hans Zimmer, SHERLOCK HOLMES
[w]Michael Giacchino, UP

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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)
[w]"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from CRAZY HEART (Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett)

Best motion picture of the year
AVATAR
THE BLIND SIDE
DISTRICT 9
AN EDUCATION
[w]THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE
A SERIOUS MAN
UP
UP IN THE AIR

Best animated short film --no clue
FRENCH ROAST
GRANNY Oâ??GRIMMâ??S SLEEPING BEAUTY
THE LADY AND THE REAPER
LOGORAMA
A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

Best live action short film --no clue
THE DOOR
INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
KAVI
MIRACLE FISH
THE NEW TENANTS

Achievement in sound editing
[w]AVATAR
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
STAR TREK
UP

Achievement in sound mixing
[w]AVATAR
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
STAR TREK
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

Achievement in visual effects
[w]AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
STAR TREK

Adapted screenplay
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, DISTRICT 9
Nick Hornby, AN EDUCATION
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche, IN THE LOOP
Geoffrey Fletcher, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE
[w]Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR

Original screenplay
[w]Mark Boal, THE HURT LOCKER
Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, THE MESSENGER
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A SERIOUS MAN
Written byBob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy, UP

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Is there a (dc) option, for "don't care"?

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Nope, SM, just stating the facts. Nothing "perverse, pugnacious" about a lack of interest in the Oscars.

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Updated On: 2/3/10 at 03:27 PM

I didn't say your lack of interest was perverse or pugnacious. But your posting about your lack of interest is.

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Regarding Roscoe's lack of interest on the Oscars despite incessant posting to proclaim said disinterest: "The lady doth protest too much methinks."

And, The Cove is winning Best Documentary. Would love a tie here for it and Food Inc.

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Updated On: 2/3/10 at 08:30 PM

Dear darling jerby. My posting on my lack of Oscar interest is hardly "incessant" as it was just one single post, followed by a couple of responses to SM. You should really learn the meaning of some of those big words before you use them.

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My dearest, darling, dainty, delightful Roscoe, it is now 4 posts in this very thread and not the only thread where you have shared your delightful brand of disdain for the Oscars.

But this is coming from the man who must announce over and over again what a horrible film Chicago is. Any and every opportunity.

Incessantly.

Obsessing over the negative in his life is surely a sign of a lack of positive in his life. Sad.

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Of course. How can I have been so blind! The Oscars are of vast national artistic importance! Once again, Jerby shows the way! Just as he has with Barack Obama and CHICAGO, the greatest film ever made!

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Updated On: 2/4/10 at 09:35 PM

Way to take the high road, jerbster. Name-calling with bunnies. Maturity, thy name is jerby!

I return the thread to its proper subject: folks' choices for this year's Oscars. Sorry that others decided to force a threadjack.

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Updated On: 2/4/10 at 09:47 PM

No, jerbulicious, at least give her my real message. Tell her that Julianne Moore deserved the Supporting Actress Oscar for THE HOURS.

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LOL

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