OSCARS!!!!!

We're going to, of course, keep up our Oscar Predictions this year and, rather than slog through the whole thing in one, we'll be doing the categories in pieces. So first up from the top eight we will cover, The Screenplays:


Best Adapted Screenplay: Borat, The Departed, Children of Men, Notes on a Scandal, Little Children
A more open category than had previously been expected with four of these in with a genuine chance of victory. Borat is a no-hoper but The Departed is the definite frontrunner with Little Children and Notes on a Scandal standing up to it stoically. The major snub goes to Dreamgirls and to Thank You For Smoking but Children of Men's nomination would be a deserved victory should it come. The Departed is my prediction though, a truly blistering adaptation, taking a superlative Asian movie and infusing it with Scorsese's own vision of America.



Best Original Screenplay: Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labyrinth, The Queen, Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine is the definite frontrunner but I can see it getting a couple of major snubs. I wouldn't put it out of range that it could win, but my money is on Babel. My heart want it to go to Pan's Labyrinth, but I can really see it going anywhere but there. Letters From Iwo Jima's growing support puts it in as a major threat but I really think this is between Babel, Little Miss Sunshine and possibly, with a BAFTA win, The Queen.