The 86th Annual Oscar Awards Will Be Shown On March 2, 2014 — Host: Ellen DeGeneres
Hey…here’s your opportunity to display your cinephile expertise…can you beat my guesses? in the COMMENT box, type the number and then your choice 🙂
i think it will be fun because i am totally not into going to the movies but this year i saw more than i have ever seen previously…and that’s the truth—C’MON…YOU CAN BEAT ME
1. BEST PICTURE
- > 12 Years a Slave—: i just have to say the winner is most likely going to be”12 Years a Slave”.…before i saw this film, i would have said “Captain Phillips” or maybe “Her”…but then, i also liked “All Is Lost” and it wasn’t even nominated, sooo i could be totally wrong with this pick
- > American Hustle
- > Captain Phillips
- > Dallas Buyers Club
- > Gravity
- > Her
- > Nebraska
- > Philomena
- > The Wolf of Wall Street
2. ACTOR
- > Christian Bale (American Hustle)
- > Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
- > Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)
- > Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
- > Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)— i’m going to say the winner’s going to be Matthew McConaughey right? right? right!
3. ACTRESS
- > Amy Adams (American Hustle)
- > Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)— i just have to pick Cate Blanchett as the winner…After winning every prize leading up to the Oscars, i can’t believe academy will shun her just because of headlines about Woody Allen
- > Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
- > Judi Dench (Philomena)
- > Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
4. SUPPORTING ACTOR
- > Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
- > Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
- > Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
- > Jonah Hill (Wolf of Wall Street)
- > Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)— i think i’m going to surprise you all and say the winner will be Jared Leto
5. SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- > Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
- > Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)— another surprise from me…maybe…but i just have to go with Lupita Nyong’o as the winner in this category…i just believe she’s really deserving
- > Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
- > June Squibb (Nebraska)
- > Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
6. DIRECTOR
- > Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
- > David O. Russell (American Hustle)
- > Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)— i think the winner will beAlfonso Cuarón for “Gravity”
- > Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
- > Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
7. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- > John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)— i have no idea, but i guess the winner could be “12 Years a Slave”
- > Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater (Before Midnight )
- > Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)
- > Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)
- > Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)
8. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- > David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)— this one’s hard…really hard, but i think the academy will decide the winner will be “American Hustle” even though its major challenge in this category is going to come from “Her” (which is a beautiful robot-human Love-Story type of love story— well, okay, a beautiful OS-human and i’m a sucker for a tear-jerker romance…aren’t you?); however, i just believe it isn’t counterintuitive for the voters to love “Hustle” enough to reward it with the most nominations (along with “Gravity”) and then shut it out completely—but, i could be wrong…i hope i’m wrong…but, who knows; right? maybe it could be a tie?
- > Bob Nelson (Nebraska)
- > Spike Jonze (Her)
- > Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)
- > Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
9. BEST FOREIGN FILM
- > Denmark, The Hunt
- > Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown
- > Italy, The Great Beauty— i only saw 2 of the nominated films but the winner has to be “The Great Beauty” i mean, it is really good and it did get a Golden Globe win — i like how it seemed to be in the fashion of a Fellini film, too
- > Palestine, Omar
- > Cambodia, The Missing Picture
10. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- > The Wind Rises
- > Frozen— well, since i didn’t see Ernest & Celestine or The Wind Rises, from what i did see i think “Frozen” will be the winner
- > Despicable Me 2
- > The Croods
- > Ernest & Celestine
11. BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- > “Alone Yet Not Alone” (Alone Yet Not Alone)
- > “Happy” (Despicable Me 2)
- > “Let It Go” (Frozen)— this is really a guess but i will choose “Let It Go” as the winner because, well, there isn’t a sing-along version of “Mandela,” is there?
- > “The Moon Song” (Her)
- > “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
12. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- > John Williams (The Book Thief)
- > Steven Price (Gravity)— when they say music adds a lot to a movie, it’s true and “Gravity”‘s musical score was prominant…just plain excellent, sooo, i would give Stephen Price a well-deserved Oscar
- > Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)
- > Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)
- > William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)
13. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- > Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
- > Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)— all you cinephiles can rejoice…i think “Gravity” is gonna walk away with Oscar for the kind of computer-generated spectacle that probably (MOST SURELY) angered all purists voting this category
- > Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)
- > Roger Deakins (Prisoners)
- > Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)
14. COSTUME DESIGN
- > American Hustle
- > The Grandmaster
- > The Great Gatsby—OMG! how could the winner not be “Gatsby” with all that flash and fabric ?
- > The Invisible Woman
- > 12 Years A Slave
15. PRODUCTION DESIGN
- > American Hustle
- > Gravity
- > The Great Gatsby—like i used to do when my daddy would take us to the Kentucky Derby when we were young and i’d pick the winner based on just a hunch, i’m choosing the winner for an Oscar the same way and picking Catherine Martin — just for the razzle-dazzle of Gatsby
- > Her
- > 12 Years a Slave
16. VISUAL EFFECTS
- > Gravity— i really liked The Lone Ranger, BUT, wow…i really think “GRAVITY” had such seamless effects how could any other movie win against it? sooo, the winner will be “Gravity”
- > The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- > Iron Man 3
- > The Lone Ranger
- > Star Trek Into Darkness
17. ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- > Feral
- > Get a Horse!— well, DUH! why wouldn’t i choose “Get A Horse” as the winner?
- > Mr. Hublot
- > Possessions
- > Room on the Broom
any categories not shown here were eliminated by me only because i don’t have a clue.
Mimi Wolske (and Mona Arizona) 