Oscar Predictions

Best Original Score: The Social Network will win. This is mostly because it already won at the Golden Globes. Also, it's a damn good score written by Trent Reznor or the Nine Inch Nails and Atticus Ross.

Best Makeup: The Wolfman because when your plying gobs of makeup on a guy to turn him into a wolf, it's a long, skillful practice. Also, the classic monster movies were a great depiction of makeup in the movies. Nostalgia always has a big place within the Oscars.

Best Visual Effects: Inception will probably win (although Alice in Wonderland could be the upset). When you have a city folding back over itself, that's some damn good use of visual effects.

Best Costume Design: The King's Speech will win because it's going to win a lot of awards this year and no one really gives enough of a damn about this category to give it any real consideration.

Best Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland because of its overblown, Tim Burton flair.

Best Visual Short Film Animated: Day and Night because it was probably the most seen in the category for it came before Toy Story 3.


Best Documentary Short Subject: Poster Girl for inexplicable reasons.

Best Short Film Live Action: Na Wewe for inexplicable reasons.

Best Sound Editing: Inception because it was the loudest of the Oscar nominees and required crisp sound.

Music Original Song: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 because of the obvious connotations.

Best Sound Mixing: The Social Network because of that opening scene where you can clearly hear Rooney Mara and Jesse Eisenberg talking in a bar.

Best Cinematography: The great Roger Deakins will finally win for True Grit. It's not really a great film, but it has trademark Deakins shots and as it is with the Oscars, it's 'his time to win.'

Best Editing: The Social Network because the editing was damn good as well as essential to the film's watchability.

Best Documentary Feature: Exit Through the Gift Shop because of its mass appeal and apolitical nature.

Best Animated Feature: One of the most obvious categories: It's going to be Toy Story 3.


Best Adapted Screenplay: A shoe-in for Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network.


Best Original Screenplay: The King's Speech. Although it's possible that Inception could worm its way in.

Best Foreign Film: The favorite is Incendies.


Best Supporting Actress: It's between Melissa Leo for The Fighter and Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit. It's going to be one of the closest wins of the night, but I predict Hailee Steinfeld.

Best Supporting Actor: The other close one between Christian Bale for The Fighter and Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech. Despite Bale's many wins in the category, King's Speech needs some love so Rush will win.

Best Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan. No doubt.

Best Actor: The easiest to predict in a long time: Colin Firth for The King's Speech


Best Director: David Fincher for The Social Network.


Best Film: Either The Social Network or The King's Speech. The King's Speech has been the favorite, but as it was with Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker, the better film will win which is: The Social Network