(30) - Oscar Results

Sorry this is so late. My friends and I held an Oscar pool and I won the pool picking 17 of the 24 categories correct. I changed my original picks two days before the Oscars, so those results do not reflect my original picks that I posted on my blog. Lets see how THOSE picks did:

• BEST PICTURE
• MY PICK: The Hurt Locker
• WINNER: The Hurt Locker
• REACTION: Very deserving. But in 10 years we'll look back and be like, how the fuck did The Hurt Locker beat Avatar?
• BEST ACTOR
• MY PICK: Jeff Bridges
• WINNER: Jeff Bridges
• REACTION: None
• BEST ACTRESS
• MY PICK: Sandra Bullock
• WINNER: Sandra Bullock
• REACTION: None
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• MY PICK: Christoph Waltz
• WINNER: Christoph Waltz
• REACTION: None
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• MY PICK: Mo'Nique
• WINNER: Mo'Nique
• REACTION: None
• BEST DIRECTOR
• MY PICK: Kathryn Bigelow
• WINNER: Kathryn Bigelow
• REACTION: Same as Best Picture reaction
• BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
• MY PICK: Up In the Air
• WINNER: Precious
• REACTION: Huh? How? What?
• BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
• MY PICK: The Hurt Locker
• WINNER: The Hurt Locker
• REACTION: I wanted Inglourious Basterds
• BEST FILM EDITING
• MY PICK: Avatar
• WINNER: The Hurt Locker
• REACTION: Toss Up
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• MY PICK: Inglourious Basterds
• WINNER: Avatar
• REACTION: Makes sense. So gorgeous.
• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
• MY PICK: Avatar
• WINNER: Avatar
• REACTION: None

I was 8 for 11 in the categories I predicted. Not bad. Not bad.

(23) - Oh, Oscar!

The Oscar nominations came in this morning. Below you can find the nominations in the major categories and then who I think SHOULD win and who I think WILL win.

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In the Air

SHOULD WIN: Inglourious Basterds
WILL WIN: The Hurt Locker
(Note: If either IB or HL win this award I will be ecstatic, both were phenomenal films.)

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

SHOULD WIN: Jeff Bridges
WILL WIN: Jeff Bridges

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

SHOULD WIN: Carey Mulligan
WILL WIN: Sandra Bullock

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

SHOULD WIN: Christoph Waltz
WILL WIN: Christoph Waltz

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air
Mo'Nique, Precious

SHOULD WIN: Mo'Nique
WILL WIN: Mo'Nique

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

SHOULD WIN: Kathryn Bigelow
WILL WIN: Kathryn Bigelow

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In the Air

SHOULD WIN: In The Loop
WILL WIN: Up In the Air

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

SHOULD WIN: Inglourious Basterds
WILL WIN: The Hurt Locker

BEST FILM EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

SHOULD WIN: Inglourious Basterds
WILL WIN: Avatar

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

SHOULD WIN: Inglourious Basterds
WILL WIN: Avatar

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

SHOULD WIN: Avatar
WILL WIN: Avatar

Only a few short weeks away from the awards! We'll see how I did then! Comments??

OSCAR THE GROUCH