We’re in the home stretch, and in Hollywood at least, it does not take long for the conversation to turn to Oscar predictions. Of course, it’s next to pointless. At a party last night, a studio rep and I swapped opinions, explaining each choice, and narrowed the field for best actor to 3.5 …from five. We confidently agreed Viggo Mortensen would not win, and thought it unlikely, though possible, that Tommy Lee Jones was destined for a statuette on Sunday. But then pretty much anyone could have told you that.
It is one of those times when I’m glad I’m not a film critic, having to put my reputation on the line with educated guesses, all of them in danger of being completely wrong.
Of course, one way of hedging your bets is to say who you think should win and who you think definitely shouldn’t, thereby sticking to your opinions as opposed to second-guessing 5,800 Academy voters, most of whom you have never even heard of.
So come on, it’s time to have your say. Any thoughts about who will and who won’t. Or at the very least, who deserves to win and who doesn’t?
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The only predictions i will make are that the headlines will go :-
- Posted by Cy NicalAn actress for the dress she was wearing and an actor/actress for using their acceptance speech as a protest against some ‘injustice’.
Johnny Depp to finally win one.
- Posted by Five TimesThe falseness of America will be shown to it’s maximum, when false smiles, false praises, the undeserving winning Oscars and,I understand,Jon Stewart’s jokes, will be put on our TV screens.
- Posted by P.NoblezaWhat else is on this weekend?
Wow… what whiney, grumpy responses we have so far. At least the Oscars are voted on by people who know how hard it is to make a film from scratch unlike the Golden Globes which are given out mostly by people who haven’t a clue what a diopter is or what it’s like to have you 12 sequences in the second Act when you only need 6!
- Posted by ScribegirlFor fun, my predictions are the delightfully un-Hollywood, Ellen Page for Juno, the remarkable Diablo Cody for Juno, Atonement for best score (anyone notice the typewriter percussion hints at the ending of the story?) Javier Bardem for the creepiest bad guy to hit the screen in years, Daniel Day Lewis for best actor, and There Will be Blood for best picture. (Yeah, my favorite is Juno… but There Will be Blood was intense and Oscar likes intense films)
Lighten up folks and have fun this weekend!