My Oscar Predictions

It’s Oscar Nomination time!!


Yesterday the nominations for Hollywood’s big night were announced and I decided to make my predictions on who I think will win.
 
Of the movies nominated these are the ones that I HAVE seen:  “Life of Pi”, “Django Unchained”, “Argo”, "The Pirates! Band of Misfits", "Wreck-It Ralph", "Paranorman", "Brave", "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", "The Avengers", "Prometheus", "Snow White and the Huntsman", & "Skyfall".

I realize that I have missed out on probably the best movies of the year by not having seen “Lincoln”, “Les Mis”, or “Silver Linings Playbook” but they are on my list of ones to see!

My predictions are in now way scientific.  Some I had no idea on because I had not even heard of the movies nominated but I thought it would be fun to see how right my guesses are.

Make sure to leave a comment with YOUR predictions. Then don’t forget to watch on ABC, Sunday, February 24th!


BEST PICTURE
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Lincoln"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

My Prediction - Lincoln


BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty"
Naomi Watts for "The Impossible"
Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook"
Quvenzhane Wallis for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Emmanuelle Riva for "Amour"

My Prediction - Jennifer Lawrence for “Silver Linings Playbook”  


BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln"
Denzel Washington for "Flight"
Joaquin Phoenix for "The Master"
Hugh Jackman for "Les Miserables"
Bradley Cooper for "Silver Linings Playbook"

My Prediction - Daniel Day-Lewis for “Lincoln”


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables"
Sally Field for "Lincoln"
Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Hunt for "The Sessions"
Amy Adams for "The Master"

My Prediction - Anne Hathaway for “Les Miserables”


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tommy Lee Jones for "Lincoln"
Phillip Seymour Hoffman for "The Master"
Christoph Waltz for "Django Unchained"
Alan Arkin for "Argo"
Robert De Niro for "Silver Linings Playbook"

My Prediction - Tommy Lee Jones for “Lincoln”


BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee for "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln"
David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook"
Michael Haneke for "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

My Prediction - Steven Spielberg for “Lincoln”
*Why is Tom Hooper for “Les Mis” not listed here??*


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

My Prediction - “Life of Pi”


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Django Unchained"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Amour"
"Flight"

My Prediction - “Django Unchained”


BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Frankenweenie"
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
"Paranorman"
"Brave"

My Prediction - “Brave”


BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
"Amour"
"A Royal Affair"
"Kon-Tiki"
"No"
"War Witch"

My Prediction - “Amour”


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Life of Pi"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"The Avengers"
"Prometheus"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

My Prediction - “Life of Pi”


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Skyfall"
"Anna Karenina"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"

My Prediction - “Life Of Pi”


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Anna Karenina"
"Les Miserables"
"Lincoln"
"Mirror Mirror"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

My Prediction - “Lincoln”


BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
"Searching for Sugar Man"
"How to Survive a Plague"
"The Gatekeepers"
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Invisible War"

My Prediction - “The Gatekeepers”


BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
"Open Heart"
"Inocente"
"Redemption"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays at Racine"

My Prediction - “Redemption”


BEST FILM EDITING
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Life of Pi"
"Argo"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

My Prediction - “Life of Pi”


BEST MAKEUP
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Miserables"
"Hitchcock"

My Prediction - “The Hobbit”


BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Mychael Danna for "Life of Pi"
Alexandre Desplat for "Argo"
Dario Marianelli for "Anna Karenina"
John Williams for "Lincoln"
Thomas Newman for "Skyfall"

My Prediction - Mychael Danna for “Life of Pi”


BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice" (Music and Lyric by J. Ralph)
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted" (Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane)
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" (Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri)
"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables" (Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil)
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall" (Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)

My Prediction - “Suddenly” from “Les Mis”


BEST SOUND EDITING
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

My Prediction - “Life of Pi”


BEST SOUND MIXING
"Argo"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Lincoln"

My Prediction - “Les Mis”


BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
"Curfew"
"Death of a Shadow"
"Henry"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Asad"

My Prediction - “Death of a Shadow”


BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
"Head Over Heels"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Paperman"
"Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare"
"Adam and Dog"

My Prediction - Adam and Dog

List of nominations courtesy of Moviefone.com