On Sunday night they will hand out this round of Oscars. This year I outdid myself in the number of movies I saw, including in the Foreign Film and Short Film categories. So my thoughts, with my own vote listed first, followed by who I expect the Academy will award.
Original Screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay
The Departed
The Departed
Visual Effects
Superman Returns
Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
Sound Editing
Blood Diamond
Letters from Iwo Jima
Sound Mixing
Blood Diamond
Dreamgirls
Short Film - Animated
No Time for Nuts
Lifted
Short Film - Live Action
West Bank Story
West Bank Story
Makeup
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth
Film Editing
Babel
Babel
Cinematography
Pan's Labyrinth
Children of Men
Costume Design
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Art Direction
Dreamgirls
Pan's Labyrinth
Original Score
The Queen
The Queen
Original Song
Listen, Dreamgirls
Listen, Dreamgirls
Documentary Short
The Blood of the Yingzhou District
only category I saw nothing in, so this is just a prediction of a winner
Documenatary Feature
Jesus Camp
An Inconvenient Truth
Foreign Language Film
The Lives of Others
Pan's Labyrinth
Animated Feature
Happy Feet
Cars
Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Picture
The Departed
Babel
