Oscar winners: your picks

Who would you like to win the Oscar this year in the main categories? (Best picture, actor/actress, director, supporting actor/actress, animated feature, original/adapted screenplay). Nominees at - EXTERNAL LINK -

Me, I'm rooting for The Incredibles in everything it's in, except original screenplay (where I'm divided over that and Eternal Sunshine, which should win.)

I hope Scorsese will win the Oscar, but it'll be a pity Oscar. But one nonetheless, I guess.

I'm betting Sideways will take home Best Picture.

1st Pick - Who I think should win. 2nd Pick - Who I think will win.

Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator

Best Director: Clint Eastwood. Martin Scorsese (definitely gonna finally get one)

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio. Clint Eastwood (hasn't won an Oscar for acting, so this will probably be his consulation prize, like Scorsese)

Best Actress: Kate Winslet. Hilary Swank

Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman. Jamie Foxx

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett. Cate Blanchett

Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman for Eternal Sunshine. Same

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor for Sideways. Same

Best Foreign Language Film: Unfortunately, still haven't seen any of the nominees. The Sea Inside seems to have gotten the most exposure, so that might win.

Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles. Same

Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson for The Aviator. Same

Although movies about Hollywood don't usually win many Oscars, "The Aviator" revels in a very glamorous era of legends. Also, there's that thing about Scorsese deserving an Oscar, never mind the fact that one really ought to earn one in a given year, regardless of past "slights". I mean, giving Scorsese the Oscar for "The Aviator" does not in any way rectify him not winning for "Raging Bull". Moreover, giving Scorsese and "The Aviator" a lot of Oscars would unnecessarily deprive others of Oscars, too.

(first, will win; second, should win)

Picture: Aviator; MDB

Director: Scorsese; Eastwood

Actor: Foxx; Foxx

Actress: Bening; Staunton

Supp Actor: Freeman; Owen

Supp Actress: Blanchett; Madsen

Orig Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine; Vera Drake

Adapted Screenplay: Sideways; Before Sunset

Animated Feature: The Incredibles; The Incredibles

Cinematography: Aviator; Flying Daggers

Editing: Aviator; Collateral

Costumes: Aviator; Troy

Sets: Aviator; Lemony Snicket

Score: POTC; (I don't like any of the nominees, so I don't have a "should win".)

Song: Shrek 2; Shrek 2

Make-up: POTC; POTC

Sound Mixing: Ray; Spider-man 2

Sound Editing: Spider-man 2; Spider-man 2

Visual Effects Editing: Spider-man 2; Spider-man 2

Best Picture:
The Aviator

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Best Actor:
Jamie Foxx - Ray

Best Actress:
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

Potential Upset:
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

Best Supporting Actor:
Clive Owen - Closer

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blancett - The Aviator
Natalie Portman - Closer

Honestly, this one is too close to call. Most likely, I'd go with Blancett!

Best Picture: "Million Dollar Baby" will probably win even though I think "Sideways" should win. I think the little movie that could ("Sideways"), is running out of gas and is missing the emotional heart string tugging element that “Baby" has.

Best Director: Clint Eastwood. While I hope that Martin Scorsese wins, I think that the Academy has an affinity for Eastwood. If Scorsese wins, it's for a Lifetime Achievement and not for the Aviator (which I agree wasn't in his top 5 movies).

Best Actor: Jamie Foxx. Let's face it, he made you forget that he was Jamie Foxx playing Ray Charles by the end of the movie and had you seeing him as Ray Charles. The mannerisms, the speech, everything was so spot on and was accompanied by an outstanding story. I still don’t understand how Paul Giamatti got left off this list.

Best Actress: Hilary Swank. She's going to get a big push from the emotional aspect of her role. That said, I’d love to see Kate Winslet win this. My criterion for giving acting awards is to see an Actor/Actress step outside of their comfort level/personality, and that is something that Kate Winslet did in spades. She was brilliant in the role; however the movie's early release killed her campaign.

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett. This was another spot on performance of Hepburn. There is a fine line between acting and imitating. To get all of her personality traits down (voice, walk, pacing, etc.) is a real testament to a great actress.

Supporting Actor: Thomas Hayden Church. This was the hardest one for me. I'm torn between Church and Clive Owen. Anyone that's seen the emotional roller coaster that is "Closer" knows that Owen was tremendous. His scene where he confronted Julia Roberts in their loft was painful and stirring at the same time. kind of like watching a train wreck. You know what's going to happen, but you can't look away. Church made me laugh in a role that I thought was going to be too much for him (c'mon.. it's Lowell from "Wings"). Giamatti carried the first half of the movie, but once they arrived in wine country the movie was Church's.

Animated Feature: Incredibles. Simply the best film out there this year. Added bonus points for using Craig T. Nelson ("Coach" for goodness sakes).

Screenplay (Adapted): "Sideways". This is where this film really excels.

Screenplay (Original): "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". Kaufman's mind works in ways that baffle many (including me), but he seems to be able to pull out some coherent thoughts and make wonderful movies come out of them.

I Totally agree with you, I Do believe this is scorsese's year.

Best Picture: Finding Neverland (amazing movie, struck more of a chord with me than "baby" 'cause I'm not a butch female boxer, I'm a son and a brother)

Best Director: Martin Scorsese (even though it's not even in his top 5 films, still better DIRECTED than the others)

Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles (personally I think it's a travesty that Polar Express was passed over for Shark Tale and Shrek 2)

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (it's between Leo and Jamie, personally I believe that Leo pulled out a winning performance, he seized to be the king of the world in the aviator)

Best Actress: Kate Winslet (a great performance and best of all it's against type. hilary swank effectively plays the same character in a different situation in every movie. pick a different role for god sakes swanky!)

Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman (if he doesn't win I will consider it among the greatest injustices in oscar history, right up there with scorsese losing to costner for best director and russel crowe losing to denzel for a beautiful mind)

Format: Category: should win | will win. Here I go:
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Picture: Million Dollar Baby | Finding Neverland

Actor: Clint Eastwood | Jamie Foxx

Actress: Hillary Swank | Hillary Swank

Sup. Actor: Clive Owen | Clive Owen

Sup. Actresss: Natalie Portman | Cate Blanchett

Animated feature. The Incredibles | The Incredibles

Directing: Clint Eastwood | Martin Scorsese

Adapted Screenplay: Finding Neverland | Sideways

Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine... | Eternal Sunshine...

Since everybody else seems to be choosing the will win should win's I'm going to too.

Format: Category: should win | will win
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Picture: Finding Neverland | Million Dollar Baby

Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio | Jamie Foxx

Actress: Kate Winslet | Hillary Swank

Sup. Actor: Morgan Freeman | Clive Owen

Sup. Actresss: Virginia Madsen | Cate Blanchett

Animated feature. The Incredibles | The Incredibles

Directing: Clint Eastwood | Martin Scorsese

Adapted Screenplay: Finding Neverland | Sideways

Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine | Eternal Sunshine