It's that time of year again, where the biz hands out awards to the best movies made. All the nominations are out and JoeandChrisO have made their predictions for the categories you care about!
Best Picture Nominees:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Joe's Prediction: "Precious" - The story is powerful and compelling. The cast is fantastic, especially Gabourney Sibide and M'onique who both gave some of the best performances of 2009. The two actresses definitely earned their Oscar nominations. And the film is just generally well made/directed/etc.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Precious" - As much as I'd love to see "UP" win this, it's not going to. Nothing can beat surviving a harsh background if last year's Oscars serve as any indication with "Slumdog Millionaire."
Side Note: If "Avatar" wins best picture both Joe AND Chris O will personally kill everyone responsible at the Academy.
Best Director Nominees:
James Cameron: Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels: Precious
Jason Reitman: Up In The Air
Joe's Prediction: Jason Reitman - He is a fantastic young director and his most recent film is great and is much better...in my opinion than "Juno." "Up in the Air" is visually very well made and Jason Reitman used the impressive cast to their fullest potential. He succeeded in making a movie that is much more than a drama and much more than just a comedy.
ChrisO's Prediction: James Cameron - No contest, the man just directed one of the most gorgeous looking movies you'll see in your life. And somehow made it entertaining for 3 hours.
Best Actor Nominees:
Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart
George Clooney: Up In The Air
Colin Firth: A Single Man
Morgan Freeman: Invictus
Jeremy Renner: The Hurt Locker
Joe's Prediction: Jeff Bridges - I haven't seen "Crazy Heart" yet, but based on the reviews his performance is the main selling point for the movie. He gives a dyamic, memorable performance that has previously been recognized by the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild.
ChrisO's Prediction: Jeff Bridges - As good as George Clooney and Jeremy Renner were, I feel as if this is Jeff Bridges's defining career moment. The buzz coming off of his performance is intense and is definitely going to win him an Oscar.
Best Actress Nominees:
Sandra Bullock: The Blind Side
Helen Mirren: The Last Station
Carey Mulligan: An Education
Gabourey Sidibe: Precious
Meryl Streep: Julie and Julia
Joe's Prediction: Sandra Bullock - Watch "The Proposal," then watch "The Blind Side"...then tell me that the woman doesn't have acting range...it just can't be done. She is fantastic in "The Blind Side" and pretty much carried the entire movie.
ChrisO's Prediction: Sandra Bullock - Gabourey Sidibe may have been good, but this is her first movie; stuff like that generally doesn't happen, and Sandra Bullock's performance outshines everyone else's. This is an almost hands down win for her.
Best Supporting Actor Nominees:
Matt Damon: Invictus
Woody Harrelson: The Messenger
Christopher Plummer: The Last Station
Stanley Tucci: The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz: Inglourious Basterds
Joe's Prediction: Christoph Waltz - The latest actor that Quentin Tarantino has worked with toward a Academy Award nomination. His performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was memorable and well-liked by critics. He has already won the award at the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards and several other times...so it's pretty much a done deal.
ChrisO's Prediction: Christoph Waltz - As much as "Basterds" annoys me, this movie has some great acting. Christoph Waltz is phenomenally evil, funny, pshychotic and just a joy to watch interact with other characters. Another no contest.
Best Supporting Actress Nominees:
Penelope Cruz: Nine
Vera Farmiga: Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhall: Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick: Up In The Air
Mo'Nique: Precious
Joe's Prediction: M'onique - I'm not familiar with her comedy...but her role in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" is anything but. She succeeded in portraying a character that should be hated with a burning passion and yet in some small way you feel her pain. One of the best performances of the year and very moving.
ChrisO's Prediction: Anna Kendrick - I know Mo'Nique is going to win. I do, but I absolutely loved Anna Kendrick in "Up In The Air," and can't wait to see more of her. She is the newest rising star and it would do you good to go out and see her act past George Clooney.
Best Original Screenplay Nominees:
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Joe's Prediction: "A Serious Man" - the Coen Brothers almost always amaze their latest endeavor was no exception. They wrote a brilliant script, practically every line of dialogue was perfect. It was darkly hilarious.
ChrisO's Prediction: "The Hurt Locker" - Yahoo says that "Basterds" is going to win, and if it does I will cut people. Making a revenge story about WW2 is not original. Anyhoo "The Hurt Locker" is getting pushed out in every other category and I'm pretty sure the Academy will award Kathryn Bigelow with something, and this is probably going to be it.
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees:
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up In The Air
Joe's Prediction: "Up In The Air" - I have never read the book...but if the movie is any indication at all it must be great. It turned out to be a great source material for a movie. The scriptwriters manage to combine a variety of emotions and realistic, dynamic characters into a highly entertaining, exceptionally written script.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Precious" - No contest. Sorry, "Up In The Air," you're getting shut out of everything.
Best Animated Feature Nominees:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and The Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Joe's Prediction: "Up" - Pixar...that should be enough said right there. They manage to crank out movies where the demographic is the human race in general...brilliant animation, great script and characters, and enough emotion and laugh to please the average person.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Up" - Look at that list, narrow it down by movies made by Pixar, and what's left? Thats right, "Up." One of the most endearing, funny movies this year, and certainly one of Pixar's best, this doesn't even need to be a category, it should just say owned by Pixar.
Best Art Direction Nominees:
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Joe's Prediction: "Nine" - The movie might have been kind of confusing...but visually the movie was fantastic. It's beautiful to look at and it's a shame that other aspects of the movie didn't measure up to the same quality.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Avatar" - Obviously.
Best Cinematography Nominees:
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Joe's Prediction: "Inglourious Basterds" - The movie is exceptionally shot and visually great to look at. Camera angles and everything come together well in what I assume to Quentin Tarantino's vision.
ChrisO's Prediction: "The Hurt Locker" - strictly because I think the Academy will feel bad for shutting out "The Hurt Locker" in every other category.
Best Costume Design Nominees:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Joe's Prediction: "The Young Victoria" - The Academy loves to give this award to movies involving England in some way...
ChrisO's Prediction: "Nine" - I haven't seen it but I'm pretty sure its got this one.
Best Film Editing Nominees:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Joe's Prediction: "Inglourious Basterds" - The movie was extremely well put together. This allowed various storylines to intertwine into a common piece. I expect nothing less from the man who brought us "Pulp Fiction."
ChrisO's Prediction: "District 9" - because I want to see more movies made like it.
Best Original Score Nominees:
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Joe's Prediction: "Up" - It's wonderful...it fits the tone of the movie so well and they have brilliant composers cranking out another memorable score.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Up" - I'd say Avatar, but I don't even remember any music, but I loved the music in "Up!"
Best Makeup Nominees:
IL Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Joe's Prediction: "Star Trek" - If you need me to explain myself you have issues to work out.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Star Trek" - The aliens were done extremely well and the wounds on Chris Pine's face were equally outstanding.
Best Visual Effects Nominees:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Joe's Prediction: "Avatar" - James Cameron's budget that could buy a small country was good for something.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Avatar" - Did you expect anything else?
Best Sound Editing Nominees:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Joe's Prediction: "Avatar" - Its huge budget may have gone almost entirely to the visual effects....but let's give credit to the sound...because I will never give anyone credit for that script.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Avatar" - Because Joe seems to know what he's talking about.
Best Sound Mixing Nominees:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Up
Joe's Prediction: "Up" - Similar to my first comment about the score. The movie sounds great...although I have a hard time differentiating sound editing and sound mixing.
ChrisO's Prediction: "Up" - Again because Joe seems to know what he's talking about.
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Joe's Prediction: "Das Weiss Band" ("The White Ribbon") - I haven't see it, but it has gotten great reviews.
There you have it! Make your own predictions and see if you score better than we do!
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