Back by request, here are my oscar predictions!
This year, I'm only gonna pick 8 categories that I think are impossibly close and have those as my dark horse picks, instead of all 24. Still trying to beat my record from three years ago of 22 for 24.
This is by far the best oscar race in years, in at least over a decade. As opposed to other years, maybe only five or six categories are really definite. Everything from the best picture battle (Will it be a panic induced throttle into our future in space or a bleak look into a stain in our national past) to the best live short film (all nominees are completely different genres from all over the globe), will basically be up for grabs!
But in the end, I think Gravity will take home the most awards. It will win the technical categories easily, as well as pick up a much overdue Best Cinematography Oscar for Emmanuel Lubezki (Chivo) who has been nominated five times in the last 17 years, and was completely snubbed two years ago for "Tree of Life". Short of Scorcese and his editor Thelma Schoonmaker, Lubezki's collaboration with Alfonso Cuaron is my favorite duo in film and look for them to both take home the golden guy tonight.
But the race between 12 Years and Gravity will come down to Academy voters splitting their votes and giving 12 Years the big award and Best Director to Cuaron.
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This year, I'm only gonna pick 8 categories that I think are impossibly close and have those as my dark horse picks, instead of all 24. Still trying to beat my record from three years ago of 22 for 24.
This is by far the best oscar race in years, in at least over a decade. As opposed to other years, maybe only five or six categories are really definite. Everything from the best picture battle (Will it be a panic induced throttle into our future in space or a bleak look into a stain in our national past) to the best live short film (all nominees are completely different genres from all over the globe), will basically be up for grabs!
But in the end, I think Gravity will take home the most awards. It will win the technical categories easily, as well as pick up a much overdue Best Cinematography Oscar for Emmanuel Lubezki (Chivo) who has been nominated five times in the last 17 years, and was completely snubbed two years ago for "Tree of Life". Short of Scorcese and his editor Thelma Schoonmaker, Lubezki's collaboration with Alfonso Cuaron is my favorite duo in film and look for them to both take home the golden guy tonight.
But the race between 12 Years and Gravity will come down to Academy voters splitting their votes and giving 12 Years the big award and Best Director to Cuaron.
Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Dark Horse: Gravity
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Best Actor: Matthew McCanaughey
Dark Horse: Leonardo Dicaprio
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Dark Horse: Amy Adams
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o
Dark Horse: Jennifer Lawrence
Best Original Screenplay: Her
Dark Horse: American Hustle
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Production Design: Great Gatsby
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Feet from Stardom/
Dark Horse: Act of Killing
Best Documentary Short: The Lady in Number 6
Best Foreign Film: The Great Beauty
Best Animated Film: Frozen
Best Live Short Film: The Voorman Problem
Best Animated Short Film: Get a Horse
Best Editing: Captain Phillips
Dark Horse: Gravity
Best Sound Mixing: Gravity
Best Sound Editing: Gravity
Best Costume: Great Gatsby
Dark Horse: American Hustle
Best Hair/Make Up: Dallas Buyers Club
Best Original Score: Gravity
Best Original Song: "Let it Go"
Best Visual Effects: Gravity
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