Oscar Predictions 2014!!

Oscar 2014 Predictions

With anotheryear of great films comes the time to make the Oscars picks…. Now as every yeargoes by I have grown to think like the academy which means you don’t go withthe films we ourselves love or like… but we go with the ones that have Oscarbait and have been doing well during all the award season…most of the time thatmeans the beast do win…yet as always we have some snubs but this year we have agood bunch of films to choose from with that being said here are my picks…..

Best motion picture of the year 
 (***Ones I really liked) Thisyear we had great films to pick from and they sure made a great list of nominees…withthat being said this list alone has 2 films that I put on my top 10 of 2013(Wolf and Gravity) both awesome films which I loved…until recently I thought itwas an easy win for 12 years of slave (which I haven’t seen) but Dallas buyersclub has lots of momentum…I think it can be the only one to give 12 years a runfor it money but I will stay with my pick…..

• American Hustle***

• Captain Phillips (not seen yet)

• Dallas Buyers Club*****

• Gravity*****

• Her*****

• Nebraska (not seen yet)

• Philomena (not seen yet)

• 12 Years a Slave***** (not seen…will WIN...I know I will agree with the pick though)

• The Wolf of Wall Street*****

Achievementin directing
Awesomedirectors on the list all did a great job would be happy with whoever wins…howeverone of them made us feel like if we left earth and dealt with lots of issues inspace so with that being said…

• American Hustle – David O. Russell

• Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón

• Nebraska – Alexander Payne

• 12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen

• The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese

Performanceby an actress in a leading role
Easy onefrom what I hear great actress

• Amy Adams – American Hustle

• Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

• Sandra Bullock – Gravity

• Judi Dench – Philomena

• Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Performanceby an actor in a leading role
A verystrong year in the male category I can think of at least 4 other actors whocould’ve been nominated and I would’ve been happy…I think Leo did an amazingjob however Matthew knocked out of the park if anyone is bringing him down itwould be Chiwetel but its Matthew Year…

• Christian Bale – American Hustle

• Bruce Dern – Nebraska

• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street

• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

• Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Performanceby an actor in a supporting role
Not evena question a clean sweep….

• Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips

• Bradley Cooper - American Hustle

• Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave

• Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street

• Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Now hereit can go in 2 ways the favorite is clearly Miss Lawrence and rightfully so…shewas the best if not the only thing I liked from Hustle…plus the academy lovesher and if she wins she will youngest and first girl to win back to back whichmeans it sells papers but she would gladly deserving of that win…however Lupitafrom 12 years of slave has been cleaning house on the other awards shows andfrom what I hear she owns that performance…this one is a hard one I am going togo against the momentum and go with…

• Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine

• Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle

• Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave

• Julia Roberts - August: Osage County

• June Squibb - Nebraska

BestOriginal Screenplay

• American Hustle – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell

• Blue Jasmine – Written by Woody Allen

• Dallas Buyers Club – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack

• Her – Written by Spike Jonze

• Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson

BestAdapted Screenplay
This onecould also go in many ways but I am gonna go with

• Before Midnight – Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

• Captain Phillips – Screenplay by Billy Ray

• Philomena – Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

• 12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley

• The Wolf of Wall Street – Screenplay by Terence Winter (would love for it to win)

BestAnimated Film
Easy one of my new Disney Favorites

• The Croods – Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson

• Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri

• Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner

• Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

• The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Achievementin music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• The Book Thief – John Williams

• Gravity – Steven Price

• Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett

• Philomena – Alexandre Desplat

• Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Achievementin music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Another onewere I know where they should go but something tells me they might go againstit…I want and I think “Let it go” will win but U2 might get in the way…

• “Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone - Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel

• “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 - Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams

• “Let it Go” from Frozen - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

• “The Moon Song” from Her - Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze

• “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Achievementin art direction

• American Hustle – Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration)

• Gravity – Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration)

• The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)

• Her – K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)

• 12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration)

Achievementin cinematography

• The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd

• Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

• Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel

• Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael

• Prisoners – Roger A. Deakins

Achievementin costume design

• American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson

• The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping

• The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin

• The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor

• 12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

Achievementin makeup

• Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty

• The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Best Documentary Feature

• The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen

• Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher

• Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill

• The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer

• 20 Feet from Stardom – Nominees to be determined

Best Documentary Short

• CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff

• Facing Fear – Jason Cohen

• Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq

• The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

• Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium

• The Great Beauty – Italy

• The Hunt – Denmark

• The Missing Picture – Cambodia

• Omar – Palestine

Best Live Action Short Film

• Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo

• Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras

• Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

• Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari

• The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Best Animated Short Film

• Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden

• Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim

• Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

• Possessions – Shuhei Morita

• Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Achievement in Visual Effects 

• Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds

• Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick

• The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier

• Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Achievementin film editing

• American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten

• Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse

• Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

• Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

• 12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker

Achievement in sound mixing 

• Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro

• Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson

• Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

• Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Achievementin sound editing

• All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns

• Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney

• Gravity – Glenn Freemantle

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge

• Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman