The Way Too Early Oscar Prediction Thread

[Ezee E]

It's always around this time where it's fun to try and make some early predictions, only to realize how insane we were for thinking that Movie A had a chance, or that Actor B would even be considered.

It's actually a pretty tough year with not too many "Oscary" films coming out this winter.

BEST PICTURE:
Brothers
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Invictus
The Last Station
The Lovely Bones
Nine
Precious
The Road
Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones
Rob Marshall, Nine

BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Viggo Mortenson, The Road

BEST ACTRESS:
Casey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Hilary Swank, Amelia
Rachel Weisz, Agora

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heath Ledger, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnissus
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Mo'Nique, Precious
Saorise Ronan, The Lovely Bones

[Mysterious Dude]

I'd keep an eye on Jim Sheridan's Brothers - Tobey Maguire plays a dangerously underweight Iraq war vet.

[Ezee E]

I'd keep an eye on Jim Sheridan's Brothers - Tobey Maguire plays a dangerously underweight Iraq war vet.
Ooh. I knew I forgot one. I'm going to update that right away actually.

[right_for_the_moment]

I didn't really care for Up, but there's a pretty good chance it'll be nominated I think.

Also The Tree of Life and All Good Things

[Dukefrukem]

I think Up in the Air is a great prediction for best picture. Along with 500 Days of Summer.

[Ezee E]

Along with 300 Days of Summer.

Please tell me more about this one.

[Dukefrukem]

Please tell me more about this one.

haha fixed.

[EyesWideOpen]

I thought 500 Days of Summer was fantastic but I don't see it being nominated for anything.

[Dukefrukem]

Up in the Air isn't even out yet and your questioning 500 Days of Summer? ;)

[Ezee E]

Up in the Air has the advantage of coming out at the right time. 500 Days of Summer is a much better movie all around though, and will at least get some love at the Indie Awards I'm sure.

[megladon8]

BEST PICTURE - The Dark Knight

[Watashi]

BEST PICTURE:

An Education
Avatar
The Blind Side
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Precious
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

BEST ACTRESS:
Casey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Woody Harrelson, The Messnger
Stanley Tucci, Julie and Julia
Matt Damon, Invictus
Alfred Molina, An Education
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Mo'Nique, Precious
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Nick Hornby, An Education
Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
Tom Ford, A Single Man

BEST EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
District 9
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
The White Ribbon
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Inglourious Basterds

BEST ART DIRECTION
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
District 9
A Single Man
Julie and Julia

BEST SOUND
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
District 9
2012

BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar
Up
Star Trek
2012
District 9

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria
Coco Before Chanel
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Up
Avatar
A Single Man
The Informant
Sherlock Holmes

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coraline
The Princess and the Frog
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

BEST MAKEUP
The Young Victoria
The Road
District 9

BEST SONG
The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart
All is Love, Where the Wild Things Are
Almost There, Princess and the Frog
I Want to Come Home, Everybody's Fine
Cinema Italiano, Nine

[Ezee E]

I'll say that if Kodi doesn't get nominated in The Road, the movie gets nothing at all.

[Ivan Drago]

Ooh. I knew I forgot one. I'm going to update that right away actually.

I saw the preview for it before Moon. He looks intense in that.

[Dukefrukem]

Avatar is winning best picture.

[Mysterious Dude]

Avatar is winning best picture.

Seriously? The last time a science fiction film won best picture was NEVER.

[balmakboor]

BEST PICTURE:
An Education
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
The Lovely Bones
Precious
Up
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

I hope this isn't accurate. I've seen three of those so far (Inglourious Basterds, Up, Where the Wild Things Are) and didn't much like any of them.

Avatar and The Lovely Bones both look good and I'm really sorry I missed The Hurt Locker.

[balmakboor]

My 10 guesses:

An Education
Hurt Locker
Invictus
Nine
Precious
Up
Up in the Air
Lovely Bones
The Road
Avatar

I thought Nine looked pretty terrible. Who needs a musical remake of 8 1/2 from the director of Chicago?

Hasn't The Road been sitting on the shelf for like a year?


Sure thing nominees:

Hurt Locker
Invictus
Precious
Up in the Air

[BuffaloWilder]

Up won't get nominated. You Pixar fanboys say that for every film they release, and it just never happens. Then, you get all angry that it didn't get nominated, and you resign yourselves to the fact that a Pixar film probably won't get nominated for BP any time in the near future --

-- and then, when the next film rolls around, you do it all over again.

[baby doll]

Who needs a musical remake of 8 1/2 from the director of Chicago?People with no discernible appreciation of film style, and who don't watch foreign movies (i.e., the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).

[baby doll]

Up won't get nominated. You Pixar fanboys say that for every film they release, and it just never happens. Then, you get all angry that it didn't get nominated, and you resign yourselves to the fact that a Pixar film probably won't get nominated for BP any time in the near future --

-- and then, when the next film rolls around, you do it all over again.Ah, but this year there are ten nominees.

P.S., Isn't it a bit early to declare The Hurt Locker one of the best films of the decade?

[BuffaloWilder]

Ah, but this year there are ten nominees.

Stop it now, you're getting their hopes up.


P.S., Isn't it a bit early to declare The Hurt Locker one of the best films of the decade?

Nope.

[baby doll]

Nope.Different strokes, I s'pose, but it still seems early for me to set it along side the likes of In the Mood for Love and Yi Yi, which have begun to seem downright canonical. Then again, I personally don't like it nearly as much as those movies.

[baby doll]

Stop it now, you're getting their hopes up.I know, I'm bad.

[BuffaloWilder]

Different strokes, I s'pose, but it still seems early for me to set it along side the likes of In the Mood for Love and Yi Yi, which have begun to seem downright canonical. Then again, I personally don't like it nearly as much as those movies.

Could be it.

[baby doll]

Could be it.Don't get me wrong; I liked the film a great deal. I just don't see there being much replay value in it (as opposed to, say, I'm Not There., which I watched four times in theatres). It's all suspense, suspense, suspense, so I would imagine that seeing it again, knowing what happens, it would be a lot less interesting. It's not a film I could watch over and over again, like demonlover, Dogville, Femme Fatale, Gosford Park, Marie Antoinette, or La Pianiste--just to name some of my own personal favorites. Also, it just came out this year.

[Ivan Drago]

Up won't get nominated. You Pixar fanboys say that for every film they release, and it just never happens. Then, you get all angry that it didn't get nominated, and you resign yourselves to the fact that a Pixar film probably won't get nominated for BP any time in the near future --

-- and then, when the next film rolls around, you do it all over again.

That sound you just heard was Wats throwing his keyboard against his wall.

[Spinal]

I know this will probably fall on deaf ears, but every time I see Nine dismissed as a crazy Rob Marshall vanity project, I feel compelled to remind people that it is based on a very popular musical that won numerous Tony awards and has been around for over 25 years. It is a canonical work in its own right. To fret over someone re-envisioning Fellini's film, let alone assume that the target audience is composed of those who are too dim to appreciate the source material is lazy snobbery.

[BuffaloWilder]

Don't get me wrong; I liked the film a great deal. I just don't see there being much replay value in it (as opposed to, say, I'm Not There., which I watched four times in theatres). It's all suspense, suspense, suspense, so I would imagine that seeing it again, knowing what happens, it would be a lot less interesting. It's not a film I could watch over and over again, like demonlover, Dogville, Femme Fatale, Gosford Park, Marie Antoinette, or La Pianiste--just to name some of my own personal favorites. Also, it just came out this year.

Well, better late than never, I s'pose.

Certainly there's a big emphasis placed on suspense, but then again, I don't hear anyone saying that, say, Hitchcock's films (and that's not a direct comparison between Bigelow and Hitchcock, mind) lose any of their replay value because of this same reason. It's a visceral film, certainly - but then, I think that's really a good gauge of quality where films that are big on viscerality are concerned, whether or not the film can 'grab' or affect you on repeat viewings, or whether they're formally interesting. And, I think both are certainly true with this film.

And, do let the record show that Marie Antoinette's best asset was it's soundtrack.

[baby doll]

I know this will probably fall on deaf ears, but every time I see Nine dismissed as a crazy Rob Marshall vanity project, I feel compelled to remind people that it is based on a very popular musical that won numerous Tony awards and has been around for over 25 years. It is a canonical work in its own right. To fret over someone re-envisioning Fellini's film, let alone assume that the target audience is composed of those who are too dim to appreciate the source material is lazy snobbery.Knowing Marshall's earlier Chicago, which was also based on a very popular musical, I think the snobbery is justified.

[baby doll]

Well, better late than never, I s'pose.

Certainly there's a big emphasis placed on suspense, but then again, I don't hear anyone saying that, say, Hitchcock's films (and that's not a direct comparison between Bigelow and Hitchcock, mind) lose any of their replay value because of this same reason. It's a visceral film, certainly - but then, I think that's really a good gauge of quality where films that are big on viscerality are concerned, whether or not the film can 'grab' or affect you on repeat viewings.But the thing about Hitchcock is that I want to see his films over and over. Partly I think that's because the situations in his best films are so potent, like in Rear Window when Grace Kelly is in the guy's apartment and Jimmy Stewart sees him coming down the hallway--that's a moment that always gets me. But more than that, when I watch Notorious, the suspense is gone, but the emotional dynamic between the characters is still fascinating. With Bigelow's film, I don't find the characters' personal relationships that compelling.


And, do let the record show that Marie Antoinette's best asset was it's soundtrack.The sound mix was pretty amazing, and I found that the movie isn't quite as effective on video for that reason; for much of the film, the soundtrack is virtually at a whisper, and in some scenes you can't quite hear every line (I found myself really listening to the film in a way that I normally don't), which makes the ending that much more dramatic. Still, I wouldn't say that it's the most impressive aspect of the film; I think in large part what makes it such a huge advance on Coppola's previous films (which I was ambivalent about) is that it has a much more interesting subject.

[BuffaloWilder]

But the thing about Hitchcock is that I want to see his films over and over. Partly I think that's because the situations in his best films are so potent, like in Rear Window when Grace Kelly is in the guy's apartment and Jimmy Stewart sees him coming down the hallway--that's a moment that always gets me. But more than that, when I watch Notorious, the suspense is gone, but the emotional dynamic between the characters is still fascinating. With Bigelow's film, I don't find the characters' personal relationships that compelling.

I found them all pretty fairly interesting - the Newmanesque situation between James and his commanding officer, between James and the boy, and his wife, and so on. It's the main character by himself that I find most compelling, though.

[baby doll]

There is no room for such well considered logic here. Delete this post immediately.Okay, I'll take the bait: I don't find his logic entirely persuasive.

For one thing, plays--even good ones, and since I haven't seen Nine, I can't say that it's a bad one--seldom make good films. I don't know if Chicago was a great play, but it certainly made for a mediocre movie. It's almost a classic example of how not to film a play: cover each production number from a hundred different angles, and pray that it all fits together in the editing. At best, it's an okay concert movie. (If you wanted the opposite of Chicago, that would be Alain Resnais' Pas sur la bouche, which is filmed mainly in long, unbroken takes with a constantly prowling camera.)

As for the Academy not being able to appreciate Fellini's film, when have the Oscars ever reflected an advanced appreciation of style?

[baby doll]

I found them all pretty fairly interesting - the Newmanesque situation between James and his commanding officer, between James and the boy, and his wife, and so on. It's the main character by himself that I find most compelling, though.The conflict between the Play it By the Book black dude and the Wild Man white guy was too much of a Lethal Weapon throw back for my tastes, but the subplot about Mel Gibson's relationship with the young boy was pretty good.

[Spinal]

As for the Academy not being able to appreciate Fellini's film, when have the Oscars ever reflected an advanced appreciation of style?

8 1/2 was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay Oscars. This line of argument makes little to no sense.

[baby doll]

8 1/2 was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay Oscars. This line of argument makes little to no sense.I wasn't aware of that, but I still don't think that Academy voters are necessarily very savvy about their chosen field of expertise. As you say, it got a best screenplay nomination, so obviously the film had enough of a traditional narrative arc to appeal to the square old Academy voters. They may go for a film as stylistically flamboyant as 8 1/2 when it has enough of a narrative hook to get them interested, but what of something like L'Année dernière Ã* Marienbad? And I haven't seen the film Fellini lost to, but I've read nothing to indicate that Hugh Griffith, the director of Tom Jones, was an auteur in his own right.

[balmakboor]

I wasn't aware of that, but I still don't think that Academy voters are necessarily very savvy about their chosen field of expertise. As you say, it got a best screenplay nomination, so obviously the film had enough of a traditional narrative arc to appeal to the square old Academy voters. They may go for a film as stylistically flamboyant as 8 1/2 when it has enough of a narrative hook to get them interested, but what of something like L'Année dernière Ã* Marienbad? And I haven't seen the film Fellini lost to, but I've read nothing to indicate that Hugh Griffith, the director of Tom Jones, was an auteur in his own right.

Actually, Tom Jones was directed by Tony Richardson. But your point is still valid.

[balmakboor]

Holy crap! 1964 was a bad year for Oscar. 8 1/2 should've wiped the floor with everything. Its competition should've stayed home and caught up on its laundry.

[NickGlass]

Actually, Tom Jones was directed by Tony Richardson. But your point is still valid.

No it's not, since Tony Richardson is actually quite an auteur in his own right.

Listen, I love to shit on the Academy's frequent poor middlebrow taste, but the argument that they nominated 8 1/2 for a few major awards and not Last Year at Marienbad is not the best way to go about it. There's so much other evidence.

[balmakboor]

No it's not, since Tony Richardson is actually quite an auteur in his own right.

He has a few decent movies to his credit, but calling him an auteur is quite generous.

[NickGlass]

He has a few decent movies to his credit, but calling him an auteur is quite generous.

Whether or not you like them, a Tony Richardson film--even just taking The Loved One (very good), Look Back in Anger (not very good), and The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (very good)--feels and looks like a Tony Richardson film.

[Raiders]

In general I agree with Nick on Richardson, but...


Look Back in Anger (not very good)

I thought it was an excellent film. Actually probably my favorite of the four films of his I have seen. I have not seen The Loved One however.

[balmakboor]

Ok, maybe I should spend a little more time with Richardson. I've probably never fully recovered from my miserable experience with Tom Jones. It would be so typical if his most Oscar-sanctified film turns out to be one of his worst.

Before today though, I've never heard "auteur" and "Tony Richardson" used in the same sentence. You guys get an A for originality. It'll get bumped up to an A+ if you end up opening my eyes.

[Watashi]

BEST PICTURE:

An Education
Avatar
The Blind Side
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Precious
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air

BEST DIRECTOR:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

BEST ACTRESS:
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Woody Harrelson, The Messnger
Stanley Tucci, Julie and Julia
Matt Damon, Invictus
Alfred Molina, An Education
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Mo'Nique, Precious
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Nick Hornby, An Education
Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
Tom Ford, A Single Man

BEST EDITING
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
District 9
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
The White Ribbon
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Inglourious Basterds

BEST ART DIRECTION
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
District 9
A Single Man
Julie and Julia

BEST SOUND
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
District 9
2012

BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar
Up
Star Trek
2012
District 9

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Young Victoria
Coco Before Chanel
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Up
Avatar
A Single Man
The Informant
Sherlock Holmes

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coraline
The Princess and the Frog
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

BEST MAKEUP
The Young Victoria
The Road
District 9

BEST SONG
The Weary Kind, Crazy Heart
All is Love, Where the Wild Things Are
Almost There, Princess and the Frog
I Want to Come Home, Everybody's Fine
Cinema Italiano, Nine

My final predictions for tomorrow.

I hope I'm wrong on The Blind Side getting a BP nom. With 10 nominees, anything (like The Hangover or District 9) can sneak in.

The biggest surprise would be The White Ribbon getting nominated along with Haneke.

[soitgoes...]

The biggest surprise would be The White Ribbon getting nominated along with Haneke.
I don't know if it would be "the biggest surprise." With 10 slots open, I wouldn't be surprised if a foreign film found its way into one of them.

[eternity]

Best Picture
1. Avatar
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Up in the Air
5. Precious
6. The Blind Side
7. A Serious Man
8. Crazy Heart
9. An Education
10. Invictus

Best Director
1. Jim Cameron – Avatar
2. Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
3. Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
4. Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
5. Lee Daniels – Precious
Alternate: Clint Eastwood – Invictus

Best Actor
1. Colin Firth – A Single Man
2. Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
3. George Clooney – Up in the Air
4. Morgan Freeman – Invictus
5. Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Alternate: Sam Rockwell – Moon

Best Actress
1. Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
2. Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
3. Carey Mulligan – An Education
4. Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
5. Tilda Swinton – Julia
Alternate: Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actor
1. Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
2. Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
3. Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
4. Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
5. Matt Damon – Invictus
Alternate: Peter Capaldi – In the Loop

Best Supporting Actress
1. Mo’Nique – Precious
2. Julianne Moore – A Single Man
3. Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
4. Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Alternate: Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Up in the Air
2. District 9
3. An Education
4. Precious
5. Julie & Julia
Alternate: A Single Man

Best Original Screenplay
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Up
5. A Serious Man
Alternate: It’s Complicated

Best Animated Feature
1. Up
2. Princess and the Frog
3. Coraline
4. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Ponyo
Alternate: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Best Foreign Language Film
1. The White Ribbon
2. A Prophet
3. Samson & Delilah
4. The Secret in Their Eyes
5. The Milk of Sorrow
Alternate: Winter in Wartime

Best Documentary
1. The Cove
2. Food Inc.
3. Burma VJ
4. The Beaches of Agnes
5. Every Little Step
Alternate: Mugabe and the White African

Best Art Direction
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Public Enemies
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Avatar
5. A Serious Man
Alternate: Bright Star

Best Cinematography
1. Avatar
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The White Ribbon
4. Nine
5. The Hurt Locker
Alternate: Where the Wild Things Are

Best Costumes
1. Nine
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. The Young Victoria
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Sherlock Holmes
Alternate: Bruno

Best Editing
1. Avatar
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Up in the Air
5. District 9
Alternate: Precious

Best Makeup
1. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2. Star Trek
3. District 9
Alternate: The Road

Best Sound Mixing
1. Avatar
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Star Trek
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
5. Inglourious Basterds
Alternate: District 9

Best Sound Editing
1. Avatar
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Star Trek
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
5. District 9
Alternate: Inglourious Basterds

Best Score
1. Avatar
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. A Serious Man
4. Public Enemies
5. Up
Alternate: Coco Before Chanel

Best Song
1. The Weary King – Crazy Heart
2. Cinema Italiano – Nine
3. I See You – Avatar
4. You’ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger – An Education
5. I Want To Come Home – Everybody’s Fine
Alternate: Stu’s Song – The Hangover

Best Visual Effects
1. Avatar
2. District 9
3. Star Trek
Alternate: Where the Wild Things Are

http://postavant.com/2010/01/some-guts-probably-not-any-glory-my-oscar-nomination-predictions/

[Ezee E]

There's always a few acting surprises. Here's to hoping for a Melanie Laurent or Diane Kruger nomination.

I'll just do the Pictures:
Avatar
The Blind Side
An Education
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air

Also, hoping for a District 9/Star Trek nomination to steal votes away from Avatar.

[Spun Lepton]

The Hurt Locker for Best Picture, based only on Internet buzz. I haven't seen the movie, yet. OMG A WOMAN DIRECTOR WON BEST PICTURE!!1@#1

[Ezee E]

The Hurt Locker for Best Picture, based only on Internet buzz. I haven't seen the movie, yet. OMG A WOMAN DIRECTOR WON BEST PICTURE!!1@#1
The overwhelming praise from critics as the best movie of the year must mean nothing.

[Dukefrukem]

2 min and they will be released