Oscar Predictions

My picks are in bold

BEST PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood

I didn't see There Will be Blood, but I bet it wasn't any better than No Country..., friend-o.

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Depp
Tommy Lee Jones
Viggo Mortensen

People like that milkshake line, and he's been cleaning up at other shows.

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett
Julie Christie
Marion Cotillard
Laura Linney
Ellen Page

She was the best lip-syncher of 2007, and she shaved her eyebrows for the role!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett
Ruby Dee
Saoirse Ronan
Amy Ryan
Tilda Swinton

They love to give best supporting actress to a pregnant lady and to a lady playing a dude.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck
Javier Bardem
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hal Holbrook
Tom Wilkinson

C'mon, look at his hair!

BEST DIRECTOR
There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
No Country for Old Men (Ethan and Joel Coen)
Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
Juno (Jason Reitman)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)

It might go to Schnabel. I hope Sean Young interrupts him if it does.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Diablo Cody is totally going to win and then write about it in Entertainment Weekly.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood

They like awarding actors (Sarah Polley) for writing.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James...
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

When I watched it, I felt like I was in Texas.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

It is about the Holocaust. "Nuff said.

ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Who didn't cringe when the rats fell from the ceiling? Eww.

EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood

I guess I'm rooting for this movie? I'm screwed if There Will be Blood cleans up.

ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will be Blood

Any screen grab looks like a work of art. I don't know if that's what this award means, but that's why I picked it.

LIVE ACTION SHORT
At Night
Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Sounds like a drink.

COSTUME DESIGN
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd

Keira's outfits look good on her because they look exactly the same as they do on hangers.

ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma

The typewriter sold it.

MAKEUP
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

She looked convincing as a teen and as an "old" lady.

ORIGINAL SONG
Falling Slowly from Once
Happy Working Song from Enchanted
So Close from Enchanted
That's How You Know from Enchanted
Raise It Up from August Rush

I'm currently obsessed with this song and feel the movie should have more nominations.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

Umm, it's an election year?

SOUND MIXING
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

The movie sounded good when I had my eyes closed because the shaky camerawork made me nauseous.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freehold
La Corona
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

No reason given.

ANIMATED SHORT
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
My Love
Peter & the Wolf

The Beatles are very popular.

VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Did you see them transform? Awesome.

SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will be Blood
Transformers

Same reason as Sound Mixing.