here are my predictions for who will win the oscar (in parentheses, i put who i think deserves to win). expect final predictions to be posted the day before the oscars (february 23, 2008). - - - - - CATEGORY: ACADEMY'S CHOICE (MY CHOICE, IF I COULD PICK THE WINNER) - - - - - / best picture: No Country for Old Men (There Will Be Blood) / director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - NOT EVEN NOMINATAED!) - DGA solidifies this / actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood) x actress: Ellen Page, Juno (Julie Christie, Away From Her) / supp actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men) x supp actress: Ruby Dee, American Gangster (Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There) / best orig scrnply: Diablo Cody, Juno (Brad Bird, Ratatouille) / best adap scrnply: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood) - Yahoo! Expert predicts PT Anderson / animated: Ratatouille (Ratatouille) - Yahoo! Expert predicts Ratatouille (Recall Cars lost recently so maybe the Academy wants to make it up to Pixar?) x documentary: No End in Sight (Nanking - NOT EVEN NOMINATED!) / foreign: The Counterfeiters / Fälscher, Die (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - NOT NOMINATED IN THIS CATEGORY) - Beaufort is from Israel and is the only other possibility SUMMARY OF RESULTS: 8/11 = 73% guessed correctly for larger group (6/8 = 75% guessed correctly for main categories). A VERY HUMBLING YEAR. EVEN TOUGHER THAN LAST YEAR, IT IS SURE TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE YEARS, WITH THE MOST UPSETS IN YEARS. I STRONGLY BELIEVE 2007 WAS THE BEST YEAR IN MOVIES SINCE 1994 AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS SO MUCH COMPETITION AND SO MANY UPSETS! In 2005, I got 10 out of 11 right, that's 91%, my highest score yet! KEY: "/" - got right, "x" - got wrong, ! = My final vote, ? = Needs more research! PREVIOUS YEARS' PREDICTIONS: 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | Top 10 Lists | Home