Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Competitor's Ballot

Happy Oscar day, internet people!  As we count down to Oscar night, I will be trying to get myself excited for Seth MacFarlane as host.  I have never been a huge fan of him as an entertainer (Family Guy not included), but I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and hope for the best.  I'm a sucker for a musical number so here's hoping he hits it out of the park.  Did you notice how The TV Lass wrote "may the best TV enthusiast win".  She's clearly hoping to win handily, because she is much more of a TV enthusiast than I am!  Unfair.

Now onto my completely biased picks.


Picture
Amour
Argo - My choice.  I'm a Boston homer. 
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Original Screenplay
Amour
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty - Do voters hate Tarantino or torture more?  I think Tarantino, so ZDT will win
Adapted Screenplay
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook - My choice.  The book is darker, but this was a good adaptation. 
Foreign Language Film
Amour 
Kon-Tiki- I think Amour will win, but I have Norweigan family, so this is my pick.
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch
Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln - My choice.  Life of Pi and The Hobbit are all CGI, so I don't feel like they are deserving of the win.
Makeup
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables - My choice.  Not a great category.
Director
Michael Haneke , 'Amour'
Ang Lee , 'Life of Pi'
David O. Russell , 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Steven Spielberg , 'Lincoln'  - My choice.  Come on, he's Spielberg.
Benh Zeitlin , 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper , 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Daniel Day-Lewis , 'Lincoln' - I'd rather Hugh Jackman win, but I think DDL has this locked up.
Hugh Jackman , 'Les Misérables'
Joaquin Phoenix , 'The Master'
Denzel Washington , 'Flight'
Animated Feature
Brave - My choice.  Wreck It was better, but I have a feeling a lot of people will just vote for the Pixar movie.
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Sound Editing
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty - My choice.  Argo was nominated over The Impossible??
Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi - My choice
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus 
Snow White and the Huntsman
Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln - My choice
Skyfall
Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man - My choice.  I've heard great things about it, and can't wait to see it.
Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin , 'Argo'
Robert De Niro , 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Philip Seymour Hoffman , 'The Master'
Tommy Lee Jones , 'Lincoln'- My choice (I really didn't know who to pick)
Christoph Waltz , 'Django Unchained'
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams , 'The Master'
Sally Field , 'Lincoln'
Anne Hathaway , 'Les Misérables' - My choice.  Here's hoping she's been practicing her speech!
Helen Hunt , 'The Sessions'
Jacki Weaver , 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Film Editing
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty - My choice
Short Film, Animated
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman - My choice (Honestly, I know nothing about any of these)
Short Film, Live Action
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew - My choice
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Henry
Costume Design
Anna Karenina - My choice
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Sound Mixing
Argo
Les Misérables - My choice.  Did you by any chance know that the actors sang live?  Every take?  It hasn't been publicized at all...
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain , 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Jennifer Lawrence , 'Silver Linings Playbook' - My choice.  I really hope that Riva doesn't win, I have no desire to see Amour.
Emmanuelle Riva , 'Amour'
Quvenzhané Wallis , 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'
Naomi Watts , 'The Impossible' - I loved this performance, but she wasn't in the movie long enough for a win.
Documentary Short Subject 
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart - My choice (pure guess)
Redemption
Original Score
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi - My choice
Lincoln
Skyfall
Original Song
Before My Time
Everybody Needs a Best Friend
Pi's Lullaby
Skyfall - My choice
Suddenly

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