Let's pick who we think will win and who we want to win ... winner gets the admiration and respect of their peers. Losers get eternal ridicule.
Major categories only, of course.
I'll go first.
Best Picture
Winner: Babel
Want: Letters from Iwo Jima
Director
Winner: Martin Scorsese
Want: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu
Actor
Winner: Forest Whitaker
Want: Ryan Gosling
Actress
Winner/Want: Helen Mirren
Supporting Actor
Winner: Alan Arkin
Want: Mark Wahlberg
Supporting Actress
Winner/Want: Jennifer Hudson
Original Screenplay
Winner: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Want: Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
Adapted Screenplay
Winner: William Monahan, The Departed
Want: Alfonso Cuaron, et al. Children of Men
Documentary
Winner: An Inconvenient Truth
Want: Jesus Camp
Foreign Language*
Winner/Want: Pan's Labyrinth
* This category may be better than the Best Picture category this year. Pan's Labyrinth, Lives of Others, and Water are all among my Top 10 list this year. Only Babel and Letters make that list from the BP nominees, though I won't see The Queen until 3:30 this afternoon.
Major categories only, of course.
I'll go first.
Best Picture
Winner: Babel
Want: Letters from Iwo Jima
Director
Winner: Martin Scorsese
Want: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu
Actor
Winner: Forest Whitaker
Want: Ryan Gosling
Actress
Winner/Want: Helen Mirren
Supporting Actor
Winner: Alan Arkin
Want: Mark Wahlberg
Supporting Actress
Winner/Want: Jennifer Hudson
Original Screenplay
Winner: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Want: Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
Adapted Screenplay
Winner: William Monahan, The Departed
Want: Alfonso Cuaron, et al. Children of Men
Documentary
Winner: An Inconvenient Truth
Want: Jesus Camp
Foreign Language*
Winner/Want: Pan's Labyrinth
* This category may be better than the Best Picture category this year. Pan's Labyrinth, Lives of Others, and Water are all among my Top 10 list this year. Only Babel and Letters make that list from the BP nominees, though I won't see The Queen until 3:30 this afternoon.
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