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2013 Oscar Picks & Predictions

February 25, 2013 By awalladmin

 

My Ranking of the Best Picture Nominees

1. Life of Pi
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Lincoln
5. Django Unchained
6. Amour
7. Argo
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Les Mis

 

And now, my Picks & Predictions…

 

Best Picture

Who Will Win: Argo

Who Should Win: Life of Pi or Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor

Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis

Who Should win: Bradley Cooper (but I definitely won’t mind it when DDL inevitably wins)

Best Actress

Who Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence

Who Should Win: Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor

Who Will Win: Tommy Lee Jones

Who Should Win: Christoph Waltz or Tommy Lee Jones

Best Supporting Actress

Who Will Win: Anne Hathaway

Who Should Win: Anne Hathaway

Best Director

Who Will Win: Steven Spielberg

Who Should Win: Steven Spielberg

Best Original Screenplay

What Will Win: Amour

What Should Win: Django Unchained (but I haven’t yet seen Flight or Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Adapted Screenplay

What Will Win: Argo

What Should Win: Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature

What Will Win: Wreck-It Ralph

What Should Win: Wreck-It Ralph

Best Foreign Language Film

What Will Win: Amour

What Should Win: Amour (but it’s the only one I saw, regrettably)

Best Documentary Feature

What Will Win: Searching for Sugar Man

What Should Win: For the first time in many years, I didn’t see a single nominated documentary this year 🙁

Best Animated Short

What Will Win: Paperman

What Should Win: Paperman

Best Live-Action Short

What Will Win: Curfew

What Should Win: For the first time in many years, I didn’t see a single nominated live-action short this year 🙁

Best Documentary Short 

What Will Win: Inocente

What Should Win: …

Best Original Score

What Will Win: Life of Pi

What Should Win: Life of Pi or Lincoln

Best Original Song 

What Will Win: “Skyfall”

What Should Win: “Skyfall”

Best Sound Editing

What Will Win: Life of Pi

What Should Win: Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, or Skyfall

Best Sound Mixing

What Will Win: Les Misérables

What Should Win: Les Misérables

Best Production Design

What Will Win: Anna Karenina

What Should Win: Honestly, these are all really deserving nominees

Best Cinematography

What Will Win: Life of Pi

What Should Win: Lincoln or Life of Pi

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

What Will Win: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

What Should Win: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey or Hitchcock

Best Costume Design

What Will Win: Anna Karenina

What Should Win: Anna Karenina (meh) or Lincoln

Best Film Editing

What Will Win: Zero Dark Thirty

What Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Best Visual Effects

What Will Win: Life of Pi

What Should Win: Life of Pi

 

 

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