How It Should Have Happened

The MunkeeMovies team, unhappy with the Academy's decisions this year, has formulated their own list of nominees and winners.

Nate's picks will appear on the left, Jake's on the right. When they match, the film is only listed once. Winners in bold.

Best Animated Feature

Coraline (J)

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Ponyo (N)

Mary and Max | The Princess and the Frog

The Secret of Kells | Up

Best Art Direction

Avatar

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Where the Wild things Are

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus | District 9

Best Cinematography

Avatar (N)

Coraline

Antichrist | Hurt Locker

Where the Wild Things Are | Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (J)

Inglourious Basterds | Paranormal Activity

Best Costumes

Coraline (N) | Avatar

Red Cliff | District 9

Where the Wild Things Are (J)

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Fantastic Mr. Fox | The Hurt Locker

Best Editing

Avatar (N)

District 9 | Precious (J)

Where the Wild Things Are

Moon | Coraline

Inglourious Basterds | The Hurt Locker

Best Makeup

Star Trek | Avatar

District 9 (N)

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (J)

Best Score

James Horner, Avatar (N)

Bruno Coulais, Coraline (J)

Joe Hisaishi, Ponyo | Clint Mansell, Moon

Carter Burwell and Karen O, Where the Wild Things Are

Dale Cornelius, Mary and Max | Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Song

"All is Love", Where the Wild Things Are (J)

"Other Father Song", Coraline

"Hideaway", Where the Wild Things Are (N) | "Exploration", Coraline

"I See You", Avatar | "Help Yourself", Up in the Air

"Umi no Okasan", Ponyo | "Instillation", Coraline

Best Sound Editing

Avatar (N)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (J)

Star Trek

District 9

Red Cliff | Hurt Locker

Best Sound Mixing

Avatar (N)

Star Trek

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (J)

Paranormal Activity | Hurt Locker

Up | District 9

Best Visual Effects

Avatar

District 9

Coraline | Where the Wild Things Are

Best Adapted Screenplay

District 9

Coraline

Fantastic Mr. Fox (J)

Where the Wild Things Are (N)

In the Loop | Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

Avatar | Moon

Mary and Max | Hurt Locker

(500) Days of Summer (J)

Inglourious Basterds

Ponyo (N)

Best Supporting Actress

Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds (N) | Marcia Jean Kurtz, Big Fan
Bethany Whitmore, Mary and Max | Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Catherine O'Hara, Where the Wild Things Are | Mo'Nique, Precious (J)
Emily Blunt, Sunshine Cleaning | Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Marion Cotillard, Nine | Katherine Keener, Where The Wild Things Are

Best Supporting Actor

Stanley Tucci, Lovely Bones
Cristoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Heath Ledger, Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus | Colin Farrell, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
James Gandolfini, Where the Wild Things Are | Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover
Daniel Bruhl, Inglourious Basterds | Jason Schwartzman, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Actress

Zoe Saldana, Avatar

Saoirse Ronan, Lovely Bones

Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer | Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Amy Adams, Sunshine Cleaning | Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Dakota Fanning, Coraline | Maya Rudolph, Away We Go

Best Actor

Sam Rockwell, Moon
Sharlto Copley, District 9
Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary and Max | Patton Oswald, Big Fan
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer | Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Director

James Cameron, Avatar (N)
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Henry Selick, Coraline (J)

Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo | Neill Blomkamp—District 9
John Woo, Red Cliff | Marc Webb—(500) Days of Summer

Best Picture

Nate's Pics

Avatar

Coraline

District 9

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Inglourious Basterds

Mary and Max

Moon

Ponyo

Star Trek

Where the Wild Things Are

Jake's Pics

(500) Days of Summer

Avatar

Coraline

District 9

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Hurt Locker

Moon

Ponyo

Up in the Air

Where the Wild Things Are

Our Winners:

Nate:

Jake: