2007-08

It's a Wonderful Night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar! Who Will Win?

The time for prognostication and posturing has come to an end; the winners of the 80th Academy Awards on Sunday night will be:

BEST PICTURE ✅

Will/Should win: No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR ✅

Will/Should win: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST ACTOR ✅

Will/Should win: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS ❌

Will/Should win: Julie Christie, Away From Her

[Did win]: Marion Cotillard, La vie en rose

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ✅

Will/Should win: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ❌

Will/Should win: Ruby Dee, American Gangster

[Did win]: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ✅

Will win: Juno

Should win: Ratatouille

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ✅

Will/Should win: No Country for Old Men

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE ✅

Will/Should win: Ratatouille

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ✅

Will win: The Counterfeiters

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE ❌

Will win: No End in Sight

Should win: Sicko

[Did win]: Taxi to the Dark Side

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ✅

Will win: There Will Be Blood

Should win: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST FILM EDITING ✅

Will win: The Bourne Ultimatum

Should win: No Country for Old Men

BEST ART DIRECTION ❌

Will/Should win: There Will be Blood

[Did win]: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN ✅

Will win: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Should win: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE ✅

Will win: Atonement

Should win: Ratatouille

BEST ORIGINAL SONG ✅

Will/Should win: "Falling Slowly" from Once

BEST SOUND MIXING ❌

Will/Should win: Transformers

[Did win]: The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST SOUND EDITING ❌

Will win: Transformers

Should win: No Country for Old Men

[Did win]: The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS ❌

Will/Should win: Transformers

[Did win]: The Golden Compass

BEST MAKEUP ✅

Will/Should win: La vie en rose

BEST ANIMATED SHORT ❌

Will win: I Am the Walrus

Should win: Madame Tutli-Putli

[Did win]: Peter & the Wolf

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT ❌

Will win: Tanghi Argentini

[Did win]: Le Mozart des pickpockets

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECT ✅

Will win: Freeheld

Post-Oscars Analysis

Final score: 14/24