Oscar Predictions: Best Picture and the other majors (and music, for some reason)
I got distracted catching up on Breaking Bad (halfway through season 4 now) and forgot to do my write-ups for the remaining categories. Here are my quick and dirty picks for the categories I haven’t written about yet (Picture, Director, actors, and music)
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Best Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)
The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
Hugo (Howard Shore)
Alberto Iglasias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
War Horse (John Williams)
Best Song (what the hell happened to this category this year?)
“Man or Muppet?” from The Muppets
“Real in Rio” from Rio
