My picks (from the nominees) for the Academy Awards

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
also OK: There Will be Blood
awkward/indifferent: Juno
Not OK with: Atonement, Michael Clayton

Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Also OK: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will be Blood
awkward/indifferent: Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Not OK: Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton/Jason Reitman - Juno

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will be Blood
also OK: Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd or Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
awkward/indifferent: Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Not OK with: George Clooney - Michael Clayton

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
also OK: Ellen Page - Juno
awkward/indifferent: none
Not OK with: Julie Christie - Away From Her, Laura Linney - The Savages, Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Histrionic Succubus

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
also OK: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James
awkward/indifferent: Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton, Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Not OK with: Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
also OK: Saoirse Ronan - Atonement, Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
awkward/indifferent: none
Not OK with: Ruby Dee - American Gangster, Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody - Juno
also OK: Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
awkward/indifferent: none
Not OK with: Ratatouille, The Savages, Lars and the Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Coens - No Country for Old Men
also OK: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will be Blood
awkward/indifferent: none
Not OK with: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Atonement, Away from Her

Best Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James
also OK: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Atonement
awkward/indifferent: No Country, There Will be Blood
Not OK with: none

Best Editing: No Country for Old Men
also OK: none
awkward/indifferent: Into the Wild, There Will be Blood, The Bourne Ultimatum
Not OK with: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Art Direction/Set Design: Sweeney Todd
also OK: The Golden Compass
awkward/indifferent: Atonement, There Will be Blood
Not OK with: American Gangster (WHY IS THIS NOMINATED?)

Best Costume Design: Sweeney Todd
also OK: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Vie En Rose, Across the Universe
awkward/indifferent: Atonement
Not OK with: none

Best Makeup: La Vie En Rose
also OK: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
awkward/indifferent: none
Not OK with: Norbit

Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Not Ok with: everything else

Best Original Song: Falling Slowly - Once
also OK: That's how you know - Enchanted
awkward/indifferent: So Close - Enchanted, Happy Working Song - Enchanted
Not OK with: Raise it Up - August Rush

Best Sound Mixing (or maybe it's just "Sound" this year): No Country for Old Men
also OK: The Bourne Ultimatum, 3:10 to Yuma, Transformers
awkward/indifferent: Ratatouille
Not OK with: none

Best Sound Editing: No Country for Old Men
also OK: The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers
awkward/indifferent: Ratatouille, There Will be Blood
Not OK with: none

Best Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
also OK: Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Transformers
awkward/indifferent: none
Not OK with: none