Category: Oscars

Well, all my blogging this past year was done privately, but at least the perennial oscar post is a staple.

A good year for movies and I feel good about all my picks save that Best Picture could be any of the better five. I reserved judgement on Editing and Best Picture until the morning of because it’s such a tough call.  I went with American Hustle for both.

Best Picture – American Hustle  -> 12 Years a Slave
Best Animated Feature – Frozen 
Best Director – Alfonso Cuaron 
Best Actor – Matthew McConaughey 
Best Actress – Cate Blanchett 
Best Supporting Actor – Jared Leto 
Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o 
Best Original Screenplay – American Hustle  -> Her
Best Adapted Screenplay – 12 Years a Slave 
Best Original Score – Gravity 
Best Original Song – Frozen 
Best Editing – American Hustle  -> Gravity
Best Cinematography – Gravity 
Best Production Direction – The Great Gatsby 
Best Costume Design – 12 Years a Slave  -> The Great Gatsby
Best Makeup – Dallas Buyers Club 
Best Sound Mixing – Gravity 
Best Sound Editing – Gravity 
Best Visual Effects – Gravity 

I’ll update this post with winners once it’s over.

UPDATE: I can’t seem to be my personal best of only 4 wrong. Maybe next year.

Well, I blogged at least a few times this past year, and so here’s to the hope of more this year.

A much better year of films compared to last year and I have high hopes for my predictions this year.  That said, don’t blame me for any office pool losses.

Best Picture – Argo 
Best Animated Feature – Wreck-it Ralph  -> Brave
Best Director – Steven Spielberg  -> Ang Lee
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis 
Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence 
Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz 
Best Supporting Actress – Anne Hathaway 
Best Original Screenplay – Django Unchained  
Best Adapted Screenplay – Argo  
Best Original Score – Life of Pi 
Best Original Song – Skyfall  
Best Editing – Argo 
Best Cinematography – Life of Pi 
Best Production Direction – Anna Karenina   -> Lincoln
Best Costume Design – Anna Karenina 
Best Makeup – The Hobbit  -> Les Miserables
Best Sound Mixing – Les Miserables 
Best Sound Editing – Skyfall  (kind of???) Funny, just before this was announced I seriously turned to my wife and said, “It could also go to Zero Dark Thirty.” (in case you didn’t watch, they tied)
Best Visual Effects – Life of Pi 

I’ll update this post with winners once it’s over.

 

UPDATE: So, a great year for my oscar predictions, tying my best record with only 4 of the main awards missed.

Maybe this will be the year I start blogging again, but until then…

A below average year for film, I’d say. I’m on the fence about my tendency to put my second choices in parenthesis (these things that are not brackets). I have been doing it less and less, and this year I have to put The Artist in for any/all my second choices… not because I want to, but to point out I know that’s the favorite among the old white folks who pick the winners.

Best Picture – The Help -> The Artist
Best Animated Feature – Puss in Boots -> Rango (seriously? …wow, dissappointing)
Best Director – Martin Scorsese -> The Artist
Best Actor – George Clooney -> The Artist
Best Actress -> Toughest decision… I’ll say Meryl
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer
Best Supporting Actress – Octavia Spencer
Best Original Screenplay – Midnight in Paris
Best Adapted Screenplay – The Descendants
Best Original Score – The Artist
Best Original Song – The Muppets
Best Editing – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Cinematography – The Tree of Life -> Hugo
Best Art Direction – Hugo
Best Costume Design – Anonymous -> The Artist
Best Makeup – Harry Potter -> The Iron Lady
Best Sound Mixing – Transformers -> Hugo
Best Sound Editing – War Horse -> Hugo
Best Visual Effects – Rise of the Planet of the Apes -> Hugo

I’ll update this post with winners once it’s over.