Final Oscar predictions...
Before I get to the actual predictions, some special
comments:
Most difficult category to predict: Best Supporting Actor
Easiest category to predict: Best Actor – Daniel Day Lewis
Biggest risk I am taking with my predictions: Life of Pi for Best Production Design
I want it to happen but I don’t have the balls to predict
it: Best Actress – Emmanuelle Riva
The category I am most stubborn about: Best Animated Feature
– the awful Brave will probably
win, but I am sticking with Wreck-It Ralph
A category that will indicate early on the trend of the awards
to follow:
1.
Best Adapted Screenplay (if Lincoln wins, it still has a shot at Best Picture)
2.
Best Original Score (if Argo wins, it’s locked & it will have at least 4 wins)
Take them to the bank:
BEST PICTURE
Will win: Argo
Runner-up: Lincoln
My vote: Amour
BEST DIRECTOR
Will win: Ang Lee – Life
of Pi
Runner-up: Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
My vote: Michael Haneke – Amour
BEST ACTOR
Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
My vote: Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
BEST ACTRESS
Will win: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Runner-up: Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
My vote: Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will win: Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
My vote: Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
Will win: Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
Runner-up: Sally Field – Lincoln
My vote: Helen Hunt – The
Sessions
BEST ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
Will win: Django
Unchained
Runner-up: Zero Dark
Thirty
My vote: Zero Dark
Thirty
BEST ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
Will win: Argo
Runner-up: Lincoln
My vote: Silver
Linings Playbook
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will win: Life of
Pi
Runner-up: Skyfall
My vote: Lincoln
BEST EDITING
Will win: Argo
Runner-up: Zero Dark
Thirty
My vote: Zero Dark
Thirty
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will win: Life of
Pi
Runner-up: Argo
My vote: Life of Pi
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will win: Skyfall
Runner-up: Les
Miserables
My vote: Skyfall
BEST PRODUCTION
DESIGN
Will win: Life of
Pi
Runner-up: Anna
Karenina
My vote: Lincoln
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will win: Anna
Karenina
Runner-up: Mirror
Mirror
My vote: Anna Karenina
BEST SOUND MIXING
Will win: Les
Miserables
Runner-up: Argo
My vote: Skyfall
BEST SOUND EDITING
Will win: Skyfall
Runner-up: Argo
My vote: Zero Dark
Thirty
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will win: Life of
Pi
Runner-up: The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey
My vote: Life of Pi
BEST MAKEUP &
HAIR
Will win: Les
Miserables
Runner-up: The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey
My vote: Les
Miserables
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Will win: Wreck-It
Ralph
Runner-up: Brave
My vote: Wreck-It
Ralph
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FILM
Will win: Amour
Runner-up: Kon-Tiki
My vote: - (so far I’ve
only seen Amour)
Worth mentioning that I’ve seen all feature films nominated,
except for Ted & Chasing Ice (both in the Song category,
though I did listen to the songs) and, as mentioned, the films in the Foreign
Language Category. Otherwise, all seen.
I don’t care to make predictions for Documentary Feature /
Documentary Short / Live Action Short / Animated Short, but if you’d insist I’d
say Searching for Sugar Man / Inocente / Curfew / Paperman.
Enjoy the ceremony!
Not to forget: I'll tweet my way through the ceremony... https://twitter.com/AlexInMovieland ;)
