I'll admit it, I'm an Oscar-phile. As a movie buff, I love to watch this one awards show--cheering for my horses and predicting the winners. Usually, I try to watch at least 70 percent of the nominated films and performers, but that's become increasingly difficult with this stage of life. Thankfully, I have a team of resident experts to help me select from this year's nominees.
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Cooper, 3-year-old provocateur. Prefers things with wheels.
Best Picture: Juno
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress: Laura Linney
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Emma, 5-year-old adventurer. Prefers pirates.
Best Picture: Michael Clayton
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best Actress: Ellen Page
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Halle, 5-year-old princess. Prefers high art.
Best Picture: Juno
Best Actor: Johnny Depp
Best Actress: Laura Linney
Best Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Marshall, 7-year-old builder. Favors thoughtful consideration.
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men "It looks really cool!"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis "He's a good guy man"
Best Actress: Laura Linney
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck "Like the AFLAC"
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett "Guitar!"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
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Madison, 8-year-old networker. Into romance.
Best Picture: Juno
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress: Ellen Page "She looks like a teenager"
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem "I like the gun"
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan "I like her outfit"
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
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John, 30-ahem-year-old writer/creator. Loves the power of story and hammy acting.
Best Picture: Atonement "Oscar loves the literary epic"
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis "There's no one better. Period."
Best Actress: Julie Christie "For degree of difficulty"
Best Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook "Poignancy wins"
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett "Two nominations earns this win"
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men "Hedging my bets"
Two for six on your Oscar picks. Perhaps you should stick to American Idol.
Posted by: Darnell Lamb | February 25, 2008 at 09:33 AM
Madison wins! She correctly picked 3 of 6 categories. Marshall is the only one who correctly picked Best Picture. He and I both had 2 of 6 and Cooper had 1 of 6. Neither twin got any correct.
Usually I fare much better (at least 4 categories correct). The only nominated performance or film I saw from these top six awards was Sweeney Todd--and I read Atonement.
My American Idol predictions will begin soon.
Posted by: johnvano | February 25, 2008 at 05:03 PM