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83rd Academy Awards

Posted by Steve on February 27, 2011
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Withthe 83rd Academy Awards being right around the corner, being tomorrow. I’m going to be doing a written review of the whole procceding, and i was also thinking of realeasing a podcast aswell.

But anyway, that’s tomorrow. I thought i would give my predictions on each award (Only the important ones.) for the selected categories.

Best Picture

  • The Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin

    • or.

  • True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin

    • Notes: I got a chance to see the original 1969 version of True Grit starring John Wayne as Ruebun J. Cogburn. It was pretty much the same as the recent Coen Brothers adaptation. But according to various friends (I’ve yet to see the recent film) the new one is even better, esecially with the awesome touch of the Coen Brothers and their fantastic film making.

    The reason why i had to choose two was because i heard that The Social Network was a great movie too, i’ve yet to see it though but the DVD and Blu-Ray are going to be released march 1st here in Australia, so i’m definitely going to get myself a copy.

  • Best Director
  • Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit

    • or.

  • Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech

    • Notes: Now you can’t go past the Coen Brothers for best Director(s) for True Grit, that’s for sure! They’ve yet to make a bad movie, heck, i even enjoyed Burn After Reading wasn’t that bad of a movie, despite what others may say!

    This Category was definitely hard, due to their being great directors. Besides the Coen Brothers the other director i thought should win is Tim Hooper for The Kings Speech. It was a lovely movie and sure some people told me that they thought it was just one long TV Series, but i liked the movie… Stuttering included!

  • Best Actor
  • Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn

    • or.

  • Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg

    • or.

  • Colin Firth – The King’s Speech as Prince Albert / King George VI

    • Notes:The Best Actor Award was a tough one to choose. Not only did i have to tone it down to only three individuals but it was really hard. Jeff Bridges, Coling Firth and Jesse Eisenburg are all fantastic actors in their own right!

    Jeff Bridges was fantastic as Rooser Cogburn. Colin Firth was fantastic as King George the Sixth. And Jesse Eisenburg was fantastic as the Facebook Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.

  • Best Actress
  • Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers

    • Notes: It’s very hard for a man to go and say to people “Oh yeah, a movie about ballet was really good! You should watch it” But suprisingly it was. Natalie Portman did a fantastic job in this movie as Nina Sayers, she’s the only women in this category that deserves the award. Plain and simple!

  • Best Original Screenplay
  • The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

    • or.

  • The King’s Speech – David Seidler

    • Notes: I’ve got to admit, i love myself a good screenplay! After finding out that, The Kids Are Alright was being nominated for Best Original Screenplay. I was shocked, but not in a bad way. It looked like such a great movie.

    I would also be shocked in The Kings Speech doesn’t win this.

  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
  • Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and Toy Story 2
  • True Grit – Joel & Ethan Coen based on the novel by Charles Portis

  • Notes: The Best Adopted Screenplay, It’s really down to The Social Network and True Grit! Both fantastic Movies.

    Final Notes: Make sure you watch the Oscars tomorrow live on Channel Nine from 12pm.