After a week long Oscar extravaganza, we’re ready to declare a few of our picks for the 80th Academy Awards. Here goes nothing…

Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Actress in a Leading Role
Ellen Page (Juno)

Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

Animated Feature Film
Persepolis (but we’d like Ratatouille to win)

Art Direction
There Will Be Blood

Cinematography
No Country for Old Men

Costume Design
Sweeney Todd

Directing
No Country for Old Men

Documentary Feature
No End in Sight

Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Documentary Short
Freeheld
La Corona
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother

Foreign Language Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

Makeup
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Music (Score)
Atonement

Music (Song)
August Rush

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men (but we’d like Juno to win)

Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Sound Mixing
Ratatouille

Visual Effects
Transformers

Writing (Adapted)
Atonement

Writing (Original)
Juno

Short Film (Animated)
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis
My Love
Peter & The Wolf

Short Film (Live Action)
At Night
Il Supplente
Le Mozart Des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

So for some categories (i.e. foreign films, shorts, song), none of us have seen or cared much about the films (sorry), leaving us prediction-less; some of us had differing opinions in major categories like Best Picture or Best Actor. I guess we’ll see the results starting at 8pm tonight. Stay tuned!

Also, if you’ve got your own predictions for tonight’s Oscars, share them with other bloggers at our movie meme, Flick4Friday.






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