Oscar Picks for the 80th Academy Awards!

I know what you're thinking. "The nominees have been out for a while, Mr. Movie Slut. Why haven't you told us who should win?" Well, the answer is simple. I wanted to get all the Best Picture nominees under my belt before I started talking about the Oscars.

Here are my comments and picks for the upcoming Oscars, but I'll avoid rambling about award categories that I know nothing about or simply have no interest in.

Best Actor - George Clooney was only average and Tommy Lee Jones has rarely been spectacular. I love me some Johnny Depp, but I think both Viggo Mortenson and Daniel Day-Lewis showed him up this year.

Best Guess - Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood

Best Supporting Actor - Affleck was underwhelming in an underwhelming movie, Hoffman is just creepy, Wilkinson was pretty good, but Bardem was phenominal!

Best Guess - Javier Bardem for No Country For Old Men

Best Actress - Weird. The only eligible performance I saw was Ellen Page in Juno. I don't have much to say here but I can say that Page was pretty good, though much much better in Hard Candy.

Best Guess - Julie Christie will probably get it, but I'll still root for Page

Best Supporting Actress - Blanchett would probably win for Best Actress before she won Supporting, Ronan was cute but not incredible, Ryan was nothing special and neither was Swinton. Dee is the only black acting nominee this year and was pretty damn good in a mediocre movie.

Best Guess - Ruby Dee for American Gangster

Best Art Direction - There were a lot of pretty movies this year, but only one can win. Personally, I'm incredibly upset that Across The Universe didn't make this category.

Best Guess - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Best Cinematography - People are raving about Atonement's cinematography, but I wasn't too impressed. There Will Be Blood and Golden Compass were pretty and I'm surprised American Gangster got a mention here. However, No Country did things with shot and frame that I had never seen before.

Best Guess - No Country For Old Men

Best Costume Design - I can't believe this is the only award Across The Universe was nominated for! It'll never win, but I'll root for it out of protest.

Best Directing - I missed Diving Bell and the others were good, but this one's probably going to the Cohen brothers.

Best Guess - No Country For Old Men

Best Foreign Language Film - I can't remember the last time Foreign Language nominees were announced and I hadn't seen a single one. Shame on me! I should correct this.

Best Original Song - I heard good things about Once and I'm appalled that Enchanted got nominated 3 fucking times. That's stupid. How good can Disney songs really be?

Best Guess - "Falling Slowly" from Once

Best Visual Effects - They were all good, but how can you beat giant robots... in disguise?

Best Guess - Transformers

Best Adapted Screenplay - I have a feeling this one will be really close between No Country and Blood.

Best Guess - No Country For Old Men

Best Original Screenplay - Lars has an interesting premise, but Juno will probably secure this one.

Best Guess - Juno

Best Picture - Here it is, the big one. Atonement was pretty good, but we've seen the story a million times. Speaking of old stories, Clayton was every courtroom drama combined. Juno was cute, but cute just isn't enough. Blood was creepy, spooky, and awesome but probably not accessible enough for the majority audience. No Country was beyond good.

Best Guess - No Country For Old Men