Academy Awards: All my predictions were accurate

The is a continuation of my previous blog.

All of my predictions came out to be true. Keeping into consideration that I have given myself two choices (for some of the categories) I guess the contest was not even, but who cares. Academy awards are becoming more and more predictable and thanks to the media for nurturing the speculation. Out of all the nominees/categories where I am able to predict the winners, the only movies I saw were Inception, The Social Network, Toy Story 3 & The Town, and somehow I am still able to pick up the winners. If there is any betting going on for these awards I could have made a lot of money (but no big deal).

As for the awards show, it was OK and not up to the hype. The hosts (James Franco & Anne Hathaway) were lousy and boring. I guess some of the things were better be left for the pros (Academy should make a note for it) and both James & Anne were not even close to the likes of Billy Crystal, Alec Baldwin and Steve martin. I guess even Hugh Jackman did a good job hosting Oscars. Anyway, hope we have a better show next year.

So here goes the list again and this time with the winners:

Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech (Academy will pick)
127 Hours
The Social Network (My Pick)
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winters Bone


Actor in a leading role:
Javier Bardem
Jeff Bridges
Jesse Eisenberg
Colin Firth (My pick & Academy’s Pick)
James Franco


Actor in a supporting role:
Christian Bale (My pick)
John Hawkes
Jeremy Renner
Mark Ruffalo
Geoffrey Rush (Academy will pick)


Actress in a leading role:
Annette Bening
Nicole Kidman
Jennifer Lawrence
Natalie Portman (My pick & Academy’s Pick)
Michelle Williams


Actress in a supporting role:
Amy Adams
Helena Bonham Carter (Academy will pick)
Melissa Leo (My pick)
Hailee Steinfeld
Jacki Weaver


Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3 (My pick & Academy’s Pick)
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist


Directing:
Darren Aronofsky
David O. Russell
Tom Hooper (Academy will pick)
David Fincher (My pick)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen