Oscars are announced a week from today. Here are my final predictions:

BEST MOTION PICTURE

Argo
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Argo, Chris Terrio
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Amour (Austria)
The Intouchables (France)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Brave
Frankenweenie
The Painting
ParaNorman
Wreck-It-Ralph

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Posted by Weebie

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 6:25 pm to RollTide1987

If Joaquin Phoenix who puts on the best performance in The Master and the best performance of the year gets snubbed, but Hoffman and Adams get nominated then that will be the biggest joke since Saving Private Ryan lost best picture.

Not that Hoffman and Adams don't deserve it because they do, but to nominate them and leave out the best performance in that same film would be ridiculous. Phoenix acted circles around the other nominees (especially Denzel). It will be a shame if the Academy votes based on politics and not performance.

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Posted by Rittdog

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 6:59 pm to RollTide1987

Only problems I have...

Tarantino should be nominated for Best Director as well.

Remove Tom Hooper for him. Sorry but Hooper's close up shots, etc. were the weak links of that movie. The performances are what make it good.

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Posted by RonBurgundy

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 7:13 pm to Rittdog

The Avengers should be in there.

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Posted by OMLandshark

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:35 pm to RollTide1987

Pretty good list

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Posted by Patrick_Bateman

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:55 pm to RollTide1987

I don't watch many foreign films, and I don't know much about Oscar nominations, but I'd say The Raid: Redemption deserves a nomination.

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Posted by Ryne Sandberg

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 9:20 pm to Patrick_Bateman

Moonrise Kingdom for Best Picture

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Posted by Big Floppy TDs

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:12 pm to Ryne Sandberg

Question:

How can Zero Dark Thirty win an Oscar if it hasn't been released everywhere yet?

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Posted by Weebie

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:25 pm to Big Floppy TDs

quote:
Question:

How can Zero Dark Thirty win an Oscar if it hasn't been released everywhere yet?

because everything Kathryn Bigelow does from here on out will automatically receive nominations. she's the main girl in the boys club now. its a motivational storyline for the Academy and media to sell to the public.

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Posted by RollTide1987

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:58 pm to Big Floppy TDs

quote:
How can Zero Dark Thirty win an Oscar if it hasn't been released everywhere yet?

Easy. The people who vote (the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences) have already seen the movie. And the film has been in limited release (NY & LA) since mid-December.

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Posted by Weebie

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Posted on 1/3/13 at 11:58 pm to RollTide1987

quote:
RollTide1987

will they be nominating up to 10 films for best picture this year like they have been doing? I'm just curious why you only chose 7 films when in the last three years they have nominated - 9, 10, and 10.

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Posted by Patrick_Bateman

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Posted on 1/4/13 at 12:12 am to Weebie

That, and the fact that she makes excellent movies. . . Geez, have you even seen Zero Dark Thirty yet? I doubt it.

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Posted by Weebie

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Posted on 1/4/13 at 12:42 am to Patrick_Bateman

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Geez, have you even seen Zero Dark Thirty yet? I doubt it.

you're wrong. I saw it last week and it was damn good. The Hurt Locker? not so much.

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Posted by Rittdog

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Posted on 1/4/13 at 1:47 am to RollTide1987

Also now thinking about it..

Christoph Waltz needs to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor as well.

Remove Arkin. Waltz was superior by far. And it would be a crime if he isnt nominated because people feel his acting out his character is too close to Hans Landa. Which couldnt be further from the truth.

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