For our final contest, which isn’t really a contest, we leave you for this very bizarre and suspense-filled Oscar year with a challenge. Please pick three very unlikely things that might happen. Really out there, wild things that might take hold.
Here are mine.
1. Benh Zeitlin and Luci Alibar win adapted screenplay for Beasts of the Southern Wild
2. Benh Zeitlin wins Best Director for Beasts of the Southern Wild
3. Beasts of the Southern wins Best Picture
I know, I just went balls out. Go big, or go home. I am hoping that Lincoln wins, as you all should by now, but I don’t think that dream is coming true. Still, I’m hoping for some shockers tomorrow night. What think you, AD readers?
Silver Linings Playbook is shut out!
Skyfall and Amour wins more Oscars than Argo
1. Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor.
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman wins Best Supporting Actor.
3. Django Unchained wins Best Picture.
Brian Rowe has the best no guts: Ben Affleck still wins Best Director, even though he’s not nominated – WHAT A CLASSIC!!! And I’d like to add, he ties with Ron Howard for Apollo 13, even though it didn’t come out this year. Hey, if they are calling Silver Linings an indie film and the real indie film Beast, didn’t win, anything is possible.
1. Ben Affleck presents Best Director
2. Argo wins everything except supporting actor and a sound category
3. A tie somewhere
1. Beasts of the Southern Wild wins Best Picture
2. David O. Russell wins Best Director
3. Rebelle wins Best Foreign Language
NGNG:
Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor
Naomi Watts wins Best Actress
Ben Affleck still wins Best Director, even though he’s not nominated 🙂
NGNG:
1) There will be a tie in one of the categories
2) Somebody will not be there to accept their Oscar
3) Argo wins nothing.
NGNG:
MacFarlane as host is a disaster/boondoggle — at least one post-show apology is made by the Academy for an off-color joke.
Moonrise Kingdom for Original Screenplay
Haneke for Director
LIFE OF PI sweeps, winning 11 Oscars
LINCOLN wins only Best Actor
1. Mirror Mirror wins best costume design.
2. Skyfall leads in total Oscar wins.
3. Kon-Tiki wins best foreign film.
1. Naomi Watts wins Best Actress
2. Michael Haneke wins Best Director
3. Argo wins Picture and Editing ONLY.
Argo sweeps
Lincoln wins just 1 (Actor)
Hanecke wins BD
I’M ADDING A 4TH NGNG TO MY PRIOR 3:
A WIN FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE ACTING NOMS FOR “THE MASTER”.
1. In directing category there will be tie. 2. Argo wins everything.
AMOUR walks away with 4 awards: Director, Actress, Original Screenplay and Foreign.
– Bradley Cooper for Best Actor
– Amy Adams for Best Supporting Actress
– Michael Haneke for Best Director
ahhh why not?
joaquin phoenix for best actor
naomi watts for best actress
emmanuelle riva for best actress
1. No single film wins the majority of the awards. In 2005, three awards each were given to Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong.
2. Lincoln won’t win anything. Daniel Day-Lewis won’t become the first actor in history to win 3 Best Actor statues.
3. Silver Linings Playbook has 4 acting noms, 1st movie in a generation to accomplish this. Looks very good for Director David O’Russell. *cough, cough*
And I just realized how bold my last prediction is….
😛
Best Picture: Life Of PI
Best Director: Ang Lee Life of PI
Best Actor: Phoenix: The Master
I put up my predictions on my blog, and I’m predicting the following:
1. Michael Haneke will win best director. Amour will win all but best picture tonight. (I actually feel fairly confident about actress and screenplay)
2. Silver Linings Playbook will win nothing.
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild will win score.
NGNG
Daniel Day-Lewis loses Best Actor.
Argo does not win Picture.
Naomi Watts wins Best Actress.
Haneke – Screenplay
Deakins – Cinematography
Desplat – Score
1. Haneke wins Director
2. Hunt wins Best Supporting Actress
3. Riva wins Best Actress
1. ‘Skyfall’ looses best Original Song
2. Anybody but Daniel Day Lewis wins best actor
3. Amour wins best picture
Jackie Weaver, Haneke for director, and Naomi Watts
– Amour wins Best Picture, Best Picture in a Foreign Language and Best Director
Oops…meant to say: Silver Linings Playbook sets Academy record by sweeping screen play, supporting actress, supporting actor, actress, actor, director, and picture.
1. Moonrise Kingdom wins Original Screenplay
2. Before My Time wins Original Song
3. Seth McFarlane is genuinely funny while hosting the Oscars.
…at least the first 2 could happen.
Silver Linings Playbook sets Academy record by sweeping Screenplay, S Actress, S Actor, Actress, Director and Picture.
just two. in chronological & causal order:
1. Lincoln sweeps.
2. Connecticut secedes from the union.
My NGNG
1. Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained or Amour win Best Picture.
2. Michael Haneke wins Best Director.
3. Hugh Jackman wins Best Actor. (Daniel Day-Lewis’s Lincoln is a masterpiece, but I would love to see Hugh win)
4. Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress. (I’m still rooting for her)
5. Zero Dark Thirty wins Best Original Screenplay.
6. Argo loses Best Editing to Zero Dark Thirty.
7. NO wins Best Foreing Film. (I have to write this because I’m Chilean)
8. Life of Pi loses Best Visual Effect to The Avengers.
Liked Ian’s suggestion for a tie somewhere. How unlikely is such a thing in the Director or Supporting Actor category really?
Adele loses Skyfall
Amour loses Foreign Picture
Argo wins Best Picture with only one other award
NGNG:
1. Hoffman wins Supporting Actor
2. Roger Deakins (SKYFALL) wins Cinematography after 9 losses
3. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD wins Adapted Screenplay
Moonrise Kingdom for Original
No for Foreign
Naomi Watts takes it home
I probably won’t get back on here before tomorrow (my partner is sailing over today to join me on the mountain for poutine, red carpet dish and cheers-n-groans) , so I wanted to wish everyone a happy and exciting Oscars.
Tomorrow, we start afresh.
Final NGNG – Sasha recovers from the battle and AD continues for some time.
Hugh Jackman wins Best Actor
5 Broken Cameras wins Best Documentary
Kon-Tiki wins Best Foreign Language Film
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman wins Best Supporting Actor
2. SLP wins Best Adapted Screenplay
3. Michael Haneke wins Best Director
NGNG:
1) Joaquin Phoenix wins Best Actor
2) B. Zeitlin wins Best director
3) No (Chile) wins Best Foreign Language Pic.
1. Zeitlin wins Best Director
2. Riva wins Best Actress
3. Frankenweenie wins Best Animated
–SKYFALL sweeps (they are doing a Bond tribute after all…)
–Jacki Weaver wins Supporting Actress (I’m still confused with the nomination)
–ZERO DARK THIRTY wins Picture, Actress, Original Screenplay, and Editing (because I’d rather see this make Oscar history instead of ARGO)
1. Best Picture: DJANGO UNCHAINED
2. Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva
3. Best Supportig Actor: Robert De Niro
1. Jessica Chastain wins actress
2. Helen Hunt wins supporting
3. Argo and SLP are completely shut out
1. Michael Haneke wins Best Director.
2. Skyfall wins Best Cinematography over Life of Pi.
3. Best Supporting Actor goes to Philip Seymour Hoffman.
HMMM… And it would be awesome if Silver Linings Playbook went home empty handed (including Riva’s win and a priceless Russell’s reaction).
NGNG
Actor – Joaquin Phoenix
Actress – Emmanuelle Riva
Supporting Actress – Helen Hunt
Director – Haneke
NGNG
– We get a Tie.
– Life of Pi wins 7 including Picture.
– Affleck Best Director with a ‘write in vote’ win.
Since the Oscars are almost here, i think its the right time to say this… thank you so much both Sasha and Ryan for this amazing site and your passion for movies. Personally, this awards season for me was quite insightful and fun thanks to you. Awards Daily is the only site i visited everyday and i use to have a blast reading all the comments that users use to make specially those fights 😀 Its been one hell of a year. Love you guys (even though i hate you both for the SLP-bashing) 😛 Cheers!
NGNG:
1. Zero Dark Thirty Sweep
2. Michael Haneke
3. Joaquin Phoenix
1. Argo wins only one Oscar: Best Picture
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman wins Best Supporting Actor
3. Zero Dark Thirty wins at least three Oscars
NGNG OSCAR VERSION!
Best Picture- Zero Dark Thirty
Supporting Actress- Amy Adams
Editing- Anyone but Argo
Cinematography- DEAKINS!!!
Big NGNG- Argo goes home with ZERO Oscars
NGNG 2013: Lincoln ONLY wins Actor
Watts for actress, Phoenix for actor, Lincoln for editing
Best Director – Michael Haneke
Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix
Best Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver
Best Director – Michael Haneke
Best Adapted Screenplay – SLP
Best original Screenplay – Amour
2. Jennifer Lawrence and Emmanuelle Riva tie for Best Actress < + + + + + + !!! 😀