Win Your Office Oscar Pool By Avoiding All of the Choices Below!

As is tradition amongst those with no tangible reason for living, Metro Classics puts a lot of stock in our misconceived and ill-perceived wisdom when the Oscars roll around.  Last year, as with every year since the Big Bang, Sean defeated Mike by one measly vote.  This may in fact not be true, as our fact-checking department was far too lazy to verify said claim, even more reason for you to take the following prognostications with a King Kong-sized handful of salt.  That's a lot of salt.  Speaking of sodium, the first and most important lesson when picking 2011's winners: do not give any award to action pictures starring Angelina Jolie.  Not even for sound mixing.  That's just stupid.

Leading Actor:

Mike: Colin Firth, the King's Speech
Sean: Colin Firth, the King's Speech

Supporting Actor:

Mike: Christian Bale, the Fighter

Sean: Christian Bale, the Fighter

Leading Actress:

Mike: Natalie Portman, the Black Swan

Sean: Natalie Portman, the Black Swan

Supporting Actress: 

Mike: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Sean: Melissa Leo, the Fighter

Animated Feature:

Mike: Toy Story 3
Sean: Toy Story 3

Art Direction:

Mike: Inception

Sean: The King's Speech

Cinematography:

Mike: True Grit
Sean: True Grit

Costume Design:

Mike: The King's Speech

Sean: Alice in Wonderland

Directing:

Mike: David Fincher, the Social Network
Sean: Tom Hooper, the King's Speech

Documentary Feature:

Mike: Exit through the Gift Shop
Sean: Inside Job

Documentary Short Subject:

Mike: Killing in the Name
Sean: Strangers No More

Film Editing:

Mike: The Social Network

Sean: Black Swan

Foreign Language Film:

Mike: Incendies
Sean: In a Better World

Make Up:

Mike: The Wolf Man

Sean: The Wolf Man

Original Score:

Mike: The Social Network

Sean: the King's Speech

Original Song:

Mike: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3
Sean: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3

Animated Short:

Mike: Day & Night
Sean: Day & Night

Live Action Short:

Mike: God of Love
Sean: Wish 143

Sound Editing:

Mike: Inception
Sean: Inception

Sound Mixing:

Mike: Inception

Sean: Inception

Visual Effects:

Mike: Inception

Sean: Inception

Adapted Screenplay:

Mike: The Social Network

Sean: The Social Network

Original Screenplay:

Mike: the King's Speech
Sean: the King's Speech

Best Picture:

Mike: the King's Speech

Sean: the King's Speech

Metro Classics Picks the Oscar Winners (Well, Some of Them. . . Probably)

It's the Super Bowl for movie fans, where we enjoy the annual tradition of gathering in front of the TV, heckling the wardrobes, making sandwiches during the musical performances and complaining about all the films and performances that should have won but didn't, or didn't even get nominated in the first place. It's also about making a bunch of predictions about films you haven't seen in categories you know nothing about, and that's what we're going to do right now.

Lead Actor:

Mike: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Sean: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Supporting Actor:

Mike: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Sean: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Lead Actress:

Mike: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Sean: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Supporting Actress:

Mike: Mo'Nique, Precious
Sean: Mo'Nique, Precious

Animated Feature:

Mike: Up
Sean: Up

Art Direction:

Mike: Avatar
Sean: Sherlock Holmes

Cinematography:

Mike: The White Ribbon
Sean: The Hurt Locker

Costume Design:

Mike: Coco Before Chanel
Sean: The Young Victoria

Directing:

Mike: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Sean: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Documentary Feature:

Mike: The Cove
Sean: The Cove

Documentary Short:

Mike: China's Unnatural Disaster: Tears of the Sichuan Province
Sean: China's Unnatural Disaster: Tears of the Sichuan Province

Film Editing:

Mike: Avatar
Sean: The Hurt Locker

Foreign Language Film:

Mike: The White Ribbon
Sean: El Secreto de Sus Ojos

Makeup:

Mike: Star Trek
Sean: Star Trek

Original Score:

Mike: Up
Sean: Up

Original Song:

Mike: "The Weary Kind", Crazy Heart
Sean: "The Weary Kind", Crazy Heart

Animated Short:

Mike: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Sean: A Matter of Loaf and Death

Live Action Short:

Mike: Instead of Abracadabra
Sean: Instead of Abracadabra

Sound Editing:

Mike: Avatar
Sean: Avatar

Sound Mixing:

Mike: Star Trek
Sean: The Hurt Locker

Visual Effects:

Mike: Avatar
Sean: Avatar

Adapted Screenplay:

Mike: Up in the Air
Sean: Up in the Air

Original Screenplay:

Mike: Inglourious Basterds
Sean: Inglourious Basterds

Best Picture:

Mike: The Hurt Locker
Sean: The Hurt Locker