Monday, January 7, 2013

Final Oscar Predictions

MY FINAL Oscar Predictions heading into nomination morning. 01/07/2013.

Best Picture
01. Lincoln
02. Argo
03. Zero Dark Thirty
04. Les Miserables
05. Silver Linings Playbook
06. Life of Pi
07. Django Unchained
08. Amour
--- if more than 8---
09. Beasts of the Southern Wild
10. Skyfall

Best Director
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ben Affleck, Argo
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Javier Bardem, Skyfall

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Maggie Smith, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ann Dowd, Compliance

Best Original Screenplay
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
Amour
Django Unchained
Looper

Best Adapted Screenplay
Lincoln
Argo
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Animated Feature
Wreck-It-Ralph
Frankenweenie
The Painting
Brave
ParaNorman

Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair

Best Documentary Feature
How To Survive a Plague
Searching for Sugar Man
The Invisible War
Mea Maxima Culpa
The Gatekeepers

Best Production Design
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Anna Karenina
Skyfall

Best Cinematography
Lincoln
Skyfall
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Mirror Mirror
Les Miserables
Lincoln
A Royal Affair

Best Film Editing
Lincoln
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi
Skyfall

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Men in Black 3
Lincoln

Best Score
Lincoln
Life of Pi
The Master
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo

Best Original Song
"Skyfall" - Skyfall
"Learn Me Right" - Brave
"Suddenly" - Les Miserables
"Ancora Qui" - Django Unchained
"Still Alive" - Paul Williams: Still Alive

Best Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty
Skyfall
Django Unchained
Lincoln
The Dark Knight Rises

Best Sound Mixing
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Les Miserables
The Avengers
Skyfall

Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Cloud Atlas
Prometheus
John Carter

Best Animated Short
Paperman
Maggie Simpson in the Longest Daycare
Adam and Dog
Fall of the House of Usher
The Eagleman Stag

Best Documentary Short
Open Heart
Mondays at Racine
Education of Mohammad Hussein
Inocente
Parasio

Best Live Action Short
when you find me
Henry
Curfew
9meter
Death of a Shadow