Movie Muse Oscar Predictions 2010

Oscars2010Here is my official list of predictions for Sunday’s ceremony. I’ve included links to every individual category post (some categories are lumped together, so keep notice of that) if you want to read a bit more about why I chose the films/people I did. I also link to my reviews of all the Best Picture nominees.

I will happily be tweeting the whole ceremony and I promise witty insights and snide comments will abound. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/Movie_Muse

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Best Motion Picture of the Year

Movie Muse Prediction: The Hurt Locker (read post)

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Mo’nique for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
  • Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
  • Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air
  • Penelope Cruz for Nine
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart

Movie Muse Prediction: Mo’nique for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (read post)

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
  • Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
  • Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones
  • Christopher Plummer for The Last Station
  • Matt Damon for Invictus

Movie Muse Prediction: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (read post)

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

  • Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
  • Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
  • Carey Mulligan for An Education
  • Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
  • Helen Mirren for The Last Station

Movie Muse Prediction: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (read post)

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

  • Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
  • Colin Firth for A Single Man
  • George Clooney for Up in the Air
  • Morgan Freeman for Invictus
  • Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker

Movie Muse Prediction: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (read post)

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Best Achievement in Directing

  • James Cameron for Avatar
  • Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
  • Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
  • Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
  • Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

Movie Muse Prediction: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (read post)

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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

  • Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
  • Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker
  • Joel and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man
  • Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman for The Messenger
  • Bob Peterson, Pete Docter for Up

Movie Muse Prediction: Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker (read post)

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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

  • Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for Up in the Air
  • Neil Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell for District 9
  • Nick Hornby for An Education
  • Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
  • Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armondo Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche for In the Loop

Movie Muse Prediction: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for Up in the Air (read post)

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Best Achievement in Cinematography

  • The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd)
  • Inglourious Basterds (Robert Richardson)
  • Avatar (Mauro Fiore)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Bruno Delbonnel)
  • The White Ribbon (Christian Berger)

Movie Muse Prediction: The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd) (read post)


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Best Achievement in Editing

  • Avatar (John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin)
  • District 9 (Julian Clarke)
  • The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis, Bob Murawski)
  • Inglourious Basterds (Sally Menke)
  • Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire (Joe Klotz)

Movie Muse Prediction: The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis, Bob Murawski) (read post)

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Best Achievement in Art Direction

  • Avatar (Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg)
  • Sherlock Holmes (Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer)
  • The Young Victoria (Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Dave Warren, Terry Gilliam, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith, Shane Vieau)
  • Nine (Jon Myhre, Gordon Sim)

Movie Muse Prediction: Avatar (Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg) (read post)

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Best Achievement in Costume Design

  • Coco Before Chanel (Catherine Leterrier)
  • The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell)
  • Bright Star (Janet Patterson)
  • Nine (Colleen Atwood)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Monique Prudhomme)

Movie Muse Prediction: Nine (Colleen Atwood) (read post)

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Best Achievement in Makeup

  • Star Trek (Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow)
  • Il Divo (Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano)
  • The Young Victoria (Jon Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore)

Movie Muse Prediction: The Young Victoria (Jon Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore) (read post)

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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

  • Michael Giacchino for Up
  • James Horner for Avatar
  • Hans Zimmer for Sherlock Holmes
  • Alexandre Desplat for Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders for The Hurt Locker

Movie Muse Prediction: Michael Giacchino for Up (read post)

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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

  • “The Weary Kind” by T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham from Crazy Heart
  • “Down in New Orleans” by Randy Newman from The Princess and the Frog
  • “Almost There” by Randy Newman from The Princess and the Frog
  • “Loin de Paname” by Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas from Paris 36
  • “Take it All” by Maury Yeston from Nine

Movie Muse Prediction: “The Weary Kind” by T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham from Crazy Heart (read post)

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Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

  • Avatar (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson)
  • The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett)
  • Inglourious Basterds (Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano)
  • Star Trek (anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson)

Movie Muse Prediction: Avatar (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson) (read post)

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Best Achievement in Sound Editing

  • Avatar (Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle)
  • The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson)
  • Inglourious Basterds (Wylie Stateman)
  • Star Trek (Mark Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin)
  • Up (Michael Silvers, Tom Myers)

Movie Muse Prediction: Avatar (Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle) (read post)

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Best Achievement in Visual Effects

  • Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones)
  • District 9 (Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken)
  • Star Trek (Robert Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton)

Movie Muse Prediction: Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones) (read post)

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Best Short Film, Animated

  • French Roast
  • Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
  • The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
  • Logorama
  • A Matter of Loaf and Death

Movie Muse Prediction: A Matter of Loaf and Death (read post)

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Best Short Film, Live Action

  • The Door
  • Instead of Abracadabra
  • Kavi
  • Miracle Fish
  • The New Tenants

Movie Muse Prediction: The Door (read post)

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Best Documentary, Features

  • Food, Inc.
  • The Cove
  • The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
  • Burma VJ
  • Which Way Home

Movie Muse Prediction: The Cove (read post)

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Best Documentary, Short Subject

  • China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
  • The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
  • Music by Prudence
  • Rabbit a la Berlin

Movie Muse Prediction: China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (read post)

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Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

  • The White Ribbon (Germany)
  • A Prophet (France)
  • The Secret in their Eyes (Argentina)
  • Ajami (Israel)
  • The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)

Movie Muse Prediction: A Prophet (France) (read post)

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Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

  • Up
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • Coraline
  • The Secret of Kells

Movie Muse Prediction: Up (read post)

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Predictions Breakdown

  • The Hurt Locker: 5 Awards (Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing)
  • Avatar: 4 Awards (Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Art Direction)
  • Up: 2 Awards (Animated Feature, Original Score)
  • Crazy Heart: 2 Awards (Best Actor, Original Song)
  • Up in the Air: 1 Award (Adapted Screenplay)
  • Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: 1 Award (Best Supporting Actress)
  • Inglourious Basterds: 1 Award (Best Supporting Actor)
  • The Blind Side: 1 Award (Best Actress)
  • The Young Victoria: 1 Award (Make-Up)
  • Nine: 1 Award (Costume Design)

I feel pretty good about this list. My only regrets are in those last two categories listed above, perhaps. If anything, I didn’t consider the popularity/overall quality of the two films. There’s a chance Star Trek wins Best Make-Up with ease and that the classic period film “Victoria” does win costumes. That last one was probably my boldest prediction.

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