My picks this year




Flixguy's picks

    Performance by an actor in a leading role Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
    Performance by an actor in a supporting role Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"
    Performance by an actress in a leading role Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
    Performance by an actress in a supporting role Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
    Best animated feature film of the year  "Up" - Pete Docter
    Achievement in art direction "Avatar" - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair
    Achievement in cinematography "The Hurt Locker" - Barry Ackroyd
    Achievement in costume design "The Young Victoria" - Sandy Powell
    Achievement in directing  "The Hurt Locker" - Kathryn Bigelow
    Best documentary feature "The Cove"
    Best documentary short subject  "China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province" - Jon Alpert & Matthew O'Neill
    Achievement in film editing "The Hurt Locker" - Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
    Best foreign language film of the year "The White Ribbon" - Germany
    Achievement in makeup "The Young Victoria" - Jon Henry Gordon & Jenny Shircore
    Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) "Up"  - Michael Giacchino
    Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) "The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"
    from "Crazy Heart" - Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett
    Best motion picture of the year "The Hurt Locker"
    Best animated short film "A Matter of Loaf and Death" - Nick Park
    Best live action short film "The Door" - Juanita Wilson & James Flynn
    Achievement in sound editing "Avatar" - Christopher Boyes & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
    Achievement in sound mixing "Avatar" - Christopher Boyes, Gary
    Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
    Achievement in visual effects "Avatar" - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
    Adapted screenplay "Up in the Air" - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
    Original screenplay "Inglourious Basterds" - Quentin Tarantino

 My record for a year is 21 back in 1997.  Unlike that year, I'm not betting it all on James Cameron.  Good luck to all. 

Showtime

As I sit here writing this, I am still not sure who I'll pick for some of the big awards tonight.  Usually, I'd be on my way to an Oscar party with my High School friends where we'd compete against each other for a prize.  Since we moved across the country and we obviously aren't going to the party, I just haven't been as focused on watching the nominated films.  That being said, I've had to step up my "research" this year and take into account what's happened at the other award shows.  Now that that's done, take a look at my Oscars page to see how all the movies and people have fared.  I was able to see a couple of films such as Inglorious Basterds, Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter.  So I am now going to make my picks and post them shortly.  Stay tuned...

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