And the Oscar(tm) goes to...

...probably not to who I would give them to, but. I read a lot of entertainment magazines and web sites and so the fact that I saw only four of the 53 nominated film, is really not relevant and that I saw only one of the Best Picture Nominees is also completely besides the point. I do have a subscription to Entertainment Weekly, so I might as well be a voting member of the Academy.

So.

I do have to admit that at first glance, the Entertainment Weekly ballet is a little overwhelming and it isn't even all the categories! 24 different categories to have opinions on! You try it.

But, I persevered and the first lot is who I want to win, or pictures I have heard are very deserving. It would have been easier with the Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film categories if they would just tell us which ones are about the Holocaust, that would make it much easier to know which ones to pick.

Anyway, on with show:

The winners, My Pick , their pick , who actually was picked

Best Picture

The Queen
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Departed

Director

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed (still got it!)

Actor

Forest Whitaker, Last King Of Scotland (got it!)

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed

Actress

Kate Winslet, Little Children (I like her! Shut up.)
OR
Helen Mirren, The Queen (I got it!)

Helen Mirren, The Queen

Supporting Actor

Jackie Earl Haley, Little Children

Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (got it!)

Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Foreign Language Film

The Lives of Others, Germany (got it!)

Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond, The Black Dahlia (remember it is not about making the prairie look majestic, it is about making a living room look majestic)

Guillermo Navarro, Pan's Labyrinth (still got it!)

Original Screenplay

Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine (Got it!)

Peter Morgan, The Queen


And as for Best Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film, Film Editing, Make Up, Art Direction, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects, Costume Design, Original score, Original Song, Animated Feature, and Animated Short film - you know you will be taking the dog out, brushing your teeth, putting the kids to bed, emptying the dishwasher or making a sandwich. If you don't know the nominees or have some technical knowledge about the discipline, these categories are not why you tune in - They are why you have to tune in for four plus hours. May the best nominees win.