The Academy Awards are tomorrow night and I decided to lock in my predictions and state who I think should win. So here we go....
Best Picture
Who Will Win: No Country
I Think Should Win: There Will Be Blood
Dark Horse: Atonement
Best Actor
Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
I Think Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Dark Horse: Nobody, except if I had to choose, George Clooney for Michael Clayton
Best Actress
Who Will Win: Julie Christie for Away From Her
Should Win: Ellen Page for Juno
Dark Horse: Marion Cotillard for Mome, La
Best Supporting Actor
Who Will Win: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Should Win: !TIE! Between Bardem and Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Dark Horse: Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Who Will Win: Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
Should Win: Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Dark Horse: Amy Ryan
Best Director
Who Will Win: Ethan and Joel Coen
Should Win: Coen Brothers
Dark Horse: Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Original Screenplay
Who Will Win: Michael Clayton
Should Win: Juno
Dark Horse: Michael Clayton
Best Adapted Screenplay
Who Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Should Win: No Country for Old Men
Dark Horse: Atonement
Best Cinematography
Who Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Should Win: No Country for Old Men
Dark Horse: There Will Be Blood
Best Editing
Who Will Win: The Bourne Ultimatum
Should Win: The Bourne Ultimatum
Dark Horse: No Country for Old Men
Best Art Direction
Who Will Win: Atonement
Should Win: There Will Be Blood
Dark Horse: Sweeney Todd
Best Costume
Who Will Win: Elizabeth the Golden Age
Should Win: Elizabeth the Golden Age
Dark Horse: Atonement
Best Makeup
Who Will Win: Mome, La
Should Win: Mome, La
Dark Horse: Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End
Best Original Music
Who Will Win: Atonement
Should Win: 3:10 to Yuma
Dark Horse: Ratatouille
Best Song
Who Will Win: Once
Should Win: Once
Dark Horse: August Rush
Best Sound
Who Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Should Win: No Country for Old Men
Dark Horse: Transformers
Best Sound Editing
Same as Above
Best Visual Effects
Who Will Win: Transformers
Should Win: Transformers
Dark Horse: Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End
Best Animated Film
Who Will Win: Ratatouille
Should Win: Ratatouille
Dark Horse: Persepolis
Best Documentary
Who Will Win: No End in Sight
Should Win: No End in Sight
Dark Horse: Sicko
Okay, those are my predictions. I've seen all of the best picture nominations and the majority of the films that have been nominated except all of the short film ones, the foreign language films, and most documentaries, mostly because they don't come to theatres where I live. I honestly believe that the biggest upset of the night will be in original screenplay section. Everybody is saying it's going to be Juno, I want to see it win more than anything for its heart and wit, but I think the Academy, because they're all dinosaurs will go with Michael Clayton for its precision and intelligence. Clayton was recently re-released into theatres at the beginning of February and was recently brought out onto DVD, this might give it the edge. Juno on the other hand, won't win because critics were annoyed by the dialogue and because it was the second pregnancy movie of the year. The Academy is somewhat cold hearted, as you can tell, there is very very few comedies nominated to prove this. But I hope that Juno will prevail as did Little Miss Sunshine did last year, so perhaps there is hope for Juno, same goes for the beautiful Ellen Page, go CANADA!
Adios!