And the Oscar goes to...

It's about 45 minutes til showtime, so I'll get right to the point. I'll give you who I think WILL win and who I think SHOULD win. The only way to be fair though is to make my picks from films I've seen, so if I missed ya (sorry Dreamgirls, Blood Diamond, and Children of Men) so sorry, see ya at the party. (I'll put a DNS by the films I did not see).

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Who will win: Cars
Who Should win: Monster House. The funnest film of the three and not just for adults. My 4 year old agrees.



BEST ORIGINAL SONG
An Inconvenient Truth - "I Need to Wake Up"
Cars - "Our Town"
Dreamgirls - "Listen" DNS
Dreamgirls - "Love You I Do" DNS
Dreamgirls - "Patience" DNS

Who will win: One of the Dreamgirls songs, probably Listen
Who should win: I can't pick from the Dreamgirls trio so I'll pick I Need to Wake Up. Even though it played over the credits, there were interesting environmental facts and tips that also ran, and the song made it more watchable.



BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Babel
The Good German DNS
Notes on a Scandal DNS
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Who will win: Babel
Who Should win: Babel. The score actually served the film and moved it along. The most memorable score of the three films I've seen.



BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Curse of the Golden Flower DNS
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls DNS
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

Who Will win: Marie Antoinette
Who Should win: Marie Antoinette. The Queen and Prada are too modern to stand out here. Marie Antoinette was stunning.



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns

Who Will Win: Pirates of the Caribbean
Who Should win: Pirates of the Caribbean. Didn't really blow me away, but Superman was not as Super as it could have been and Poseidon just blows.



BEST SOUND EDITING
Apocalypto DNS
Blood Diamond DNS
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest

Who will win: Letters From Iwo Jima
Who Should win: It's hard to seperate Letters and Flags, both were done by the same team. So here's another for Pirates of the Caribbean.



BEST SOUND MIXING
Apocalypto DNS
Blood Diamond DNS
Dreamgirls DNS
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Who will win: Dreamgirls
Who Should Win: Flags of Our Fathers. The Musical will win, but of the two I've seen Flags had a better mix.



BEST ART DIRECTION
Dreamgirls DNS
The Good Shepherd DNS
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Prestige

Who Will Win: Pan's Labyrinth
Who Should Win: While I wish The Prestige could take home something, Pan's Labyrinth is most deserving of this one.



BEST MAKEUP
Apocalypto DNS
Click
Pan's Labyrinth

Who will Win: Pan's Labyrinth
Who Should Win: Pan's Labyrinth. Hollywood's still mad at Mel and Click is Click.



BEST FILM EDITING
Babel
Blood Diamond DNS
Children of Men DNS
The Departed
United 93

Who Will Win: Babel
Who Shoudl Win: United 93. Incredibly skilled editing. The best in years.


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deliver Us From Evil DNS
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments DNS
Jesus Camp DNS
My Country, My Country DNS

Who Will Win: An Inconvenient Truth
Who Should Win: An Inconvenient Truth. It's not the Presidency, but Hollywood loves Al Gore.



BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat DNS
Children of Men DNS
The Departed
Little Children DNS
Notes on a Scandal DNS

Who Will Win: The Departed
Who Should Win: The Departed. Well, It's flawed, but it's the only one I've seen here.



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Babel
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen

Who Will Win: Little Miss Sunshine
Who Should Win: Little Miss Sunshine. It gets honored here cause it ain't winning Best Picture.



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men DNS
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige

Who Will Win: Pan's Labyrinth
Who Should Win: This race is so close. I could give it to The Illusionist, but I'll ultimatly say Pan's Labyrinth.



FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
After the Wedding - Denmark DNS
Days of Glory - Algeria DNS
The Lives of Others - Germany DNS
Pan's Lanyrinth - Mexico
Water - Canada DNS

Who Will Win: Pan's Labyrinth
Who Should Win: Pan's Labyrinth. It could pick up the most Oscars tonight.



SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adiana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal DNS
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls DNS
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Who Will Win: Jennifer Hudson
Who Should Win: Hudson is out for me, haven't see Dreamgirls. So here's to Adriana Barraza.



SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children DNS
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond DNS
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls DNS
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Who Will Win: Eddie Murphy
Who Should Win: Mark Wahlberg. That's Marky Mark bitches!



BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Volver DNS
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal DNS
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Who Will Win: Helen Mirran
Who Should Win: Helen Mirran. No doubt here. But will be The Queen's only trophy.



BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond DNS
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O' Toole - Venus DNS
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness DNS
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland DNS

Who Will Win: Forest Whitaker
Who Should Win: I abstain. I only saw Half Nelson here, and hated it.

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu - Babel
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Who Will Win: Scorsese
Who Should Win: How can you not give it to Scorsese? You could give it to Paul Greengrass for brilliant work in United 93.

BEST PICTURE
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Who Will Win: The Departed
Who Should Win: The Departed.

Here's how I rank them
1. Departed
2. Letters From Iwo Jima
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. The Queen
5. Babel

Now to fire up the Tivo and see what happen tonight. Enjoy!