Tonight, this long season finally comes to a close. Here are my picks for who I would like to win out of those nominated. There are plenty of awards I would hand out to people that aren't even nominated (Ben Mendelsohn in Animal Kingdom, for example). I'll post my predictions for who actually will win later today.
- Motion Picture: "The King's Speech" (or "Inception")
To further break this down, I'll rank them like Academy members do.
- "The King's Speech"
- "Inception"
- "Winter's Bone"
- "The Social Network"
- "True Grit"
- "The Fighter"
- "127 Hours"
- "Black Swan"
- "Toy Story 3"
- "The Kids Are All Right"
Looking at this list, I can't help but be struck by how much of a difference there is between my top ten films of the year and the Academy's top ten.
- Director: David Fincher - "The Social Network"
- Actor: Javier Bardem - "Biutiful" (or Colin Firth - "The King's Speech")
- Actress: Jennifer Lawrence - "Winter's Bone"
- Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush - "The King's Speech"
- Supporting Actress: Jacki Weaver - "Animal Kingdom"
- Best Adapted Screenplay: "The Social Network"
- Best Original Screenplay: "Another Year"
- Art Direction: "Inception"
- Cinematography: "Inception"
- Costume Design: "I Am Love"
- Film Editing: "127 Hours"
- Makeup: "The Way Back"
- Original Score: "How to Train Your Dragon" (or "Inception")
- Original Song: "Coming Home" from "Country Strong"
- Sound Editing: "Inception"
- Sound Mixing: "Inception"
- Visual Effects: "Inception"
- Animated Feature Film: "How to Train Your Dragon"
- Foreign Language Film: "Biutiful" (or "In a Better World")
- Documentary: "Exit Through the Gift Shop"
- Documentary Short: "Strangers No More"*
- Short Film (Animated): "Madagascar, a Journey Diary"*
- Short Film: "God of Love"*
I would compromise on a few of these. For instance, I would love to see James Franco take home a trophy as much as I would Colin Firth or Javier Bardem. I think Toy Story 3 is technically better than How to Train Your Dragon, but I see the latter as a more admirable underdog.
*I don't really have much of an opinion on the last three categories, as I haven't seen the films.
My tally:
"Inception" - 5 (7)
"The King's Speech" - 2 (3)
"Biutiful" - 2
"How to Train Your Dragon" - 2
"The Social Network" - 2
"Animal Kingdom" - 1
"Another Year" - 1
"Country Strong" - 1
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" - 1
"God of Love" - 1
"I Am Love" - 1
"Madagascar, a Journey Diary" - 1
"127 Hours" - 1
"Strangers No More" - 1
"The Way Back" - 1
"Winter's Bone" - 1
"In a Better World" - (1)
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