BEST PICTURE
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Avatar
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Up in the Air
5. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
6. An Education
7. Up
8. District 9
9. A Serious Man
n/a The Blind Side
How I did: 9/10
Missed "The Blind Side" for "Star Trek". I don't think many of us are surprised, only disappointed.
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
2. James Cameron, "Avatar"
3. Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
4. Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"
5. Lee Daniels, "Precious"
How I did: 5/5
BEST ACTOR
1. Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
2. George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
3. Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
4. Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
5. Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
How I did: 5/5
BEST ACTRESS
1. Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
2. Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
3. Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
4. Gabby Sidibe, "Precious"
6. Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
How I did: 4/5 My NGNG for Blunt over Mirren was incorrect.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Mo'nique, "Precious"
2. Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
3. Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
7. Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"
8. Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
How I did: 3/5 Sorry, Basterds girls and Julianne.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
2. Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
3. Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
5. Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station" (His first nomination. Ever. Really.)
8. Matt Damon, "Invictus"
How I did: 4/5 A rather fluid category, and I did well! Woot.
WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. "Inglourious Basterds"
2. "The Hurt Locker"
3. "A Serious Man"
4. "Up"
9. "The Messenger"
How I did: 4/5 Missed "The Messenger" for the snubbed "(500) Days". I'm sad about that one.
WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. "Precious"
2. "Up in the Air"
3. "An Education"
4. "District 9"
5. "In the Loop"
How I did: 5/5! Ha! I got it! Good call on "In the Loop", which really deserves this nomination.
EDITING
1. "The Hurt Locker"
2. "Avatar"
4. "Inglourious Basterds"
5. "District 9"
6. "Precious"
How I did: 4/5 Missed "Precious" for "Up in the Air".
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. "The Hurt Locker"
2. "Inglourious Basterds"
3. "Avatar"
4. "The White Ribbon"
7. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
How I did: 4/5 I was right about "Nine" being the weak one there, and am pleasantly (not that) surprised for "Harry Potter"'s appearance here.
ART DIRECTION
2. "Avatar"
4. "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
8. "Sherlock Holmes"
n/a "Nine"
n/a "The Young Victoria"
How I did: 2/5 Surprised, but not really. The craft departments are always tricky to call. Didn't see "Young Victoria" slipping in, though.
COSTUME DESIGN
1. "The Young Victoria"
2. "Coco Avant Chanel"
4. "Nine"
7. "Bright Star"
10. "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
How I did: 3/5 And I'm quite glad. "Bright Star" and "Imaginarium" deserve it.
MAKEUP
(Three nominees of seven bake-off contenders)
2. "Star Trek"
5. "Il Divo"
6. "The Young Victoria"
How I did: 1/3 And I'm shocked here. Looking at the blogs, most people are. No "District 9"? Really??
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
1. "Up"
2. "Avatar"
6. "Sherlock Holmes"
7. "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
n/a "The Hurt Locker"
How I did: 2/5 My gutsy risks didn't pay off. Surprised at the inclusion of "Hurt Locker".
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
And there were 5 nominees.
1. "The Weary Kind" from "Crazy Heart"
2. "Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog"
6. "Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog"
8. "Take it All" from "Nine"
n/a "Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"
How I did: 2/5 Always a strange category, and I think I still did rather well. But what the hell is "Paris 36"?
SOUND MIXING
1. "Avatar"
2. "The Hurt Locker"
3. "Star Trek"
6. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
8. "Inglourious Basterds"
How I did: 3/5 I hate you, "Transformers". So much. And I love you, "Inglourious Basterds". So much.
SOUND EDITING
1. "Avatar"
3. "Star Trek"
4. "The Hurt Locker"
5. "Up"
8. "Inglourious Basterds"
How I did: 4/5 Poor "District 9", missing from both sound categories. But yay, "Basterds"!
VISUAL EFFECTS
(Three nominees of seven bake-off contenders)
1. "Avatar"
2. "Star Trek"
3. "District 9"
How I did: 3/3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
1. "The White Ribbon" from Germany
2. "A Prophet" from France
3. "The Secret in Their Eyes" from Argentina
4. "The Milk of Sorrow" from Peru
7. "Ajami" from Israel
How I did: 4/5 I'm very proud of this.
ANIMATED FEATURE
1. "Up"
2. "Coraline"
3. "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
4. "The Princess and the Frog"
n/a "The Secret of Kells"
How I did: 4/5 The secret of what?
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. "The Cove"
2. "Food Inc."
7. "The Most Dangerous Man in America"
10. "Burma VJ"
n/a "Which Way Home"
How I did: 2/5 Not bad, considering the complete lack of guidance and huge list of candidates. Only didn't see one coming.
So, quite well! Very well, actually.
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