Academy awards

I am going to make an effort to watch the Academy Awards tonight. I have not seen a lot of the movies but, there are still people and movies that I would like to see win awards. Here are some of my choices for the major categories:
Best Picture: Toy Story 3. It is a stretch, but for those of us who have grown up watching the Toy Story movies, this was probably the best, and if you did not cry, you are a liar.

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges. More of a hopeful than anything else, but I do enjoy watching him perform. There was some talk about the odd omission of Mark Wahlberg, but it was not that much different of a performance than what we have come to expect of him

Best Actress Natalie Portman. For me the infatuation began with Star Wars, because it was Star Wars. In reality she was a good actress before and after playing Padmé, see The Professional and V for Vendetta, and hopefully now she will win an award for her performance.

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale. This one is easy. Watching The Fighter you knew that it was a good performance. Than you see footage of Dicky Ecklund at the end, and it blows you away how perfectly he portrayed that man. If anyone else wins, there is a conspiracy.

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo. Playing the mom in The Fighter, she did an amazing job. She has already won an award or two for the performance, and it is either her or Amy Adams for the top spot.

Best Director: This is the one place where I have a big bone to pick. Christopher Nolan should by all means be nominated, and likely win this category. I guess it is because Hollywood people are starting to view him like Michael Bay, with all the flashy effects and over the top stories. The difference is that Inception is nothing without the direction it was given. Just being able to convey every aspect the way it was without completely losing the audience is a feat. I personally still do not think that it is a top 10 movie all time, like it's current place on IMDB top 250, but it does at least deserve some credit for the execution of a concept.

I do not plan on being very accurate with my choices, it was more of a dream sheet. I will weigh in after the awards on what I saw, and maybe I will complain about some ones ridiculous outfit, although I could give two pennies about fashion. Also if you missed it from news sources earlier this week, here is a top ten WTF they got nominated for an oscar list.
Rebecca is the next movie on the list and it is on its way to me. Be patient, I am getting there.

I'm just sayin...