Well, we will know the Academy Awards 2012 nominees next Tuesday and since both P. and I will be studying for our exams, I post here my final Academy Awards 2012 nominations predictions for almost every category. Since my first predictions (April), the top contenders changed and The Artist emmerged as the unexpected masterpiece, being the front-runner in the Oscar race. Give me your opinion about this predictions, if you want!
- BEST PICTURE
The new rules for the Best Picture nominations may turn the nominees list a bit different from the ones from previous years. While The Artist, The Descendants, Hugo, The Help and Midnight In Paris are locks in this category, mostly due to how loved they are by both critics and audiences, the other possible nominees I predict may look a bit unlikely: Drive is a critics' darling, but it will be the favorite of action movies fans and since Ryan Gosling is in it, the chances are higher; The Tree of Life will be the chosen one from arthouse lovers, intellectual minds and people who simply felt this cinematic experience. War Horse is a very emotionally-satisfying movie, it is set in World War I and it has the Spielberg quality, so it has "a lot of everything" in order to be the nº 1 of enough Oscar voters. For some reason, I don't see Moneyball getting nominated in the Best Picture category, because there are other "better" choices and the whole thing about the movie is Brad Pitt and the brilliant screenplay, which increases The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Oscar prospects, but this one may be too dark and too raw for the AMPAS tastes. Harry Potter may get a nomination, mostly because of the nostaligic feeling: the last chapter of one of the best movie franchises ever - recognize the last, recognize all the other before - and people simply loved this one, which is also one of the best movies of the year, in my opinion. I predict 8 Best Picture nominees this year.
1. The Artist
2. The Descendants
3. Hugo
4. The Help
5. Midnight In Paris
6. War Horse
7. The Tree of Life
8. Drive
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
ALTERNATES: Moneyball; A Separation
- BEST DIRECTOR
1. Michael Hazanavicius - The Artist
2. Martin Scorsese - Hugo
3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants
4. Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris
5. Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
ALTERNATES: David Fincher - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
- BEST LEADING ACTOR
1. Jean Dujardin - The Artist
2. George Clooney - The Descendants
3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball
4. Michael Fassbender - Shame
5. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ALTERNATES: Michael Shannon - Take Shelter; Ryan Gosling - Drive
- BEST LEADING ACTRESS
1. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
2. Viola Davis - The Help
3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
4. Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
5. Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
ALTERNATES: Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs; Charlize Theron - Young Adult
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christopher Plummer - Beginners
2. Albert Brooks - Drive
3. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
4. Nick Nolte - Warrior
5. Corey Stoll - Midnight In Paris
ALTERNATES: Jonah Hill - Moneyball; Patton Oswalt - Young Adult
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Octavia Spencer - The Help
2. Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
3. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
4. Shailene Woodley - The Descendants
5. Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
ALTERNATES: Jessica Chastain - The Help; Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Midnight In Paris
2. The Artist
3. 50/50
4. A Separation
5. Bridesmaids
ALTERNATES: Young Adult; Win Win
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. The Descendants
2. Moneyball
3. Hugo
4. The Help
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Tree of Life
2. The Artist
3. Hugo
4. War Horse
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
ALTERNATES: Drive; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- BEST ART DIRECTION
1. Hugo
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3. The Artist
4. War Horse
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Hugo
2. The Artist
3. Jane Eyre
4. My Week With Marilyn
5. The Help
ALTERNATES: W.E.; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- BEST MAKEUP
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2. Hugo
3. Albert Nobbs
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. Hugo
4. The Tree of Life
5. Transformers: the Dark Side of the Moon
- BEST FILM EDITING
1. The Artist
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
3. Drive
4. Hugo
5. War Horse
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. The Artist
2. War Horse
3. Hugo
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Hanna
ALTERNATES: Jane Eyre; We Bought a Zoo
- BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. "Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs
2. "Life's a Happy Song" - The Muppets
3. "The Living Proof" - The Help
4. "Picture In My Head" - The Muppets
5. "Gathering Stories" - We Bought a Zoo
- BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Hugo
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Super 8
5. Drive
- BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Hugo
2. Super 8
3. Drive
4. Hanna
5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
ALTERNATES: The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Rango
2. The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn
3. Chico and Rita
ALTERNATES: Arthur Christmas; Puss In Boots
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A Separation
2. Pina
3. In Darkness
4. SuperClássico
5. Omar Killed Me
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