Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Oscar Possibilities

It's the end of the year and just about all of the Oscar contenders have revealed themselves thus far.  I'm going to throw out a few ideas for possible nominations...

Best Picture 
Highly Probable Nominations:
-True Grit
-Toy Story 3
-The King's Speech
-127 Hours
-Inception
-The Social Network (cleaning up at awards shows thus far, and looking like the favorite)
-The Kids Are All Right
-Black Swan

Other Possibilities:
-The Fighter
-How to Train Your Dragon
-Shutter Island
-Rabbit Hole
-The Town
-Hereafter
-Blue Valentine
-Knight and Day (just kidding)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Highly Probable Nominations:
-Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
-Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
-James Franco (127 Hours)
-Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
-Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception)
Other Possibilities:
-Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
-Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island) [give it a rest DiCaprio]
-Ben Affleck (The Town)
-Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
-Robert Duvall (Get Low)
-Matt Damon (Hereafter)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Highly Probable Nominations:
-Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
-Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
-Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
-Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
-Lesley Manville (Another Year)
Other Possibilities:
-Hilary Swank (Conviction)
-Tilda Swinton (I Am Love)
-Naomi Watts (Fair Game)
-Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)

Best Director
Highly Probable Nominations:
-Christopher Nolan (Inception)
-David Fincher (The Social Network)
-Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
-Coen Brothers (True Grit)
-Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
-Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Other Possibilities:
-Clint Eastwood (Hereafter)
-Ben Affleck (The Town)
-Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island)
-Debra Granik (Winter's Bone)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Highly Probable Nominations:
-Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) - Really making a name for himself; he's the next Spiderman
-Christian Bale (The Fighter)
-Matt Damon (True Grit)
-Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
-Michael Douglas (Wall Street 2)
-Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Other Possibilities:
-Justin Timberlake (The Social Network)
-Vincent Cassel (Black Swan)
-Bill Murray (Get Low)
-Josh Brolin (True Grit)
-Josh Brolin (Wall Street 2)
-Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Highly Probable Nominations:
-Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
-Marion Cotillard (Inception)
-Barbara Hershey (Black Swan)
-Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
-Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Other Possibilities:
-Rebecca Hall (The Town)
-Sissy Spacek (Get Low)
-Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right)
-Winona Ryder (Black Swan)

Best Visual Effects
Highly Probable Nominations:
-Inception
-Hereafter
-Tron: Legacy
-Iron Man 2
-Harry Potter
Other Possibilities:
-Alice in Wonderland
-Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
-Shutter Island
-Clash of the Titans
-Unstoppable
-Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader



Anybody else think of something I missed?

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