YOUR Predictions & Choices for this year's OSCARS

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 11:32am

Here's the list. Mark YOUR CHOICE to win in the category with a [s] for "should win" and mark YOUR PREDICTION to win in the category with a [w] for "will win."

Performance by an actor in a leading role
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
Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Helen Mirren, THE LAST STATION
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Gabourey Sidibe, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE
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
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
UP

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

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

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

Achievement in directing
James Cameron, AVATAR
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
THE COVE
FOOD, INC.
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
WHICH WAY HOME

Best documentary short subject
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
AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
THE HURT LOCKER
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)
THE WHITE RIBBON (Germany)

Achievement in makeup
IL DIVO
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
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)
"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
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
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
THE DOOR
INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
KAVI
MIRACLE FISH
THE NEW TENANTS

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

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

Achievement in visual effects
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
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR

Original screenplay
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

Updated On: 2/3/10 at 11:32 AM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 11:50am

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

[Kasie]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 2:03pm

LEADING ACTOR:

WILL WIN: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
SHOULD WIN: Colin Firth, A Single Man

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

WILL WIN: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
SHOULD WIN: Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

LEADING ACTRESS:

WILL WIN: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
SHOULD WIN: Carey Mulligan, An Education

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

WILL WIN: Mo'Nique, Precious
SHOULD WIN: Mo'Nique, Precious

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

WILL WIN: Up
SHOULD WIN: The Fantastic Mr. Fox

ART DIRECTION:

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: Avatar

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: The Hurt Locker

BEST DIRECTOR:

WILL WIN: James Cameron, Avatar
SHOULD WIN: James Cameron, Avatar

BEST PICTURE:

WILL WIN: Avatar
SHOULD WIN: Avatar

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 2:07pm

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

[tazber]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 2:08pm

I haven't seen enough of them to so a should win pick, but here are my will wins.

Pic - Hurt Locker
Dir. - Bifelow
Actor - Bridges
Actress - tie: Bullock and Streep
Supp. Actor - Christoph Waltz
Supp. Actress - Mo'nique

Original screenplay - Basterds
Adapted - Up In The Air

Song - Crazy Heart's song

Animated - Mr. Fox

Documentary - Cove

Foreign - White Ribbon

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 2:28pm

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

[StageManager2]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 3:22pm

^^^
You obviously care enough to post that.

Methinks you try too hard to be perverse, pugnacious.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 3:27pm

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

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

[strummergirl]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 4:04pm

Best Picture:
Will- Leaning toward The Hurt Locker
Should: The Hurt Locker
Dark Horse: Up

Best Director:
Will- Kathryn Bigelow or James Cameron
Should: Bigelow
Dark Horse: It's really just Bigelow vs. Cameron that is getting people talking.

Best Actress:
Will: Sandra Bullock
Should: I only saw two performances of the nominees and neither made me think Oscar.
Dark Horse: Gabourey Sidibe or Carey Mulligan. One of the younguns. Gabby seems all kinds of fun judging by interviews (polar opposite of character) so I am pulling for her.

Best Actor:
Will and (probably) Should: Jeff Bridges
Dark Horse: Jeremy Renner has the Indy community in his corner and he was that good in The Hurt Locker.

Best Supporting Actress:
Will and Should: Mo'Nique
Dark Horse: There would have to be a fierce backlash against Mo'Nique for this to be possible.

Best Supporting Actor:
Will, Should, hold the Dark Horses: Christoph Waltz

Best Adapted Screenplay
Will: Reitman and Turner for Up In The Air since it will be the film's only Oscar that night in all likelihood.
Should: Blomkamp and Tatchell for District 9, let's celebrate the first-time filmmakers!
Dark Horse: In The Loop and its four screenwriters may be one of those films that nobody except critics saw that will get honored by the Academy.

Best Original Screenplay:
Will: Tarantino
Should: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker. I have heard people say there is no screenplay. It may not be a message-film but it is pretty basic and simple to understand. I write this loving Inglorious Basterds and its screenplay despite the many pitfalls of every Tarantino film.
Dark Horse: Up's screenplay. Simple yet so effective.

Animated Feature:
Will, Should, hold off the Dark Horses: Up

Art Direction:
Will, Should, hold off the Dark Horses: Avatar

Cinematography:
Will: Avatar
Should: Inglorious Basterds- If only for just the Cat's Eyes sequence
Dark Horse: The Hurt Locker

Costume Design:
Throwing Darts: Coco Before Chanel- Because I am assuming a biopic on Coco Chanel has beautiful costumes.

Documentary Feature:
Will, Should, hold off the Dark Horses: Food, Inc.

Film Editing:
Will: Avatar
Should: The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film:
Will and Should: The White Ribbon- Haneke's been waiting a while for this and even though the film is creepy bordering on a typical Haneke case of Hobbesian views on the human condition, it is not even close to how disturbing his other films are.
Dark Horse: The Academy never makes this a sure-thing.

Makeup:
They're giving it to Star Trek to throw the Trekkers a bone. Have seen neither Il Divo or The Young Victoria to judge their chances or if they were worthy.

Original Score:
Will: James Horner (As a viola player all I can say about Horner's scores are: BLEH!)
Should: Fantastic Mr. Fox, such a fun score.
Dark Horse: Hans Zimmer's score is energetic, bellowing, and fits the period. Arguably the best part of Sherlock Holmes.

Original Song:
Not a clue. I assume "Almost There" from The Princess & The Frog will win but Newman's had so many more memorable songs which did not win an Oscar. Plus there is another song from the movie in its competition. I will go with the theme from Crazy Heart since that is board consensus.

Visual Effects:
Should, Will, hold the dark horses: Avatar

Sound Editing: Avatar

Sound Mixing: Avatar
Updated On: 2/3/10 at 04:04 PM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 4:12pm

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

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 4:16pm

Looks like we disagree. I thought a statement of "no interest" was as valid as any other list of predictions/choices.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 8:30pm

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.

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

[pli1018]

Posted: 2/3/10 at 9:11pm

PICTURE
Will: THE HURT LOCKER
Should: UP IN THE AIR

LEAD ACTOR
Will: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
Should: Colin Firth, A SINGLE MAN

LEAD ACTRESS
Will: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Should: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will/Should: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will/Should: Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL â??PUSHâ?? BY SAPPHIRE

DIRECTOR
Will/Should: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will/Should: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will/Should: Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

ANIMATED FEATURE
Will/Should: UP

SCORE
Will/Should: Michael Giacchino, UP

SONG
Will:"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from CRAZY HEART
Should: "Down in New Orleans" from THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

FOREIGN FILM
Will/Should: THE WHITE RIBBON (Germany)

DOCUMENTARY
Will: THE COVE

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will: THE HURT LOCKER
Should: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

ART DIRECTION
Will: AVATAR
Should: SHERLOCK HOLMES

COSTUME DESIGN
Will: THE YOUNG VICTORIA

EDITING
Will/Should: THE HURT LOCKER

MAKEUP
Will/Should: STAR TREK

SOUND EDITING
Will/Should: AVATAR

SOUND MIXING
Will/Should: AVATAR

VISUAL EFFECTS
Will/Should: AVATAR

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 7:37am

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.

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:00am

You must be fun at parties.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 7:35pm

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.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 8:04pm

I don't understand why the ones who bitch the most around here have the thinnest skins. They incessantly challenge other people's opinions on what is "good," yet when their own negative opinions and personal attacks are challenged by others, they react with such irate contempt and venom.

There's an old cliche that rings true here: "You can dish it out, but you can't take it."

Word to the wise.

And stop being such a wuss!

Moving on ...

I posted my picks for pics on another thread, but this seems like the more appropriate place:

Best Pic: The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Bridges
Best Actress: Bullock
Supporting Actor: either Plummer or Waltz
Supporting Actrees: Mo'Nique
Director: Bigelow (which will be a first)
Art Direction: Avatar
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Costumes: Nine
Makeup: Star Trek
Original Song: The Weary Kind
Original Score: Avatar
Animated Feature: Up
Sound Editing: Avatar
Sound Mixing: Avatar
Visual Effects: Avatar
Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker

Updated On: 2/4/10 at 08:04 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:35pm

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!

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

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:42pm

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:47pm

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.

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

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:49pm

Oh lighten up, DARLING.

Oh look at that--Oscar-winner CZJ just walked past me. I'll tell her you say hi and are a huge fan.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:58pm

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

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 10:00pm

But you don't care about Oscars!

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 10:05pm

LOL

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 10:10pm

This year I don't. That year I did.