I predict that the stupid academy will do this:
\nACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE<\/i>
\nJamie Foxx – RAY
\n(because… he’s playing a famous dead person! who was blind! and the dead person said it was good before he died! you’re not gonna argue with a dead man are ya?)
\nACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE<\/i>
\nMorgan Freeman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
\n(possible surprise for Alan Alda, but I’m backing Freeman, even though he’s playing the same damn narrator character he always plays. Actually, that’s the best reason there is to pick him.)
\nACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE<\/i>
\nHilary Swank – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
\n(It’s gonna be her or Bening, and Bening has the stink of a loser on her, which the Academy can smell a mile off. The Academy like Kate Winslet but they’re waiting for her to put some distance from Titanic before they start looking at her – Jim Cameron’s ‘King of the World’ still rankles. No Leo gong for the same reason.)
\nACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE<\/i>
\nCate Blanchett – THE AVIATOR
\n(always a hard one. traditionally goes to The New Girl, but I’ve got to back Cate – she not only delivered a great, effective, real performance that transcended its mannerisms, she did it about a Hollywood star. The Academy loves itself above all else.)
\nANIMATED FEATURE FILM<\/i>
\nSHARK TALE
\n(okay okay I’m kidding THE INCREDIBLES give me a break)
\nART DIRECTION<\/i>
\nTHE AVIATOR
\n(also a tricky one. now that the LOTR behemoth is gone, it’s an open field. Aviator’s AD was actually damn good, but I think it’ll get it because it’s the movie most of the Academy will have actually bothered to watch.)
\nCINEMATOGRAPHY<\/i>
\nTHE AVIATOR
\n(only Flying Daggers can match it, and the subtitle thing is still a killer)
\nCOSTUME DESIGN<\/i>
\nRAY
\n(call it a hunch)
\nDIRECTING<\/i>
\nTHE AVIATOR
\n(FINally they don’t have an excuse not to)
\nDOCUMENTARY FEATURE<\/i>
\nSUPER SIZE ME
\n(it’s the one everyone saw and everyone liked and it has brought about tangible change)
\nDOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT<\/i>
\nFOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM<\/i>
\nSHORT FILM (ANIMATED)<\/i>
\nSHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)<\/i>
\nDon’t know any of the nominees, but I hope Plympton wins the animated and Two Cars wins the live-action.
\nFILM EDITING<\/i>
\nCOLLATERAL (not sure on this one, but Mann is cool)
\nMAKEUP<\/i>
\nTHE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
\n(so. much. blood.)
\nMUSIC (SCORE)<\/i>
\nTHE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
\n(again, call it a hunch)
\nMUSIC (SONG)<\/i>
\nAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
\n(This award makes my brain weep salty neurochemical tears. I’m gonna pick ‘Accidentally in Love’ from Shrek 2 because it is the movie the Academy actually saw.)
\nBEST PICTURE<\/i>
\nTHE AVIATOR
\n(it’s marty’s year, baby)
\nSOUND MIXING<\/i>
\nRAY
\n(because… it’s about music and that!)
\nSOUND EDITING<\/i>
\nTHE INCREDIBLES
\n(because I have no idea. just because.)
\nVISUAL EFFECTS<\/i>
\nSPIDER-MAN 2
\n(slim pickings in this category this year)
\nWRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)<\/i>
\nSIDEWAYS
\n(and what the hell is Before Sunset doing in this category??)
\nWRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)<\/i>
\nTHE AVIATOR
\n(possible surprise outcome: THE INCREDIBLES)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I predict that the stupid academy will do this: ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Jamie Foxx – RAY (because… he’s playing a famous dead person! who was blind! and the dead person said it was good before he died! you’re not gonna argue with a dead man are ya?) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Morgan … Continue reading Oscars 2K5: Criswell Predicts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8D9ZE-3i","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}