Can The Artist cement its frontrunner status?
How will that Best actor lineup finally fall into place?
Can Rooney and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo muscle it's way in?
We shall see...until then here are my final predicitions
*There can be anywhere between five to ten best picture nominees this year due to new voting rules. So I'm sticking with six nominees, but the likelihood of others in order in which they could show up as well.
Best Picture- The Artist
The Descendants
The
Help
Hugo
Midnight
in Paris
Moneyball
If
seven The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
If
eight The Tree of Life
If
nine War Horse
If
ten Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best
Director- Woody Allen “Midnight in
Paris”
Michel
Hazanavicius “The Artist”
Terrence
Malick “The Tree of Life”
Alexander
Payne “The Descendants”
Martin
Scorsese “Hugo”
(Alt.
David Fincher “The Girl Dragon Tattoo”, Steven Spielberg “War Horse”)
Best
Actor- George Clooney “The Descendants”
Leonardo
DiCaprio “J. Edgar”
Jean
Dujardin “The Artist”
Michael
Fassbender “Shame”
Brad
Pitt “Moneyball”
(Alt.
Gary Oldman “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”)
Best
Actress- Glenn Close “Albert Nobbs”
Viola
Davis “The Help”
Meryl
Streep “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Michelle Williams “My Week with
Marilyn”
(Alt. Rooney Mara “The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo”)
Best
Supporting Actor- Kenneth Branagh “My
Week with Marilyn”
Albert
Brooks “Drive”
Jonah
Hill “Moneyball”
Nick
Nolte “Warrior”
Christopher
Plummer “Beginners”
(Alt. Ben
Kingsley “Hugo”, Brad Pitt “The Tree of Life”)
Best
Supporting Actress- Bernice Bejo “The
Artist”
Jessica
Chastain “The Help”
Janet
McTeer “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia
Spencer “The Help”
Shailene Woodley “The Descendants”
(Alt. Melissa McCarthy “Bridesmaids”)
Best
Adapted Screenplay- The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
Moneyball
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(Alt.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Best
Original Screenplay- The Artist
Beginners
50/50
Midnight
in Paris
A
Separation
(Alt.
Bridesmaids)
Best
Art Direction- The Artist
Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
Hugo
Jane
Eyre
Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy
(Alt. War
Horse)
Best
Cinematography- The Tree of Life
The
Artist
War Horse
The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
(Alt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Part II
Tinker,
Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Best
Costume Design- Anonymous
The
Artist
The
Help
Hugo
Jane
Eyre
(Alt. My Week With Marilyn)
Best
Film Editing- The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War
Horse
Moneyball
(Alt. The Descendant)
Best Makeup- The
Artist
The Iron Lady
Harry Potter 7.2
(Alt. Gainsborgh: A Real
Life)
Best Original
Score- The Artist
Hugo
The Girl
With the Dragon Tattoo
War Horse
Extremely
Loud, and Incredibly Close
(Alt. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Best
Original Song- “The Living Proof” The Help
“Life is a
Happy Song” The Muppets
“Man or
Muppet” The Muppets
“Star
Spangled Man” Captain America: The First Avenger
“Lay Your
Head Down” Albert Nobbs
(Alt. “Pictures In
My Mind” The Muppets “Coeur
Volant” Hugo)
Best Sound
Mixing- Hugo
Super
8
Moneyball
The
Artist
Transformers
3
(Alt. War Horse, Mission Impossible 4)
Best Sound
Editing- Hugo
Super 8
Hanna
Transformers 3
Rise of Planet of
the Apes
(Alt. Mission Impossible 4)
Best Visual
Effects- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers 4
Harry Potter 7.2
Hugo
The Tree of Life
Alt. Pirates of the
Caribbean 4
Best Animated Feature- The Adventures of TinTin
Rango
Puss in Boots
Wrinkles
Chico & Rita
(Alt. Kung Fu Panda 2)
Best Documentary Feature- "Bill Cunningham New York"
"Buck"
"Pina"
"Project Nim"
"We Were Here"
(Alt. Hell and Back Again)
"Buck"
"Pina"
"Project Nim"
"We Were Here"
(Alt. Hell and Back Again)
Best Foreign Language Film- "Monsieur Lazhar" - Canada
Pina Germany
"A Separation" - Iran
"Footnote" - Israel
"In Darkness" - Poland
Pina Germany
"A Separation" - Iran
"Footnote" - Israel
"In Darkness" - Poland
