- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
An extremely difficult decision and a chance for a bit of oscar surprise is awaiting in this category. John Hawkes's performance in 'Winter's bone' has surely been overshadowed by the boxing and voice coaches but again surely a well deserved nomination. Jeremy Renner did give one of his best performance in 'The Town' and surely is a black horse in this category. Mark Ruffalo was overshadowed too by all the praises which his fellow actors are getting for the same film but still a performance which should not be taken lightly. Now lets discuss about the big wigs, Christian Bale and Geoffrey Rush. Both had given a spectacular performance and even though Geoffrey Rush was superlative as the voice coach of the King but the man who gave his heart, soul and hard work to his performance Christian Bale is definitely the strongest of the lot to win this coveted title. The way Bale has brought down his weight, his dialogue delivery and his eye expressions are something which has to be enjoyed. So,
My Pick - Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Somehow i guess there is no big surprise in this category, I guess it would be a showdown between Melissa Leo and Helena Bonham Carter. Melissa Leo's performance has more wider spectrum of emotion than Helena but somehow my heart goes for Carter's performance of a caring and loving wife and also showing the pride of a queen, spectacular performance indeed! (Havnt seen Animal Kingdom yet though)
My Pick - Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
- Best Achievement in Directing
Well again its gonna be a major fight between just three(according to me), Tom Hooper, Darren Aronofsky and David Fincher. Tom Hooper may get a cold shoulder as the movie is a brit movie(a very weird theory but usually such movies do get nods only in the acting department). Darren did try something really out of the box with his Black Swan and David did showcase his complete control with the real life story(or, so they say!) of the creator of Facebook. And both being my favorites it took time for me to predict this one, and finally I decided its should be David Fincher who has a small edge over Darren for his realistic approach.
My Pick - David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Well Javier Bardem was exceptional in Biutiful and James Franco was outstanding 127 Hours but can they win the oscar? or will it be the surprising brilliance shown by Jesse Eisenberg in Social networking? There can be only one king and this time its sure to go to Colin Firth who enacted the stammering king to perfection. A work which had got him all the major awards this season and the golden statue will also follow for sure. Sorry Jeff, not this time!
My Pick -Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Again, a very difficult category to judge. Though Nicole, Jennifer and the supremely talented Michelle did impress there was always just two probables. Either it is Nataile Portman or Annette bening. Though Nataile was superb and everyone is expecting a easy win for her, to me the scene in 'The Kids Are All Right' where Annette cries out in the bedroom when she finds out that her spouse has cheated on her, is enough for me to hand that statue to Annette.
My Pick - Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
Well I so want to hand it out to Inception but i guess it would end up either with Black swan or social networking or The Kings speech makers. And i am gonna bet on Social networking.
My pick - The Social Network (2010): Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
My pick - The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
Can INCEPTION surprise the king?
- Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
My pick - The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
- Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Hands down
My pick - Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich
- Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
My pick - Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
My Pick - Inception (2010): Wally Pfister
- Best Achievement in Editing
My pick - Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum
- Best Achievement in Art Direction
Little too difficult to pick i guess
My pick - Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara/
or Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
- Best Achievement in Costume Design
My pick - The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell
- Best Achievement in Makeup
My Pick - The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
My Pick - The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
My pick - Tangled (2010/I): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")
- Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
My pick - Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing
My pick - Inception (2010): Richard King
- Best Achievement in Visual Effects
My pick - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
