2010 Oscars: Post-Screening Confuzzlization

Screenings for “Invictus,” “The Lovely Bones,” and “Nine” (three of the Final Four) have now taken place and the word is mostly mixed, the best being for Jackson’s opus and the least enthusiastic being with, surprisingly, Eastwood’s newest. What will it mean for the predictions? Who knows. Here are my constantly changing thoughts:

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Peter Sarsgaard, “An Education”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Penélope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”

Best Animated Feature Film:

“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“Monsters vs. Aliens”
“Ponyo”
“Up”

Best Achievement in Art Direction:

Nathan Crowley and Rosemary Brandenburg for “Public Enemies”
Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh for “A Serious Man”
John Myrhe and Gordon Sim for “Nine”
David Warren, Terry Gilliam, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith, and Shane Vieau for “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco for “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Achievement in Cinematography:

Barry Ackroyd for “The Hurt Locker”
Dion Beebe for “Nine”
Roger Deakins for “A Serious Man”
Bruno Delbonnel for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
Greig Fraser for “Bright Star”

Best Achievement in Costume Design:

Colleen Atwood for “Nine”
Janet Patterson for “Bright Star”
Sandy Powell for “The Young Victoria”
Monique Prudhomme for “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
Anna B. Sheppard for “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Achievement in Directing:

Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”
Lee Daniels for “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Clint Eastwood for “Invictus”
Rob Marshall for “Nine”
Jason Reitman for “Up in the Air”

Best Documentary (Feature):

“The Beaches of Agnes”
“The Cove”
“Food, Inc.”
“Mugabe and the White African”
“Under Our Skin”

Best Achievement in Film Editing:

Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey for “Star Trek”
Julian Clarke for “District 9″
Chris Innis and Bob Murawski for “The Hurt Locker”
John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin for “Avatar”
Claire Simpson for “Nine”

Best Achievement in Makeup:

“District 9″
“Drag Me to Hell”
“Star Trek”

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score):

Mark Bradshaw, “Bright Star”
Michael Giacchino for “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch for “The Informant!”
James Horner for “Avatar”
Randy Newman for “The Princess and the Frog”

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song):

“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“I See You” from “Avatar”
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

“Avatar”
“Crazy Heart”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Invictus”
“Nine”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”

Best Achievement in Sound Editing:

“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:

“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Nine”
“Star Trek”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

Best Achievement in Visual Effects:

“Avatar”
“District 9″
“Star Trek”

Best Achievement in Writing (Adapted):

Nora Ephron for “Julie & Julia”
Nick Hornby for “An Education”
Damien Paul for “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Anthony Peckham for “Invictus”
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for “Up in the Air”

Best Achievement in Writing (Original):

Mark Boal for “The Hurt Locker”
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for “A Serious Man”
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for “(500) Days of Summer”
Bob Peterson for “Up”
Quentin Tarantino for “Inglourious Basterds”

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~ by theteencritic on November 30, 2009.