Oscar Predictions: Chuck's Picks

The Oscar's are coming up soon. For a complete list of nominees, you can click here. But to make things a little more interesting, I teamed up with our Opinion Editor, Rebekah, to make predictions on who will win and who should win. My take is posted below, and Rebekah's will be coming shortly. And better yet, when the Oscars are said and done, we'll post who got the most right and who was completely wrong.

Leading Actor
Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Will Win: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
EXPLANATION: I think Michael Clayton will be a surprise winner and take a lot of people by shock in a lot of categories. It is politically charged and a Clooney film. It is Oscar gold.

Supporting Actor
Should Win: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Will Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War

Leading Actress
Should Win: Ellen Page, Juno
Will Win: Laura Linney, The Savages
EXPLANATION: I really, really want Ellen Page to win. She was so good in Juno!

Supporting Actress
Should Win: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Will Win: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Animated Feature
Should Win: Rataouille
Will Win: Rataouille
EXPLANATION: This is my favorite movie of 2007, and one of my all-time favorites.

Art Direction
Should Win: Atonement
Will Win: Sweeny Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cinematography
Should Win: Atonement
Will Win: No Country for Old Men

Costume Design
Should Win: Atonement
Will Win: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Directing
Should Win: Juno
Will Win: Michael Clayton

Documentary Feature
Should Win: Taxi To The Dark Side
Will Win: Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Documentary Short
Should Win: Freeheld
Will Win: Sara's Mother

Film Editing
Should Win: No Country for Old Men
Will Win: The Bourne Ultimatum

Foreign Language Film
Should Win: The Counterfeiters
Will Win: The 12

Makeup
Should Win: La Vie En Rose
Will Win: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Original Score
Should Win: Ratatouille
Will Win: The Kite Runner
EXPLANATION: The Oscars tend to go for very subdued, kind of "boring" soundtracks. Even though the Ratatouille score was phenomenal and half the charm of the movie, it won't get the honor it deserves.

Original Song
Should Win: So Close (Enchanted)
Will Win: That's How You Know (Enchanted)

Best Picture
Should Win: Juno
Will Win: Michael Clayton

Short Film -- Animated
Should Win: Madame Tutli-Putli
Will Win: Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis

Short Film -- Live Action
Should Win: Tanghi Argentini
Will Win: Le Mozart Des Pickpockets

Sound Editing
Should Win: Ratatouille
Will Win: Transformers

Sound Mixing
Should Win: Ratatouille
Will Win: Transformers

Visual Effects
Should Win: Transformers
Will Win: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Screenplay -- Adapted
Should Win: There Will Be Blood
Will Win: Atonement

Screenplay -- Original
Should Win: Juno
Will Win: Ratatouille