The fun starts now. As you may remember, I participate in an annual Oscar contest with two good friends back East, Lorraine and Dennis. It begins when we each try to predict the nominations in six key categories. That results in a preliminary score and then, on Oscar night, we attempt to prognosticate all the winners across the board. The person with the most correct answers wins. Nothing but pride, but a victory nonetheless. I'm currently on a multi-year winning streak, so I have a lot to try and uphold. This year, the waters get a little deeper for us as the Academy is now expanding the Best Picture category to include ten movies. This probably opens the door a bit for some really marginal shit. Thanks for the curveball, Hollywood. Okay, here's how this will work here in Blog-Land. The nominations are announced Tuesday morning, February 2, at 830AM Eastern/530 AM Pacific. I am posting my predictions just after midnight. The date and time verifies it. After the announcements, I will notate in blue where I was right and where I fell down into the California mud. Wish us all luck. BEST PICTURE: 1. A Serious Man.2. An Education.3. Avatar.4. Inglourious Basterds.5. Invictus. 6. Nine. 7. Precious.8. The Hurt Locker.9. Up.10. Up in the Air.BEST ACTOR: 1. Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart.2. George Clooney, Up in the Air.3. Colin Firth, A Single Man.4. Morgan Freeman, Invictus.5. Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker.BEST ACTRESS: 1. Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side.2. Helen Mirren, The Last Station.3. Carey Mulligan, An Education.4. Gabourey Sidibe, Precious.5. Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: 1. Matt Damon, Invictus.2. Woody Harrelson, The Messenger.3. Christopher Plummer, The Last Station.4. Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones.5. Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 1. Penelope Cruz, Nine.2. Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air.3. Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air.4. Mo'Nique, Precious.5. Julianne Moore, A Single Man. BEST DIRECTOR: 1. Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker.2. James Cameron, Avatar.3. Lee Daniels, Precious.4. Jason Reitman, Up in the Air.5. Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds.Out of a possible 35 correct answers, I wound up with 32 correct. Dinner last night: Sausage pizza at Maria's Italian Kitchen.
7 comments:
Remember I said Matt Damon had a chance?
And remember I said Nine has no Best Picture buzz?
Sandra Bullock?? Ugh!!
Where are the noms for Adventureland, my best picture for '09?
Now will you see The Last Station?
why the hell did they nominate District 9 for best picture? why not Star Trek, Harry Potter? even Public Enemies wouldve made a better nomination. even The Book of Eli would be better suited. (The Book of Eli was a good movie, but not really best picture material. neither is District 9) they might has well have nominated Twilight. i quit! Zombieland for best picture!
To all the comments above,
I totally plan on seeing The Last Station. Never said I wouldn't.
Potter, Star Trek, and the like never had a shot. They barely got anything in the tech noms.
Book of Eli came out this year. I will not see. I boycott anything Denzel does. Complete and utter shithead/racist/philanderer.
True, you never said you wouldn't see Last Station. Neither did you commit to seeing it.
Maybe we can catch a screening with Plummer and our old pal Mirren.
Check out Thursday's blog entry as two friends of mine from Nate N' Al's Deli talk about the Oscar noms.
Is one Larry King?
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