Academy Awards

Tonight is the Academy Awards! I much prefer watching this award ceremony more than any other (minus maybe the Tony's... but that's because I'm one of the biggest musical theatre geeks of all time...). So I'm very excited about this evening.

Now, it is time for my predictions. Except this time, I am posting who I think will win, and who I want to win. I will post later how well I did.

Actor In A Leading Role:
Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Want To Win: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Actor In A Supporting Role:
Prediction: Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men
Want To Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
Winner: Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men

Actress In A Leading Role:
Prediction: Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Want To Win: Ellen Page in Juno
Winner: Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose

Actress In A Supporting Role:
Prediction: Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
Want To Win: Saorise Ronan in Atonement
Winner: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

Animated Feature Film:
Prediction: Ratatouille
Want to Win: Ratatouille
Winner: Ratatouille

Art Direction:
Prediction: Sweeney Todd
Want To Win: Tie between There Will Be Blood and Sweeney Todd
Winner: Sweeney Todd

Cinematography:
Prediction: There Will Be Blood
Want to Win: There Will Be Blood
Winner: There Will Be Blood

Costume Design:
Prediction: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Want to Win: Sweeney Todd
Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Directing:
Prediction: There Will Be Blood or No Country for Old Man (I can't decide)
Want to Win: There Will Be Blood
Winner: No Country for Old Men

Documentary Feature:
Prediction: Sicko
Want to Win: Sicko
Winner: Taxi To The Dark Side

Documentary Short:
Prediction: La Corona
Want to Win: La Corona
Winner: Freeheld

Film Editing:
Prediction: No Country for Old Men
Want to Win: There Will Be Blood
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum

Foreign Language Film:
Prediction: Beaufort
Want to Win: No Preference
Winner: Die Fälscher

Make Up:
Prediction: Norbit (As sad as that sounds... those fat suits were awesome...)
Want to Win: Pirates of the Caribbean
Winner: La Vie En Rose

Music (Score):
Prediction: Atonement
Want to Win: Atonement
Winner: Atonement

Music (Song):
Prediction: "That's How You Know" from Enchanted
Want to Win: "Raise It Up" from August Rush
Winner: "Falling Slowly" from Once

Short Film (Animated):
Prediction: Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
Want to Win: No Preference
Winner: Peter & The Wolf

Short Film (Live Action):
Prediction: The Substitute
Want to Win: No Preference
Winner: Le Mozart de Pickpockets

Sound Editing:
Prediction: There Will Be Blood
Want to Win: There Will Be Blood
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum

Sound Mixing:
Prediction: No Country for Old Men
Want to Win: No Country for Old Men
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum

Visual Effects:
Prediction: The Golden Compass
Want to Win: The Golden Compass
Winner: The Golden Compass

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
Prediction: There Will Be Blood or No Country for Old Men
Want to Win: There Will Be Blood
Winner: No Country For Old Men

Writing (Original Screenplay):
Prediction: Juno
Want to Win: Juno
Winner: Juno

Best Picture:
Prediction: No Country for Old Men
Want to Win: There Will Be Blood, Juno, or Atonement (I can't decide....)
Winner: No Country for Old Men


I'm a little biased. I fell in love with There Will Be Blood immediately. So we'll see how it holds up.

Edit: I didn't do too horrible I guess. 12 out of 24. 50%. Woo!