According to Sam Juliano, The Best Director’s race this year, brings together the helmers of the five strongest films of the ten nominated in the Best Picture category. Hence, the five nominees are:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Lee Daniels, Precious
Not a single choice here was unexpected when nominations were announced, and it’s almost a sure bet that these five films would have been the exact ones named if the category was still restricted to five. Of course there is little doubt that Kathryn Bigelow, will be bring home the gold this year for her vigorous direction of The Hurt Locker, which will make her the first woman ever to cop the prestigious prize. Even if for some reason The Hurt Locker fails to cop Best Picture, it is a foregone conclusion that Ms. Bigelow is a lock in this category.
Personally I believe that The Hurt Locker will be carried in to the winners circle in the biggest category, largely as a result of Bigelow’s popularity and certain win. James Cameron’s Avatar could still win Best Picture, but Cameron can’t win Best Director, as he’s won once before, and his big ego has always been a turn off to voters, despite his considerable talent and ability to pump life into the industry with big box-office. Similarly, Tarantino, Reitman and Daniels are just here for the ride, though of the three, it now appears Tarantino is probably the strongest.
Sam Juliano’s Prediction: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Sam Juliano’s Personal Choice: James Cameron, Avatar
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Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
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Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
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Interesting, Sam. And I’m with you on THL. My predictions:
PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow
ACTOR: Jeff Bridges
ACTRESS: Meryl Streep
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Inglorious Basterds
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Avatar
EDITING: The Hurt Locker
SOUND EDITING: Avatar
SOUND MIXING: The Hurt Locker
FOREIGN FILM: El Secreto de Sus Ojos
ANIMATED FEATURE: Up
ART DIRECTION: Avatar
MAKEUP: The Young Victoria
COSTUME DESIGN: Coco Avant Chanel
VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar
ORIGINAL SCORE: Up
ORIGINAL SONG: The Weary Kind
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: The Cove
DOCUMENTARY SHORT: China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
LIVE ACTION SHORT: Kavi
ANIMATED SHORT: A Matter of Loaf and Death
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Thanks so much JAFB, and you are bold going with COCO, AVATAR for Best Cinematography and THE YOUNG VICTORIA for make-up, but you may score with those too!! Enjoy the show (if that’s possible!) LOL!!!
Thanks again Dee Dee for this exceedingly superlative presentation!!!