Thursday, February 24, 2011

Don’t Take My Word for It: Critics Guess Oscar Winners

I have a pretty solid track record for guessing who will land Academy Awards (just ask anyone whose gone up against me in an Oscar pool), but as I said in my earlier post, this year is tricky.

I guessed two ways: a King’s Speech sweep, or everyone else.  Seems like most critics share that same sentiment. Here is a complied list of “Who Will Win” Oscar picks from critics I respect. (For the record, I don’t respect Entertainment Weekly, but their Oscar handicapper seems to know what he’s talking about.)


BEST PICTURE















Roger Ebert: The King’s Speech
Peter Travers (Rolling Stone): The King’s Speech
Dave Kruger (Entertainment Weekly): The King’s Speech
Richard Corliss (Time Magazine): The King’s Speech
Tom O’Neil (Golden Derby): The King’s Speech
Me: The King’s Speech


BEST DIRECTOR


















Ebert: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Rolling Stone: Hooper
EW: David Fincher for The Social Network
Time: Fincher
Golden Derby: Fincher
Me: Fincher


BEST ACTOR















Ebert: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Rolling Stone: Firth
EW: Firth
Time: Firth
Golden Derby: Firth
Me: Firth


BEST ACTRESS

















Ebert: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Rolling Stone: Portman
EW: Portman
Time: Portman
Golden Derby: Portman
Me: Portman


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

















Ebert: Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech
Rolling Stone: Rush
EW: Christian Bale for The Fighter
Time: Bale
Golden Derby: Bale
Me: Bale


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS


















Ebert: Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
Rolling Stone: Helena Bonham Carter for The King’s Speech
EW: Steinfeld
Time: Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Golden Derby: Leo
Me: Leo


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

















Ebert: David Seidler for The King’s Speech
Rolling Stone: Seidler
EW: Seidler
Time: N/A
Golden Derby: Seidler
Me: Seidler


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

















Ebert: Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Rolling Stone: Sorkin
EW: Sorkin
Time: N/A
Golden Derby: Sorkin
Me: Sorkin

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