Oscars 2010 - Predicciones (Rope of Silicon)

Best Picture

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Avatar
4. Precious
5. Up in the Air
6. An Education
7. Up
8. The Blind Side
9. District 9
10. A Serious Man

Best Actor

1. Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
2. Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
3. George Clooney (Up In the Air)
4. Colin Firth (A Single Man)
5. Morgan Freeman (Invictus)

Best Actress

1. Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
2. Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
3. Carey Mulligan (An Education)
4. Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
5. Helen Mirren (The Last Station)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
2. Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
3. Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
4. Matt Damon (Invictus)
5. Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Mo'Nique (Precious)
2. Anna Kendrick (Up In the Air)
3. Vera Farmiga (Up In the Air)
4. Penelope Cruz (Nine)
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)

Best Director

1. Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
2. James Cameron (Avatar)
3. Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
4. Jason Reitman (Up In the Air)
5. Lee Daniels (Precious)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air)
2. Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
3. Nick Hornby (An Education)
4. Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (District 9)
5. Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In the Loop)

Best Original Screenplay

Reader Polling currently has Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds taking this by a largemargin.

1. Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
2. Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
3. Joel and Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)
4. Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy (Up)
5. Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman (The Messenger)

As for the rest of the categories here how I see things turning out, with readers currently disagreeing with me in five categories.

• Best Animated Feature Film: Up
• Best Art Direction: Avatar
• Best Cinematography: Avatar
• Best Costumes: The Young Victoria
• Best Documentary (feature): The Cove
• Best Documentary (short subject): The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
• Best Film Editing: Avatar
  Reader Polling: The Hurt Locker
• Best Foreign Language Film: El Secreto De Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes)
  Reader Polling: The White Ribbon
• Best Makeup: Star Trek
• Best Music (Original Score): Up
• Best Music (Original Song): "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
• Best Sound Editing: Avatar
• Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
  Reader Polling: Avatar
• Best Visual Effects: Avatar
• Best Short Film (Live-Action): The Door
  Reader Polling: Miracle Fish and The Door are tied
• Best Short Film (Animated): A Matter of Loaf and Death