Here are the nominees. Here’s what I predicted. I shot 78% this year.
Cinematography – (4/5) – Did not see Harry Potter coming, or Nine going.
Best Supporting Actress – (3/5) – One of the biggest surprises, in my opinion, is Maggie Gyllenhaal. Not because she doesn’t deserve it so much as no one has said anything about her performance all awards season.
Best Supporting Actor – (4/5) – I should’ve just gone straight up and down with SAG on this one. A perfect match.
Best Adapted Screenplay – (3/5) – Three nice surprises here. One, In the Loop, which I couldn’t be happier about. Two, District 9, which got a lot more respect from the Academy than I expected. Three, Precious, which I expected to get overlooked here for no good reason, but got the nod for every good reason.
Best Original Screenplay – (3/5) – Surprised (500) Days of Summer got no love here (or anywhere). Impressed that Avatar got no love here, but I really shouldn’t be; Titanic didn’t get any writing nods, either.
Best Actress – (5/5) – No surprises.
Best Actor – (5/5) – Yay for Renner!
Best Director – (5/5) – I was wrong. Lee Daniels is not the first African American to be nominated for Best Director. John Singleton did it in 1992 for Boyz N the Hood. Daniels is the first to do it for a film that got a Best Picture nod.
Best Picture – (7/10) – How did I not see The Blind Side coming? No pun intended.
Aside from the acting categories, I think we should be looking at a pretty exciting night.
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