Monday, March 16, 2009

The No Holds Barred March Madness Oscar Predictions

These are my predictions that have absolutely no real predictive ability for the Oscars which are almost a full year from now so these are little bit my hopes for movies and a little of what I expect.

BEST PICTURE and DIRECTOR
Nine by Rob Marshall
The Lovely Bones by Peter Jackson
Taking Woodstock by Ang Lee
The Human Factor by Clint Eastwood
The Road by John Hillcoat

The Alternatives:
(500) Days of Summer by Marc Webb
Away We Go by Sam Mendes
Where the Wild Things Are by Spike Jonze
Shutter Island by Martin Scorcese
The Boat that Rocked by Richard Curtis

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis- Nine
Viggo Mortensen- The Road
Joseph Gordon-Levitt- (500) Days of Summer
Peter Sarsgaard- An Education
Leonard DiCaprio-Shutter Island

BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Pfeiffer- Cheri
Meryl Streep- Julie and Julia
Hilary Swank- Amelia
Someone from the cast of Nine
Maya Rudolph- Away We Go

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jackie Earle Haley-Watchmen
Bill Nighy- The Boat That Rocked
Jude Law- Sherlock Holmes
Phillip Baker Hall- All Good Things
Christian Bale-Public Enemies

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams- Julie and Julia
Someone from Nine
Mo'Nique- Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire
Rachel Weisz-The Lovely Bones
Someone else from Nine

SCREENPLAY: ORIGINAL
Away We Go
(500) Days of Summer
The Boat That Rocked
An Education
Up

SCREENPLAY: ADAPTED
Taking Woodstock
The Lovely Bones
The Road
Where the Wild Things Are
Nine

There it is, have fun.

1 comment:

John W. said...

This is a pretty interesting listing, considering I've never heard of most of these movies. I'm beginning to wonder if you just spend your whole day looking at trailers?