Sure, I'll join the Oscar handicappers. Here are my picks for what will/should win at the Academy Awards Sunday evening.
Editing
Should and Will: "The Hurt Locker."
Song
Should and Will: "The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart"
Note: This year, the Best Song nominees won't be each given a number during the Oscar broadcast.
Costume Design
Will: "Coco Before Chanel"
Make Up
Will: "Star Trek"
Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Score, Art Direction
Will: "Avatar"
Cinematography
Should: "The Hurt Locker"
Will: "Avatar"
Original Screenplay
Should: "A Serious Man"
Will: "The Hurt Locker"
Should be nominated: "(500) Days of Summer"
Caveat: "The Messenger" still hasn't played in Indianapolis
Adapted Screenplay
Should: Abstain, since I only saw one of the nominated films
Will: "Up in the Air"
Animated Feature
Should: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Will: "Up"
Directing
Will: "The Hurt Locker"
Supporting Actor
Should and will: Christoph Waltz in "Inglorious Basterds."
Supporting Actress
Will: Mo-Nique in "Precious"
Leading Actor
Will: Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
Should but wasn't nominated: Hal Holbrook in "That Evening Sun"
Picture
Will: "Avatar"
Should but weren't nominated: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" or "Where the Wild Things Are"
Of course, the deal breakers in your Oscar pool are likely to be the Documentary, Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories. Just like you, I'll be guessing come Oscar night.
Your thoughts?
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I can't wait to see the awards show so I can be smug over how on-target I was - or exude shock and disappointment over how the Academy failed to see what was so obvious to me.