I have seen all best picture nominees and couple of the others. Here are my picks. Enjoy!
BEST PICTURE-The Artist becomes the first silent film in 85 years to win this prize.
BEST ACTOR-I thought the best actor was George Clooney who acted his guts out in The Descendents. But his buddy Brad Pitt (Tree of Life, Moneyball) is siphoning votes leaving possible a win by Jean Dujardin who really excelled without saying a word. Isn’t it interesting there is no Ryan Gosling nominated since the vote was likely split among Crazy Stupid Love, Drive, and Ides of March.
BEST ACTRESS-One day Meryl Streep is going to get Oscar #3 but not in a mediocre film like The Iron Lady. My pick, Viola Davis, who should have won in Doubt, also registered briefly in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Honorable mention to Michelle Williams, superb in My Week with Marilyn.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR-Christopher Plummer in Beginners.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS-Octavia Spencer had the best scene in any movie this year.
BEST DIRECTOR-Michel Hazanavicius is an unknown but he put together a valentine to Hollywood.
BEST ORIGIAL SCREENPLAY-Midnight in Paris
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY-The Descendents although I loved Moneyball
BEST ANIMATED FILM-Rango
BEST FOREIGN FILM-A Separation
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY-The Tree of Life, a lock
BEST SOUND MIXING-Hugo
BEST SOUND EDITING-Hugo
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE-The Artist despite borrowing substantially from Vertigo.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG-Man or a Muppet just for the visuals of this song alone.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN-The Artist
BEST DOCUMENTARY-Pina
BEST ART DIRECTION-Hugo
BEST FILM EDITING-The Artist
BEST MAKEUP-The Iron Lady
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS-Hugo may sweep techie awards and upset Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
The Artist may end up with most awards at 5 technical followed closely by Hugo.
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