Hanzo’s Oscar Picks
My selections in bold. I have not seen all of these movies, but will probably end up seeing most of them.
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
•Avatar•The Blind Side •District 9 •An Education
•The Hurt Locker •Inglourious Basterds •Precious
•A Serious Man•Up•Up in the Air
- Achievement in Directing
•James Cameron, Avatar
•Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
•Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
•Lee Daniels, Precious
•Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
- Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
•Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart•George Clooney, Up in the Air
•Colin Firth, A Single Man
•Morgan Freeman, Invictus
•Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
- Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
•Matt Damon, Invictus
•Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
•Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
•Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
•Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
- Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
•Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
•Helen Mirren, The Last Station
•Carey Mulligan, An Education
•Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
•Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
- Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
•Penélope Cruz, Nine
•Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
•Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart•Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
•Mo’Nique, Precious
- Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
•Coraline
•Fantastic Mr. Fox
•The Princess and the Frog
•The Secret of Kells
•Up
- Original Screenplay
•The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
•Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
•The Messenger, Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
•A Serious Man, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
•Up, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson
- Adapted Screenplay
•District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell•An Education, Nick Hornby
•In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
•Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
•Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
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February 2nd, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Nice you beat me to it. I was going to do a post on this same subject tonight.
Best Movie- Up in the Air
I have only seen:Avatar, Blind Side, District 9, Inglorious Bastards, Up In the Air, Hurt Locker
Of those for me it comes down to the Hurt Locker and Up in the Air. I think both are flawed and both have very special moments. I give the nod to Up in the Air i think it was the better all around film. For the record I would have Avatar a close third behind those two.
Best Director-
I have not seen precious although I really want to. I’ve seen the others here.
Hmm this is tough for me. For direction it comes down to James Cameron and Jason Reitman. I think I lean towards Cameron here.
Best Actor-
I’ve only seen Freeman, Clooney, and Renner here. I feel I’m at a disadvantage because I’ve heard Jeff Bridges was sensational. Of the three I saw I would give the nod to Freeman. I thought he was a great Nelson Mandella played the part wonderfully.
Supporting Actor-
I only saw Waltz and Damon. I really should see the others because I did not think damon was anything special. Waltz though was very good in his role. Hard to compare him to the others though not having seen the films.
Actress-
I’ve only seen Bullock in the blind side but man she nailed that! She was really good here.
Supporting Actress-
Again I’ve only seen one person here Vera Farmiga, but as good as I thought Bullock was in Blind Side I thought Vera Rocked this role in Up in the Air. After the movie I left and looked up who she was because I thought she played her part REALLY well. Obviously I can’t compare it though as I’ve not seen the others (besides Anna Kendrick who was good too but not as strong as Vera)
Animated Film-
I liked Coraline a lot, but I’m a Neil Gaiman fanatic. I’ve not seen Up everyone seemed to like it a lot though.
Original Screenplay-
Of the ones I saw I really liked the dialogue and flow of Inglorious Bastards the best out of those nominated here.
Adapted Screenplay-
Again of the ones I’ve seen I go with Up in the Air. Just because I know how much of the story was changed from the book they really did a lot of work with this one. District 9 was pretty damn good too though.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Oh and if I may biggest snub was Viggo Mortenson not being nominated for Best Actor for his role in “The Road”
Quite possibly his best performance and he is stuck on the outside looking in.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Seeing as how I’m mostly a rental guy when it comes to movies and I have not see a few of these…
I really want to see Crazy Heart but I though Jeremy Renner was awesome in Hurt Locker. UP was pretty awesome even when you consider the huge kick to the dick it gives you in the first 15 minutes. And although Avatar was incredible visually… It’s a damn near exact replica of the plots from Pocahantas and Fern Gully and does not deserve to run away with all the awards.
That’s my two cents without seeing all nominations
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:47 am
Here’s what I’m thinking…
Best Motion Picture-Avatar
Directing-Cameron
Actor in a Leading Role-Morgan Freeman, Invictus (can’t bet against Morgan)
Actor in a Supporting Role-Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds (hands down!)
Actress in a Leading Role-Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Actress in a Supporting Role-Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Animated Feature Film-UP
Original Screenplay-Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
Adapted Screenplay-Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
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February 3rd, 2010 at 9:08 am
Apparently, Sandra Bullock is up for best actress as well as a Razzie for worst actress in the same year. The razzie is for some movie called “all about steve”… Or something like that
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February 3rd, 2010 at 9:18 am
I saw that! If she wins both it would be the first time anyone has ever won both awards!
Mindbomb did you rent precious or did you guys see that in the theatre? It never made it’s way to a theatre by me so i missed it when it was out.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 10:31 am
Never saw it, but I saw a mini-docu on the movie and the book (and the previews). From the looks of it, it looks like most involved put in some “once in a lifetime” performances. I wanted to see it at the theater, but to be honest it’s such a heavy movie that I thought I’d wait till video…
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February 6th, 2010 at 10:23 am
I saw Up in the Air last night. There is some potential for it – especially in the bets supporting actress category. Both of the main women are nominated. However, precious has gotten so much press I think that Mo’Nique walks away with the prize.
George might walk away with best actor from Up in the air.
Overall it was really good.
I still need to see Wild Hearts, Invictus and a Serious Man before I can create a final list.
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March 8th, 2010 at 7:44 am
So it must kind of suck when your ex wife beats you out for the best director role……
I was disapointed Up in the Air got so little love. I really liked that movie.
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March 8th, 2010 at 8:51 am
I got 4 out of 9. Not bad. I was a little dissapointed that IB did not win best original screenplay. Not a huge shocker that Precious won a couple… this is suppose to be a very powerful movie.
I like it that Hurt Locker won the lion’s share, howerever I did not personally like this movie as much as 4 of the others in the best picture category. It is nice to see a movie like this with its origins do well.
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