James Franco and Anne
Hathaway
This is where I briefly discuss the "should" and "should not" part of
the nominations. The King's Speech got the most with 12 nominations.
True Grit received 10 nods. The ten best picture nominations sound almost right.
Toy Story 3 is now the third animated feature to get in history. I
saw 9 out of the 10 nominated films before the nominations were
announced. Afterwards, I had to see Winter's Bone to complete the 10 and
this film should not be nominated. Other movies like The Town and Blue
Valentine were suited more for it. Not only did it get best picture nod,
but also it scored supporting actor, which was a surprise over Andrew
Garfield for The Social Network. Other people left out were clearly Ryan
Gosling for Blue Valentine and Mila Kunis for Black Swan.
Worst of all, Christopher Nolan didn't get an Oscar directing nod for
Inception. If you remember, he was also overlooked for The Dark Knight
not so long ago. Danny Boyle, who won a couple years ago for Slumdog
Millionaire, for directing 127 Hours didn't get in either. In the end, it comes down to two movies: The
King's Speech and The Social Network. They have been battling it out the past
few months winning in different precursors leading up to the final movie
award show of the season. Tom Hooper won the Directors Guild Award. In
its 62-year history of that award, the DGA and best Oscar director
winner have only been different six times. David Fincher did win the
Golden Globe.
Seventh Annual Coverage!
(Film Prophet's Frontrunners are in order from top to bottom in each
column)
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
And the Oscar goes to...
The King's Speech |
And the Oscar goes to...
Tom Hooper |
And the Oscar goes to...
Colin Firth |
And the Oscar goes to...
Natalie Portman |
Will Win:
The King's Speech |
Will Win:
Tom Hooper
or David Fincher |
Will Win:
Colin Firth |
Will Win:
Natalie Portman |
Should Win:
The Social Network |
Should Win:
David Fincher |
Should Win:
Colin Firth or
James Franco |
Should Win:
Natalie
Portman |
Final Prediction:
The Social Network |
Final Prediction:
David Fincher |
Final Prediction:
Colin
Firth |
Final Prediction:
Natalie Portman |
BEST PICTURE
The Social Network
The King's Speech
The Fighter
True Grit
Black Swan
Inception
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone |
BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher
(The Social Network)
Tom Hooper
(The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky
(Black Swan)
Joel and Ethan Coen
(True Grit)
David O. Russell
(The Fighter) |
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth
(The King's Speech)
James Franco
(127 Hours)
Jesse Eisenberg
(The Social Network)
Jeff Bridges
(True Grit)
Javier Bardem
(Biutiful) |
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman
(Black Swan)
Annette Bening
(The Kids Are All Right)
Jennifer Lawrence
(Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams
(Blue Valentine)
Nicole Kidman
(Rabbit Hole) |
Oscar night
notes:
Film Prophet's highlights of the show:
~ The rowing competing scene score from The Social Network scores the
opening part to the Oscars
~ Gone with the wind is mentioned to Titanic leading us to whoever wins
art direction hints at winning best picture... but that fell flat when
Alice in Wonderland won
~ Kirk Douglas had the most memorable part and probably longest... his
'you know...' was never-ending... the guy was born in 1916
~ I wonder who picks the scenes that are shown during the nominations
~ Pretty basic hosting... nothing superb or horrible... they just told
each other how well they were doing throughout the night... the
musical numbers by the guests were nothing to mention either
~ Tom Hooper somehow won for direction even though this was his real
first film... boring speech... boring win
~ All the montages were forgettable... most of the speeches were also...
probably due to no surprises in the main categories... the PS22 kids
chorus at the end didn't cut it
~ The night was ruined when The King's Speech won in the battle over The
Social Network for best picture... the entire nomination clips were
heard through the king's final speech in the movie.... another
unremarkable year in the history books
