My Oscar Picks

Best Picture:
I haven't seen any of them yet, but I'm betting it'll either be Benjamin Button or Frost/Nixon. We love a good political movie for best picture.

Leading Actor:
Frank Langella- Frost/Nixon

Leading Actress:
I haven't seen any of these yet, either, but I'm going between Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet... I really want Winslet, but Streep's a shoo in...

Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger. If for some reason he doesn't, then I'm hoping they'll go with Robert Downy, Jr. I mean, I love Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but it's about damn time comedic roles won more Oscars. We started with Streep a couple years ago, if we can't give it to Ledger (who does seriously deserve it), let's give it to Downy.

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams and Marissa Tomei are both good choices, but I'm going to go with Marissa Tomei on this one.

Best Director:
From what I hear, it'll be between Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire. I'm hoping for Elyse's sake it's Slumdog-- It's on my queue so I'll hopefully be able to say more about it soon.

Best Screenplay:
It'll probably be Milk, but I'm rooting for WALL-E.

Previously-Based Screenplay:
I'm voting Frost/Nixon

Cinematography:
The Dark Knight

Costume Design:
Australia

Makeup:
This is a tough one-- all three of the movies nominated (Benjamin Button, Dark Knight, and Hellboy) all took some serious talent and design prowess... I'm going to put my money on Benjamin Button though since they do the whole aging backwards thing.

Music:
WALL-E

Best Original Song:
WALL-E

Sound:
WALL-E

Sound Editing:
WALL-E or Dark Knight

Visual Effects:
Another toughie-- Benjamin Button, Dark Knight, and Iron Man were all really well done, but I'm going to go with Iron Man or Dark Knight; especially if Button wins for makeup

Animated Feature:
WALL-E, duh. I mean, I liked Kung Fu Panda and I heard Bolt was cute, but let's face it-- WALL-E is the best.

I'll end with Foreign Film just because usually the one I've actually heard of when I'm not paying attention wins-- we'll say Vals Im Bashir (Israel) takes it.

If you want to see the full list, check out IMDB. I'm excited-- this is the first year it hasn't been a total disappointment, even though I will hurt someone if Angelina Jolie wins. No, really. I'm serious.

Anyway, we'll recap on the 22nd and see if I was right about any of them. Again, I've seen almost none of these so I'm going on what little I know. I'll feel very special indeed if I get any of them right!