Oscars 2010

[LonghornPatrick]

OK, who is going to win the Oscars this year? Here are my picks for some major trophies. I usually don't do well with those foreign and small documentary films, things like that. That's usually when I lose the most points with a Who's Going to Win the Oscars contest.

Best Picture: Avatar, not the best story but boy did they put everything and the kitchen sink into it. Other possible: The Hurt Locker.
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges.
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock. I have started to see where many people think that Meryl Streep will win. I think Streep was incredible in Julie and Julia, but the Oscars often are about giving someone the trophy because of what they've done in the past. I will say that Bullock was very good.
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz. If there was a sure thing, this would be it.
Best Supporting Actress: Probably Mo'nique, though I haven't seen this. But they say her performance is incredible. That is the thing about Supporting Roles, they are usually the best performances of the year.
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow. Though I really think that James Cameron deserves this because of the massive incredible job he did pulling Avatar together - Bigelow winning will satisfy all kinds of past unfairness to women in this spot. Plus, The Hurt Locker was a great movie and well done.
Best Animated Film: Up, of course. This was one of the best movies I saw all year and so well made. If you have the movie, I would recommend you watch the making-of-behind-the-scenes parts.
Best Original Screenplay: Inglorious Basterds. Quentin Tarantino is brilliant, and ranks right up there with the Coen Brothers for me. (Can't wait for the Coen's remake of True Grit.)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air. I really, really liked this movie and this will give Jason Reitman a well deserved reward.
Original Score: Up.
Original Song: The Weary Kind, from Crazy Heart. I have a feeling this will be one of those performances like when Nashville's "I'm Easy" won. Bingham will probably come out by himself with a guitar and sing the song, after a lot of big stage presentations of the other songs. And then he'll win. Truthfully, this was a weak catagory, but the song was still good.

That's it for me.

Here's a complete list:
http://www.moviefone.com/oscars-acad...nominee-winner