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79th Annual Academy Awards Predictions Thread!

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CellarDoor

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Whoops, accidentally hit post without making my post. Give me a minute and I'll put all of the categories and nominees along with my predictions.

Edit: My predictions are in Bold. Actual winners in Italics.

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=list

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit Of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King Of Scotland

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
[B]Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine[/b]
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Penélope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes On A Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes On A Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Achievement in Art Direction
Dreamgirls
The Good Shepherd
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige

Achievement in Cinematography
The Black Dahlia
Children Of Men
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige

Achievement in Costume Design
Curse Of The Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

Achievement in Directing
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Queen
United 93

Best Documentary Feature
Deliver Us From Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq In Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country

Best Documentary Short Subject
The Blood Of Yingzhou District
Recycled Life
Rehearsing A Dream
Two Hands

Achievement in Film Editing
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children Of Men
The Departed
United 93

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
After the Wedding
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
The Lives Of Others
Pan's Labyrinth
Water

Achievement in Makeup
Apocalypto
Click
Pan's Labyrinth

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Babel
The Good German
Notes On A Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
An Inconvenient Truth
Dreamgirls - Love you, I do
Dreamgirls - Patience
Cars
Dreamgirls - Listen

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Animated Short Film
The Danish Poet
Lifted
The Little Matchgirl
Maestro
No Time For Nuts

Best Live Action Short Film
Binta And The Great Idea (binta Y La Gran Idea)
Éramos Pocos (one Too Many)
Helmer & Son
The Saviour
West Bank Story

Achievement in Sound Editing
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Flags Of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Achievement in Sound Mixing
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Flags Of Our Fathers
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Achievement in Visual Effects
[B]Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest[/b]
Poseidon
Superman Returns

Adapted Screenplay
Borat Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
Children Of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes On A Scandal

Original Screenplay
Babel
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
 
My predictions:

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin
Best Actress: Meryl Streep
Best Animated Film: Cars
Best Picture: The Departed (though I hope Little Miss Sunshine gets it instead)

EDIT: Oh yeah, and Scorcese for sure for Directing. Every news program I've seen this week has been lobbying for the guy.
 
I predict people will use this thread to whine about all awards shows being a sham. 😉

Unfortunately I haven't seen many of the movies that are up for awards, so I can't predict which will win.
 
I really wasn't a big fan of The Black Dahlia. And the only things that impressed me about Marie Antoinette were the costumes and that they had Rip Torn play the king of France. It ended way too abruptly I think. I wasn't all that impressed by Children of Men either. They did a good job of portraying their bleak future world, but the ending wasn't all that great.

I really liked The Departed. And The Prestige. Those movies had great endings.
 
Damn. The Danish Poet wins "best animated short." I'm 2/3.

Edit: West Bank Story wins best live short. 2/4. Sounds like an interesting movie. Hopefully I'll get a chance to see it.

Edit: 5/7 now
 
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