WLFY Oscar Predictions

This is my least favorite day of the year.  Here are the predictions:


BEST PICTURE:
Who will win: The King’s Speech
Who should win: Winter’s Bone


DIRECTING:
Who will win: David Fincher, The Social Network
Who Should Win: None of them.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Who will win: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Who should win: None of them

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Who will win: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Who should win: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone (Best female performance of the last ten years, what a shame).

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Who will win: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Who should win: John Hawks, Winter’s Bone.  Would also be happy with Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech who was excellent.

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Who will win: Nobody ever gets this one right.  Ummmm...I guess Melissa Leo, The Fighter but who knows.
Who should win: Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Who will win: The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Who should win: The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin (Amazing script/mediocre film, no question this should win).

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Who will win: The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler
Who should win: Flip a coin.  All standard, nothing special.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Who will win: Biutiful
Who should win: Animal Kingdom (Why this was not nominated...)  (Because I'm an idiot...just assumed any foreign film is nominated...it's in ENGLISH so therefore it's not foreign LANGUAGE).  Still an amazing film.

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Who will win: Toy Story 3
Who should win:  Didn't see the other two, but Toy Story 3 was dreadful.

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Who will win: True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins
Who Should Win: True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins (It's fucking Deakins)

FILM EDITING:
Who will win: No idea.  Black Swan?
Who Should Win:  None of the nominated films.  Editing...Inception works for me.

DOCUMENTARY:
Who will win: Inside Job
Who Should Win:  I like them all.  Pick and I'm happy.


ORIGINAL SCORE:
Who will win: Social Network or Inception
Who should win: Inception

ORIGINAL SONG:
Who Will Win: Toy Story 3
Who Should Win:  Give me a fucking break.  None of them.

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Who will win: Inception
Who should win: Inception


SOUND EDITING
Who will win: Inception
Who should win: Inception

SOUND MIXING
Who will win: Inception
Who should win: Inception

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