Oscars 2011 - Predictions Only

[kaytee]

Last year we did not give out any gifts and this year could be the same until we come up with something. But what is on offer are the exclusive "Bragging Rights" which by experience are much more precious.

Just like the economy has been slowly recovering from the sub-prime losses, Hollywood also started recovering after the dismal 2009. Though the summer was nothing to write home about the fall brought some respite.

Note: To keep this thread clean, post only predictions here. Any comments or rants on the awards itself should go to this discussion thread.


Oscar Predictions 2011



Guessing who takes home the golden statuettes has become a revered, annual tradition for WM Citizens.

This time there will be 17 categories to take a crack at because most of them are straight lock in's for a win and we need to make this a bit hard for ourselves.

Good luck to all!

Deadline:
You can post your predictions immediately, and can keep editing your entry up until Sun, 27th February 2011 at 11:59pm UAE Time when, alas, this thread must be locked.

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Predict the Winners of Oscars 2011
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Best Motion Picture of the Year
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King's Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter's Bone"

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech"

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Achievement in Directing
“Black Swan” - Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” - David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” - Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” - David Fincher
“True Grit” - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” - Mexico
“Dogtooth” - Greece
“In a Better World” - Denmark
“Incendies” - Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” - Algeria

Best Original Screenplay
“Another Year” - Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” - Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson  
“Inception” - Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” - David Seidle

Best Adapted Screenplay
“127 Hours” - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” - Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” - Michael Arndt
“True Grit” - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone" - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3"

Achievement in Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
“Inception”
“The King's Speech”
“True Grit”

Achievement in Cinematography
“Black Swan” - Matthew Libatique
“Inception” - Wally Pfister
“The King's Speech” - Danny Cohen
“The Social Network” - Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit" -  Roger Deakin

Achievement in Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” - Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love” - Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” - Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” - Sandy Powell
“True Grit” - Mary Zophre

Best Documentary Feature
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land"

Achievement in Film Editing
“Black Swan” - Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter” - Pamela Martin
“The King's Speech” - Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours” - Jon Harris
“The Social Network” - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon” - John Powell
“Inception” - Hans Zimmer
“The King's Speech” - Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” - A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ros

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” by A.R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3” by Randy Newman

[shariqq]

My predictions:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The King's Speech”

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”

Achievement in Directing
“The Social Network” - David Fincher

Best Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World” - Denmark

Best Original Screenplay
“Inception” - Christopher Nolan

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Social Network” - Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3"

Achievement in Art Direction
“The King's Speech”

Achievement in Cinematography
“True Grit" -  Roger Deakin

Achievement in Costume Design
“True Grit” - Mary Zophre

Best Documentary Feature
“Exit through the Gift Shop”

Achievement in Film Editing
“The Social Network” - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
“Inception” - Hans Zimmer

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture (Original Song)
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater

[kaytee]

My predictions (not confirmed yet):

Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The Kings Speech”

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

Achievement in Directing
“The Social Network” - David Fincher

Best Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” - Mexico

Best Original Screenplay
“The King's Speech” - David Seidle

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Social Network” - Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3"

Achievement in Art Direction
“The King's Speech”

Achievement in Cinematography
“True Grit" -  Roger Deakin

Achievement in Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” - Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Feature
“Inside Job”

Achievement in Film Editing
“The Social Network” - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
“The Social Network” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ros

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture (Original Song)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3” by Randy Newman

[Rishi]

Final

Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The King's Speech”

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"  (was Melissa Leo - "The Fighter")

Achievement in Directing
“The Social Network" - David Fincher

Best Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” - Mexico

Best Original Screenplay
“Inception” - Christopher Nolan (was “The King's Speech” - David Seidle)

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Social Network” - Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3”

Achievement in Art Direction
“True Grit”

Achievement in Cinematography
“True Grit" -  Roger Deakin

Achievement in Costume Design
“True Grit” - Mary Zophre

Best Documentary Feature
“Exit through the Gift Shop”

Achievement in Film Editing
“127 Hours” - Jon Harris

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
“The Social Network” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ros

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture (Original Song)
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” by A.R. Rahman, Dido and Rollo Armstrong

[ayaa1977]

My Choices for who would win (subject to some tweaking in the future of course):

Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The King's Speech”

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
 

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Annette Bening  "The Kids Are All Right"

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

Achievement in Directing
“The Social Network” - David Fincher

Best Foreign Language Film
“Incendies” - Canada

Best Original Screenplay
"The King's Speech" - David Seidle

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Social Network” - Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3"

Achievement in Art Direction
“The King's Speech”

Achievement in Cinematography
“True Grit" -  Roger Deakin

Achievement in Costume Design
“The King's Speech” - Jenny Beavan

Best Documentary Feature
“Inside Job”

Achievement in Film Editing
“The Social Network” - Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
“The Social Network” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ros

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture (Original Song)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3” by Randy Newman

[kaytee]

The tally is as follows:

Kaytee - 13 (Ahem Ahem)
Ayaa - 10
Shariqq - 8
Rishi - 7

Too bad more people didn't participate. But I hear that Fizz gave his guesses in person to Shariqq and he scored much higher. Shariqq when you get a chance, please do tell how much Fizz scored.

[shariqq]

I have his selections at home - didn't carry it to work, but Fizz scored the same as Kaytee: 13 correct guesses.

I shall post his selection here later tonight or tomorrow.

[fizz]

Sorry for not being able to log in all of yesterday to post (I was lazy, but that's all the excuse I have). The fun was in making the predictions (Shariq was a sport and wrote them down) and of course watching it with friends. Shariq and another friend we saw the live telecast with are witnesses to me having placed my bets while the red carpet parade was still on

[fizz]

Just for the heck of it, these were my predictions (and again, thanks to Shariq for taking them down!).

Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The King's Speech”

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”

Achievement in Directing
“The Social Network” - David Fincher

Best Foreign Language Film
“In a Better World” - Denmark

Best Original Screenplay
“The King's Speech” - David Seidle

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Social Network” - Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3"

Achievement in Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”

Achievement in Cinematography
“Inception” - Wally Pfister

Achievement in Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” - Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Feature
“Inside Job”

Achievement in Film Editing
“127 Hours” - Jon Harris

Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
“The Social Network” - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ros

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture (Original Song)
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater