Oscar predictions and preferences
OK, I’m weighing in with three sets of Oscar picks: My prediction as to which nominee will win. My favorite nominee, who/which in most cases won’t win. And my Favorite Eligible Movie or Person Regardless of Whether It, He, She or Them Was Nominated (FEMPRWIHSTWN).
Best Picture
Prediction: Crash
Favorite nominee: Brokeback Mountain
FEMPRWIHSTWN: The New World
Achievement in directing
Prediction: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Favorite nominee: Steven Spielberg, Munich
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Terrence Malick, The New World
Best Actor
Prediction: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Favorite nominee: Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
Best Actress
Prediction: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Favorite nominee: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Evan Rachel Wood, Pretty Persuasion
Best Supporting Actor
Prediction: George Clooney, Syriana
Favorite nominee: William Hurt, A History of Violence
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Owen Kline, The Squid and the Whale
Best Supporting Actress
Prediction: Amy Adams, Junebug
Favorite nominee: Amy Adams, Junebug
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings
Adapted screenplay
Prediction: Brokeback Mountain
Favorite nominee: Brokeback Mountain
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Brokeback Mountain
Original screenplay
Prediction: Crash
Favorite nominee: The Squid and the Whale
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, The 40 Year Old Virgin
Best Animated Feature
Prediction: Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Favorite nominee: Howl’s Moving Castle
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Howl’s Moving Castle
Achievement in art direction
Prediction: Memoirs of a Geisha
Favorite nominee: Memoirs of a Geisha
FEMPRWIHSTWN: The Devil’s Rejects
Achievement in cinematography
Prediction: Brokeback Mountain
Favorite nominee: The New World
FEMPRWIHSTWN: The New World
Achievement in costume design
Prediction: Memoirs of a Geisha
Favorite nominee: Memoirs of a Geisha
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Sky High
Best documentary feature
Prediction: March of the Penguins
Favorite nominee: Murderball
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Murderball
Best documentary short subject
Prediction: “God Sleeps in Rwanda”
Achievement in film editing
Prediction: Crash
Favorite nominee: Munich
FEMPRWIHSTWN: The Squid and the Whale
Best foreign language film of the year
Prediction: Tsotsi
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Caché (Hidden) (ineligible)
Achievement in makeup
Prediction: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Favorite nominee: Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Land of the Dead
Best Original Score
Prediction: Memoirs of a Geisha
Favorite nominee: Brokeback Mountain
FEMPRWIHSTWN: The New World
Best Original Song:
Prediction: It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp (Hustle & Flow)
Favorite nominee: Travelin’ Thru (Transamerica)
FEMPRWIHSTWN: Travelin’ Thru (Transamerica)
Best animated short film
Prediction: “One Man Band”
Best live action short film
Prediction: “Ausreisser (The Runaway)”
Achievement in sound editing
Prediction: War of the Worlds
Favorite nominee: War of the Worlds
FEMPRWIHSTWN: War of the Worlds
Achievement in sound mixing
Prediction: War of the Worlds
Favorite nominee: War of the Worlds
FEMPRWIHSTWN: War of the Worlds
Achievement in visual effects
Prediction: War of the Worlds
Favorite nominee: War of the Worlds
FEMPRWIHSTWN: War of the Worlds
