Oscar Predictions

As promised, I am going to rank all of the Oscar® nominees (that I have seen) for the major award categories. In my last post, I ranked the best picture nominees and predicted that The Hurt Locker will win Best Picture.

Best Foreign Film: I have not seen any of the nominated films but I predict that The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) will win.

Best Documentary: 1) The Cove 2) Food, Inc. 3) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – I did not see Which Way Home or Burma VJ

Best Adapted Screenplay: 1) In the Loop 2) Precious 3) An Education 4) Up in the Air 5) District 9

Best Original Screenplay: 1) Inglourious Basterds 2) The Hurt Locker 3) Up 4) The Messenger 5) A Serious Man

Best Supporting Actress: 1) Mo’Nique 2) Vera Farmiga 3) Maggie Gyllenhaal 4) Anna Kendrick – did not see Penélope Cruz in Nine

Best Supporting Actor: 1) Christoph Waltz 2) Christopher Plummer 3) Woody Harrelson 4) Matt Damon – did not see Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones

Best Actress: 1) Carey Mulligan 2) Helen Mirren 3) Gabourey Sibide 4) Sandra Bullock – did not see Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Best Actor: 1) Jeff Bridges 2) Colin Firth 3) Jeremy Renner 4) George Clooney 5) Morgan Freeman

Best Director: 1) Kathryn Bigelow 2) Quentin Tarantino 3) James Cameron 4) Jason Reitman 5) Lee Daniels

Other Predictions:

Best Animated Film: Up

Best Cinematography: Christian Berger for The White Ribbon

Best Score: Up

Enjoy!