2010 Oscar Predictions
February 1st, 2010 by Melody*Currently tallying*… doing this way too fast, alert me if I’ve made an error with any of my red/green right/wrong indicators
53/96 … almost exactly the same as last year!
Okay, I think I’m done. Nominations are tomorrow. As always, my final list is a complex combination of actual informed expectations, personal preferences, and the odd wild card, with the final deciding factor always being “does it sit well with me?” 2010 has been that rare year where I can truly say all of the following sit pretty darn well with me, and that happens to match up nicely with the prevailing trends on predicting sites. As I’ve said already, once I saw Up in the Air and loved it so darn much, I knew everything was gonna be okay.
Edit: lol and I already made a swap – Michael Gambon is the only thing I think Half-Blood Prince should be up for. It’s almost less likely even than Isabelle Fuhrman but I’ll probably get less WTFs for it
Best Picture
- Up in the Air
[WIN] - Inglourious Basterds

- Avatar

- The Hurt Locker

- An Education

- Up

- Precious

- District 9

- Star Trek

- The Lovely Bones

Best Director
- Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

- Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
[WIN] - Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

- James Cameron, Avatar

- Lee Daniels, Precious

Best Actor
- Sam Rockwell, Moon

- Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

- George Clooney, Up in the Air

- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

- Michael Sheen, The Damned United

Best Actress
- Zoe Saldana, Avatar

- Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones

- Carey Mulligan, An Education

- Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

- Gabby Sidibe, Precious

Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
[WIN] - Alfred Molina, An Education

- Christan McKay, Me and Orson Welles

- Michael Gambon, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

- Matt Damon, Invictus

Best Supporting Actress
- Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan

- Sigourney Weaver, Avatar

- Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

- Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

- Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Original Screenplay
- Moon, Nathan Parker

- The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal

- Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino

- Up

- (500) Days of Summer

Best Adapted Screenplay
- Up in the Air

- The Road

- An Education

- The Lovely Bones

- The Damned United

Best Editing
- Dana E. Glauberman, Up in the Air

- Chris Innis, Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker

- Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds

- Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey, Star Trek

- Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron, Avatar

Best Cinematography
- Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds

- Mauro Fiore, Avatar

- Tom Stern, Invictus

- Roger Deakins, A Serious Man

- Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker

Best Score
- Coraline – Bruno Coulais

- The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman

- Up – Michael Giacchino

- Public Enemies – Eliot Goldenthal

- Up in the Air – Rolfe Kent

Best Original Song
- “Dreaming” – Bruno Coulais, Coraline

- “Butterfly Fly Away” – Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, Hannah Montana: the Movie

- “Almost There” – Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog

- “I See You” – Avatar

- “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” – Crazy Heart

Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Animated Feature
Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction
- Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Avatar

- Inglourious Basterds

- Hideki Arichi, Josh Fifarek, Moon

- Coraline

- Star Trek

Best Costume Design
- Coraline

- Inglourious Basterds

- Public Enemies

- Cheri

- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Best Make-Up
- Star Trek

- District 9

- The Road



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