Predictions @ MindSay

BEST PICTURE
Will Win: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Of all the pictures that are nominated (and I have seen them all) this one was the most cohesive throughout and aside from one story point that I totally disagree with was the most enjoyable filmgoing experience
Should Win: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
This movie cannot be denied
Got Robbed: INTO THE WILD
A great movie from top to bottom (script, directing and acting) that received almost universal critical acclaim yet got snubbed by the Oscars for some odd reason. Maybe they hate Sean Penn.

BEST DIRECTOR
Will Win: Joel & Ethan Coen (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
After having to basically flip a coin to see who gets credit for waht on their fiolms, the brothers are finally nominated as a duo and they truly deserve to win for making a truly great film.
Should Win: Joel & Ethan Coen (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
See above.
Got Robbed: Sidney Lumet (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD)
Lumet showed just how awesome a director he still is with this movie and just how much so many of today's directors can learn from him. If you haven't seen this movie you are doing yourself a disservice. Besides how many more chances will there be to recognize Lumet's genius? The man is a billion years old!

BEST ACTOR
Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
I hated There Will Be Blood, I hated it with a passion but there is no denying Day-Lewis' performance. It is the single most intense performance by any actor since...well since Day-Lewis' last role.
Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
What did ya think I was kidding about how good he was?
Got Robbed: Denzel Washington (AMERICAN GANGSTER)
The movie was astoundingly uneven but Washington gave a great performance, bringing a level of understated malevolence that I didn't think Denzel had in him.

BEST ACTRESS
Will Win: Ellen Page (JUNO)
The Academy loves to think of themselves as "discoverers of talent" and what better way to show that then by giving a big award to a little snot nosed punk? Now I loved Juno and though Page was wonderful in it but if we are being honest it wasn't an Oscar worthy performance. If they wanted to give Page some credit they should have nominated her for Hard Candy; now that was a great performance!
Should Win: Laura Linney (THE SAVAGES)
Linney is one of the most underrated actresses in Hollywood and this was a part that seemed to be tailor made for her talents.
Got Robbed: Angelina Jolie (A MIGHTY HEART) & Keri Russell (WAITRESS)
A Mighty Heart wasn't very good but Jolie gave a strong performance that deserved recognition and should have been given the nom over Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
Russell was a revelation in Waitress and if the Academy wanted to give the lead actress in a small independent comedy-drama a nomination then Russell was the one who deserved it.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Win: Javier Bardem (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
Bardem transformed himself into the years best villain as well as one of the best bad guys in film history. And he did it all while sporting one of the most ridiculous looking hair styles in the world.
Should Win: Javier Bardem (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
Javier Bardem ftw.
Got Robbed: Ben Foster (3:10 TO YUMA)
Foster's deranged sidekick with distinctly homo-erotic undertones was was the best thing about this movie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Win: Ruby Dee (AMERICAN GANGSTER)
At 83 this is Dee's first nomination and it will likely be her last so I see her being the beneficiary of the "recognize 'em before they die" award that would have gone to Hal Holbrooke if he wasn't competing with Javier Bardem.
Should Win: Amy Ryan (GONE BABY GONE)
Ryan kicked massive amounts of ass as the lousy mother of an abducted child and was the best of this bunch of nominees.
Got Robbed: Can't think of any other performances this year that were deserving.

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
Will Win: RATATOUILLE
Like all of Pixar's movies this is really good but not the best of the year or even of the nominees.
Should Win: PERSEPOLIS
Based on a really cool graphic novel, watching Persepolis is like having the comic come to life. It is an amazing film.
Got Robbed: THE SIMPSON'S MOVIE
How the hell does Surf's Up get nominated but the Simpson's Movie doesn't? Did the Academy think they were nominating Happy Feet or something? And why is this category only allowing three nominees while all the others have four? This is just dumb.

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Will Win: WAR DANCE
Of all the nominees this is the most hopeful so I can see the Academy wanting to reward that.
Should Win: NO END IN SIGHT
This movie makes my blood boil and should be required viewing for every US citizen. It's been years since I've had as visceral a reaction to a film like I had for this one.
Got Robbed: KING OF KONG
My favorite movie of 2007 and deserving of as many accolades as it can possibly get. The Academy really fucked up by not nominating this movie.

My predictions for *Angelina's baby names were disastrous. Maybe I'd have better luck with Nicole Richie.

She has 5 months to go.  I predict if it's a

Girl: Adeline Middle name: Paris
Boy: Marlon  Middle name: Lionel
Monkey: Snookums

Alright, let's see how close I am.

*I predicted if Angelina had a baby girl it would be Yasmin. She named it Shiloh.

Inspired by Logicgurl's HP predictions.

Foofy stuff first:
1. Ron & Hermione will get together.
2. Harry & Ginny will get together, but only at the end.

Okay, now the real stuff:
3. The trio will live, but not unscarred. My reasons for this? JKR said in an interview, prior to the series's popularity, that they would live.
4. Pettigrew will repay his life debt to Harry by helping him to find the horcruxes.
5. Obviously, Voldemort is dead.
6. Bellatrix or Voldemort (or perhaps Lucius, to show his loyalty) will kill Narcissa, causing Malfoy to join the Order, or perhaps be a spy for them (highly doubtful, considering he is an amateur occlumens).
7. Greyback will be killed by Tonks, but don't ask me how or why.
8. Fred & George will die. For my reasons, listen to Mugglecast episode #95, around 1hr. 25 min. into the show.
9. Harry is not a Horcrux, and neither is Nagini. The horcruxes are: Hufflepuff cup, Slytherin's locket, Gryffindor's sword, Ravenclaw's ___?___, and perhaps the goblin-made tiara. The sixth horcrux was Gaunt's ring, and the seventh horcrux was the diary (both destroyed).
10. Neville will live and be a Herbology teacher at Hogwarts.
11. Harry will be the DADA teacher at Hogwarts, but not for several years.
12. Snape is good, and will return to Hogwarts as the Potions teacher. He and Harry will never be reconciled, unless either of them decides to get off their stupid high horse and be civilized to each other. Which, imho, is unlikely.
13. Dumbledore is dead. I cannot say that enough times. JKR said so. However, his portrait will be in the Headmaster's (excuse me, Headmistress's) office and will give Harry advice.
14. Kreacher is the house elf in the UK children's book cover.
15. Lily Potter was an Unspeakable, working in either the Hall of Prophecy or the Locked Room (Love?).

That's all for now, but I'll put up more later, probably.

For now, I'm going to finish spinning my beautiful silk fiber. :D

As some of you know, I am an American Idol fan. If you didn't know, then now you know my shame. This year, I decided I would write down my predictions instead of just saying "so and so is going to make it far" and then having no proof that I picked the winner in the very beginning of the show. So, feel free to comment on your favorites and disagree as much as you want. I'm fairly confident in my choices. Every week I will make new predictions based on that weeks performances before the results show and (hopefully) post them before as well.

Top Five Guys:
Phil
Chris S.
Blake
Jared
Brandon

Keep an eye on: Nick and Chris R.

Bottom Three Guys:
Sundance - Safe!
Paul - Eliminated
Rudy -Eliminated

Top Five Girls
Lakisha
Melinda
Jordon
Sabrina
Stephanie

Keep an eye on: Leslie and Gina

Bottom Three Girls:
Alaina - Safe
Nicole- Eliminated
Antonella - Safe!

What do you Idol Fans think of those predictions so far?

(Update: Three out of four people voted off were in my bottom six. Zero people in my top ten were voted off.)