My Oscar Picks

The Oscars are this Sunday!!!  (or as ABC is calling it this year "Oscar"...very weird to me.  'Tune in to Oscar this Sunday!'...just doesn't flow.  What ever happened to promoting it as "The Academy Awards"? It sounds better...anyway, this parenthetical rant is over.)

In a previous post, I listed my favorite films of 2010.  (If you missed it, you can find it here).  So this post is about my picks for the Oscars.  I will be posting my Prediction (what/who I think will win), the darkhorse prediction (who could end up taking it, and spoil it for the predicted winner), and then my Pick (what/who I would prefer to win).  Enjoy.

Best Picture
Prediction: The King's Speech
Dark Horse: The Social Network
My Pick: The Social Network

Best Actor
Prediction: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Dark Horse: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
My Pick: Colin Firth, The King's Speech

Best Actress
Prediction: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Dark Horse: Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right
My Pick: Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor
Prediction: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Dark Horse: Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
My Pick: Andrew Garfield*, The Social Network
*(note: Garfield was not even nominated...which is ridiculous, since he was nominated in all other awards shows)

Best Supporting Actress
Prediction: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Dark Horse: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
My Pick: Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Best Director
Prediction: David Fincher, The Social Network
Dark Horse: Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
My Pick: Christopher Nolan*, Inception
*(note: Christopher Nolan somehow didn't get nominated...and I still can't pick my jaw up off the floor)

Best Original Screenplay
Prediction: Chritopher Nolan, Inception
Dark Horse: David Seidler, The King's Speech
My Pick: Christopher Nolan, Inception

Best Adapted Screenplay
Prediction: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Dark Horse: There is none...this is Sorkin's.
My Pick: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

And while I'm at it, I'll go ahead and throw Roger Deakins out there for winning Cinematography for True Grit; and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross winning Best Original Score for The Social Network (although it could go to Hans Zimmer's genius Inception score).

Alright, there ya have it.  Enjoy the Oscars, folks!