Oscar Picks, what what!

The big day is upon us! The most important and exciting day in Hollywood! The day we finally get to find the answer to what we have all been speculating about for weeks! “Who are you wearing???”

Yeah, that’s right folks. Sunday is Oscar night. Holla! And I am officially proclaiming it Daniel Day-Lewis Day. So I would appreciate it if you would please refer to it as such. I just think it’s more fun to say than The 80th Annual Academy Awar-----blah blah blah! Boring, right?

So today, to join in on the excitement, we thought we would share with you our picks for the big night.

Best Actor
Barb’s pick: Um, don’t you remember what day it is?? It’s Daniel Day-Lewis Day so I think it’s only right if he wins. Sure Johnny, Viggo, and George are all “heartthrobs” or whatever, but I bet you Day-Lewis could kick all their asses with one hand tied behind his back! I mean, he could kick their asses in an acting contest, that is.

Meg’s pick: I fear if I don’t pick Daniel Day-Lewis Barb will hurt me so I am going to go with…
What (time) day is it!?
Tool Time! Daniel Day-Lewis DAY

Best Actress
Barb’s pick: Now this is a hard one, considering Juno is pretty much the only movie in the category that has been seen by more than 10 people. Away From Her? The Savages? La For Mome?? Elizabeth II: How The Queen Got Her Groove Back??? I’m gonna have to go with Ellen Page on this one. By default only.

Meg’s pick: Ellen Page… doy. She makes teen pregnancy cool! So cool in fact Jamie-Lynn Spears got pregnant! If that isn’t a winning performance I don’t know what is!


Achievement in Sound Editing
Barb's Pick: I'm going to go out on a limb here. I think the dark horse for this category is definitely The Bourne Ultimatum. I don't know about you, but while I watched this film all I could think was "Wow! This movie has spectacular achievement in sound editing!" I really hope that Karen Baker Landers and Per Halberg get their much deserved props for this film. Um... not! Who cares??? Do they really have to televise this category?? Come on! The ceremony is like 5 hours long!!! If they cut it down to the categories people actually care about, it would be about 20 minutes long. And that's pretty much all I can handle. So how about they take all the nominees for achievement in EDITING and have them work on editing this list of categories. Kay, thanks.

Meg’s Pick: Such a toss up!! Sure Ultimatum, Country, Blood & Transforms were loud we get that. There were fights with old men in blood who were Bourne to transform but I mean really, what did they have to edit. All they had to do was make crashing sounds and fighting noises which I am pretty sure they took straight from Mortal Kombat… seriously if you play the movies backwards in slow motion it says, “These sounds were taken from Mortal Kombat”. Fact. Wait, where was I going with this?? Oh right sound editing… Cooking rats really get me going so my pick is Ratatouille.

Best Picture
Barb's pick: A lot of critics have said this is just a race between There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men. Bor-ing! I would like to voice my displeasure with the Academy for overlooking 2007’s truly greatest movie: Norbit. Any film that can take a skinny man and turn him into a fat woman surely has to be the best film of the year!! Maybe you didn’t hear me Academy, it took a SKINNY MAN and made him into a FAT WOMAN! It’s truly a movie you can lose yourself in. A real cinematic experience and it deserves to be recognized.

Meg’s pick: I agree with Barb on this one. It was on my flight home from Beijing and seeing on that little screen truly shows it’s comedic genius! It was so good that I feel asleep, which if you have ever flow coach on an international flight is nearly impossible. Eddie Murphy in a fat suit, will it ever get old? No, never!