oscar results

I know it has been awhile since I’ve posted and I apologize to all my faithful readers – whomever that may be.

But if you saw my post back in late January with my oscar predictions then you might be interested to see how I faired in my picks.

As for the award show itself, not bad. Hugh Jackman did better than I expected, but that may not be saying much since I thought he would bomb. The opening number was entertaining but the tribute to the musicals was really really boring and quite horrible. The presentations for the actor categories was like getting your teeth pulled.

Enough of my stalling, on to the results.

As for my straight up predictions I got 9 out of the 24 correct. But if you go by my, who should win I got 11 correct. Which, of course, means the Academy is getting smarter.

They definitely got the best picture right, “Slumdog Millionaire” was the best film out of those nominated, but I’m pretty sure it was not the best best film of the year. This movie has received so much undeserving hype it is ridiculous. I saw all of the best picture nominated films except for “Frost/Nixon” which is on my list to see. I can say that “The Wrestler” in my opinion was better than “Milk” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”.

“Slumdog Millionaire” won in a lot of categories it had no right winning. Most notably, Editing, Cinematography, Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Those all belonged to “The Dark Knight”.

oscar predictions

Here they are. The official predictions for the 81st Annual Academy Awards – Louis M. Grafix edition. I’m going to list who I think will win and then who I believe should win. I believe I’ve had a pretty good track record for predicting the Oscar winners but I’ve never had something to really check. Now we’ll see how good I really am.

Actor

Will go to: Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”, although I can see Pitt or Penn getting this also.

Should go to: Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”

Supporting Actor

Will go to: Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”

Should go to: Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”

Actress

Will go to: Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”

Should go to: No opinion on this one.

Supporting Actress

Will go to: Viola Davis in “Doubt”

Should go to: Penelope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Animated Feature

Will go to: “Wall-E”

Should go to: “Kung Fu Panda”, just kidding, “Wall-E” of course.

Animated Short

Will go to: “Presto”

Should go to: “La Maison en Petits Cubes”

Live Action Short

Will go to: “New Boy” (Taking a shot in the dark)

Should go to: “New Boy” I guess.

Art Direction

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Cinematography

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “The Dark Knight”

Visual Effects

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Costume Design

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: No Opinion.

Documentary

Will go to: “Man on Wire”

Should go to: No Opinion, I’ve just heard amazing things about “Man on Wire” But then again the Academy got it wrong with Hoop Dreams back in 1995 when it wasn’t even nominated.

Documentary Short Subject

Will go to: “The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306″ (total guess here)

Should go to: I have no idea.

Editing

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “The Dark Knight”

Foreign Film

Will go to: “The Class” (another total guess)

Should go to: Hey, I’m just guessing here.

Makeup

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Sound Editing

Will go to: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Should go to: “The Dark Knight”

Sound Mixing

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “The Dark Knight”

Original Score

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “Wall-E”

Original Song

Will go to: “Down to Earth” by Peter Gabriel from “Wall-E”

Should go to: “Down to Earth” by Peter Gabriel from “Wall-E”

Adapted Screenplay

Will go to: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Should go to: “Frost/Nixon”

Original Screenplay

Will go to: “Milk”

Should go to: “Wall-E”

Director

Will go to: Danny Boyle for “Slumdog Millionaire”

Should go to: Christopher Nolan for “The Dark Knight” but he’s not nominated! So it should be Danny Boyle.

Best Picture

Will go to: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Should go to: “Slumdog Millionaire”

So there they are. Come back the day after the Oscar’s to see how accurate I was. You can also go to oscar.com and download your own printable ballot and see how well you do at predicting the biggest award show of the year.