Oscars: 82nd Academy Awards 2009

Sunday, March 7, 2010

 

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The nominees often represent the best movies of the year. But, this site is not about the "best", it's about who is favored. Politics are part of the fun. Tell us who you think will win!

Nearly every year there is an upset. Last year, Mickey Rourke was widely expected to continue his streak of pre-cursor wins (Golden Globes, SAG, etc..), but we correctly went with Sean Penn for the win.

This year we think Christopher Plummer will pull an upset over the favored Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor. This is 80-year-old Plummer's first nomination. More of our analysis.

 
Oscar Winner
 The Hurt Locker Jeff Bridges Sandra Bullock Christoph Waltz Mo'Nique Kathryn Bigelow
DandLA
Picks
The Hurt Locker Jeff Bridges Sandra Bullock Christopher Plummer Mo'Nique Kathryn Bigelow
 

The Nominees:

Who do you like to win? Tell us your favorites!

X movies we've seen
O need to see
  		    D&LA our picks (so far)
     NBR National Board of Review Win
GG GG Golden Globe Nominee/Win		 SAG SAG = Screen Actor's Guild Nominee/Win
DGA DGA = Director's Guild Nominee/Win
PGA PGA = Producer's Guild Nominee/Win
X
 Avatar
GG-Drama PGA
         James Cameron
GG DGA
X
The Blind Side
   Sandra Bullock
GG-Drama SAG
      
DVD
X		 District 9
PGA
          
X
 An Education
SAG PGA
   Carey Mulligan
GG-DramaNBRSAG
      
DVD
X		 The Hurt Locker
GG-Drama SAG PGA
 Jeremy Renner
SAG
       Kathryn Bigelow
GG DGA
DVD
X		 Inglourious Basterds
GG-Drama SAG PGA
     Christoph Waltz
GG SAG
 Diane Kruger
SAG 		Quentin Tarantino
GG DGA
X
 Precious
GG-Drama SAG PGA
   Gabourey Sidibe
GG-DramaNBRSAG
   Mo'Nique
GG SAG
 Lee Daniels
DGA
DVD 2/9
X		 A Serious Man
 Michael Stuhlbarg
GG-Comedy		        
X
 Up
PGA GG Animated
          
X
 Up in the Air
GG-Drama NBR PGA
 George Clooney
GG-Drama NBR SAG
     Vera Farmiga
GG SAG

Anna Kendrick
GG NBR SAG		 Jason Reitman
GG DGA
X
 Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges
GG-Drama SAG X D&LA
    
Maggie Gyllenhaal
  
X
 A Single Man Colin Firth
GG-Drama SAG
     Julianne Moore
GG		  
X
 Invictus
PGA		 Morgan Freeman
GG-Drama NBR SAG
   Matt Damon
GG SAG
   Clint Eastwood
GG NBR
X
 The Last Station   Helen Mirren
GG-Drama SAG
 Christopher Plummer
GG SAG
    
DVD
X		 Julie & Julia
GG-Comedy 		  Meryl Streep
GG-Comedy SAG
      
X
 The Messenger     Woody Harrelson
GG NBR SAG
    
X
 The Lovely Bones     Stanley Tucci
GG SAG
    
X
 Nine
GG-Comedy SAG		 Daniel Day-Lewis
GG-Comedy		 Marion Cotillard
GG-Comedy		   Penélope Cruz
GG SAG
  

Wins/Nods
 More Oscar Nominations Art Direction Cinematography Film Editing Adapt/Orig
Screenplay		 Sound Mixing Sound Editing Visual Effects Costume Makeup Music (Score) Music (Song)
X
 3/9 Avatar
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DVD
X
 0/4 District 9    
X
Adapted
    
X
        
X
 0/3 An Education      
Adapted
              
DVD
X		 6/9 The Hurt Locker  
X
X
Original
X
X
      
X
  
DVD
X		 1/8 Inglourious Basterds  
X
X
Original
X
X
          
X
 2/6 Precious    
X
Adapted
              
X
 0/2 A Serious Man      
Original
              
X
 2/4 Up      
Original
  
X
      
X
  
X
 0/6 Up in the Air      
Adapted
              
X
 0/2 The Messenger
Original
DVD
X		 0/1 In the Loop      
Adapted
              
DVD
X		 1/4 Star Trek        
X
X
X
  
X
    
X
 2/3 Crazy Heart                     "The Weary Kind"
X
 0/4 Nine
O
O
"Take It All"
  0/2 The Princess and the Frog                     "Almost There" &
"Down in New Orleans"
0/1 Paris 36  
"Loin de Paname"
  1/3 The Young Victoria
O
O
O
  0/2 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
O
            
O
      
  0/1 Sherlock Holmes
O
  0/1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince  
O
                  
  0/1 The White Ribbon  
O
        
       
  0/1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen        
O
            
DVD 1/26
O		 0/1 Bright Star              
O
      
  0/1 Coco Before Chanel              
O
      
  0/1 Il Divo                
O
    
  0/1 Fantastic Mr. Fox                  
O
  
  0/1 Sherlock Holmes                  
O
  
Nods
 More Oscar Nominations Art Direction Cinematography Film Editing Adapt/Orig
Screenplay		 Sound Mixing Sound Editing Visual Effects Costume Makeup Music (Score) Music (Song)

Foreign-Language Documentary Feature Documentary Short Animated Feature Animated Short Live-Action Short
"Ajami" Israel;
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina;
"The Milk of Sorrow" Peru;
"Un Prophete" France;
"The White Ribbon" Germany
"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food Inc."
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"
"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"
"Music by Prudence"
"Rabbit a la Berlin"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"
"Up"
"French Roast"
"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"
"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"
"Logorama"
"A Matter of Loaf and Death."
"The Door"
"Instead of Abracadabra"
"Kavi"
"Miracle Fish"
"The New Tenants"

 
DVD
X
He's Just Not That Into You Good movie, no mentions.          
X
Inkheart David saw on flight, uneven.          
DVD
X		 Public Enemies   Johnny Depp     Marion Cotillard  
DVD
X		 Star Trek
PGA		 NBR Top Ten          

 
O
Amelia
 Bio pick with no mention. No wonder.          
DVD
X		 500 Days of Summer
GG-Comedy 		Good film, but comedies seldom do well in the Oscars. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
GG-Comedy		        
O
It's Complicated
GG-Comedy NBR		 It's not only "complicated", it's a comedy.   Meryl Streep
GG-Comedy		      
DVD
O		 The Hangover
GG-Comedy 		A Golden Globe "win" for best comedy doesn't mean an Oscar nod.          
O
 Brothers A lot of buzz early in the year. Tobey Maguire
GG-Drama		        
O
 The Young Victoria     Emily Blunt
GG-Drama		      
DVD
X		 The Proposal     Sandra Bullock
GG-Comedy		      
DVD
O		 Duplicity     Julia Roberts
GG-Comedy		      
O
 The Informant!   Matt Damon
GG-Comedy		        
O
 Sherlock Holmes
   Robert Downey Jr.
GG-Comedy		        
O
 The Soloist Robert Downey Jr.? Jamie Fox? Not this time, boys.          
O
 Where the Wild Things Are NBR Top Ten Film of 2009          

Which are your favorites? We'd love to know.