Monday, August 3, 2009

2010 Oscar Predictions: Gearing Up

These'll be coming fast and furious from now on, I hope. This is turning out to be one of the more interesting Oscar predictions seasons in a long time. Say what you will about the decision to extend the Best Pic nominees to ten, but it's creating some pretty intense conversation pieces.

Best Picture:

Amelia
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
The Lovely Bones
Precious
The Road
A Serious Man
Shutter Island
Star Trek

Best Director:

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones
Lone Scherfig, An Education

Best Actor:

George Clooney, Up in the Air
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Peter Sarsgaard, An Education
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Best Actress:

Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Hilary Swank, Amelia
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Best Supporting Actor:

Matt Damon, Invictus
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Alfred Molina, An Education
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:

Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo'nique, Precious
Imelda Staunton, Taking Woodstock
Rachel Weisz, The Lovely Bones
Michelle Williams, Shutter Island

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Amelia
Nine
Precious
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Screenplay:

Bright Star
Brooklyn's Finest
Funny People
The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man

Best Animated Feature Film:

The Fantastic Mr. Fox
9
Up

Best Art Direction:

Bright Star
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Inglourious Basterds
Public Enemies
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Cinematography:

Amelia
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Nine

Best Costume Design:

Bright Star
Cheri

The Tempest

Best Film Editing:

Avatar
The Lovely Bones
Nine
Shutter Island
Star Trek

Best Makeup:

Avatar
Star Trek
Watchmen

Best Original Score:

Avatar
Bright Star
A Christmas Carol
The Lovely Bones
The Road

Best Sound Editing:

Avatar
District 9
Public Enemies
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2012

Best Sound Mixing:

The Hurt Locker
9
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2012

Best Visual Effects:

Avatar
Star Trek
2012

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