My Official Oscar Predictions

Alright, here they are. My one and only Oscar predictions.


Best Picture: The Departed
Best Director: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren - The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Children of Men
Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth
Best Documentary Short Subject: Two Hands
Best Live Action Short Film: Eramos Pocos
Best Film Editing: United 93
Best Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Art Direction: Dreamgirls
Best Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls
Best Sound Editing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
Best Original Score: The Queen
Best Original Song: "Listen" - Dreamgirls
Best Animated Feature: Cars
Best Animated Short Film: The Little Matchgirl

Out on DVD Today.

Babel - 9/10

Best Picture nominee, won the Golden Globe for Best Picture, and the second best film of the year. Intense performances and the year's best direction lead this gripping emotional journey. Yours truly picked up the DVD, and will get the special edition once it gets released after the Oscar's.

The Prestige - 8/10

Great performances, notably from Bale. An interesting story, though severely flawed. The visuals are phenomenal, but the ending is unbelievably pretentious and just revolting really. It's obvious that Nolan felt the need to add a twist because of his "rep". Fuck that. Mitch Beaupre picked it up, that's for sure.

Some other releases that I care about:

For Your Consideration

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

**Haven't seen either of them, but want to, the latter mainly. Will probably rent them both soonish.

Testing.

1...2....3....motherfucker.