What a year for movies! I have done my cinephile duty and seen most of the nominated films. Based on the awards season trends, industry buzz, and my personal preferences, I have selected my picks for the 2010 Oscars.
I was most torn between Avatar and The Hurt Locker for the major awards. After careful consideration of all of the factors, I have chosen the innovative Avatar for Best Picture and many of the artistic awards; and the powerful Hurt Locker for many of the technical awards (sound, editing), plus Kathryn Bigelow for Best Director. I loved both films, and hope they both win big on Sunday.
The acting categories are locked up except for Best Actress. I went with Sandra over Meryl because of award show momentum, and industry love for the first-time nominee. I ADORE Meryl, but it's totally Sandra's year.
Based on my viewings, I chose Food, Inc. as Best Documentary, The White Ribbon as Best Foreign Language Film, Logorama as Best Animated Short, and Miracle Fish as best Live-Action Short. I hope the Academy gives them some golden-man love!
The rest of my predictions are educated guesses...hope I'm right!
Be sure to watch the big show on ABC on Sunday March 7 at 5 PST, 8 EST! I will have a full recap of the show on Carly's Critiques next week!
Best motion picture of the year
**Avatar**
The Blind Side
District 9
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Up
Up in the Air
Best Director
Avatar (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
**The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow**
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate) Lee Daniels
Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Jason Reitman
Best actor in a leading role
**Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight)**
George Clooney in Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
Colin Firth in A Single Man (The Weinstein Company)
Morgan Freeman in Invictus (Warner Bros.)
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Best actor in a supporting role
Matt Damon in Invictus (Warner Bros.)
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (Sony Pictures Classics)
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
**Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds The Weinstein Company)**
Best actress in a leading role
**Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)**
Helen Mirren in The Last Station (Sony Pictures Classics)
Carey Mulligan in An Education (Sony Pictures Classics)
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Best actress in a supporting role
Penélope Cruz in Nine (The Weinstein Company)
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight)
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
**Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate)**
Best in Adapted screenplay
District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education (Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop (IFC Films) Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
**Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner**
**The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal**
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man (Focus Features) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Best animated feature film of the year
Coraline (Focus Features) Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox (20th Century Fox) Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney) John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells (GKIDS) Tomm Moore
**Up (Walt Disney) Pete Docter**
Best foreign language film of the year
Ajami (Kino International) An Inosan Production Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production Peru
Un Prophète (Sony Pictures Classics) A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production France
**The White Ribbon (Sony Pictures Classics) An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production Germany**
Best documentary feature film
Burma VJ (Oscilloscope Laboratories)A Magic Hour Films Production Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove (Roadside Attractions)An Oceanic Preservation Society Production Nominees to be determined
**Food, Inc. (Magnolia Pictures) A Robert Kenner Films Production Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein**
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers A Kovno Communications Production Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home A Mr. Mudd Production Rebecca Cammisa
French Roast A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Brown Bag Films) A Brown Bag Films Production Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production Javier Recio Gracia
**Logorama (Autour de Minuit) An Autour de Minuit Production Nicolas Schmerkin**
A Matter of Loaf and Death (Aardman Animations) An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park
The Door (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra (The Swedish Film Institute) A Directörn &
Fabrikörn Production Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi A Gregg Helvey Production Gregg Helvey
**Miracle Fish (Premium Films) A Druid Films Production Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey**
The New Tenants A Park Pictures and M & M Production Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Best in art direction
**Avatar (20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair**
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Sony Pictures Classics) Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro
Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine (The Weinstein Company) Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria (Apparition) Art Direction: Patrice Vermette
Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Best in cinematography
Avatar (20th Century Fox) Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros.) Bruno Delbonnel
**The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd**
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon (Sony Pictures Classics) Christian Berger
Best in costume design
Bright Star (Apparition) Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel (Sony Pictures Classics) Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Sony Pictures Classics) Monique Prudhomme
Nine (The Weinstein Company) Colleen Atwood
**The Young Victoria (Apparition) Sandy Powell**
Best documentary short subject
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
A Downtown Community Television Center Production Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
A Just Media Production Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
**The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant A Community Media Production Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert**
Music by Prudence An iThemba Production Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Rabbit à la Berlin (Deckert Distribution) An MS Films Production Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Best in film editing
Avatar (20th Century Fox) Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Clarke
**The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis**
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate) Joe Klotz
Best in Makeup
Il Divo (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
**Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow**
The Young Victoria (Apparition) Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Best in music written for motion pictures
Avatar (20th Century Fox) James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
**Up (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino**
Best in music written for motion pictures
"Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
"Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 (Sony Pictures Classics) Music by Reinhardt Wagner. Lyric by Frank Thomas
"Take It All” from Nine (The Weinstein Company) Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
**"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett**
Best in sound editing
Avatar (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
**The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson**
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) Wylie Stateman
Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up (Walt Disney) Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Best in sound mixing
Avatar (20th Century Fox) Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
**The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett**
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Best in visual effects
**Avatar (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones**
District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Courtesy of Carly's Critiques
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