My Ranking of the Best Picture Nominees
1. Life of Pi
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Lincoln
5. Django Unchained
6. Amour
7. Argo
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Les Mis
And now, my Picks & Predictions…
Best Picture
Who Will Win: Argo
Who Should Win: Life of Pi or Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor
Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Who Should win: Bradley Cooper (but I definitely won’t mind it when DDL inevitably wins)
Best Actress
Who Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence
Who Should Win: Jennifer Lawrence
Best Supporting Actor
Who Will Win: Tommy Lee Jones
Who Should Win: Christoph Waltz or Tommy Lee Jones
Best Supporting Actress
Who Will Win: Anne Hathaway
Who Should Win: Anne Hathaway
Best Director
Who Will Win: Steven Spielberg
Who Should Win: Steven Spielberg
Best Original Screenplay
What Will Win: Amour
What Should Win: Django Unchained (but I haven’t yet seen Flight or Moonrise Kingdom)
Best Adapted Screenplay
What Will Win: Argo
What Should Win: Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature
What Will Win: Wreck-It Ralph
What Should Win: Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Language Film
What Will Win: Amour
What Should Win: Amour (but it’s the only one I saw, regrettably)
Best Documentary Feature
What Will Win: Searching for Sugar Man
What Should Win: For the first time in many years, I didn’t see a single nominated documentary this year 🙁
Best Animated Short
What Will Win: Paperman
What Should Win: Paperman
Best Live-Action Short
What Will Win: Curfew
What Should Win: For the first time in many years, I didn’t see a single nominated live-action short this year 🙁
Best Documentary Short
What Will Win: Inocente
What Should Win: …
Best Original Score
What Will Win: Life of Pi
What Should Win: Life of Pi or Lincoln
Best Original Song
What Will Win: “Skyfall”
What Should Win: “Skyfall”
Best Sound Editing
What Will Win: Life of Pi
What Should Win: Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty, or Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing
What Will Win: Les Misérables
What Should Win: Les Misérables
Best Production Design
What Will Win: Anna Karenina
What Should Win: Honestly, these are all really deserving nominees
Best Cinematography
What Will Win: Life of Pi
What Should Win: Lincoln or Life of Pi
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
What Will Win: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
What Should Win: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey or Hitchcock
Best Costume Design
What Will Win: Anna Karenina
What Should Win: Anna Karenina (meh) or Lincoln
Best Film Editing
What Will Win: Zero Dark Thirty
What Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Visual Effects
What Will Win: Life of Pi
What Should Win: Life of Pi
