Bobby’s 2013 Oscar Predictions!

Bold: Who I think will win.
Italics: Who I liked the most.

Best Picture

 

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

 

Best Director

 

• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• Steven Speilberg – Lincoln
• Michael Haneke – Amour
• Behn Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

 

Best Actor

 

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
• Denzel Washington – Flight

 

Best Actress

 

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

• Amy Adams – The Master
• Sally Field – Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

 

Best Writing – Original Screenplay

 

• Amour – Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
• Flight – John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

 

Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

 

• Argo – Chris Terrio
• Bests of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life of Pi – David Magee
• Lincoln – Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

 

Best Animated Feature

 

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Wreck-It Ralph

 

Best Foreign Language Film

 

• Amour (Austria)
• Kon-Tiki (Norway)
• No (Chile)
• A Royal Affair (Denmark)
• War Witch (Canada)

 

Best Documentary – Feature

 

• 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching for Sugar Man

 

Best Documentary – Short Subject

 

• Inocente – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• Kings Point – Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• Open Heart – Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• Redemption – Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

 

Best Live Action Short

 

• Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• Buzkashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• Curfew – Shawn Christensen
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• Henry – Yan England

 

Best Animated Short Film

 

• Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
• Fresh Guacamole – PES
• Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
• The Longest Daycare – David Silverman
• Paperman – John Kahrs

 

Best Original Score

 

• Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
• Lincoln – John Williams
• Skyfall – Thomas Newman

 

Best Original Song

 

• “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph
• “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
• “Skyfall” from Skyfall – Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• “Suddenly” from Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

 

Best Sound Editing

 

• Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
• Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson

 

Best Sound Mixing

 

• Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Misérables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

 

Best Production Design

 

• Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Misérables – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life of Pi – David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln – Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

 

Best Cinemetography

 

• Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

 

• Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

 

Best Costume Design

 

• Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
• Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
• Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

 

Best Film Editing

 

• Argo – William Goldenberg
• Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
• Lincoln – Michael Kahn
• Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

 

Best Visual Effects

 

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

2013 Oscar Nomination Reactions

This is the first time in my young movie reviewing “career” that I have watched the Oscar nominations announced live, and it was awesome! There were a lot of surprises, and it was fun to see the crowd react to the announcements, and we even got a Hitler joke. I’d say it was a good way to spend my 7:30 am on school break.

As for the nominations, there were a lot of surprises and confirmed expectations alike. The thing that surprised me the most was the non-nominations of Best Director for 2010 winner Kathryn Bigelow [The Hurt Locker] and 2011 winner Tom Hooper [The King’s Speech] in their post-award-winning films Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables respectively. I have yet to see ZDT, but I thought the stage-like and innovative direction from Tom Hooper would warrant a nomination.

The category of death has to be Best Supporting Actor, because that line-up is stacked with not just great performances but actors who have all won in the category before.

The category for Best Actress has it’s oldest and youngest nominees ever: Emanuelle Riva [85] and Quvenzhané Wallis [9].

I think the list of adapted screenplays compared to original ones is very one sided on the adapted side, which surprises me. There isn’t a big threat for the original triple crown of Screenplay, Director, and Best Picture, other than Amour.

Beasts of the Southern Wild, although widely known as being great, got a lot of the big nominations, which surprised me. I hope to see that film this week.

Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom got a surprise nomination! It absolutely will not win the award, but that was really cool to see regardless.

It looks to be a great year at the Oscars this year. Make sure to join in on Sunday, February 24th to find out who wins!

Bob’s 2012 Academy Award Predictions

Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees:

• The Artist (2011): Thomas Langmann
• The Descendants (2011): Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011): Scott Rudin
• The Help (2011): Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
• Hugo (2011/II): Graham King, Martin Scorsese
• Midnight in Paris (2011): Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
• Moneyball (2011): Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
• The Tree of Life (2011): Nominees to be determined
• War Horse (2011): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees:

• Demián Bichir for A Better Life (2011)
• George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)
• Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)
• Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
• Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees:

• Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs (2011)
• Viola Davis for The Help (2011)
• Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
• Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady (2011)
• Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees:

• Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011)
• Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011)
• Nick Nolte for Warrior (2011)
• Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)
• Max von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees:

• Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011)
• Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011)
• Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (2011)
• Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs (2011)
• Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)

Best Achievement in Directing Nominees:

• Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011)
• Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)
• Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life (2011)
• Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)
• Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees:

• The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids (2011): Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo
• Margin Call (2011): J.C. Chandor
• Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen
• A Separation (2011): Asghar Farhadi

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees:

• The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
• Hugo (2011/II): John Logan
• The Ides of March (2011): George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
• Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees:

• A Cat in Paris (2010): Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
• Chico & Rita (2010): Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011): Jennifer Yuh
• Puss in Boots (2011): Chris Miller
• Rango (2011): Gore Verbinski

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees:

• Bullhead (2011): Michael R. Roskam(Belgium)
• Footnote (2011): Joseph Cedar(Israel)
• In Darkness (2011): Agnieszka Holland(Poland)
• Monsieur Lazhar (2011): Philippe Falardeau(Canada)
• A Separation (2011): Asghar Farhadi(Iran)

Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees:

• The Artist (2011): Guillaume Schiffman
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Jeff Cronenweth
• Hugo (2011/II): Robert Richardson
• The Tree of Life (2011): Emmanuel Lubezki
• War Horse (2011): Janusz Kaminski

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees:

• The Artist (2011): Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants (2011): Kevin Tent
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
• Hugo (2011/II): Thelma Schoonmaker
• Moneyball (2011): Christopher Tellefsen

Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees:

• The Artist (2011): Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
• Hugo (2011/II): Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Midnight in Paris (2011): Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil
• War Horse (2011): Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees:

• Anonymous (2011/I): Lisy Christl
• The Artist (2011): Mark Bridges
• Hugo (2011/II): Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre (2011): Michael O’Connor
• W.E. (2011): Arianne Phillips

Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees:

• Albert Nobbs (2011): Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew W. Mungle
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
• The Iron Lady (2011): Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees:

• The Adventures of Tintin (2011): John Williams
• The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource
• Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): Alberto Iglesias
• War Horse (2011): John Williams

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees:

• The Muppets (2011): Bret McKenzie(“Man or Muppet”)
• Rio (2011): Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett(“Real in Rio”)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Nominees:

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
• Hugo (2011/II): Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
• Moneyball (2011): Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin
• War Horse (2011): Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees:

• Drive (2011): Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Ren Klyce
• Hugo (2011/II): Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
• War Horse (2011): Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
• Hugo (2011/II): Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning
• Real Steel (2011): Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011): Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier

Best Documentary, Features Nominees:

• Hell and Back Again (2011): Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011): Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011): Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
• Pina (2011): Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated (2011): Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, Rich Middlemas

Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees:

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (2011): Robin Fryday, Gail Dolgin
• God Is the Bigger Elvis: Rebecca Cammisa, Julie Anderson
• Incident in New Baghdad (2011): James Spione
• Saving Face (2011/II): Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011): Lucy Walker, Kira Carstensen

Best Short Film, Animated Nominees:

• Dimanche (2011): Patrick Doyon
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011): William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
• La Luna (2011): Enrico Casarosa
• A Morning Stroll (2011): Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe
• Wild Life (2011): Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby

Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees:

• Pentecost (2011): Peter McDonald
• Raju (2011): Max Zähle, Stefan Gieren
• The Shore: Terry George
• Time Freak (2011): Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey
• Tuba Atlantic (2010): Hallvar Witzø

Countdown to the Oscars! Day 7 – Best Picture

Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees:

• The Artist (2011): Thomas Langmann
• The Descendants (2011): Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011): Scott Rudin
• The Help (2011): Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan
• Hugo (2011/II): Graham King, Martin Scorsese
• Midnight in Paris (2011): Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
• Moneyball (2011): Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
• The Tree of Life (2011): Nominees to be determined
• War Horse (2011): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy

Who I think will win: The Artist

Who I liked the most: The Tree of Life [Midnight in Paris, The Artist]

Despite a horrible year for hollywood financially, 2011 produced some astounding films. I didn’t get to see War Horse or Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but those are at the bottom of the pool for this category, so I’ve seen the best of the best, and really enjoyed all of them.

The Artist is going to win this award. The movie itself is really damn good, but I think it’s the the silent/black and white factors that have pushed this movie to the top of everyone’s list. The movie is made so well, and the performances blend wonderfully with it.

The Tree of Life was my favorite movie this year, and in many ways, my favorite movie of all time. I love the simple things in movies, the Terrence Mallick really focuses on these things: the cinemetography and the slow, long shots of trees and rivers and people walking; the audio, the face that you can hear all the little sounds that people make when doing everyday activities. I’m also big into space and science, so the out-of-nowhere images of the creation of the universe, or whatever that was, was awesome for me, and the images were gorgeous. The classical music choices were great, the performances were great, I dont know if there is anything that I didn’t love in this movie.

Midnight in Paris was my second favorite movie of the year, and makes me seriously wonder why I haven’t seen more of Woody Allen’s movies. This movie was just delightful. The characters in this film were probably my favorite of any movie. I want them so much to succeed, to find love, or to just go away forever. It was also hilarious through it’s characters and in classic Woody Allen humor. It would probbaly be my most recommended movie of the year, as Tree of Life is a pretty specific movie.

Countdown to the Oscars! Day 6 – Director

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:

• Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2011)
• Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)
• Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life (2011)
• Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)
• Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)

Who I think will win: Michel Hazanavicius

Who I liked the most: Terrence Malick, Woody Allen

Since it’s my birthday today, I’m going to leave this short.

Michel Hazanavicius is going to win this award. There is no doubt in my mind.

I’m pretty sure that Terrence Malick was put on this earth to make movies for me, and Tree of Life confirmed that suspicion. I love everything I’ve seen from him.

Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris might be my favorite movie of the year.