Early Oscar Predictions by Brian Null Friday Nov 20, 2009
2009 hasn’t been a great year for Hollywood, most of the movies that have opened this year have closed within a few weeks, a few of the big Hollywood summer blockbusters were just plain busters. The last few months of the year will see what The Cynic hopes will be movies worth talking about throughout the remaining months of this year, a year that I consider one of the worst for movies. I’m not saying that there have not been any movies that have actually been worth seeing this year, I’m saying that there have been only a handful of movies worth seeing a second time. This time last year I had a list of about twenty movies to opt from to fill out my year end best of list. This year I have five. Here’s to that hoping December rocks.
The academy has opted to increase it’s best picture category to ten. This is the only category that has been increased the other five remaining categories stayed at five options. So here are what I feel deserve the distinction of a nomination in all six categories for 2009.
Best Motion Picture A Single Man > Colin Firth and Julianne Moore An Education > Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard The Hurt Locker > Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie Inglourious Basterds > Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz Invictus > Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon The Lovely Bones > Rachel Weisz and Stanley Tucci Nine > Marion Cotillard and Daniel Day-Lewis Precious > Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique Up > Edward Asner and Christopher Plummer Up In The Air > Vera Farmiga and George Clooney
Best Director Clint Eastwood > Invictus Lee Daniels > Precious Jason Reitman > Up In The Air Kathryn Bigelow > The Hurt locker Peter Jackson > The lovely Bones
Best Actor Colin Firth > A Single Man Daniel Day-Lewis > Nine George Clooney > Up In The Air Jeremy Renner > The Hurt Locker Morgan Freeman > Invctus
Best Actress Carey Mulligan > An Education Gabourey Sidibe > Precious Meryl Streep > Julie & Julia Penelope Cruz > broken Embraces Saoirse Ronan > The Lovely Bones
Best Supporting Actor Alfred Molina > An Education Christoph Waltz > Inglourious Basterds Matt Damen > Invictus Stanley Tucci > The Lovely Bones Woody Harrelson > The Messenger
Best Supporting Actress Anna Kendrick > Up In The Air Judi Dench > Nine Julianne Moore > A Single Man Mo’Nique > Precious Susan Sarandon > The Lovely Bones
The nominations are revealed on February 02nd, check back and see how many of my choices were actually picked by the Academy Of motion Pictures. I will reveal my pick for winners in a later entry.
