The Stork, The Guinea Pig & The Elephant

Tomorrow come out the Academy Awards nominations. I hate the idea that there will be 10 best movie nominees, but I love the whole idea of trying to see them all, guess who the winners will be, the whole ceremony, etc… I’m a sucker for the Oscar, and have seen them every year since I was, well… 16 or so.. can’t really remember. I do this poll thing with my family, and it is great fun.

As for this year, I believe the nominations will go like this:

Best Movie:
Avatar (it better not win)
An Education
Invictus
Up
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Nine (not too sure anymore, but it should be)
Precious
A Single Man (maybe…)

Best Actor:
George Clooney – Up in the air
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker (hopefully!)

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

Best Director:
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
And not too sure about the fith one… Clint Eastwood for Invictus? or is that too obvious a choice? Lone Scherfig for An Education? nah, no way… Maybe Rob Marshall for Nine, but I really doubt that one…

Best Supporting Actor:
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
And no clue for the other two… Maybe Matt Damon for Invictus? Woody Harrelson for The Messenger?

Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique – Precious
Penélope Cruz – Nine
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
And the fifth one could be either Julianne Moore for A Single Man, Mariah Carrey for Precious (who would have thought!), Marion Cotillard for Nine…

As for the winners, I would have bet all my money for The Hurt Locker for best film, but Avatar might just steal the show (without reason since, even if it is a good film, it is not the best film, and everyone is being swept by the visual aspect of it, without considering the screenplay, which is extremely flawed…). Best Director has to go to Kathryn Bigelow. If James Cameron wins, it would be a travesty. Best Actor, I thought it was Clooney’s time, but after seeing Up in the Air (which is a good film, by the way), I think Jeff Bridges will get this one. Actress, Meryl Streep had it till very recently. Sandra Bullock is winning momentum by the second. I still think it’s Meryl’s year though. Best supporting actor and actress are the ones that are set in stone, and Mo’Nique and Christoph Walz have the awards in the bag.

Now, we’ll have to wait till tomorrow to see if I am right or completely wrong…

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