My Official Oscar Predictions:
(nominations are announced on Tuesday Morning)
*want to win Best Picture:
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed*
The Queen
Babel
Dreamgirls
For Your Consideration: Children of Men (damn studio fucked this one over) Best Actor:
Forrest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland
Leonardo Dicaprio- The Departed*
Peter O' Toole- Venus
Ryan Gosling- Half Nelson
Will Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness
FYC: Matt Damon- The Departed Best Actress:
Helen Mirren- The Queen
Judi Dench- Notes on a Scandal
Kate Winslet- Little Children*
Penelope Cruz- Volver
Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada
(I'm fine with all of them winning)
FYC: nobody Best Supporting Actor:
Eddie Murphy- Dreamgirls
Alan Arkin- Little Miss Sunshine
Jack Nicholson- The Departed
Michael Sheen- The Queen*
Djimon Honsou- Blood Diamond
FYC: I like these, but if anybody upsets it will be Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) or Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) Best Supporting Actress:
Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine
Adriana Barraza- Babel
Cate Blanchett- Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi- Babel
FYC: Emily Blunt- The Devil Wears Prada Best Director:
Martin Scorsese- The Departed*
Clint Eastwood- Letters From Iwo Jima
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu- Babel
Valarie Faris and Jonathan Dayton- Little Miss Sunshin
Bill Condon- Dreamgirls
FYC: Alfonso Curaon (Children of Men) I would give a kidney for this man to be nominated! Best Original Screenplay:
Michael Arndt- Little Miss Sunshine
Peter Morgan- The Queen
Zach Helm- Stranger Than Fiction*
Paul Greengrass- United 93
Guillermo Del Toro- Pan's Labyrinth
FYC: Rian Johnson (Brick) Best Adapted Screenplay:
William Monohan- The Departed
Aline Brosh McKenna- The Devil Wears Prada
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta- Little Children
Patrick Marber- Notes on a Scandal
Jason Reitman- Thank You For Smoking
FYC: Alfonso Cuaron- Children of Men (yes i know over and over, but i don't care) From this point on it's pretty much just my personal opinion..so yeah. Best Film Editing:
Babel
Dreamgirls
Children of Men*
The Departed
United 93 Best Cinematography:
Babel
The Departed
Children of Men*
Pan's Labyrinth
Apocalypto Best Art Direction:
Marie Antoinette
Children of Men*
Dreamgirls
Pan's Labyrinth
Casino Royale Best Sound Editing:
Flags of our Fathers
Blood Diamond
Pirates 3
Dreamgirls*
Superman Returns Best Animated Feature:
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House*
FYC: Over the Hedge(better than all of these) Best Visual Effects:
Superman Returns
Pirates 3
X-Men 3*
Night at the Museum Best Costume Design:
Marie Antoinette*
Dreamgirls
The Queen
The Illusionist
The Devil Wears Prada Best Foreign Language Film:
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver*
Water
Black Book
The Lives of Others Best Documentary:
An Inconvient Truth*
Shut Up and Sing
Jesus Camp
The Ground Truth
Deliver Us From Evil Best Sound Editing:
Superman Returns
Children of Men*
Happy Feet
Casino Royale
United 93 Best Original Score
Painted Veil
Babel*
The Illusionist
The Departed
The Da Vinci Code
FYC: Little Children or The Good German (Anything by Thomas Newman please!!!!) Best Original Song
Listen- Dreamgirls*
Song of the Heart- Happy Feet
I Need to Wake Up- An Inconvient Truth
Ordinary Miracle- Charlotte's Web
Our Town- Cars Best Make-up:
Pan's Labyrinth*
Pirates 3
Apocalypto Movies left to see before Oscar Night:
Last King of Scotland (seeing it today), Venus, Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima, Half Nelson, Apocalypto (refuse to see), The Illusionist, The Lives of Others/Black Book/Water(Foreign probably wont be able to see), Painted Veil, Documentaries (other than Truth), and Night at the Museum. | 
