OSCARS 2011 - Final Predictions.

 

It is that time of year again, and the Oscars is little over 24 hours away. Here I Present my final predictions for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. These predictions are based upon what I think will win in each category and not necessarily what I would like to win.

"And The Oscar Goes To.........."

BEST PICTURE

127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
Winter's Bone
True Grit
The Social Network
Toy Story 3

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David O Russell - The Fighter
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
David Fincher - The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit

BEST ACTOR

Colin Firth - The King's Speech
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
James Franco - 127 Hours
Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale - The Fighter
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner - The Town
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mike Leigh - Another Year
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (screenplay), Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (story) - The Fighter
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler - The King's Speech

BEST ANIMATION

How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Michael Arndt - Toy Story 3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - True Grit
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone

BEST ART DIRECTION

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

BEST SOUND MIXING

Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Salt
True Grit

BEST SOUND EDITING

Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Coming Home (from Country Strong) by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light (from Tangled) by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater
If I Rise (from 127 Hours) by AR Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together (from Toy Story 3) by Randy Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours - AR Rahman
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST COSTUMES

Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

BEST FILM EDITING

Black Swan
The Fighter P
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

BEST MAKE-UP

Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman


Here are the surprises I would like to see happen:

• Helena Bonham Carter - Best Supporting Actress (Love her, always)
• Inception - Best Original Score (Find this score is both dramatic and swells with emotion)
• Annette Bening - Best Actress (Although I feel Portman deserves it a little more)
• Geoffrey Rush/ John Hawkes - Best Supporting Actor (Bale truly delivered, just preferred these performances)
• Best Original Screenplay - Inception (Just based on the thought behind it - genius)

There are also various other categories I would be glad to see go another way, but these are the main changes I'd like to see to my predictions list.

It is now just over 1 day left til the awards commence, and I for one cannot wait. Enjoy the biggest night in the cinematic year :)