The Academy Awards 2009

[BlackJack]

As we all know, the Academy Awards are the highest celebration of cinema in the United States, and much of the world. This year, the nominations are:

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
An Education
A Serious Man
The Blind Side
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up
Up In The Air

BEST ACTOR
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Colin Firth, A Single Man
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Gidibe, Precious
Helen Mirren, The Last Station

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Mo'Nique, Precious
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air

BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

[Doubt]

BEST PICTURE
Precious

BEST ACTOR
Morgan Freeman, Invictus

BEST ACTRESS
Gabourey Gidibe, Precious

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, Precious

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Daniels, Precious

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline

Those are my picks. From what I can tell, James Cameron barely directed Avatar at all. On Opera, he's like: "Yeah, I hired botanist and had them name all the plants lol. What are the names? Oh, I don't know."

[Contra Fates]

I haven't seen Avatar, but from the sheer hysteria that follows that movie, I think it's going to win Best Picture just as Titanic had, when the hysteria for that film went on. xD

BEST PICTURE
Avatar

BEST ACTOR
Morgan Freeman, Invictus

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

[Really bad choices, I think. xD]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart

BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar

[Really don't care eitherway, just so long as Quentin doesn't get it. I hate that guy. xD Can't make an original movie of his creation to save his life, he just keeps ripping off of old movies or taking Japanese films and renaming them. /End mini rant.]

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline

That's about it for me! xD To be honest I don't care much which way things go, but those are my predictions, and for Christoph Waltz, he's the one I really hope wins. xD