if i were the academy. . .

Best Foreign Language Film: 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days) or Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Ferias, O (The Year My Parents went on Vacation) (I have yet to see The Class, Gomorra, or Hunger)

Best Animated Feature Film: WALL.E ( a given, it's Pixar)

Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the academy got this one right)

Best Editing: The Dark Knight

Best Cinematography: Paranoid Park

Best Adapted Screenplay: Doubt

Best Original Screenplay: The Wrestler (though I have yet to see Synecdoche, New York)

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt (however, I wouldn't by any means consider Penelope Cruz a bad choice)

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (sure he HAD to win considering his death, but I'll be damned if he didn't deserve it)

Best Leading Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married (a tough one, especially considering I haven't seen Frozen River or Wendy and Lucy)

Best Leading Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor (subtle brilliance)

Best Director: Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days

Best Picture: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days) or WALL. E

Full list of actual winners here.