Final Oscar Predictions

I've been busy with school. I am sorry. But I have something for you. For your reading pleasure I give you my final Oscar Predictions, as submitted to mubi.com in hopes of winning my share of $100,000. I will also put in my best guess at who might upset the category. Let me know what you think, we'll see how well I do after tomorrow's broadcast.

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Without further ado......

Best Supporting Actor - Christian Bale ... Upset - Geoffrey Rush ...
Winner - Christian Bale
Best Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo ... Upset - Helena Bonham Carter ...
Winner - Melissa Leo
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Social Network ... Upset - Toy Story 3 ...
Winner - The Social Network
Best Original Screenplay - The King's Speech ... Upset - Another Year ...
Winner - The King's Speech
Best Original Score - The Social Network ... Upset - The King's Speech ...
Winner - The Social Network
Best Original Song - "I See The Light" (Tangled) ... Upset - "We Belong Together" (Toy Story 3) 
Winner - "We Belong Together"
Best Animated Feature - Toy Story 3 ... Upset - The Illusionist ...
Winner - Toy Story 3
Best Art Direction - The King's Speech ... Upset - Alice in Wonderland ...
Winner - Alice in Wonderland
Best Cinematography - True Grit ... Upset - Black Swan ...
Winner - Inception
Best Costume Design - Alice in Wonderland ... Upset - The King's Speech ...
Winner - Alice in Wonderland
Best Makeup - Barney's Version ... Upset - The Wolfman ...
Winner - The Wolfman
Best Sound Editing - Inception ... Upset - True Grit ...
Winner - Inception
Best Sound Mixing - Inception ... Upset - The Social Network ...
Winner - Inception
Best Visual Effects - Inception ... Upset - Alice in Wonderland ...
Winner - Inception
Best Documentary Feature - Inside Job ... Upset - Exit Through the Gift Shop ...
Winner - Inside Job
Best Documentary Short - Strangers No More ... Upset - Killing in the Name ...
Winner - Strangers No More
Best Animated Short - The Gruffalo ... Upset - Let's Pollute ...
Winner - The Lost Thing
Best Live Action Short - The Crush ... Upset - Na Wewe ...
Winner - God of Love
Best Film Editing - The Social Network ... Upset - The King's Speech ...
Winner - The Social Network
Best Foreign Language Film - In A Better World ... Upset - Biutiful ...
Winner - In A Better World
Best Director - David Fincher ... Upset - Tom Hooper ...
Winner - Tom Hooper
Best Lead Actress - Natalie Portman ... Upset - Annette Bening ...
Winner - Natalie Portman
Best Lead Actor - Colin Firth ... Upset - Jesse Eisenberg ...
Winner - Colin Firth
Best Picture - The King's Speech ... Upset - The Social Network ...
Winner - The King's Speech






There you have it... we'll see how it goes tomorrow night.
*edit*
Turns out I went 18/24 on my predictions. Not half bad, even though it was a rather predictable evening of awards. 3 of my upset/runner ups took how Oscars, which meant that I had, on my radar, 21 of the 24 awards. Given that 2 of those are shorts which are almost impossible to predict, I'd say I did pretty well.

My proudest moment was going 3 for 5 when it came to shorts, foreign film and documentary. The fact that I predicted (with my wealth of knowledge) Strangers No More, Inside Job and In A Better World made me feel pretty good about myself.

Elk