Who will win?

If there’s one day a year where it’s good not to be a celebrity, Oscar Sunday is probably it. Yes, walking the red carpet and giving inane interviews to E! is probably fun, but sitting in the Kodak Theatre for upwards of four hours probably isn’t. Me, I’m happy to be part of Regular America; everyone else who can take bathroom breaks, order pizza or, not watch the program at all.

But, it’s fun to speculate who will win or who should win. Some members of the community have offered up their picks. I’ve included mine as well. (I struggled with “Juno” and “Ratatouille” for Best Original Screenplay. I think “Juno” will win, I want “Ratatouille.”)

What do you think? Who will win? Who should win? Feel free to add your comments and picks online.

Scott Bailey

Age: 44

Manassas

Attorney, also works as a director for Center for the Arts’ Rooftop Productions

Saw approximately 20 movies in 2007

Liked: “Juno” was a surprising hit with me, not my usual genre at all.

ACTOR -- LEADING

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

ACTOR – SUPPORTING

Hal Holbrook - INTO THE WILD

ACTRESS -- LEADING

Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING

Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE

ANIMATED FEATURE

RATATOUILLE

DIRECTING

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

ORIGINAL SONG

"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH

SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL

JUNO

BEST PICTURE

THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

Paul F. Nichols

Age: 55

Lake Ridge

Attorney, delegate for the 51st district

Saw approximately 10 movies in 2007

Liked: “American Gangster kept you on the edge of your seat and I tend to like movies based on real people. Norbit just simply hit my funny bone”

Disliked: “Rambo was pathetic.”

Favorite performance: Denzel Washington, “American Gangster.”

ACTOR -- LEADING

George Clooney - MICHAEL CLAYTON

ACTOR – SUPPORTING

Philip Seymour Hoffman -

CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR

ACTRESS -- LEADING

Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING

Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER

DIRECTING

MICHAEL CLAYTON

ORIGINAL SONG

"So Close" - ENCHANTED

SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED

ATONEMENT

SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL

MICHAEL CLAYTON

BEST PICTURE

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Patrick Michael Strange

Occupation: Actor/artist/writer

Age: 30

Woodbridge

Saw 30 movies in 2007

Liked: No Country for Old Men “The characters were brilliant and well portrayed by the cast.”

Disliked: Spider-Man 3 “Spider-man dancing around, ‘rushed feel’ of a story, too many villains.”

Favorite performance: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men.”

ACTOR -- LEADING

Daniel Day-Lewis -

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

ACTOR – SUPPORTING

Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR

OLD MEN

ACTRESS -- LEADING

Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING

Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER

ANIMATED FEATURE

RATATOUILLE

DIRECTING

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

ORIGINAL SONG

"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH

SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL

JUNO

BEST PICTURE

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Alex Granados

Occupation: Opinion Editor, Potomac News/MJM

Age: 28

Manassas

Saw 10 movies in 2007

Liked: No Country for Old Men “Dark, suspenseful and with an underlying existential angst to it” and “Rocky Balboa.”

Disliked: The Golden Compass, “Confusing and it ended right in the middle.”

Favorite performance: Daniel Day Lewis, “There Will Be Blood.” “He was nuts. Just absolutely crazy. I like that in a character.”

ACTOR -- LEADING

Daniel Day-Lewis -

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

ACTOR – SUPPORTING

Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR

OLD MEN

ACTRESS -- LEADING

Ellen Page – JUNO

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING

Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE

ANIMATED FEATURE

RATATOUILLE

DIRECTING

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL

JUNO

BEST PICTURE

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Josh Eiserike

Features writer, Potomac News/MJM

Age: 26

Arlington

Saw approximately 20 movies in 2007

Liked: Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd

Disliked: Pirates 3 “A huge, disappointing mess. It's as if ‘The Phantom Menace’ followed ‘Empire’—and made even less sense.”

Favorite performance: Oliver Platt as the Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator in “The Ten.”

ACTOR -- LEADING

Daniel Day-Lewis -

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

ACTOR – SUPPORTING

Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR

OLD MEN

ACTRESS -- LEADING

Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING

Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE

ANIMATED FEATURE

RATATOUILLE

DIRECTING

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

ORIGINAL SONG

"Falling Slowly" - ONCE

SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL

JUNO

BEST PICTURE

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Staff writer Josh Eiserike thinks the upcoming “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” should sweep next year’s Oscars. He can be reached at 703-878-8072.