My Oscar Picks

So, yeah. I wouldn't change any of the nominations. I haven't seen a few of them, so I'll try and do that and post reviews on them.

For Best Picture, I've only seen three of the nominated films (Black Swan, True Grit, and Inception).  Inception was intriguing and visually stunning. Black Swan was one of the best dramatic movies I've ever seen. Natalie Portman gave probably one of the best performances I've ever seen. I will be shocked if she doesn't go home with the Best Actress statue. True Grit was an all around great movie as well. It was humorous, sad, exciting, and inspiring. Jeff Bridges was great, but Hailee Steinfeld, who played the young girl, stole the show. Brave, spirited, wise beyond her years, she held her own.

My personal choice for Best Picture:

Out of all the nominee's for Best Actor, I've only seen Jeff Bridges. I'm excited that James Franco and Colin Firth are both nominated; I absolutely adore both of them. Jesse Eisenberg seems like the dark horse to me. I honestly can't remember what other movies he's been in, so I can't really judge his acting abilities. Javier Bardem seems to get nominated every other year, but I don't really like him, so I'm going to say he's in there as a courtesy and isn't really a contender.

My pick for Best Actor: I can't really. I'd be happy if either Bridges, Firth or Franco walked away with the statue on this one.

I'm excited about the Best Supporting Actor nominees as well. Mark Ruffalo is a decent actor, probably not Oscar worthy, but I have this feeling that he's going to be in the business and making good movies for the rest of his life. I like him and am excited that he's nominated, but I don't think he'll win. Jeremy Renner has been one of my favorite actors for a long time now. I can't say he's got the range and skill of Christian Bale, but he's still one of my favorites. Speaking of Christian Bale, I think he's got this award in the bag. The dude is one of the best actors in Hollywood. He changes nearly every aspect of himself for every role. In Batman he was a big hulking dude with swagger, in American Psycho he was insecure, psychotic, and almost always on the verge of a break down. In The Fighter he is physically unrecognizable. He's a chameleon.

My pick for Best Supporting Actor:

Best Actress better go to Natalie Portman. Hands down, flat out, period, the end. I will be shocked, astonished, totally outraged if she doesn't get it.

I suppose those are the nominations I really care about. Director is another biggie but it could go to any and I'd be happy.

Until next time!