Jan 13, 2013

2013 Oscar Predictions

To be updated as the weeks progress and blind spots are caught up on. Locked.

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

Will win: Argo
Could win: Lincoln
Should win: Lincoln

Best Director: Michael Haneke, Amour; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; Behn Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Will win: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Could win: Michael Haneke, Amour
Should win: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook; Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln; Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables; Joaquin Phoenix, The Master; Denzel Washington, Flight

Will win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Could win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Should win: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln or Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

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

Will win: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Could win: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Should win: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty or Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best 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

Will win: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Could win: Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Should win: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln or Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Amy Adams, The Master; Sally Field, Lincoln; Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Will win: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Could win: Sally Field, Lincoln
Should win: Sally Field, Lincoln

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Haneke, Amour; Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained; John Gatins, Flight; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom; Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty

Will win: Michael Haneke, Amour
Could win: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Should win: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained or Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo; Lucy Alibar and Behn Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; David Magee, Life of Pi; Tony Kushner, Lincoln; David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Will win: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Could win: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Should win: Tony Kushner, Lincoln

Best Animated Feature: Brave, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Wreck-It Ralph

Will win: Wreck-It Ralph
Could win: Frankenweenie
Should win: ParaNorman

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour, Kon-Tiki, No, A Royal Affair, War Witch

Will win: Amour
Could win: Amour
Should win: ?


Best Documentary Feature: Five Broken Cameras, The Gatekeepers, How to Survive a Plague, The Invisible War, Searching for Sugar Man

Will win: Searching for Sugar Man
Could win: The Invisible War
Should win: Five Broken Cameras

Best Documentary (Short Subject): Inocente, Kings Point, Mondays at Racine, Open Heart, Redemption

Will win: Open Heart
Could win: Something else
Should win: ?

Best Live Action Short Film: Asad, Buzkashi Boys, Curfew, Death of a Shadow, Henry

Will win: Curfew
Could win: Ditto the above
Should win: ?

Best Animated Short Film: Adam and Dog, Fresh Guacamole, Head over Heels, The Longest Daycare, Paperman

Will win: Head Over Heels
Could win: Adam and Dog
Should win: Adam and Dog

Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina; Alexandre Desplat, Argo; Mychael Danna, Life of Pi; John Williams, Lincoln; Thomas Newman, Skyfall

Will win: Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Could win: John Williams, Lincoln
Should win: Thomas Newman, Skyfall

Best Original Song: "Before My Time" from Chasing Ice, J. Ralph; "Everybody Needs a Friend" from Ted, Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane; "Pi' 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

Will win: "Skyfall,"
Could win: "Skyfall"
Should win: "Skyfall"

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. Ottosso

Will win: Skyfall
Could win: Zero Dark Thirty
Should win: Skyfall

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

Will win: Life of Pi
Could win: Les Misérables
Should win: Life of Pi

Best Production Design (formerly Art Direction): 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

Will win: Anna Karenina
Could win: Les Misérables
Should win: Lincoln

Best Cinematography: Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey; Django Unchained, Robert Richardson; Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda; Lincoln, Janusz Kamiński; Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Will win: Life of Pi
Could win:  Skyfall
Should win: Lincoln or Django Unchained

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

Will win: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Could win: Les Misérables
Should win: Les Misérables

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

Will win: Anna Karenina
Could win: Mirror Mirror
Should win: Lincoln

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

Will win: Argo
Could win: Lincoln
Should win: Lincoln or Zero Dark Thirty

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; 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

Will win: Life of Pi
Could win: Prometheus
Should win: Prometheus

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