2010 Oscar Predictions

Feel free to place money on these bets. I'm accepting any kinds of wagers on this list because I know that I'll be right.

Best Live Action Short Film: The New Tenants

A film with a plot similar to many great suburban paranoia films (American Beauty, ect), this short film was incredibly powerful in its portrayal of clashing characters and interesting situations that blend different genres.

Best Animated Short Film: Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'

The Academy has always been fans of Wallace and Gromit, examples being the original shorts and the feature length film.

Best Short Documentary Film: Music by Prudence

Very powerful subject matter and a very well told story.

Best Feature Documentary: The Cove

This was an intense documentary, a thrilling adventure into the horrible dolphin slaughter in Japan. The entire film is horrific and intense, making for an incredibly entertaining and disturbing documentary.

Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

I have no informed opinion on this category, yet this is the only movie I've clicked on before on IMDb, so I have obviously heard of it before.

Best Animated Foreign Film: Coraline

The reason I have picked this over Up for the best animated picture is because although Up was an amazing film and probably deserves this award, Up is nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Picture. This means that voters for these categories will split their votes towards either the Best Picture or Best Animated categories, resulting in Up getting less votes than the other films in this category and coming home empty handed. Coraline was also an amazing film with fantastic visuals and the greatest 3D in any animated film last year, the plot appealing to adults and kids alike.

Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Avatar

Duhh, what else would I have said.

Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Star Trek

I'm unsure about this category because every nominee in this category had amazing sound, yet Star Trek had so many things going on all the time and sound effect worked perfectly.

Best Achievement in Music Written for a Motion Picture, Original Song: Almost There (from The Princess and the Frog)

Randy Newman working on a Disney film, nuff' said.

Best Achievement in Music Written for a Motion Picture, Original Score: Up

It was so incredibly beautiful and emotional, more Disney magic.

Best Achievement in Makeup: Star Trek

So many different aliens and lots of detail put into making them look real.

Best Achievement in Costume Design: The Young Victoria

I'm unsure again about this category, but the era costumes from this film looked very good and extravagant.

Best Achievement in Art Direction: Avatar

It got nominated and it's the Academy's favorite for the year; Cameron also put a lot of work into making Pandora look like a living world, as well as convincing his actors that it is as well.

Best Achievement in Editing: Inglourious Basterds

Every single Tarantino film has brilliant editing, this one was his best. Every cut was meaningful and the transition between story lines was flawless.

Best Achievement in Cinematography: Inglourious Basterds

Every single Tarantino movie has the most unique and perfect camerawork, every shot meaningful and allowing for the camera to become a character of its own.

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Written or Published: Precious

This film contained very good dialog and was adapted wonderfully from the original book.

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Inglourious Basterds

Tarantino is the absolute best screenwriter in the world, he deserves this award for the magnificent dialog.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Christoph Waltz was chilling and hilarious in his role as Hans Landa, the Jew Hunter. He will definitely win this award. That's a Bingo!

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique (Precious)

She's the favorite for this category from her upsetting and emotional portrayal in Precious.

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
I didn't like the film, but Sandra Bullock was the star to bring people into the movie, which was an amazing performance and was probably her best.

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Morgan Freeman (Invictus) or Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
This could go either way as each actor delivered an engaging and powerful performance in each of their roles. Morgan Freeman was believable as Nelson Mandela, yet Jeff Bridges played an emotional and compelling role. My assumption is that the Oscars will mirror the Golden Globes and Jeff Bridges will win.

Best Achievement in Directing: Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino gets the greatest performances out of his actors and creates brilliant movies. Jim Cameron could probably win this award for being able to convince actors to react to an environment that doesn't exist, but I'm going to stick with my hero Tarantino for this award that he deserves for every single perfect film he has made up to this point.

Best Motion Picture: Inglourious Basterds
I really like Basterds and it totally was the best picture of last year, but I have a bad feeling that Avatar will win because of the breakthroughs in computer effects. Basterds was an absolutely perfect film and although I had it second to Avatar on my Best of 2009 List, upon further reflection I have come to the conclusion that Basterds is one of the best films I have seen in the last few years. It will be a real shame when Avatar wins this award, but I'm going to put my money on Inglourious Basterds.