February 17, 2013

• My Annual Week in Advance Oscar Thoughts

  Ohhhh, the Academy Awards are just a week away, and that means it's time for my annual Winner Opinions - not predictions, those I post the day before. So, be looking out for my predictions this Saturday! This morning, I'm here to list who I want and who I feel deserves to win based on Interpretation of a Story/Character and Realism (which are the only two things this little movie buff cares about).

  Best Adapted Screenplay

  

  "Lincoln" Tony Kushner

  "Argo" Chris Thomas

  "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitin

  "Life of Pi" David Magee

  "The Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

   

  Best Original Screenplay

  

  "Django Unchained" Quentin Taratino

  "Amour" Michael Haneke

  "Flight" John Gatins

  "Moonrise Kingdom" Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

  "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal

   

  Cinematography

  

  Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski 

  Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey

  Django Unchained, Robert Richardson

  Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

  Skyfall, Roger Deakins

   

  Directing

  

  Benh Zeitlin, Beats of the Southern Wild

  Michael Haneke, Amour

  Ang Lee, Life of Pi

  Steven Speilburg, Lincoln

  David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

   

  Actress in a Supporting Role

  

  Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

  Amy Adams, The Master

  Sally Field, Lincoln

  Helen Hunt, The Sessions

  Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

   

  Actor in a Supporting Role

  

  Alan Arkin, Argo

  Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

  Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

  Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

  Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

   

  Actress in a Leading Role

  

  Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

  Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

  Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

  Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Naomi Watts, The Impossible

   

  Actor in a Leading Role

  

  Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

  Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

  Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

  Joaquin Pheonix, The Master

  Denzel Washington, Flight

   

  Best Piture

  
  

  Argo, Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney

  Amour, Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz

  Bests of the Southern Wild, Dan Janvey and Josh Penn

  Django Unchained, Stacy Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone

  Les Miserables, Tim Bevan, Eric Fillner, Debra Hayward or Cameron Mackintosh

  Life of Pi, Girl Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark

  Lincoln, Steven Speilberg and Kathleen Kennedy

  Silver Linings Playbook, Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, and Jonathan Gordon

  Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison.

   

  Well, there are my favorites - and yes I have seen all of them. Agree? Disagree? Your predictions? Anyone else tired of little art house films? Was Ben Afflick rightfully snubbed in the Directing category? We'll see in one week!

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