Oscar Nominations Tomorrow - Who Should Get Nominated

Tomorrow morning the Oscar nominations will be revealed.  It's a very exciting time for everyone who loves movies, because all of the other endless award shows really don't compare.  This is the Super Bowl of movies, and I love to find out who's going to be in the game.

As I still have to see a few movies that are likely to be nominated (Another Year, Blue Valentine, Rabbit Hole) I am going to list my personal top four (five will be chosen) in each of the major categories, in order of how I HOPE (not think) things should go.  You can click the 'Best of 2010' link above to see how I want the best picture race to go, and the animated category will only have three nominees instead of five or ten.

Best Actor:

1.  James Franco for 127 Hours
2.  Colin Firth for The King's Speech
3.  Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
4.  Robert Duvall for Get Low

Best Actress: 

1.  Noomi Rapace for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2.  Natalie Portman for Black Swan
3.  Kirsten Dunst for All Good Things
4.  Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone


Best Supporting Actor:

1.  Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
2.  Christian Bale for The Fighter
3.   Bill Murray for Get Low
4.   Jeremy Renner for The Town


Best Supporting Actress:

1.  Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom
2.  Adam Adams for The Fighter
3.  Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (She might end up in the lead actress category though)
4.  Melissa Leo for The Fighter


Best Director

1.  Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
2.  Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
3.  Christopher Nolan for Inception
4.  Tom Hooper for The King's Speech

Best Animated Feature (Only three nominees, so I'll pick two)

1.  Toy Story 3
2.  How to Train Your Dragon


Best Screenplay (Original)

1.  Christopher Nolan for Inception
2.  David Seidler for The King's Speech
3.  Mark Heyman for Black Swan
4.  Lisa Cholodenko for The Kids Are All Right


Best Screeplay (Adapted)

1.  Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for 127 Hours
2.  John Lasseter for Toy Story 3
3.  Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
4.  Nikolaj Arcel for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo


Best Feature Length Documentary

1.  Exit Through the Gift Shop
2.  Inside Job
3.  Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
4.  Waiting for Superman


Again those are NOT my predictions of what WILL happen, but what I hope for.  I can guarantee many of the selections won't make it - but if even one of my more off-beat choices makes the cut, I will be thrilled.  The biggest long shot that I still feel is probable is a nomination for Noomi Rapace.  She really deserves the recognition.  All right, what are your thoughts?