From Globes to Oscars: Nomination Predictions

Misti Schindele | January 23, 2011 | 1 Comments

In the film industry it is said that the Golden Globe Awards are the “precursor” to the Oscars. Well, for the 2011 awards season, this is going to stand true. If you look back at the movies that came out in 2010, popular films like Iron Man 2, Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Harry Potter will be overlooked by the Academy in favor for smaller indie films. Now, this is not a new concept when it comes to Oscar nominations, but 2010 was a bleak year for film. A lot of films that sounded great in concept, just failed on the big screen (The Tourist), while some films that were hoping just to break even, ended up getting praise from every critic (Black Swan, The Social Network).

The Oscar nominations will be announced bright and early on Tuesday January 25th and I expect that in the categories paid attention to by the general public, we will see the nominations look almost like a carbon copy of the Golden Globes.

Here are my predictions for the top 7 categories for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

Best Picture (This was expanded to 10 films in 2010):
The Social Network
Black Swan
True Grit
The King’s Speech
The Fighter
127 Hours
Inception
Alice in Wonderland
RED
Casino Jack

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
Johnny Depp – Alice in Wonderland
Kevin Spacey – Casino Jack
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

Best Actress:
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Annette Benning – The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman – The Rabbit Hole
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale – The Fighter
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Michael Douglas – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Jeremy Renner – The Town

Best Supporting Actress:
Mila Kunis – Black Swan
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Amy Adams – The Fighter

Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
Despicable Me
Tangled

Best Director:
David Fincher – The Social Network
Christopher Nolan – Inception
Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech