This long awards season comes to an end tomorrow and I could honestly see the night playing out many different ways. I'm not very confident about a lot of these predictions but I think that applies to anyone predicting the Oscars this year. My biggest gamble is 'The Lone Ranger' for Best Makeup & Hairstyling. So ater much deliberation, here are my final predictions for the 86th Academy Awards:
Best Picture
12 Years A Slave
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years A Slave
Best Original Screenplay
Her
Best Animated Feature
Frozen
Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty
Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom
Best Original Score
Gravity
Best Original Song
"Let It Go", Frozen
Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby
Best Cinematography
Gravity
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
The Lone Ranger
Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
Best Visual Effects
Gravity
Best Editing
Gravity
Best Sound Editing
Gravity
Best Sound Mixing
Gravity
Best Documentary Short
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Best Animated Short
Get a Horse!
Best Live Action Short
Helium
Bonus: Click for episode #207 of the LAMBcast where I discussed my predictions in further detail.
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Solid predictions! I almost went with Jennifer Lawrence, but she won last year, so that made me decide on Lupita Nyong'o. Could go either way, though.
ReplyDelete20 Feet from Stardom seems like the safe bet, I really hope they honor Act of Killing, which I feel is a bit more groundbreaking.
Some good choices here. Glad to see JLaw in winners list. But apparently I disagree with Best Picture, I went to Gravity, since it easily wins 5 technical categories and directing, so it's well supported throughout all branches.
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I'll be disappointed if Lawrence and 12 Years win and I think Gravity's cinematography win is unfair since it's pure CGI (I'd have 12 Years win here, actually), but I think you're spot on unless the Academy gets on lemmons... :P Great job, Shane!
ReplyDelete12 Years a Slave is a good pick for Best Picture...I think it'll win but it's going to be interesting. Gravity and The Wolf of Wall Street are its closest contenders in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI've love to see Nebraska get a couple of awards - best actor and best screenplay would be nice.
Gravity, I suspect, will win the most awards on the night - getting a few technical categories and maybe some of the top ones too.
Nice picks. I love that you're predicting The Lone Ranger in M&H. I wonder if voters will go for it.
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