2013 Academy Awards - Predictions

[Shiny]

Make ye Oscar predictions if ye dare. Here be the contenders:



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

Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman - "Les Miserables"
Joaquin Phoenix - "The Master"
Denzel Washington - "Flight"

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva - "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis - "Beasts of Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts - "The Impossible"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin - "Argo"
Robert De Niro - "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - "The Master"
Sally Field - "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"
Helen Hunt - "The Sessions"
Jackie Weaver - "Silver Linings Playbook"

Animated Feature Film
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"

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

Writing - Original Screenplay
"Amour" - Michael Haneke
"Django Unchained" - Quentin Tarantino
"Flight" - John Gatins
"Moonrise Kingdom" - Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
"Zero Dark Thirty" - Mark Boal

And The Oscars 2013 Nominations Are...

Writing - Adapted Screenplay
"Argo" - Chris Terrio
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" - Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" - David Magee
"Lincoln" - Tony Kushner
"Silver Linings Playbook" - David O. Russell

Music - Original Song
"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice," music and lyrics by J. Ralph
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted," music by Walter Murphy, lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," music by Mychael Danna, lyrics by Bombay Jayashri
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
"Suddenly" from "Les Miserables," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Foreign Language Film
"Amour" (Austria)
"Kon-Tiki" (Norway)
"No" (Chile)
"A Royal Affair" (Denmark)
"War Witch" (Canada)

Cinematography
"Anna Karenina"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"
"Les Miserables"
"Lincoln"
"Mirror Mirror"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Documentary - Feature
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Gatekeepers"
"How to Survive a Plague"
"The Invisible War"
"Searching for Sugar Man"

Documentary - Short
"Inocente"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays at Racine"
"Open Heart"
"Redemption"

Film Editing
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Makeup And Hairstyling
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Miserables"

Music - Original Score
"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

Production Design
"Anna Karenina"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"

Short Film - Animated
"Adam and Dog"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Head over Heels"
"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'"
"Paperman"

Short Film - Live Action
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"
"Henry"

Sound Editing
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Sound Mixing
"Argo"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"

Visual Effects
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Marvel's The Avengers"
"Prometheus"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"







The person with the most predictions correct gets a prize.

[Laddy]

Looper, Kathryn Bigelow, The Hobbit, and Leo got snubbed bad.

*Ahem*. Anyway...

Best Picture
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain - "Zero Dark Thirty"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Tommy Lee Jones - "Lincoln"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"

Animated Feature Film
"ParaNorman"

Directing
"Lincoln" - Steven Spielberg

Writing - Original Screenplay
"Django Unchained" - Quentin Tarantino

Writing - Adapted Screenplay
"Lincoln" - Tony Kushner

Music - Original Song
"Suddenly" from "Les Miserables," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Foreign Language Film
"Amour" (Austria)

Cinematography
"Life of Pi"

Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"

Documentary - Feature
"The Invisible War"

Documentary - Short
"Inocente"

Film Editing
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Makeup And Hairstyling
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

Music - Original Score
"Life of Pi"

Production Design
"Les Miserables"

Short Film - Animated
"Paperman"

Short Film - Live Action
"Asad"

Sound Editing
"Argo"

Sound Mixing
"Les Miserables"

Visual Effects
"Life of Pi"

[charliepanayi]

I'll just do the main categories:

Film - Lincoln
Director - Spielberg
Actor - Day-Lewis
Actress - Lawrence
Supporting Actor - Jones
Supporting Actress - Hathaway
Original Screenplay - Amour
Adapted Screenplay - Lincoln
Animated Film - Wreck-It Ralph

Really pleased to see Beasts of the Southern Wild do so well.

[chionos]

Best Picture
"Lincoln"

Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"

Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence - "Silver Linings Playbook"


Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"

Animated Feature Film
"Brave"

Directing [Really a tough one]
"Lincoln" - Steven Spielberg

Writing - Original Screenplay
"Moonrise Kingdom" - Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

And The Oscars 2013 Nominations Are...

Writing - Adapted Screenplay
"Life of Pi" - David Magee

Music - Original Song
"Suddenly" from "Les Miserables," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Foreign Language Film
"Amour" (Austria)

Cinematography
"Anna Karenina"

Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"

Documentary - Feature
"The Gatekeepers"

Documentary - Short
"Mondays at Racine"

Film Editing
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Makeup And Hairstyling
"Les Miserables"

Music - Original Score
"Life of Pi"

Production Design
"Anna Karenina"

Short Film - Animated
"Adam and Dog"

Short Film - Live Action
"Curfew"

Sound Editing
"Skyfall"

Sound Mixing
"Lincoln"

Visual Effects
"Marvel's The Avengers"

[Jinx]

I just wanted to say that I hate Skyfall by Adele.

[charliepanayi]

I am not a big Adele fan but I think it's a decent song, certainly as Bond themes go anyway.

[Del Murder]

I predict a bunch of rich people will give themselves awards for pretending and take it way too seriously.

[maybee]

Best Picture
"Lincoln"

Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis - "Lincoln"

Actress in a Leading Role
Naomi Watts - "The Impossible"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz - "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway - "Les Miserables"

Animated Feature Film
"Brave"

Directing
"Amour" - Michael Haneke

Writing - Original Screenplay
"Zero Dark Thirty" - Mark Boal

And The Oscars 2013 Nominations Are...

Writing - Adapted Screenplay
"Lincoln" - Tony Kushner

Music - Original Song
"Suddenly" from "Les Miserables," music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Foreign Language Film
"Amour" (Austria)

Cinematography
"Life of Pi"


Costume (http://home.eyesonff.com/#) Design
"Les Miserables"

Film Editing
"Life of Pi"

Makeup And Hairstyling
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"

Music - Original Score
"Anna Karenina"

Production Design
"Lincoln"

Short Film - Animated
"Paperman"

Sound Editing
"Skyfall"


Sound Mixing
"Les Miserables"

Visual Effects
"Life of Pi"

[Formalhaut]

I have seen hardly any of those films, so I cannot say either way. Not to mention that I have NEVER heard of Silver Linings Playbook, yet the middle aged men of the nominations panel decide to go for it anyway. Meanwhile, Skyfall, which I have heard of, was critically acclaimed and is heralded as a great Bond movie, doesn't even get a best picture nomination. This is despite Skyfall being the 3rd highest grossing film of 2012 and the 13th of all time.

The film awards often don't make much sense to me.

[charliepanayi]

If you haven't heard of Silver Linings Playbook, you don't pay much attention to new films in general. It's been out for almost two months and has fairly famous people in it. Plus it's very good.

And not sure what Skyfall's box office gross has to do with anything. A James Bond film was never going to be nominated anyway.