We will be giving out DVD copies to the nine Best Picture nominees. Or if there is one you’d like to swap for any of the nominated films, whether they made the Best Picture cut or not (Inside Llewyn Davis, for instance) you will be free to do that.
We will be giving out DVD copies to the nine Best Picture nominees. Or if there is one you’d like to swap for any of the nominated films, whether they made the Best Picture cut or not (Inside Llewyn Davis, for instance) you will be free to do that.
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Ah, I got them all except production design, live short, and documentary! SO close. But there weren’t as many “shocks” as last year so the predictions weren’t all that impressive in the first place
I’ve just submitted the predictions twice, both with the same content (just to make sure of it; having some technical problems with my current AD email address so that confirmation may not have reached me).
Hopefully, I won’t change my mind within the next 8 waking hours.
Thanks for the fun time (opportunity), AD.
Someone might point out to Sasha and company that while the Tech Chart of the Big Bad has predictions from Mark Olsen (LA Times) and Brad Brevet (Rope of Silicon) the Main Chart does not. It seems odd that they would predict all of the other awards but not the biggies. An editing goof perhaps? (I love these charts and use them to Moneyball the Oscars for my Oscar pool each year. Thanks for doing them.)
What a crapshoot this year! I look forward to seeing who correctly predicts the inevitable upsets!
Last thoughts on the major awards:
PICTURE
SHOULD WIN: The Wolf of Wall Street
WILL WIN: Gravity
MISTAKE: The Great Beauty
The Great Gatsby
August, Osage County
Blue Jasmine
ACTRESS
SHOULD WIN: Meryl Streep (one of her very best performances ever)
WILL WIN: Cate Blanchett (no problem here, dreaming of a tie)
MISTAKE: Emma Thompson for “Saving Mr. Banks”
ACTOR
SHOULD WIN: Leonardo diCaprio (a titanic performance)
WILL WIN: Mathew McConoughey
MISTAKE: Toni Servillo for “The Great Beauty” (favorite acting)
Robert de Niro for “The Family” (he was terrific!)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
SHOULD WIN: Julia Roberts
WILL WIN: Lupita N’yongo
MISTAKE: Kristin Scott Thomas for “Only God Forgives”
Margo Martindale for “August, Osage County”
SUPPORTING ACTOR (a really crowded, great field this year)
SHOULD WIN: Jonah Hill
WILL WIN: Jared Leto
MISTAKE: Joel Edgarton for “The Great Gatsby”
Chris Cooper for “August, Osage County”
Jeremy Renner for “American Hustle”
DIRECTOR
SHOULD WIN: Martin Scorcese
WILL WIN: Alfonso Cuaron (no problem here, he’s a great director)
MISTAKE: Paulo Sorrentino for “The Great Beauty”
Bahz Luhrmann for “The Great Gatsby”
FILM EDITING
SHOULD WIN: American Hustle
WILL WIN: Gravity
MISTAKE: Thelma Schoonmaker for “The Wolf of Wall Street”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
SHOULD WIN: The Grandmaster
WILL WIN: Gravity
MISTAKE: The Great Beauty
The Great Gatsby
Only God Forgives
VISUAL EFFECTS
SHOULD WIN: Star Trek Into Darkness
WILL WIN: Gravity
MISTAKE: Man of Steel
MUSIC SCORE
SHOULD WIN: Saving Mr. Banks
WILL WIN: Gravity
MISTAKE: Craig Armstrong’s beautiful work in “The Great Gatsby”
SONG
Don’t care anymore.
MISTAKE: Lana del Rey’s “Young and Beautiful”, “The Great Gatsby”
COSTUME DESIGN
SHOULD WIN: The Great Gatsby
WILL WIN: The Great Gatsby
MISTAKE: Daniel Orlando’s wonderful work in “Saving Mr. Banks”
Here’s the last word:
*PICTURE:
Will Win: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Should Win: GRAVITY
Should have been there: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, TO THE WONDER
Mistakes: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, also I would have never nominated PHILOMENA or DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, but they’re fine, I guess.
*DIRECTOR:
Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron
Should Win: Cuaron
Might still win: McQueen or Russell
Mistakes: Alexander Payne. Even though I liked Nebraska, but Best Director? give me a break.
Should have been there: Joel & Ethan Coen, Spike Jonze, Harmony Korine
*ACTOR:
Will Win: Matthew McConaughey
Should Win: Leonardo DiCaprio
Mistakes: Eh nobody I suppose. All nice.
Should have been there: Oscar Isaac, Joaquin Phoenix, Tye Sheridan
*ACTRESS:
Will Win: Cate Blanchett
Should Win: Sandra Bullock, but Blanchett is a perfect choice too.
Mistakes: None?/I don’t know. I don’t want to pay a cent to see AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. Will wait for Redbox, and a Redbox Promo Code.
Should have been there: Paulina Garcia, Brie Larson, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Julie Delpy
*SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Will Win: Jared Leto
Should Win: Jonah Hill
Mistakes: None
Should have been there: James Franco and Matthew McConaughey
*SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence
Should Win: Lupita Nyong’o
Mistakes: Who cares
Should have been there: Cameron Diaz and Lea Seydoux
*ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Will Win: AMERICAN HUSTLE
Should Win: HER
Mistakes: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Should have been there: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, THE COUNSELOR, GRAVITY
*ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Should Win: BEFORE MIDNIGHT or WOLF OF WALL STREET
Mistakes: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Should have been there: SHORT TERM 12, THE SPECTACULAR NOW
*EDITING:
Will Win: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Should Win: GRAVITY
Mistakes: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Should have been there: WOLF OF WALL STREET, HER, TO THE WONDER hell even SPRING BREAKERS
*CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Will Win: GRAVITY
Might Still Win: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Mistakes: None? Why NEBRASKA?
Should have been there: WOLF OF WALL STREET, SPRING BREAKERS, GREAT BEAUTY, HER
*ANIMATED FILM:
Will Win: FROZEN
Should Win: THE WIND RISES or ERNEST & CELESTINE
Mistakes: DESPICABLE ME 2, THE CROODS
Should have been there: MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2, THE GARDEN OF WORDS
*DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Will Win: THE ACT OF KILLING
Should Win: THE ACT OF KILLING
Hast to Win: THE ACT OF KILLING
Mistakes: None. Have not see THE SQUARE
Should have been there: STORIES WE TELL, JODOROWSKY’S DUNE, ROOM 237
*SCORE:
Will Win: GRAVITY
Should Win: GRAVITY
Might Still Win: PHILOMENA
Mistakes: PHILOMENA, SAVING MR. BANKS, THE BOOK THIEF
Should have been there: SPRING BREAKERS, THE COUNSELOR, PRINCE AVALANCHE, STOKER, etc
*PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Will Win: THE GREAT GATSBY
Should Win: HER
Mistakes: None
Should have been there: WOLF OF WALL STREET, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
*COSTUME DESIGN:
Will Win: THE GREAT GATSBY
Should Win: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Mistakes: N/A – I have not seen INVISIBLE WOMAN. Is it 1000x better than CORIOLANUS? Please let me know. Otherwise Don’t Want To.
Should have been there: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, HER, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
*SOUND MIXING:
Will Win: GRAVITY
Should Win: GRAVITY
Might Still Win: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Mistakes: None
Should have been there: RUSH, BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO, THE CONJURING
*SOUND EDITING:
Will Win: GRAVITY
Should Win: GRAVITY
Mistakes: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS? Don’t recall. “I forgot the story the moment I walked out of the theater” So…none?
Should have been there: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, RUSH, TO THE WONDER, SPRING BREAKERS
*VISUAL EFFECTS:
Will Win: GRAVITY
Should Win: GRAVITY
Mistakes: None but there’re a couple of stinkers there
Should have been there: PACIFIC RIM, THE WORLD’S END, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL, HER
*FOREIGN FILM:
Will Win: THE GREAT BEAUTY
Should Win: THE GREAT BEAUTY
Mistakes: THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN and I have not seen OMAR, but the protagonist is hot as hell.
Should have been there: A TOUCH OF SIN, BASTARDS, GLORIA
*SONG:
Will Win: FROZEN
Should Win: “The Moon Song” – HER
Mistakes: You tell me.
Should have been there: “So You Know What It’s Like” – SHORT TERM 12, “Scary Monsters and Nice Spirits” – SPRING BREAKERS, “Please Mr. Kennedy” – INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, “Becomes the Color” – STOKER, “Young and Beautiful” – THE GREAT GATSBY.
Sasha, I entered submit and nothing happened. I don’t know if my voting was registered!
Bp: 12 years a slave
Bd: gravity
Ba: mcgoughaney
Bactre: blanchett
bsa: abdi
bsactre: lawrence
o. Screenplay: american hustle
a. Screenplay: 12 years a slave
I would like to makes swaps for Frances Ha and Short Term 12 please. 😀
But I won’t win…
NGNG:
“Happy” wins best song.
“All is Lost” wins best sound editing.
“Her” wins Production Design.
NGNG:
12 Years A Slave sweeps Pic, Director, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor and Adapted Screenplay.
Judi Dench wins Actress.
Dallas Buyers Club wins Original Screenplay.