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It’s about 20 minutes before the Oscars and I just spent all day catching up on the movies I hadn’t seen and now I’m going to make my Oscar predictions.

Actor in a Leading Role

Daniel Day-Lewis – THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Actor in a Supporting Role

Javier Bardem – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
(Casey Affleck gets honorable mention. He was devastatingly great in THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD JOHN FORD).

Actress in a Leading Role

Maron Cotillard – LA VIE EN ROSE (If you haven’t seen this movie, it’s worth it just to see Marion Cotillard’s amazing transformation and performance.
Cate Blanchett gets honorable mention for her role in ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE. she is a force to be reckoned with.)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett – I’M NOT THERE (I haven’t seen this movie but from all the buzz I just have a feeling. Amy Ryan’s performance in GONE BABY GONE is a close second though. Once again, haven’t seen it, once again the buzz just gives me a feeling.
Also, Saoirse Ronan from ATONEMENT was great. She didn’t strike me as Oscar worthy but I thought she so perfectly fit into her role.)

Achievement in Cinematography

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD JOHN FORD
(This movie was gorgeous to look at. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY comes in a close second for me, I feel like if I had seen it though I would have voted this winner).

Costume Design

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
(Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. LA VIE EN ROSE is almost a tie for me though. But honestly all the nominees have brilliant costume design).

Achievement in Directing

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
(The Coen brothers did an amazing job. This movie is short of perfection, but only because nothing is perfect).

Achievement in Makeup

LA VIE EN ROSE
(To transform the gorgeous Marion Cotillard into a sickly, old Edith Piaf is an amazing feat and they did a brilliant job).

Sound Editing
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
(The sounds in the movie put you at edge and match the scenes perfectly.)

Achievement in Special Effects
TRANSFORMERS
(Definitely the best of the other three in this category. THE GOLDEN COMPASS’s special affects looked fake and didn’t mesh well with the real world. And PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN was too much.)

Best Adapted Screenplay
So difficult to choose this one. All of these movies are amazing. It would have to be a toss up between THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.

Best Original Screenplay
THE SAVAGES
(Haven’t seen it yet but the writer was a woman (woot woot) so I really want her to win and once again, buzz does alot for movies when it comes to the Oscars. Case in point: Jennifer Hudson beating out Rinko Kikuchi in 2005 for Best Supporting Actress. Are you kidding? Rinko Kikuchi was robbed. (Rinko Kikuchi was in BABEL and Jennifer Hudson was in DREAMGIRLS).

I wonder how many of these I’ll get right. If there’s time give me you Oscar predictions. And after or during the oscars feel free to rant and rave about the winners (or losers).