I thought I’d steal George’s thread from last year, and give everyone a chance to predict the winners of the 85th Academy Awards (and give out their own!)
Which film will win?
Best Picture: Lincoln
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph
Best Original Screenplay: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Which of the nominees do you want to win?
Best Picture: Life Of Pi
Best Director: Ang Lee (Life Of Pi)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Frankenweenie
Best Original Screenplay: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Out of all films released in 2012 which would you like to win?
Best Picture:* Life Of Pi*
Best Director: Ben Affleck (Argo)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Frankenweenie
Best Original Screenplay: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Which film will win?
Best Picture: Lincoln
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Brave
Best Original Screenplay: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Life of Pi
Which of the nominees do you want to win?
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Denzel Washington – (Flight)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Frankenweenie
Best Original Screenplay: Flight
Best Adapted Screenplay: Life of Pi
Out of all films released in 2012 which would you like to win?
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Denzel Washington – (Flight)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Nothing ??
Best Original Screenplay: Flight
Best Adapted Screenplay: Life of Pi
Which film will win?
Best Picture: Lincoln
Best Director: Michael Haenke (Amour)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: ParaNorman
Best Original Screenplay: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Life of Pi
Which of the nominees do you want to win?
Best Picture: Django Unchained
Best Director: None of them
Best Actor (in a leading role): Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anyone other than Anne Hathaway
Best Animated Feature: Wreck-It Wralph
Best Original Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom
Best Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Out of all films released in 2012 which would you like to win?
Best Picture: Marvel’s The Avengers
Best Director: Sam Menendes (Skyfall)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Karl Urban (Dredd)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Mark Wahlberg/Seth McFarlane (Ted)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall)
Best Animated Feature: ParaNorman
Best Original Screenplay: Ted
Best Adapted Screenplay: Dredd
Techincally I stole it from Rob the year before so I won’t hold a grudge. I’m hoping to have seen most of the best picture nominees in the next couple of weeks so I’ll hold off on my predictions until then.
I haven’t seen Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Sessions or most of the animated films yet so can’t really comment on them. Here are my picks on what I have seen though:
Which film will win?
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: Brave
Best Original Screenplay: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Lincoln
Which of the nominees do you want to win?
Best Picture: Argo
Best Director: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (although I’d be happy with anything but Brave)
Best Original Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom
Best Adapted Screenplay: Life of Pi
Out of all films released in 2012 which would you like to win?
Best Picture: The Dark Knight Rises (not my favourite Batman film but it would have be nice to have seen it rewarded in the same way as Return of the King)
Best Director: Ben Affleck (Argo)
Best Actor (in a leading role): Michael Fassbender (Prometheus)
Best Actress (in a leading role): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actor (in a supporting role): Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
Best Actress (in a supporting role): Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Best Animated Feature: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
Best Original Screenplay: Skyfall
Best Adapted Screenplay: Life of Pi
As an extra one:
Best Documentary: The Imposter
Looking back over 2012 I don’t think it achieved the same hights as previous years. Granted, it was good year for comic book films but beyond that there were a lot of very good films that fell short of being excellent. For example, from 2011 I’d put The Artist, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, Drive and Margin Call above pretty much everything that came out this year…
Techincally I stole it from Rob the year before so I won’t hold a grudge. I’m hoping to have seen most of the best picture nominees in the next couple of weeks so I’ll hold off on my predictions until then.