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Liz’s Very-Quickly-Composed Oscar Predictions
We’re down to the wire, but fear not! My predictions and desires below! Not all categories are covered. This is because I don’t care about those categories.
Best Animated Short Film
Will: “Day & Night”
Should: “Day & Night” possibly… it’s the only one of the nominated animated (noanimated?) shorts I’ve seen.
Best VFX
Will: Inception
Should: Inception… you caught the part where the world flips upside down, right?
Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing (Because I don’t know enough about either to really distinguish, but I still have an opinion)
Will: Inception
Should: Inception… Bwonnngggg
Best Original Song
Will: Toss up between Toy Story 3 and 127 Hours, but I’m going with Randy Newman
Should: “We Belong Together”, Toy Story 3
Best Original Score
Will: Another tough one… The Social Network v. The King’s Speech
Should: Trent Reznor for The Social Network
Best Film Editing
Will and Should: The Social Network
Best Costume Design
Will and should: The King’s Speech
Best Cinematography
Will: Inception or True Grit
Should: True Grit
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will and Should: The Social Network, no contest
Best Original Screenplay
Will and Should: The King’s Speech
Best Animated Feature
Will and Should: Toy Story 3
Best Supporting Actress
Will: Melissa Leo, unless she’s shot herself in the foot with all the recent publicity
Should: Hailee Steinfeld
Best Supporting Actor
Will and Should: Christian Bale, hands down
Best Actress
Will and Should: Natalie Portman
Best Actor
Will and Should: Colin Firth
Best Director
Will: David Fincher
Should: Fincher or Tom Hooper
Best Picture
Will: The King’s Speech
Should: I’m very conflicted about this. I am an Anglophile and an Aaronphile, but I was also really was blown away by True Grit.
As I’m sure many of you are aware, a few celebrities including KimmyK and LadyGags recently abstained from tweeting until $1,000,000 was raised for an AIDS charity. This goal was reached recently, primarily as a result of a donation of half a million smackers from a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. Since the rest of the donations were coming in at—let’s be generous—a trickle, we can assume that the world wasn’t too broken up about missing out on a few celebrity microthoughts. I can only interpret this as a Christmas miracle.
But lest we get too cheerful about the state of the world, we should remember that we are still part of a society wherein it is possible for celebrities to generate revenue not only by spending their time doing lackluster, unimpressive things, but also by doing absolutely nothing at all.
