Oscar Predictions From Someone Who Has Absolutely No Authority To Do So

Although the Oscars are focused on movies, they air on television, so I can easily talk about it here without any cries of "Off-topic!" from all my imaginary regular readers. The Oscars are an interesting awards show because everybody pretty much knows all the winners going in. I have only seen three movies (Toy Story 3, Inception, The Social Network) that are nominated for anything (well, anything major) but can probably still predict the majority of the outcomes. The King's Speech will win best picture. I would prefer The Social Network, which I thought was just a really, really well made movie, to win but since I haven't seem The King's Speech so I do not have very much room to talk. You never know, there could be an upset here, and I would love to see one. That way, it won't be so boring. Natalie Portman and Colin Firth (maybe Jesse Eisenberg) will win, no suprises there. I just hope the ceremony is put together better than last year's. Last year was just kind of a mess. From Ben Stiller's terrible "Look at me, I'm dressed up as those blue people from Avatar" and accompanying jokes, from not being able to actually see who we're remembering in the In Memorial segment, and that god awful twenty minute long dance sequence to all the nominated scores. And James Franco and Anne Hathaway are generally likeable people, so hopefully the hosting won't be a problem.