My Oscar picks 2011

[TheMightyFavog]

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Actor in a Leading Role

* Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
* Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (WINNER: Bridges now OWNS Rooster Cogburn.)
* Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
* Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
* James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
* John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
* Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech” (WINNER)

Actress in a Leading Role

* Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
* Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
* Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (WINNER)
* Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
* Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
* Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (WINNER)
* Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

* “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
* “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich (WINNER Pixar almost always wins this one.)

Art Direction

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“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
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“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
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“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
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“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
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“True Grit”

Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh (WINNER: True Grit upsets Inception.)

Cinematography

* “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
* “Inception” Wally Pfister
* “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
* “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
* “True Grit” Roger Deakins (WINNER: Again, Inception gets beat.)

Costume Design

* “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood (WINNER)
* “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
* “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
* “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
* “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

* “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
* “The Fighter” David O. Russell
* “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
* “The Social Network” David Fincher
* “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (WINNER)

Documentary (Feature)

* “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
* “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic (WINNER)
* “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
* “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
* “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

* “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
* “Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
* “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
* “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger (WINNER)
* “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

* “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
* “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
* “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
* “127 Hours” Jon Harris
* “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter(WINNER)

Foreign Language Film

* “Biutiful” Mexico (WINNER)
* “Dogtooth” Greece
* “In a Better World” Denmark
* “Incendies” Canada
* “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

* “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
* “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
* “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey(WINNER)

Music (Original Score)

* “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
* “Inception” Hans Zimmer (WINNER)
* “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
* “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
* “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

* “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
* “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
* “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
* “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman(WINNER)

Best Picture

* “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
* “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
* “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
* “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
* “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
* “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
* “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
* “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
* “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers (WINNER)
* “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

* “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
* “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
* “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe(WINNER)
* “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
* “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

* “The Confession” Tanel Toom
* “The Crush” Michael Creagh (WINNER)
* “God of Love” Luke Matheny
* “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
* “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

* “Inception” Richard King
* “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
* “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey (WINNER)
* “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

* “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
* “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
* “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
* “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland (WINNER)

Visual Effects

* “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
* “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
* “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
* “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb (WINNER)
* “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

* “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
* “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
* “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
* “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (WINNER)
* “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
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“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
* “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan (WINNER)
* “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
* “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

[LynneSin]

1. I think this is Colin Firth's year.

Last year both Bridges and Firth had amazing movies (Bridges with "Crazy Heart" and Firth with "A Single Man"). They gave the Oscar to Bridges even though Firth was absolutely just as worthy. I think this year people are going to remember that Firth just missed out last year and they'll give it to him. Plus even if Bridges did own the part in "True Grit", it was John Wayne's first and I don't think the old-timers who still vote in Hollywood will want to give it away.


Finally, I'm thinking that even though Natalie Portman so deserves the Oscar this year, people are going to remember that Annette Benning has been shut out (at least Hillary Swank isn't nominated for anything - Annette seems to have great movies the year that Hillary Swank does too) and they might just give the award to Ms. Benning this year. I mean, Natalie put alot of work portraying a Ballerina including a year of working out her body to look like a Ballerina and training as one. But Annette was just amazing in "The Kids Are All Right". It was a great movie with an interesting plot line that personally I thought was 1000% better than "The Social Network".

Speaking of which - Mark Ruffalo for Best Supporting Actor. Not only was he good but damn, I never thought of Mark Ruffalo as sexy and yet he really made you want him in that movie!

[Faygo Kid]

2. Interesting picks, but I don't see Bridges winning back to back Oscars.

I think Firth has this one, but really pulling for Geoffrey Rush. He was wonderful.

I know back to back Best Actor awards has been done before, but it's a pretty high bar.

[bigwillq]

3. I would go with Firth.

Haven't seen any of the Best Actor nominees, but Firth seems to have all the bizz this year, plus Bridges won last year.

[Curmudgeoness]

4. So my guess is that you really liked True Grit?

It was a good movie and well acted, I was exhausted and still didn't think of going to sleep during the movie!

[Forkboy]

5. Not a single award for Mutant Girl's Squad?

Typical! The system keeping the little guy down!!!

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[Bjorn Against]

6. True Grit is one of the few nominees for best picture that I have not seen yet.

I have seen seven of the ten movies that were nominated for best picture and I personally would be shocked if the Social Network does not walk away the big winner of the night. I think it will win seven of the eight awards it is nominated for, the only exception being I think that Colin Firth will probably walk away with the best actor award. Jessie Eisenberg put in a great performance as well, but Firth gives him some really tough competition and the Academy is going to want to see the King's Speech walk away with at least one major award so I think this is Firth's year.

I will have to see True Grit this weekend and maybe that will change my mind, but the buzz has always been around a competition between the King's Speech and the Social Network. Of the two movies I thought the Social Network was far better, although I will acknowledge that Colin Firth and Geoffry Rush put in great acting performances and either of them would be worthy of an award. While Rush would be worthy of winning however Christian Bale is also very worthy and he is very likely to walk away the winner, either one would be a good choice but Bale's role was a bit more challenging so the nod will likely go to him.