2012 was a prediction year for me. I had many blog posts for predicting Golden Globe for 2012 & 2013, Oscar 2012, all the major games of Euro 2012, and not forgetting major smartphone releases in 2012, of which most of them went absolutely perfect. And now here is how I see the 85th Academy awards.
American President's struggle for the amendment in constitution to abolish Slavery, Lincoln leads Oscar 2013 with 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Life of Pi follows Lincoln with 11 nominations including Best picture and Best director, which it seems not to be winning. Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook earned eight each whereas the favorites Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained got five nominations each and that's without Best directing for Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino. Other major snubs include no nominations for TDKR, no place for Leonardo Dicaprio in Supporting actor nominations for Django Unchained and Ben Affleck for Directing Argo.
Though I doubt if the Best picture either goes to either Lincoln or Argo, and Best actress goes to either Jessica Chastain (for Zero Dark Thirty) or Jennifer Lawrence (for Silver Linings Playbook), here are my prediction for this years Oscar.
Best Picture:
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Lincoln"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"Argo"
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Best Director:
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Actor:
Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Best Actress:
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Original Screenplay:
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Django Unchained"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Amour"
"Flight"
Best Animated Feature:
"Frankenweenie"
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
"Paranorman"
"Brave"
Best Foreign Feature:
"Amour"
"A Royal Affair"
"Kon-Tiki"
"No"
"War Witch"
Best Cinematography:
"Skyfall"
"Anna Karenina"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
Best Film Editing:
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Life of Pi"
"Argo"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Music (Original Score):
"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"
Best Music (Original Song):
"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice"
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted"
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi"
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"
