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These are the categories that I care about.
Best Lead/Supporting Actor/Actress Categories:
I can't really say anything about the selections, as I have yet to see a lot of the actors' performances. If The King's Speech is as amazing as people are telling me, then Colin Firth will be a shoe-in. Unless, of course, James Franco's performance in 127 Hours was as amazing as the critics claimed it was.
Natalie Portman's performance in Black Swan was AMAZING, but she's up against some awesome actresses like Annette Bening and Nicole Kidman. Those are the only three serious contenders I can see for the Best Actress category, only because I haven't heard anything about the performances of the other nominees. I'm HOPING Natalie wins, but I can see Annette getting it, but only because I've heard a lot more acclaim for her performance than for Natalie's or Nicole's.
Supporting Actress: Why was Mila Kunis snubbed? She did a fabulous job in Black Swan.
Best Picture:
I really want to put my money on Black Swan, but it's probably going to be The King's Speech or The Kids Are All Right. However, I can totally see the Academy going for the underdog, Winter's Bone. The rest are just nice additions.
Sound Editing:
Okay, Inception better win this one, or I'll fucking flip, because the sound editing was fucking amazing. BWAARRRRRRMMMMM.
Visual Effects:
Inception. The visual effects made the impossible very believably possible.
Cinematography:
Hands down, Black Swan. It did things with the camera work that made me either squirm uncomfortably or jizz my pants.
Animated Feature:
I really want How to Train Your Dragon to win, but Toy Story 3 was an overall SOLID movie with great pacing and an excellent plot, so the Oscar will probably go to it.
(What the hell is The Illusionist, and why are we only hearing about it now? Is it's this year's The Secret of the Kells?)
Best Lead/Supporting Actor/Actress Categories:
I can't really say anything about the selections, as I have yet to see a lot of the actors' performances. If The King's Speech is as amazing as people are telling me, then Colin Firth will be a shoe-in. Unless, of course, James Franco's performance in 127 Hours was as amazing as the critics claimed it was.
Natalie Portman's performance in Black Swan was AMAZING, but she's up against some awesome actresses like Annette Bening and Nicole Kidman. Those are the only three serious contenders I can see for the Best Actress category, only because I haven't heard anything about the performances of the other nominees. I'm HOPING Natalie wins, but I can see Annette getting it, but only because I've heard a lot more acclaim for her performance than for Natalie's or Nicole's.
Supporting Actress: Why was Mila Kunis snubbed? She did a fabulous job in Black Swan.
Best Picture:
I really want to put my money on Black Swan, but it's probably going to be The King's Speech or The Kids Are All Right. However, I can totally see the Academy going for the underdog, Winter's Bone. The rest are just nice additions.
Sound Editing:
Okay, Inception better win this one, or I'll fucking flip, because the sound editing was fucking amazing. BWAARRRRRRMMMMM.
Visual Effects:
Inception. The visual effects made the impossible very believably possible.
Cinematography:
Hands down, Black Swan. It did things with the camera work that made me either squirm uncomfortably or jizz my pants.
Animated Feature:
I really want How to Train Your Dragon to win, but Toy Story 3 was an overall SOLID movie with great pacing and an excellent plot, so the Oscar will probably go to it.
(What the hell is The Illusionist, and why are we only hearing about it now? Is it's this year's The Secret of the Kells?)
