Tuesday, December 13, 2011

New Set of Oscar Predictions


Tomorrow they’re gonna announce the SAG nominations and that’s a big deal. I wanted to get these predictions out before that; I actually update them at least once a week, I just don’t get to post them. Not much to comment on them. I’m going with The Artist, given the recent wave of love – I hope it doesn’t happen to me like in the previous season when I switched to Social Network (after cheering for King’s Speech for a long time) just because it won all those critics’ awards. I still feel like the race isn’t over and War Horse still has a shot.

Anyway, here they are: the predicted winners plus rest of nominees (in the order of their chances of getting nominated)…


Best Picture: The Artist

Nominees: The Descendants, War Horse, Hugo, Moneyball, Extremely Loud, The Tree of Life

Runner-ups: Drive, The Help, Midnight in Paris



Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

Nominees: Hugo, The Descendants, War Horse, The Tree of Life

Runner-up: Extremely Loud…



Best Actor: George Clooney – The Descendants

Nominees: Brad Pitt - Moneyball, Jean Dujardin – The Artist, Michael Fassbender – Shame, Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Runner-up: Michael Shannon – Take Shelter



Best Actress: Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady

Nominees: Viola Davis – The Help, Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn, Charlize Theron - Young Adult, Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene

Runner-up: Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin



Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Nominees: Albert Brooks – Drive, Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn, Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud, Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life

Runner-up: Patton Oswalt – Young Adult



Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus

Nominees: Octavia Spencer – The Help, Shailene Woodley – The Descendants, Jessica Chastain – The Help, Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids

Runner-up: Berenice Bejo – The Artist





Best Original Screenplay: The Artist

Nominees: Midnight in Paris, Margin Call, Young Adult, Win Win

Runner-up: 50/50





Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants

Nominees: Moneyball, Extremely Loud, War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Runner-up: The Help




Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life

Nominees: War Horse, Hugo, The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Runner-up: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy



Best Original Score: The Artist

Nominees: War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Extremely Loud

Runner-up: Hugo



Best Original Song: Gnomeo and Juliet

Nominees: The Muppets, The Muppets, Captain America, Cars 2

Runner-up: The Help



Best Editing: War Horse

Nominees: The Artist, Hugo, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Runner-up: Drive




Best Art Direction: Hugo

Nominees: War Horse, Harry Potter, The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Runner-up: The Tree of Life



Best Costume Design: Hugo

Nominees: The Artist, War Horse, Jane Eyre, W.E.

Runner-up: My Week with Marilyn



Best Sound: War Horse

Nominees: Hugo, Super 8, Transformers 3, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Runner-up: MI4



Best Sound Editing: War Horse

Nominees: Hugo, The Adventures of Tintin, Transformers 3, MI4

Runner-up: Super 8



Best Visual Effects: Harry Potter

Nominees: Transformers 3, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Hugo, The Tree of Life

Runner-up: Pirates of the Caribbean 4



Best Makeup: The Iron Lady

Nominees: J. Edgar, Green Lantern

Runner-up: Pirates of the Caribbean 4



Best Animated Feature: Rango

Nominees: Arthur Christmas, Kung Fu Panda 2, Cars 2, Puss in Boots

Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin



You can also check my previous predictions here:

August 16th, 2011

April 3rd, 2011




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's no way Redgrave will win.Academy would never gave acting Oscar to film like Coriolanus.If she misses SAG nom,she's finished.And i think even if she gets nominated tomorrow,she'll be last year's Duvall.Streep doesn't look to me as a winner either.British people hate Thatcher,so i guess Bafta isn't certain for her.British block might support Williams(film is shot in UK with mostly UK cast).Davis will have "black block" behind her...i think Williams will win SAG,and will prevail at Oscars(many voters will have Blue Valentine in mind).Plummer is certain winner,and i think Pitt will win Oscar,although Clooney still has a chance.

JC said...

I don't now if it's just me, but I think that this year is really crowded, especially in the Actress and Supporting Actress.

Contenders for Nominations:

Picture - 15
Actor - 10
Actress - 15 (VERY STRONG!)
Supp. Actor - 7
Supp. Actress - 10 (VERY STRONG!)

Alex Constantin said...

@anonymous,
well... many things I don't agree with in what you wrote.

@JC,
after today, I'd say Supporting Actor is the one all over the place. :)