My Oscar Predictions...

It's been a year since LOTR: Return of the King made a very predictable awards season last year because it swept every award giving bodies and guilds as major precursors in the Academy Awards.

Best Picture:
This is one of the weakest year for best picture nominees... just like the 1989 set of nominees, but anyway, because of politics and big stars, Howard Hughes autobiography will definitely get it...

Who will win: The Aviator
Who should win: Sideways, come on, give chance to the indie market...

Best Director:
I am still confuse on who would it be... but since the Directors Guild of America and the Golden Globes decided, yeah ok...

Who will win: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Who should win: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator - My God, he's been around for 3 decades and NO OSCARS???

Best Actor:
Who else, is there any competition?

Who will win: Jamie Fox, Ray
Who should win: Jamie Fox, Ray

Best Actress:
Once again, it is Bening and Swank collision after the 1999 battle but Swank is getting a lot of buzz for the second time but I still hope for a miracle...

Who will win: Hillary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Who should win: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace

Best Supporting Actor:
Oh God I have no idea, it's a three way battle... the critics love Thomas Hayden Church, the Hollywood Foreign Press loves Clive Owen and the Screen Actor likes Morgan Freeman...

Who will win: Clive Owen, Closer
Who should win: well i really don't care but, Thomas Hayden Church of Sideways

Best Supporting Actress:
Once again, the critics love Virginia Marsden, the Hollywood Foreign Press loves Natalie Portman and the Screen Actor likes Cate Blanchett...

Who will win: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator, come on give it to her, because she was robbed by Gwyneth Paltrow last 1998 awards...
Who should win: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator

Best Original Screenplay:
This category is predictable but Vera Drake is a real Darkhorse...

Who will win: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Who should win: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Wow, what else but this years sleeper hit ala Lost in Translation...

Who will win: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Who should win: Alexander Payne, Sideways

Best Foreign Language Film:
My favorite category even though the Oscars are dumb jurors in this category, let us put it this way, we have a frontrunner which is The Sea Inside from Spain, but watch out for The Chorus of France, it is a certified audience charmer... and take note of our darkhorse, The Downfall of Germany, Hitler has a lot of appeal from the critics but in a controversial manner....

Who will win: The Sea Inside, Spain
Who should win: The Sea Inside, Spain (14 Spanish Goyas, record breaking in Spain!!!)

That's all!!!

posted by basmayor @ 6:56 PM