Open Forum Friday: It’s Oscar Prediction Time!

Posted by on February 22nd, 2008   Filed under: Open Forum Friday

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As a precursor to this year’s Academy Award ceremony (and Film Junk’s Live Oscar Chat), it’s only appropriate to start the discussion regarding this year’s nominees and predictions as to who might win. In years past there have been some pretty clear cut front runners, but I really think that there are a lot of close races this year, which (hopefully) will make for some interesting viewing.

The Best Picture race is still anyone’s guess, and as we all know from Crash, just about anything can happen. Recently a lot of people have been saying Juno actually has a shot at winning over There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men, which I find fascinating considering that many originally thought it was just lucky to be nominated in the first place. I’m still pulling for No Country for Old Men personally, but I also think people shouldn’t count out Atonement. It’s the only Best Picture nominee I haven’t seen, and yet it just seems like the kind of movie that the Academy loves.

Who do you think will come away the big winner on Sunday? Who are you rooting for? Will you even be watching the Oscars? Feel free to cast your prediction for Best Picture in the poll below, but potential winners in all the other categories are up for discussion as well. Give us your thoughts here on Open Forum Friday.

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  • I have seen all of the nominated films and I think that No Country should win, though I would love to see Juno upset. My thought about There Will Be Blood is that it’s quite good, but mostly because of Day-Lewis’ performance… standing as a whole, it and Michael Clayton are good, but not quite in the same league as the other three.

  • “There will be blood” is the film that should win, but “No Country for Old Men” is more widely appreciated. I think if “There Will Be Blood” loses, it will be one of those cases where, in a few years, everyone will think it’s insane that it didn’t win best picture. And to have “Juno” even in the running is an affront to filmmakers everywhere.

  • deadpaul

    I think “No Country” should win, but Juno will probably win. The voters are clueless, so nothing surprises me.

  • Captain N

    I’m thinking No Country will get best picture. Coen’s will get best director. Lewis will get best actor.

    Diablo Cody is a huge deal at the moment, no matter how desperate she is to be considered “different”, and I think that she will get the oscar for Juno, a movie that doesnt deserve all the attention its getting. She is the new big thing. She’ll probably be gone in a couple years. Maybe.

  • For me, No Country for Old Men is nearly a perfect film…. I haven’t seen all the contenders, but I don’t see how it doesn’t take Best Picture. Hell, it was sweeping Critics Awards like nobody’s business…. took more than any other film in history by a pretty large margin, I believe.