Saturday, January 12, 2013

Oscar Nomination Prediction (2013)

I used to be all for award season with its blitzy glamour but after The King's Speech won at the 2011 Academy Awards,  I was obviously not happy. Cinema is about taking risks, showing the true essence of the human condition, no matter how frightening that image might be. But the Academy are a conglomerate of old white people that don't want to take that leap of faith anymore. Naturally, this year Steven Spielberg's oscar bait, Lincoln scored a whooping 12 nominations leading the pack of other more great and worthy opponents. So, like I always do, I'm going to pick who I would ideally want to win and who I know are probably going to win. For those that I don't think I'm apt to judge I'm going to put N/S for not sure. Here we go!

Best Picture
Beast of Southern Wild

Zero Dark Thirty

Amour

Argo

Life of Pi

Les Miserables

Lincoln Silver Lining Playbook

Django Unchained

Who I want: Zero Dark Thirty

Who will win: Lincoln

Best Actress 
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Lining Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva - Amour

Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of Southern Wild

Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Who I want: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Who will win: Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper - Silver Lining Playbook

Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

Denzel Washington - Flight

Who I want: Joaquin Phoenix

Who will win: Daniel Day-Lewis 

Best Supporting Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Robert DeNiro - Silver Lining Playbook

Alan Arkin - Argo

Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

Who I want: Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Who will win: Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master or Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field - Lincoln

Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Jacki Weaver - Silver Lining Playbook

Helen Hunt -  The Sessions

Amy Adams - The Master

Who I want: Amy Adams - The Master

Who will win: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Animated Feature Film

Frankenweenie

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Wreak-it Ralph

ParaNorman

Brave

Who I want: Wreak-It Ralph

Who will win: Frankenweenie

Cinematography

Django Unchained - Robert Richardson

Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey

Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski

Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda

Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Who I want: Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski

Who will win: Lincoln - Janusz Jaminski 

Costume Design

Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran

Les Miserable - Paco Delgado

Lincoln - Joanna Johnston

Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka

Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood 

Who I want: Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran

Who will win: Lincoln -  Joanna Johnston or Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Directing
Amour - Michael Haneke
Beasts of Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - Ang Lee
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg
SIlver Lining Playbook - David O. Russell

Who I want: Amour - Michael Haneke
Who will win: Lincoln - Steven Spielberg

Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras

The Gatekeepers

How to Survive a Plague

The Invisible War

Searching for Sugarman

Who I want: The Invisible War/How to Survive a Plague
Who will win: The Gatekeepers

Documentary Short 

Inocente 

Kings Point

Mondays at Racine

Open Heart

Redemption

N/S

Film Editing

Argo - William Goldenberg

Life of Pi - Time Squyres

Lincoln - Michael Kahn

Silver Lining Playbook - Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg 

Who I want: Zero Dark Thirty- Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Who will win: Argo - William Goldberg or Zero Dark Thirty - Dylan Tichenor and Willian Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film
Amour
NO
War Witch
A Royal Affair
Kon Tiki

Who I want: Amour
Who wil win: Amour

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

Who I want: The Hobbit
Who will win: The Hobbit

Music (Original Score)
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Who I want: Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Who will win: Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli

Music (Original Song)

Before My Time - Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric by J. Ralph

Pi's Lullaby - Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri

Suddenly - Les Miserable, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublils

Everybody Needs a Best Friend - Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane

Skyfall - from Skyfall - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Who I want: Pi's Lullaby - Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Who will win: N/S

Short Film (Animated)

Adam and Dog - Minkyu Lee

Fresh Guacamole - PES

Head over Heels - Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" David Silverman

The Paperman - John Kahrs

Who I want: The Paperman
Who will win: THe Paperman

Production Design

Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

Les Misérables -Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)

Life of Pi - David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)

Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Who I want: Anna Karenina

Who will win: Les Miserables

Short Film (Live Action)

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

N/S

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

Who I want: Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

Who will win: Argo - Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

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

Who I want: Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Who will win: Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

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

Who I want: Life of Pi

Who will win: The Hobbit

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Chris Terrio - Argo

Tony Kushner - Lincoln

David O'Russell - Silver Linings PLaybook

David Magee - Life of Pi

Who I want: Tony Kushner - Lincoln

Who will win: Tony Kushner - Lincoln

Writing (Original Screenplay)

John Gatins - Flight

Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty

Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino

Moonrise Kingdom - Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola

Amour - Written by Michael Haneke

Who I want: Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty

Who will win: Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty