Dream Oscars... If Only

For some people it is called the Daytona 500, for others it’s the Super Bowl. That one event that comes once a year that highlights the best of the best. For film people, even though it is a flawed and sometimes absurd thing, it is called the Oscars. The one night when the glorious glamour of Hollywood comes to together to celebrate the years best films. However, as the writer’s strike continues and more and more reality programs make their homes on our television sets, we must all prepare for the possibility that this years Oscar night, like the Golden Globes, might be some awful news conference. However, this does not stop any one of us from making our lists of Oscar hopefuls. Tuesday is the day of the famed Oscar announcement. However, instead of making some announcement of who will be nominated, I would instead like to make a list of what I think should be nominated. I of course make this list having not seen many of the films I should (notably, There Will be Blood.) However, this is the list from what I have seen. I am going to skip technical awards too, even the all too important editing, but this is more a time thing than value placement

Best Adapted Screenplay

Zodiac

Into the Wild

Bridge to Terabitha

Gone Baby Gone

No Country for Old Men

My dream pick: Into the Wild

Best Original Screenplay

Ratatouille

Superbad

Before the Devil Knows your Dead

Juno

Eastern Promises

My dream pick: Superbad (proof I am living in a dream world.)

Best Animated Feature

Ratatouille

(Nothing else would be nominated)

My dream pick: Ratatouille

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett- I’m Not There

Catherine Keener – Into the Wild

Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone

Marisa Tomei – Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

Jennifer Garner - Juno

My dream pick: Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem-No Country for Old Men

Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild

Vincent Cassell – Eastern Promises

Heath Ledger – I’m Not There

Albert Finny – Before the Devil Knows You Dead

My dream pick: Hal Holbrook (I would say this category is probably as far removed from the actual than any other)

Best Actress

Amy Adams – Enchanted

Ellen Page – Juno

Keri Russel – Waitress

Anna Sophia Robb- Bridge to Terabitha

Belen Rueda – El Orfanato

My Dream Pick – Amy Adams

Best Actor

Chris Cooper – Breach

Viggo Mortesen – Eastern Promises

Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild

Casey Affleck – Gone Baby Gone

Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Before the Devil Knows your Dead

My Dream pick: Emile Hirsch

Best Director:

Tom Haynes – I’m Not There

Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

Adrienne Shelly – Waitress

Sean Penn – Into the Wild

Sydney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows your Dead

My Dream Pick: Joel and Ethan Coen

Best Picture

No Country for Old Men

Into the Wild

Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

Gone Baby Gone

Across the Universe

My Dream Pick: Into the Wild