My Oscar Predictions

I’ve always found it fun to try to predict the Oscar winners, but never took the time in previous years to turn it into a blog post. This year however I thought I owed it to myself to actually have an Oscar week on this blog and there’s no better way then to start with my predictions! Of course next Monday I’ll let you all know how many I had right and wrong (with more in the wrong I’m guessing).

I’ve left a couple of categories out (Best Documentary – Short Subjects
, Best Short Film – Live Action, Best Short Film – Animated
), cause I haven’t seen any of the films in those. But the rest I’ve tried to guess; let’s see how many I’ll have right. If you want to play along, leave your predictions behind in the comments!

Best Picture
:

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Director:

James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

Best 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

Best Actress In A Leading Role:

Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best 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

Best Actress In A Supporting Role:

Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Mo’nique – Precious

Best Animated Film:

The Fantastic Mr Fox
Coraline
The Princess and The Frog
Up
The Secret of Kells

Best Original Screenplay
:

The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Best Adapted Screenplay:

District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In The Air

Best Foreign Language Film
:

Ajami
El Secreto De Sus Ojos
La Teta Asus Tada
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

Best Original Score:

Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Up – Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song
:

Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind”
Faubourg 36 – “Loin de Paname”
Nine – “Take It All”
The Princess and the Frog – “Down in New Orleans”
The Princess and the Frog – “Almost There”

Best Documentary, Features:

Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Best Art Direction
:

Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Best Cinematography
:

Avatar
The White Ribbon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

Best Costume Design
:

Bright Star
Coco Avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best Makeup
:

Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Best Editing
:

Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Best Visual Effects
:

Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Best Sound Editing:

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Best Sound Mixing
:

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Update: I completely forgot to mention this (stupid brain isn’t working 100% today), but this post is my entry into VoucherCodes.co.uk‘s Oscar sweepstake! It’s only open to entertainment bloggers and critics, and whoever collects the most points (+1 for a good prediction, -1 for a wrong prediction) can win a £250 Amazon voucher. Wish me luck!