Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Final Oscar Nomination Predictions













Oscar nominations are being announced on Thursday morning.  Here are my final nomination predictions:

Best Picture
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook

Editing
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Cinematography
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Skyfall

Production Design
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln

Sound Mixing
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Miserables
Zero Dark Thirty
Skyfall

Sound Editing
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsmen

Original Score
Anna Karenina
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Original Song
“Ancora Qui” – Django Unchained
“Learn Me Right” - Brave
“Skyfall” – Skyfall
“Suddenly” – Les Miserables
“This Gift” – The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Foreign Language Film
A Royal Affair
Amour
Beyond the Hills
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki

Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Imposter
Searching for Sugar Man

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

Best Visual Effects
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Prometheus

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

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

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

Best Documentary Short
Education of Mohammed Hussein
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Paraiso
Redemption

Commentary 
  • I have Lincoln earning 13 nominations, which would leave it one shy of tying for the most-nominated film in Oscar history.
  • I really hesitate nominating "Maggie Simpson in the Longest Daycare" for Best Animated Short.  If something replaces it, it will be "Dripped."
  • I have Skyfall earning six nominations, which would make it the most-nominated film to not earn a Best Picture nomination.
  • I know I'm wrong on Best Picture because there are no curveballs. Contenders I considered for the curveball spot were Amour, The Impossible, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Skyfall.
  • There's almost always a non-famous animated film in the Best Animated Film category. I expect that to be The Painting.
  • My most "shockeroo" prediction would be Matthew McConaughey. He has received no support for his performance in Magic Mike except from critics. However, I think anyone that wants to vote for him based on the year he's had (Bernie, Magic Mike, The Paperboy, Killer Joe) will vote for his performance in Magic Mike.  Also, I think anyone that actually votes for him will place him high on the ballot.

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