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Oscar 2011 - Predictions

Tonight gathered again the entire (American) film industry in Hollywood to celebrate the Oscars. Before I with the tapped, but iconic phrase "And the Oscar goes to ..." come running up, I present my personal favorites and prefer to type on the winners.
The likely winners I bump into RED , my personal favorite in BLUE . If the two overlap, I mark it in glaring YELLOW. I can see, unfortunately, not all films in each category, but me fully informed through various reviews and articles to get a rough idea of the content and the Siegesschancen.

Actor in a Leading Role

• Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
• Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
• Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network
• Colin Firth in " The King's Speech "
• James Franco in "127 Hours"

Comment: course I would like Jeff Bridges indulged in another Oscar, but he has already received last year for "Crazy Heart" and you should also let the other actors of way. I especially like this has Jesse Eisenberg in the role of tangled Facebook Ertüftlers Mark Zuckerberg - his playing was remarkably genuine. But I believe rather that Colin Firth is to clear away the price - I was not yet in the enjoyment of the movie "The King's Speech" (until next week, he stands on the plan), but his performance will be considerable and the film is also known as overwhelming favorites in numerous categories traded, and also at the BAFTA Grammy Awards and Colin Firth has already been cleared for Best Actor.

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
• John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
• Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
• Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right "
• Geoffrey Rush in" The King's Speech "

Comment: Many voices can announced that Christian Bale, thanks to his role in" The Fighter might win "the prize. Jeremy Renner played acceptable in "The Town", I but it would not act as personal favorites.

Actress in a Leading Role

• Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
• Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
• Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
• Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
• Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

Comment: The price is Natalie Portman already pretty sure, many critics speak of the role of her life in "Black Swan", and it has already the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for best female lead dusted.

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
• Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
• Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
• Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
• Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"

Comment: Without hesitation, I put on Hailee Steinfeld. The young actress has really overwhelmed me with its hypnotic game in "True Grit" and is clear to me one of the favorites.

Animated Feature Film

• "How to Train Your Dragon" Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
• "The Illusionist" Sylvain Chomet
• "Toy Story 3" Lee Unkrich

; Comment: is in this category and remains Pixar unchallenged - a bomb-proof script, excellent animation quality and a last dash of directorial skills make her films even more special, they pointed out in the mass of animated films always

Art. Direction

• “Alice in Wonderland”
  Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
  Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• “Inception”
  Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
• “The King's Speech”
  Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
• “True Grit”
  Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Comment: The production design in "Alice in Wonderland" is a prime example of Tim Burton's dazzling imagination and should be honored. I got to the last moment to "Inception" and "True Grit" wavered; about the former because of the spectacular sites and the stunning, imaginative composition, in the latter because of the faithful replication of the Wild West. I type but rather the fact that "The King's Speech" The Price is dust, because it the era to King George eerily recreates authentic and reaffirm this also again the favorite of the film would.

Cinematography

• "Black Swan" Matthew Libatique
• "Inception" Wally Pfister
• "The King's Speech" Danny Cohen
• "The Social Network Jeff Cronenweth
• " True Grit "Roger Deakins

Comment: The camera's performance in "Inception" is, in my opinion, impressive - just think of the dream scenes in free fall and the trick with the infinite levels in Cobb's dreams, as he informed Ariadne. Otherwise, I'm more undecided, who is now because the price of it really happened. "True Grit" captures the deeply-rooted American Romance the Wild West image by wide panoramic landscapes perfectly, while "The Social Network" by no-frills camera performance and "Black Swan" by nervous fit, authentic and close to the subject over images brings.

Costume Design

• "Alice in Wonderland" Colleen Atwood
• "I Am Love" Antonella Cannarozzi
• "The King's Speech" Jenny Beavan
• "The Tempest" Sandy Powell
• "True Grit" Mary Zophres

Comment: The costume design in "Alice in Wonderland "was durchgeknallt wonderful and eccentric, but I rather think that" "will win by replica of the uniforms, which additionally contribute to the atmosphere.

Directing

• " The King's Speech Black Swan " Darren Aronofsky
• "The Fighter" David O. Russell
• "The King's Speech" Tom Hooper
• "The Social Network David Fincher
• " True Grit "Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Comment: Since "Directing" and be "Best Motion Picture" spread almost always together, I'm guessing here on "The King's Speech." From my love to the works of the Coen brothers, I would however like to treat them for "True Grit", where "The King's Speech" but a much more monumental film.

Documentary (Feature)

• Exit through the Gift Shop " Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
• " Gas Land Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
• "Inside Job" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• "Restrepo" Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
• "Wasteland" Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Comment: (for lack of knowledge in this category, I abstain pity that none of these films delivery addresses in this country.)

Documentary (Short Subject)

• "Killing in the Name Jed Rothstein
• "Poster Girl" Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
• "Strangers No More," Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
• "Sun Come Up" Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
• "The Warriors of Qiugang" Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Comment: (ditto)

Film Editing

• "Black Swan" Andrew Weisblum
• "The Fighter" Pamela Martin
• "The King's Speech" Tariq Anwar
• 127 Hours Jon Harris
• "The Social Network Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Comment: Once again I would like the flawless and spectacular staging of" Highlight The Social Network "- with the perfect cut together with the instrumental music for unparalleled Dynamics of the strip at.

Foreign Language Film

• "Biutiful" Mexico
• "Dogtooth" Greece
• "In a Better World" Denmark
• "Incendies" Canada
• "Outside the Law (Hors la loi) Algeria

Comment: The victory at the BAFTA Awards speaks for "In a Better World", as a fan of "Babel" director Alejandro González Iñárritu but I hope that "Biutiful" the price of it with.

Makeup

• "Barney's Version" Adrien Morot
• "The Way Back" Edouard F. Henriques , Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• "The Wolfman" Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Comment: Benicio del Toro funny as murderous werewolf is deceptively realistic and frightening.

Music (Original Score)

• "How to Train Your Dragon" John Powell
• "Inception" Hans Zimmer
• "The King's Speech" Alexandre Desplat
• "127 Hours" AR Rahman
• "The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Comment: The terrific soundtrack by Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor admitted as early as at the Golden Globes and with in my ears, much to the perfection of the Strip at Facebook.

Music (Original Song)

• "Coming Home" from "Country Strong" Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• "I See the Light" from "Tangled" Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• "If I Rise" from "127 Hours" Music by AR Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Comment: Well, I pay little attention to the music in the credits, but rather on the credit itself, because the song was indeed most likely written as an advertising medium, but here I guess times on "Toy Story"

Best Picture

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• "Black Swan" Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
• "The Fighter" David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
• “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
• “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
• “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
• “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
• “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
• “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, producer
• "True Grit" Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• "Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

comment: " Inception" was without question my favorite movie 2010 -. a cinematic masterpiece Nevertheless, it looks as if in that category, not as originally believed, "The Social Network, but" The King's Speech "to win, since it represents an epochal movie." True Grit "is a first-rate Western, nothing more, nothing less," Black Swan "is certainly a good strip, but above due to Natalie Portman's worn outstanding performances.

Short Film (Animated)

• "Day & Night" Teddy Newton
• "The Gruffalo" Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• "Let's Pollute" Geefwee Boedoe
• "The Lost Thing " Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• " Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) " Bastien Dubois

Comment: (I could not see any of the movies, but at least the" Grüffelo looks "wonderful funny off)

Short Film (Live Action)

• "The Confession" Tanel Toom
• "The Crush" Michael Creagh
• God of Love " Luke Matheny
• " Na Wewe " Ivan Goldschmidt
• "Wish 143" Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Comment: (Sorry, was also on this news post no one in our cinema, which I think is a big fan and director of short films as bad - maybe we are indeed a DVD / considered Blu-Ray release)

Sound Editing

• "Inception" Richard King
• "Toy Story 3" Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• "Tron: Legacy Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• " True Grit " Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• " Unstoppable "Mark P. Stoeckinger

Comment: " Daft Punk "and the control room of Tron: Legacy have delivered excellent work - the film was a real audio-visual delight.

Sound Mixing

• "Inception" Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
• "The King's Speech " Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
• " Salt " Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
• " The Social Network Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
• "True Grit" Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Comment: The dream sequences of "Inception" were the good Soundabmischung my opinion even more impressive.

Visual Effects

• "Alice in Wonderland" Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• "Hereafter" Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
• " Inception " Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• " Iron Man 2 " Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Comment: The special effects are stunning in Inception: CGI is hardly (Christopher Nolan is preferred to traditional special effects), are for the many gadgets and visual brilliance, just terrific

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• "127 Hours" Screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
• "The Social Network Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• "Toy Story 3" Screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• "True Grit" Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• "Winter's Bone" Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Comment: The writer of "The Social Network" is cleverly thought out and contains many interesting elements and bonds. The "True Grit" is indeed simple, but the Coen brothers have brought out the best - nevertheless I think that "The Social Network" is clear here.

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• "Another Year" Written by Mike Leigh
• "The Fighter" screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson;
  Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
• "Inception" Written by Christopher Nolan
• "The Kids Are All Right" Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• "The King's Speech" Screenplay by David Seidler

Comment: The basic idea of "Inception" is the manipulation of dreams and consciousness brilliant, original and clever, and even if the story is rather geradlining is the writer an explosion of innovation and creativity dar.