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Oscar Contest: Best Picture/Director/tie-breaker
And now we come down to the final entry in our Oscar Contest, with two of the biggest categories: Picture and Director.
All you have to do is correctly predict the winner in each category we present. And to do so, you comment on these blog posts. Whoever gets the most categories right will win a DVD of the Best Picture Oscar nominee of their choice.
Previous categories were
Remember, this is not who you want to win, but who you think WILL win.
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan: The auteur has built a strong following over the years, and people who love Black Swan really love it. But too many people find his in-your-face approach off-putting.
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit: The Coens are among the most well respected auteurs out there, and True Grit is their biggest hit to date. But they won very recently, for .No Country for Old Men.
David Fincher, The Social Network: Yet another well-regarded auteur, Fincher is long overdue for a win, and his film earned the best reviews of his career.
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech : He won the Director’s Guild award, which makes him a favorite, and people love his film. But the winners usually exhibit strong visual personalities, and one could argue Hooper doesn’t have that. And this time, Hooper won’t have the support of guild TV directors, who I believe tipped the scales in his favor at DGA.
David O. Russell, The Fighter : Like Fincher, he’s a respected auteur and is hitting a career peak. However, he has a penchant for alienating some of his actors (George Clooney refused to work for him ever again after Three Kings.)
Sir Critic’s prediction: Conventional wisdom dictates that Hooper will take it, but I think we’ll see a repeat of Chicago’s year, when the relative neophyte (Rob Marhshall) won DGA, but the autuer (Roman Polanski) won the Oscar. I predict Fincher.
Sir Critic’s prediction: I have to go for Fincher, who took a dialogue-driven film and still made it distinctly his.
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Sir Critic’s prediction: Rather than going over each film, I’ll break this down very simply. Only three movies have a shot at winning. True Grit is the long shot, leaving The Social Network and The King’s Speech as the main contenders. It’s an old Oscar story: The warm and fuzzy traditional film vs. the edgy, rule-breaking movie that Says Something Important. Whenever that battle happens (e.g. Forrest Gump vs. Pulp Fiction, heartwarming almost always wins. The King’s Speech is the film to beat.
If it were up to me: Inception topped my list last year. I just wish it had a chance of topping Oscar’s list. Oh well. I can dream, can’t I?
Since that brings us up to six categories, we’ll need a seventh for a tie-breaker. Here’s one of the tougher tech categories.
BEST EDITING
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
I predict The Social Network, for the way it bounces back and forth in time. But I remained stunned Inception didn’t make the cut.
Entries will be accepted through showtime at 8 p.m. Sunday. Good luck!
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By Don Carpenter
February 25, 2011 11:54 AM | Link to this
BEST PICTURE: The King’s Speech BEST DIRECTOR: Tom Hooper BEST EDITING: The Social Network
By srah
February 25, 2011 12:24 PM | Link to this
Picture: The King’s Speech Director: Fincher Editing: The Social Network
By Jay
February 25, 2011 4:48 PM | Link to this
BEST PICTURE:The King’s Speech Best Director:David Fincher Best Editing:The Social Network
By Dawn
February 27, 2011 11:03 AM | Link to this
Best Picture: The King’s Speech, Best Director: David Fincher, Best Editing: The Social Network