2011 Academy Awards: Predictions

The 83rd Academy Awards winners according to Milena:  

From the London Daily Telegraph, Salon.com to Metacritic.com, see how your 2011 Oscar predictions match up to the planet's top entertainment journalists . . . and in all humility, me.  Word of warning, the last time I ever won an Oscar pool was circa 1991.  

The primary contributing factor to my win might have been the fact that I was pregnant and not drinking and my co-workers, in true Spago style, were too inebriated to check boxes appropriately, so it is likely that I had a bit of an advantage.  Disclaimer notwithstanding, this year, I take a win-place-show approach to my 83rd Annual Academy Awards predictions.  This way, I just might retain a modicum of dignity if I flail.

Here goes:  

2011 Best Picture
Win - Inception.  Read and watch the Salon.com bash (Yes, click on the title).  I disagree.  I have nothing against a so-called A-minus cast.  Snobby elitists aren't my cup of tea, even though they write some sexy copy in Britannic.

Place - The Social Network.  (Note: I know deep down that it will likely win, however, out of principal I need to pull for the underdog).  Show - Black Swan

2011 Best Picture competitors:

    * 127 Hours
    * Black Swan
    * The Fighter
    * Inception
    * The Kids Are All Right
    * The King's Speech
    * The Social Network
    * Toy Story 3
    * True Grit
    * Winter's Bone

2011 Best Director Win - David O. Russell

 
Los Angeles Times says no-can-do for The Fighter for a 2011 Oscar.  The budget was indulgent at $70 Million (no doubt, what studio budgets aren't?)  Bad rap notwithstanding, my kid loved the picture so, Mr. Russell and The Fighter get my vote.

Place - David Fincher  Show - Darren Aronofsky

    * David O. Russell (The Fighter)
    * David Fincher (The Social Network)
    * Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
    * Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
    * Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

2011 Original Screenplay Win - Christoper Nolan 

Read the coverage in London's Daily Telegraph, not particularly because I agree with it, but the freelance film journalist, Andrew Lowry, covering the 2011 Oscars for the publication is clever . . . and not hard on the eyes which may or may not lend to the credibility, but it doesn't hurt . . .cougar growl inferred.   Place - Scott Siver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

    * Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (The Fighter)
    * David Seidler (The King’s Speech)
    * Christopher Nolan (Inception)
    * Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
    * Mike Leigh (Another Year)




2011 Adapted Screenplay WIN Social Network  - Aaron Sorkin

Place - Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy Show - Joel & Ethan Coen

    * Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
    * Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (Winter’s Bone)
    * Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours)
    * Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
    * Michael Arndt, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, John Lasseter (Toy Story 3)

2011 Lead Actress Win - Natalie Portman

    * Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
    * Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
    * Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
    * Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
    * Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

2011 Lead Actor Win - Jesse Eisenberg
 
Place - Jeff Bridges

    * Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
    * James Franco (127 Hours)
    * Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
    * Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
    * Jeff Bridges (True Grit)

2011 Supporting Actress Win - Melissa Leo   

Place - Hailee Steinfeld

    * Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
    * Amy Adams (The Fighter)
    * Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
    * Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
    * Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)

2011 Supporting Actor Win - Christian Bale 

Place - Geoffrey Rush

    * Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)
    * John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
    * Christian Bale (The Fighter)
    * Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
    * Jeremy Renner (The Town)

2011 Animated Feature Win - How to Train Your Dragon

    * How to Train Your Dragon
    * The Illusionist
    * Toy Story 3

2011 Foreign-Language Feature Win - Incendies

    * Biutiful
    * Dogtooth
    * In a Better World
    * Incendies
    * Outside the Law

2011 Documentary Feature Win - Waste Land

    * Exit Through the Gift Shop
    * Gasland
    * Inside Job
    * Restrepo
    * Waste Land

2011 Documentary Short Subject Win - Killing in the Name

    * Killing in the Name
    * Poster Girl
    * Strangers No More
    * Sun Come Up
    * The Warriors of Qiugang

2011 Animated Short Film Win - The Gruffalo

    * Day & Night
    * The Gruffalo
    * Let’s Pollute
    * The Lost Thing
    * Madagascar, a Journey Diary

2011 Live Action Short Film Win - God of Love

    * The Confession
    * The Crush
    * God of Love
    * Na Wewe
    * Wish 143

2011 Original Score Win - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

    * A.R. Rahman (127 Hours)
    * Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)
    * Hans Zimmer (Inception)
    * Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech)
    * John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon)

2011 Original Song Win - Coming Home

    * "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3
    * "If I Rise" from 127 Hours
    * "I See the Light" from Tangled
    * "Coming Home" from Country Strong

2011 Art Direction Win -True Grit

    * Inception
    * Alice in Wonderland
    * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
    * The King's Speech
    * True Grit

2011 Cinematography Win - Matthew Libatique


    * Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network)
    * Wally Pfister (Inception)
    * Danny Cohen (The King’s Speech)
    * Matthew Libatique (Black Swan)
    * Roger Deakins (True Grit)

2011 Costume Design Win - The Tempest

    * True Grit
    * I Am Love
    * The King's Speech
    * Alice in Wonderland
    * The Tempest

2011 Film Editing Win - The Social Network

    * The King's Speech
    * The Fighter
    * 127 Hours
    * The Social Network
    * Black Swan

2011 Makeup Win - The Wolfman

    * Barney’s Version
    * The Way Back
    * The Wolfman


2011 Sound Editing Win - Tron: Legacy

    * Tron: Legacy
    * Unstoppable
    * Toy Story 3
    * Inception
    * True Grit

2011 Sound Mixing Win - The King's Speech

    * The King's Speech
    * The Social Network
    * Salt
    * True Grit
    * Inception

2011 Visual Effects Win - Alice in Wonderland

    * Hereafter
    * Alice in Wonderland
    * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
    * Iron Man 2
    * Inception