BEST PICTURE
Because the AMPAS will want to recognize the most loved movie of the year, which is a tribute to the silent cinema era at the same time.
The Artist
BEST DIRECTOR
Oscar voters will choose between Scorsese and the director of The Artist, but since Scorsese is a living directing leggend and Hazanavicius turned a risky project in a masterpiece and a contender for a cinema classic, I bet they will go for the French director.
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Only a really talented performance could be able to pull such a wonderful performance without saying a single word, so Dujardin deserves to take the Oscar home, no matter against how many movie stars he's competing.
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
I think it's time to give Streep her third Oscar win: she's just too overdue and she delivered a technically perfect performance as one of the most controversial and powerful women in History - Margaret Thatcher. People say Viola Davis will win this one for The Help, but I think the AMPAS doesn't want to loose its credibility and we will see Meryl accepting the prize.
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Homossexuality, love and a man who's dying with cancer... Plummer delivers one of the most touching performances of the year in a tiny independent movie that received rave reviews. More than a recognition for his amazing performance, it is the crowning of a career.
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer's Oscar buzz keeps strong, in spite of Bérénice Bejo, who emmerged as a possible win due to all the love around The Artist. We can't forget that Spencer collected all the major Best Supporting Actress awards and, as part of The Help's cast, a big couple of the Best Ensemble ones, so, she's likely to win the Oscar.
Octavia Spencer for The Help
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
If there's something charming about Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris are the nostalgic views of the world he shows to the audience and that's why he will win the Academy Award of Best Original Screenplay. Nostalgia is in the air...
Midnight in Paris: Written by Woody Allen
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
I don't think the Academy will want to see one of the best movies of the year going home without any golden man and the screenplay categories are used as honorable prizes for the ones who didn't win the Best Picture but deserve something for being so good. That's why The Descendants will likely win in this category, unless there's a George Clooney curse and Moneyball will win this one, like what happened with Up In the Air's loss to Precious.
The Descendants: Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It is a tricky category, where a lot of little foreign cinematic masterpieces like Amélie or Pan's Labyrinth lost to its fellow nominees. A Separation is by far the most awarded foreign movie of the movie and one of the best movies of the year and it deserves the Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film for sure, but the AMPAS doesn't make the most conventional choices sometimes.
A Separation - Iran
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
I think it will be an easy win for Rango. Since The Adventures of Tintin didn't get nominated in this category (what a shock!), Rango emmerged as a future Best Animated Feature Oscar winning movie. It's funny, it's full of energy and it's a really well-made piece of cinema... A win is almost guaranteed.
Rango
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
There's something seductive about a 3D documentary about dance. Since it was also Germany's Best Foreign Film Oscar submission, I can see Pina as the most seen documentary of the nominees shortlist and since people say it is amazing (I didn't see this one), it is a strong contender for a win.
Pina
BEST ART DIRECTION
If there's something truly wonderful about Hugo are the sets and the sets' pieces: they make the whole scenario look magic and fantastic and the clocks and the train station are just amazing! The art direction work in Hugo is strong enough in order to beat the "monumental" Hogwarths from Harry Potter.
Hugo
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Academy loves to pay attention to the costumes detail's and that's why I believe Jane Eyre will beat Hugo and The Artist in the Best Costume Design race. You can almost feel the touch of all the clothes in Jane Eyre by only watch them - it's a perfect costume design work, with a lot of flawless details that make you look and then look closer...
Jane Eyre
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The black&white cinematic mood is a showcase for cinematography, even when the cinematography work isn't that complex and impressive - that's what happens in The Artist. The movie may not have a cinematography work as strong as The Tree of Life's but being a black&white movie and being the Best Picture strongest contender put it in the winning road.
The Artist
BEST EDITING
The dancing scenes in The Artist are just awesome! You don't know if Dujardin and Bejo are such good dancers, but the fact is that the editing work make them look like true "dancing queens".
The Artist
BEST MAKEUP
Personally, I think it sounds awful saying that the Harry Potter franchise never won an Academy Award and let's be honest: it deserves something! The last chapter of the saga got 3 nominations and the Best Makeup category looks like the one where it has more chances at winning. In spite of the obvious winner of the category being The Iron Lady, the makeup work in Harry Potter is magnificient and it is Oscar-worthy, definetely!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
A movie without people talking could become boring if it wouldn't have an amazing score and the truth is the silence of The Artist only elevates the quality of its score and makes the audience listen to this in a much more conscious way than in a "noisy" movie. Plus, The Artist have been collecting (almost) all the most important awards in this category.
The Artist
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
The Muppets is almost all about its music and how it sounds... besides Miss Piggy, of course! "Man or Muppet" is a lovely song from a damn funny and lovely movie!
The Muppets is almost all about its music and how it sounds... besides Miss Piggy, of course! "Man or Muppet" is a lovely song from a damn funny and lovely movie!
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets - Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
BEST SOUND EDITING
Sounds like the winner in this category will be Hugo, no matter how many explosions the other nominated movies in this category may have!
Hugo
BEST SOUND MIXING
Sound Mixing and Sound Editing are almost twin brothers and since Hugo is really strong in both categories, Hugo will also be awarded with the Best Sound Mixing prize in the Oscars night.
Hugo
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes: it's all about Caesar and about how this monkey character is build from the motion capture of Andy Serkis' amazing performance, creating such a realistic character that's almost intriguing to watch.
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
It's sweet. It's lovely. Pixar's La Luna is likely to win in this category, in my opinion.
It's sweet. It's lovely. Pixar's La Luna is likely to win in this category, in my opinion.
La Luna
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