My final 2011 Oscar predictions…

Moment of truth. The Oscars are tomorrow night. Earlier I posted my predictions, but I have since changed my mind on a few. I have also decided to at the very least view clips from the less accessible categories. Namely, the shorts. And so, without further ado here are my FINAL predictions for the 2011 Academy Awards.

2011 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

***The King’s Speech***
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Black Swan
127 Hours
The Fighter
The Kids Are All Right
Winter’s Bone

Best Director

Tom Hooper, ‘The King’s Speech’
David Fincher, ‘The Social Network’
Joel and Ethan Coen, ‘True Grit’
Darren Aronofsky, ‘Black Swan’
David O. Russell, ‘The Fighter’

Best Actor

Colin Firth, ‘The King’s Speech’
Jesse Eisenberg, ‘The Social Network’
Javier Bardem, ‘Biutiful’
Jeff Bridges, ‘True Grit’
James Franco, ’127 Hours’

Best Actress

Annette Bening, ‘The Kids Are All Right’
Nicole Kidman, ‘Rabbit Hole’
Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Natalie Portman, ‘Black Swan’
Michelle Williams, ‘Blue Valentine’

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale, ‘The Fighter’
John Hawkes, ‘Winter’s Bone’
Jeremy Renner, ‘The Town’
Mark Ruffalo, ‘The Kids Are All Right’
Geoffrey Rush, ‘The King’s Speech’

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, ‘The Fighter’
Helena Bonham Carter, ‘The King’s Speech’
Melissa Leo, ‘The Fighter’
Hailee Steinfeld, ‘True Grit’
Jacki Weaver, ‘Animal Kingdom’

Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon
Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Film

Mexico – ‘Biutiful’
Greece – ‘Dogtooth’
Denmark – ‘In a Better World’
Canada – ‘Incendies’ (In a Better World is runner up)
Algeria – ‘Outside the law’

Best Original Screenplay

Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay

127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Best Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Best Original Song

‘Coming Home’ – ‘Country Strong’
‘I See the Light’ – ‘Tangled’
‘If I Rise’ – ’127 Hours’
‘We Belong Together’ – ‘Toy Story 3′

Best Original Score

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ John Powell
‘Inception’ Hans Zimmer
‘The King’s Speech’ Alexandre Desplat
’127 Hours’ A.R. Rahman
‘The Social Network’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Best Documentary

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Sound Editing

Inception
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable

Best Sound Mixing

Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Film Editing

Black Swan
The Fighter
The Kings Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Best Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Best Makeup

Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman

Best Visual Short Film (Animated)

Day & Night (Madagascar is my runner up pick – but Gruffalo has a shot too)
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

Best Short Film (Live Action)

The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

Killing in the Name (Stranger No More is my runner up)
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Comes Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

So there you go. Check back after the telecast to see how many I got right. You never know, I might be a real live psychic. And I don’t even charge $3.99/minute (I charge more).

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