I did an Oscar prediction blog amonth ago.  Here is how the results compared with my predictions.

I am looking at the habits of the Academy in their Oscar picks this year.  In the last couple of years the two Academy darlings are Johnny Depp, and George Clooney.  Both are great actors but does the work this year merit nomination?  I don't think so.

The two best movies of last year were No Country for Old Men, and There will be blood, and I also liked Atonement. Michael Clayton was not an outstanding movie at all, so I am surprised that  it got the nomination.  I expect  this to be the year of Coen, and No Country for old men will win Best Picture and Best Director, which it did. 

Best Actor definitely has to go to Daniel Day Lewis, for his incredibly compelling performance in There Will be blood, which it did.

Javier Bardem, I expect will win Best Supporting Actor for his amazing performance as the psychopath in 'No Country for Old Men.  A performance this outstanding, and a character this compelling is rare indeed. Which he did.

Best Actress, I think will go to Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of the relentlessly tragic French singer Edith Piaf.  As a backup perhaps Cate Blanchett.  I have not seen the Julie Christie performance, although sentiment may favor her.  My favorite acting performance Amy Adams in Enchanted was not nominated.  Right again.

Best supporting actress is wide open.  I haven't seen I'm Not There.  I am going to pick Saoirse Ronan in Atonement, although Cate Blanchett  might get it for playing Bob Dylan.  Tilda Swinton got this one.  This was a hard to predict category.  She did give an excellent performance in this movie.

Best Director is the the Coen brothers for No Country.  Right again. Very surprising Atonement did not get nominated.  Usually Best picture also gets a Best Director nod too.

The screenplay categories are very strong this year.  I think adapted screenplay will go to No Country.  Which it did

Original screenplay. Personally I think Ratatouille was best, but I have a feeling Juno might get this, so as I am picking winners this is my prediction. Juno got it.  So right again.

 I am picking Ratatouille for Best Animated feature.  Right again.  8 out of 9 predictions.  Maybe I should have placed some bets.  My favorite bit last night was when the winner of best song for Once, was called back out from backstage to give her acceptance speech when she was cut off first time.  Here is the list of nominees

Best Picture
'No Country for Old Men'
'Atonement'
'Juno'
'Michael Clayton'
'There Will Be Blood'

Best Actor
George Clooney, 'Michael Clayton'
Daniel Day-Lewis, 'There Will Be Blood'
Viggo Mortensen, 'Eastern Promises'
Tommy Lee Jones, 'In the Valley of Elah'
Johnny Depp, 'Sweeney Todd'

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age'
Julie Christie, 'Away From Her'
Marion Cotillard, 'La Vie en Rose'
Laura Linney, 'The Savages'
Ellen Page, 'Juno'

Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'
Javier Bardem, 'No Country for Old Men'
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Charlie Wilson's War'
Hal Holbrook, 'Into the Wild'
Tom Wilkinson, 'Michael Clayton'

Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, 'I'm Not There'
Ruby Dee, 'American Gangster'
Saoirse Ronan, 'Atonement'
Amy Ryan, 'Gone Baby Gone'
Tilda Swinton, 'Michael Clayton'

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'
Tony Gilroy, 'Michael Clayton'
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'
Jason Reitman, 'Juno'

Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton, 'Atonement'
Sarah Polley, 'Away from Her'
Ronald Harwood, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 'No Country for Old Men'
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'

Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, 'Juno'
Nancy Oliver, 'Lars and the Real Girl'
Tony Gilroy, 'Michael Clayton'
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, 'Ratatouille'
Tamara Jenkins, 'The Savages'

Animated Feature ''Ratatouille'
'Surf's Up'

How did your faves do?