I know we are in April and that there aren't real Oscar contenders, and the most promising ones weren't released yet. But let's make some silly predictions, based on how promising the projects, the direction works, the acting and the kind of screenplay seem to be.
BEST PICTURE
The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn
A Dangerous Method
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo Cabret
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
On the Road
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Young Adult
in consideration: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II; Like Crazy; Moneyball; We Bought a Zoo;
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender for A Dangerous Method
Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March
Woody Harrelson for Rampart
Sam Riley for On the Road
in consideration: Antonio Banderas (La piel que habito); Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo); Johnny Depp (The Rum Diary); Mel Gibson (The Beaver);
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
in consideration: Anne Hathaway (One Day); Charlize Theron (Young Adult); Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre); Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn);
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Armie Hammer for J. Edgar
John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method
Brad Pitt for The Tree of Life
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
in consideration: Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn); Ben Foster (Rampart); Ben Kingsley (Hugo Cabret); Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March);
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain for The Tree of Life
Viola Davis for The Help
Judi Dench for My Week with Marilyn
Charlotte Grainsbourg for Melancholia
Allison Janney for The Help
in consideration: Scarlett Johansson (We Bought a Zoo); Carey Mulligan (Shame); Kristen Stewart (On the Road); Kate Winslet (Carnage);
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody for Young Adult
Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones for Like Crazy
James Ellroy and Oren Moverman for Rampart
Dustin Lance Black for J. Edgar
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
in consideration: Steven McQueen and Abi Morgan (Shame); Abi Morgan and Michael Hirst (The Iron Lady); Scott Z Burns (Contagion);
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
George Clooney and Grant Henslov for The Ides of March
Cameron Crowe and Aline Brosh McKenna for We Bought a Zoo
Lee Hall and Richard Curtis for War Horse
Christopher Hampton for A Dangerous Method
Steven Zaillian for The Girl with Dragon Tattoo
in consideration: John Logan (Hugo Cabret); Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Vornish (The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn); Jose Rivera (On the Road);
BEST DIRECTOR
David Cronenberg for A Dangerous Method
Clint Eastwood for J. Edgar
David Fincher for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Steven Spielberg for War Horse
in consideration: George Clooney (The Ides of March); Cameron Crowe (We Bought a Zoo); Walter Salles (On the Road);
Serious Oscar predictions with the contenders analysis coming in end of April/May
BEST PICTURE
The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn
A Dangerous Method
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo Cabret
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
On the Road
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Young Adult
in consideration: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II; Like Crazy; Moneyball; We Bought a Zoo;
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar
Michael Fassbender for A Dangerous Method
Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March
Woody Harrelson for Rampart
Sam Riley for On the Road
in consideration: Antonio Banderas (La piel que habito); Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo); Johnny Depp (The Rum Diary); Mel Gibson (The Beaver);
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
in consideration: Anne Hathaway (One Day); Charlize Theron (Young Adult); Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre); Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn);
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Armie Hammer for J. Edgar
John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method
Brad Pitt for The Tree of Life
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
in consideration: Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn); Ben Foster (Rampart); Ben Kingsley (Hugo Cabret); Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March);
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain for The Tree of Life
Viola Davis for The Help
Judi Dench for My Week with Marilyn
Charlotte Grainsbourg for Melancholia
Allison Janney for The Help
in consideration: Scarlett Johansson (We Bought a Zoo); Carey Mulligan (Shame); Kristen Stewart (On the Road); Kate Winslet (Carnage);
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody for Young Adult
Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones for Like Crazy
James Ellroy and Oren Moverman for Rampart
Dustin Lance Black for J. Edgar
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
in consideration: Steven McQueen and Abi Morgan (Shame); Abi Morgan and Michael Hirst (The Iron Lady); Scott Z Burns (Contagion);
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
George Clooney and Grant Henslov for The Ides of March
Cameron Crowe and Aline Brosh McKenna for We Bought a Zoo
Lee Hall and Richard Curtis for War Horse
Christopher Hampton for A Dangerous Method
Steven Zaillian for The Girl with Dragon Tattoo
in consideration: John Logan (Hugo Cabret); Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Vornish (The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn); Jose Rivera (On the Road);
BEST DIRECTOR
David Cronenberg for A Dangerous Method
Clint Eastwood for J. Edgar
David Fincher for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Steven Spielberg for War Horse
in consideration: George Clooney (The Ides of March); Cameron Crowe (We Bought a Zoo); Walter Salles (On the Road);
Serious Oscar predictions with the contenders analysis coming in end of April/May
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