Still #10. If he really is retiring after that one it would be a good make up Oscar
The Academy looks a good narrative so if his next film is truly his last, and he continues to keep making great films, he'll definitely win.
The Artist ?
No. Mendes won every single precursor award and betting odds had him as a big favorite
Yes.
It's kind of a meme in the film score community that the composer with the most foreign sounding name has won in the Original Score category over the past 25 years or so... foreign in terms of language and being generally unrecognizable.
The pattern continues.
huh
Oh wow I should apologize, I completely forgot about The Artist
it would have been wack if he won it on this one. he got another shot