My Final Oscar Predictions

My predictions are based on how I think things will actually go down and does not reflect my personal taste. BEST PICTURE Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) The Fighter (Paramount) Inception (Warner Bros.) The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) True Grit (Paramount) Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions) BEST ACTOR Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions) Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” (Paramount) Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company) James Franco in “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian Bale in “The Fighter” (Paramount) John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions) Jeremy Renner in “The Town” (Warner Bros.) Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features) Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company) BEST ACTRESS Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features) Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” (Lionsgate) Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions) Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight) Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” (The Weinstein Company) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Adams in “The Fighter” (Paramount) Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech” (The Weinstein Company) Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” (Paramount) Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” (Paramount) Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” (Sony Pictures Classics) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich ART DIRECTION Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration) Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span> The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration) True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins COSTUME DESIGN Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres BEST DIRECTOR Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen BEST DOCUMENTARY Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Gasland, A Gasland Production Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Note: completely random guess here Killing in the Name Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production Poster Girl Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production BEST EDITING Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter BEST FOREIGN FILM Biutiful, Mexico Dogtooth, Greece In a Better World, Denmark Incendies, Canada Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), Algeria BEST MAKEUP Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey BEST ORIGINAL SCORE How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Coming Home” from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey “I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater “If I Rise” from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM Note: completely random guess here Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton The Gruffalo (A Magic Light Pictures Production) Jakob Schuh and Max Lang Let’s Pollute (A Geefwee Boedoe Production) Geefwee Boedoe The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM Note: completely random guess here The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh God of Love (A Luke Matheny Production) Luke Matheny Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt Wish 143 (A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production) Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite BEST SOUND EDITING Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger BEST SOUND MIXING Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler Conclusion: I have The King's Speech winning at least 7 Oscars including for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, and Director. Why? Because rarely does a film get 12 nominations, wins best picture, and doesn't win at least 4 more awards. Plus, Tom Hooper won the DGA award earlier this month. Personally, I think Hooper winning Best Director would be a travesty considering the other four directors nominated are immensely talented and made great films. But whatever, it's the ****ing Oscars. The Social Network should win Best Sound Mixing just for that scene in the club where Sean Parker and Mark are talking inside that insanely loud club. How they pulled that off really impressed me. My personal opinion? I'd be happy with The Fighter, Social Network, Black Swan, or even True Grit winning best picture. I think The King's Speech was a good film, but I also think Boyle, Aronofsky, Fincher, O. Russell, and the Coen Bros all made great films that maintain a strong directorial vision. It's unfortunate that newcomer Tom Hooper will win an Oscar before Fincher or Aronofsky. His film just really isn't all that impressive from a visual or technical standpoint. However, Colin Firth absolutely deserves to win Best Actor, I've always liked him, and I will be happy to see him accept his award.