Oscar Predictions: Best Film Editing

I keep remembering two years ago how Best Picture shoo-ins “Brokeback Mountain” and “Good Night, and Good Luck” got shockingly but wonderfully snubbed in this category. For every serious Best Picture nominee to be included is purely unfair: it is much better to spread the love around. Last year the match-up was only 2/5 for the second year in a row, including “Blood Diamond”, “Children of Men”, and “United 93”. All five of my predicted nominees could easily get in for Best Picture, but my predicted match-up is 3/5. Alternates, which could easily get in, are ATONEMENT, SWEENEY TODD, and AMERICAN GANGSTER.

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD