The Oscars 2008

Since when has "Who are you wearing?" been an acceptable thing to ask someone?

Because, aside from the fact that I can't help but think of Jeepers Creepers every time I hear Joan Rivers screech it at someone, quite frankly, who cares?

Although its easy to see that the whole event is descending into little more than a beauty pageant, there is still a morsel of dignity and value to winning an Oscar and you would think they could at least pretend to care about the films.

Right, rant over. Down to business. I'm going to keep this post simple and just give you two lists. The first one is going to be who I would like to win in the top categories (having not seen some in the documentary/ short/ foreign categories I really can't form an opinion, however I will guess for my prediction list!), and the second one is who I think actually will win, just for the record. I'll leave my choices hanging in cyberspace to provoke thought and I'll post again tomorrow to justify my choices in the big categories and talk about those that actually did win. And who knows, the Academy has surprised us before, this year those two might even be the same thing!

Coxy's choices:

• Best film - There Will Be Blood


• Best director - Joel and Ethan Coen


• Lead actor - Viggo Mortenson


• Lead actress - Julie Christie


• Supporting actor - Casey Affleck


• Supporting actress - Saoirse Ronan


• Animated feature - Ratatouille


• Art direction - Sweeney Todd


• Cinematography - Atonement


• Editing - Bourne Ultimatum


• Original screenplay - Juno


• Adapted screenplay - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Coxy's Predictions: (updated: all those I got right are marked with an asterisk)

• Lead actor - Daniel Day-Lewis *


• Supporting actor - Javier Bardem *


• Lead actress - Marion Cotillard *


• Supporting actress - Cate Blanchett


• Animated feature - Ratatouille *


• Art direction - There Will Be Blood


• Cinematography - The Assassination of Jesse James


• Costume design - Atonement


• Director - Paul Thomas Anderson


• Documentary feature - Sicko


• Documentary short - Sari's Mother


• Editing - The Bourne Ultimatum *


• Foreign language - Counterfeiters *


• Make up - Pirates of the Caribbean


• Music score - Atonement *


• Song - That's How You Know - Enchanted


• Best picture - No Country for Old Men *


• Animated short - Peter and the Wolf *


• Live action short - The Tonto Woman


• Sound editing - The Bourne Ultimatum *


• Sound mixing - 3.10 to Yuma


• Visual effects - Transformers


• Adapted screenplay - Atonement


• Original screenplay - Juno *

Coxy