It’s Oscar time once again and before the big day proceeds let me provide you my own insight on who my bets are (for me: who should really win) and on who will win.
Best Picture
(Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men & There Will Be Blood)
Who Will Win: ATONEMENT
Who Should Win: ATONEMENT
Best Actor
(George Clooney-Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis-There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp-Sweeney Todd, Tommy Lee Jones-In The Valley of Elah & Viggo Mortensen-Eastern Promises)
Who Will Win: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS for “There Will Be Blood”
Who Should Win: TOMMY LEE JONES for “In The Valley of Elah”
Best Actress
(Cate Blanchett-Elizabeth, Julie Christie-Away From Her, Marion Cotillard-La Vie En Rose, Laura Linney-The Savages & Ellen Page-Juno)
Who Will Win: JULIE CHRISTIE for “Away From Her”
Who Should Win: MARION COTILLARD for “La Vie en Rose”
Best Supporting Actor
(Casey Affleck-The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Javier Bardem-No Country For Old Men, Philip Seymour Hoffman-Charlie Wilson’s War, Hal Holbrook-Into The Wild & Tom Wilkinson-Michael Clayton)
Who Will Win: JAVIER BARDEM for “No Country for Old Men”
Who Should Win: JAVIER BARDEM for “No Country for Old Men”
Best Supporting Actress
(Cate Blanchett-I’m Not There, Ruby Dee-American Gangster, Saoirse Ronan-Atonement, Amy Ryan-Gone Baby Gone & Tilda Swinton-Michael Clayton)
Who Will Win: AMY RYAN for “Gone Baby Gone”
Who Should Win: SAOIRSE RONAN for “Atonement”
Best Original Screenplay
(Juno, Lars & The Real Girl, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille & The Savages)
Who Will Win: JUNO
Who Should Win: JUNO
Best Adapted Screenplay
(Atonement, Away From Her, The Diving Bell & The Butterfly, No Country for Old Men & There Will Be Blood)
Who Will Win: ATONEMENT
Who Should Win: ATONEMENT
Best Cinematography
(The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, Diving Bell & The Butterfly, No Country For Old Men & There Will Be Blood)
Who Will Win: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Who Should Win: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Animated Film
(Persepolis, Ratatouille & Surf’s Up)
Who Will Win: RATATOUILLE
Who Should Win: PERSEPOLIS
Best Art Direction
(American Gangster, Atonement, Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd & There Will Be Blood)
Who Will Win: SWEENEY TODD
Who Should win: SWEENEY TODD
Best in Costume Design
(Across The Universe, Atonement, Elizabeth, La Vie en Rose & Sweeney Todd)
Who Will Win: ELIZABETH
Who Should Win: ATONEMENT
Best Make-up
(La Vie en Rose, Norbit & Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End)
Who Will Win: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
Who Should Win: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
Best Original Score
(Atonement, Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille & 3:10 to Yuma)
Who Will Win: ATONEMENT
Who Should Win: ATONEMENT
Best Visual Effects
(Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End & Transformers)
Who Will Win: TRANSFORMERS
Who Should Win: TRANSFORMERS
