Academy Awards, is it really an Academy?

So, it's the big day for film here in Hollywood.  Below are my Predix:

Best Pix:  I think there will be an upset here.  I don't think it's going to be Avatar or Hurt Locker.  So let's see:
Up in the Air:  overrated; good flick but geez, where's the payoff?
Up:  What are the odds that two films nommed for best pix have "Up" in the title?  Odd.  Anyway, this was really good and not what I expected but it will get Best Animated Pix for sure.
A Serious Man:  who remembers this flick?  This is a Coen Bros & Co. flick!  Good reviews when it came out but virtually disappeared and no one is even talking about it.   So, I think this will win.
The Blind Side:  inspiring for sure, fun to watch Bullock for sure, great dialogue, but not a great film per se, yet, it does stand a chance.
Avatar:  If the Academy goes predix-able, this will win.
Hurt Locker:  If the Academy gives Director to Bigelow, this film might win.
An Education:  Small but good but not that good, Molina was robbed of a nom this year.
District 9:  Yes, this is a film.  A weird but oddly compelling film that ultimately moved me in the end.  This film is an example of what film can do to be thought-provoking and be a voice for oppressive societies.  Also, just to be clear, it's a work of fiction and no one I know owns any interstellargalactic weaponry.  You may know people, but I don't.
Precious:  In one word, amazing.  This film is the upset I think.  I think the Academy may just eschew both of those other favorites for this one.  This film was so amazing and moving and unbelievable that it stayed with me for days and days after I saw it.  It is not relentless or a "downer", it is ultimately satisfying and uplifting.  And like District 9, it is an example of what great cinema can do for the spirit.
Inglorious Basterds:  As much as I wanted to hate this flick, dammit, it's good.  Really good.  This might be the one to win actually if I think about it.
So I predix:  Precious, Inglorious Basterds, Hurt Locker, Avatar (in that order)

Best Direx:  Bigelow! that's all for this category.  If that stinkin' Cameron guy wins, I'll eat a second piece of baklava.

Best Actor:  Bridges!  Hands down and if he doesn't win, I'll eat a third piece of baklava. 

Best Actrix:  Bullock!  (Hey, there's quite a "B" thing going on here, how did that happen?)  This is her "Erin Brockovich."

Best Supporting Actor:  Waltz, he's worth the price of admission alone in Basterds.  Amazing.  Although anyone else from this category, I'd be just as happy.

Best Supporting Actrix:  Mo'Nique.  You have to see her work in this film to believe how amazing it is.  I'm not coming close to articulating how great.

Best Orig Screenplay:  Mark Boal, Hurt Locker.
Best Adapt Scrix:  What's his name and what's his name who never met each other but wrote the script for Up In The Air.  Go figure.
Best Song:  Who cares?  Do we really hear these songs again?  They used to get radio airplay, now?  But it will be the Crazy Heart people and I hope so because music made that film as much as Bridges did.

Best Documentary:  I don't know, if they would only show these flicks at the theaters, we could actually see them, geesh, hello distribution?
Best Foreign Flix:  Une Prophet even though White Ribbon will probably win.  I am dying to see both of these (and that's dying in a figurative sense for my new readers who are having a hard time with the English language syntax).
Best Short Film:  I don't know because ONCE AGAIN, no one puts these great little flicks in theaters.  Shame shame shame.

And is the Academy really an Academy and if not, then why do they call themselves that?
Yay, Steve Martin is hosting.  Finally, someone actually funny, wry and sarcastic....

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