Even The Boring Shit Awards Nobody Really Cares About Edition
Art direction - Avatar (art direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; set decoration: Kim Sinclair)
Cinematography - The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd)
Costume design - The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell)
Film editing - The Hurt Locker (Bob Murawski and Chris Innis)
Makeup - The Young Victoria (Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore)
Music (original score) - Up (Michael Giacchino)
Short film (animated) - A Matter of Loaf and Death (Nick Park)Sound editing - The Hurt Locker (Paul NJ Ottosson)
Sound mixing - The Hurt Locker (Paul NJ Ottosson and Ray Beckett)
Visual effects - Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R Jones)
Actress in a supporting role - Mo’Nique in Precious
Actor in a supporting role - Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a leading role - Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Actor in a leading role - Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Animated feature film - Up (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
Foreign language film - A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, France)
Directing - The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
Writing (adapted screenplay) - Up in the Air (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner)
Writing (original screenplay) - The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Best picture - Avatar (James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers)
My opinion continues to be:
- entirely based on guesswork and the results of other award ceremonies
- not informed by any industry expertise or from watching the nominated films
You know who has done this better? Ellen Campesinos
Read that instead. It’s actually worth your time.