BEST PICTURE
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Nothing out of the ordinary here. All these were expected to be nominated. And Lincoln does deserve, and probably will win. Argo is a close second in my mind, but I still think Lincoln is a better movie.
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
I believe that Daniel Day-Lewis' performance here will go down in history and he deserves what will be his third Oscar.
BEST ACTRESS
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
I love Jennifer Lawrence, and she did way better than Jessica Chastain. That's enough said.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin - Argo
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Out of all the performances here, Tommy Lee Jones did the best and will probably win it. Although it is a lackluster group if you ask me.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - The Master
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Sally Field - Lincoln
If Anne Hathaway doesn't win this, the apocalypse will probably be the next day. And yes, I do agree with Damon Lindelof: she should sing her acceptance speech.
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke for Amour
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ang Lee for Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
This is the biggest shock because Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Tom Hooper (Les Misérables), AND Ben Afleck (Argo) were all snubbed. The Director's Guild Awards (DGA) nominees included those three, which is usually an exact copy of the Oscar nods. This mostly likely means that those three movies are also out of the running for Best Picture.
I think Steven Spielberg does deserve this and it will be third statue if he does. And if he does, it's almost surely a lock that Lincoln will win best picture.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLY
John Gatins for Flight
Mark Boal for Zero dark Thirty
Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained
Michael Haneke for Amour
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola for Moonrise Kingdom
I think this is where ZDT will get its love from the Academy, especially since it probably won't take home any of the other categories. I haven't seen Amour, but I doubt I will like it more than I enjoyed ZDT. It was a tight script.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio for Argo
Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
David Magee for Life of Pi
Tony Kushner for Lincoln
David O. Russel for Silver Linings Playbook
I think Tony Kusher will win the category, but I think Chris Terrio deserves this one. It was a much better put together screenplay. No surprises in these noms.
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
I think the Hobbit Visual effects were out of this world awesome, especially the scene with Gollum. But, I think Life of Pi will win it, because it also was very good and I think the Academy is more predisposed to Ang Lee's work here.
SOUND EDITING
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
I sincerely have no idea who will win this or who I think should win it. All I think is I'm glad that The Dark Knight Rises wasn't nominated: the sound in that movie was awful. It would be fun to see Skyfall win.
SOUND MIXING
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Same thing: I have no idea.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
I don't think there's any doubt that Lincoln deserves this one. Everyone I've spoken to that have seen this movie said that it was the most immersive experience they've ever had in a movie theater.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch
I haven't seen any of these, but it's assumed that Amour will win.
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
I think this is where the musical takes one home. I despised the movie, but the makeup was brilliant.
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
It would be beyond a travesty if John Williams didn't win this category. His score for Lincoln is his best since The Patriot, and the year's best for sure.
MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Before my Time" from Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted
"Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi
"Skyfall" from Skyfall
"Suddenly" from Les Misérables
Adele's Skyfall wins for sure.
FILM EDITING
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Not sure which will win here, although Argo was the tightest movie of the year, so I think it deserves it.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Haven't seen any of these.
COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
I think that the civil war era stuff wins here.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
This was the hardest category for me to choose, because Skyfall was beautifully shot as well. In the end, I felt that Lincoln's cinematography was more expressive, and not just beautiful (although it was brilliantly beautiful as well).
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
This was the happiest category for me (I audibly cheered when I heard it) because both ParaNorman and Wreck-It Ralph were nominated. Those that follow my blog know that these are two of my favorite movies of the year and I think that Wreck-it Ralph is the best movie to hit cinemas in the last 3 years or so. I doubt it will win, but one can hope.
SHORT FILM -ANIMATED
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curefew
Death of a Shadow
Henry
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Rademption
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