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.