'Beat Vinny Oscars Contest'

'Beat Vinny's Oscar Contest'

Now that the Academy Award nominations have been announced I would like to see if anyone could out guess me in predicting the Oscars. I will list the nominations in all major categories and if you do better at guessing the winners the prize will be $100.00. If you live close to me the prize could be an expensive dinner at a restaurant of your choice for a $100 dinner where you can gloat in person that you out picked the movie expert. Anyone think they have what it takes to humble me? Now there can only be one winner so if there is a tie I have three tiebreaker questions. So here we go...

Best Adapted Screenplay

1.) District 9
2.) An Education
3.) In The Loop
4.) Precious
5.) Up In The Air

My pick: Up In The Air

Best Original Screenplay

1.) The Hurt Locker
2.) Inglorious Basterds
3.) The Messenger
4.) A Serious Man
5.) Up

My pick: The Hurt Locker

Best Director

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

My pick: Kathryn Bigelow-The Hurt Locker

Best Supporting Actor

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

My pick: Christoph Waltz-Inglorious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

1.) Penelope Cruz-Nine
2.) Vera Farmiga-Up In The Air
3.) Maggie Gyllenhaal-Crazy Heart
4.) Anna Kendrick-Up In The Air
5.) Monique-Precious

My pick: Monique-Precious

Best Actress

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

My pick: Sandra Bullock-The Blind Side

Best Actor

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

My pick: Jeff Bridges-Crazy Heart

Best Picture

1.) Avatar
2.) The Blind Side
3.) District 9
4.) An Education
5.) The Hurt Locker
6.) Inglorious Basterds
7.) Precious
8.) A Serious man
9.) Up
10.) Up In The Air

My pick: Avatar

Tiebreaker #1: Who will win the most awards and how many? My pick: Avatar, 5
Tiebreaker #2: How long will the show be? My pick: 3 hours 39 minutes
Tiebreaker #3: What will win Best Foreign film?

1.) Ajami
2.) Secreto De Los Ojos
3.) The Milk of Sorrow
4.) Un Pompette
5.) The White Ribbon

My pick: The White Ribbon

So there you go, try to beat me at my own game. You can send me responses at facebook directly or ask me for my address so you can mail them. Please respond by march 1 please. Good Luck!