Oscar Winners Final Predictions

With the Oscars coming up on Sunday evening and everyone making predictions of their own, I have decided to make my predictions as well (for most of the categories). Some were a little harder to decide than others:


Best Picture

Here's how I, personally, rank the 9 nominees:

1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Django Unchained
5. Life of Pi
6. Les Miserables
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild
8. Zero Dark Thirty
9. Amour

Who Will Win: The winner will probably be Argo, but Lincoln could give it a run for its money. It could go either way. The only dark horse, in my opinion, would be Silver Linings Playbook. The other films were great, but knowing these Academy voters, I'm pretty sure none of them will have a chance.

Who Should Win: Argo


Best Actor

Nominees:

-Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
-Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
-Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
-Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
-Denzel Washington (Flight)

Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis

Who Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis


Best Actress

Nominees:

-Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
-Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
-Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
-Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
-Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Who Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence

Who Should Win: Emmanuelle Riva


Best Supporting Actor

Nominees:

-Alan Arkin (Argo)
-Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
-Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
-Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
-Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Who Will Win: Robert DeNiro or Tommy Lee Jones

Who Should Win: Robert DeNiro or Tommy Lee Jones


Best Supporting Actress

Nominees:

-Amy Adams (The Master)
-Sally Field (Lincoln)
-Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
-Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
-Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

Who Will Win: Anne Hathaway

Who Should Win: Anne Hathaway


Animated Feature

Nominees:

-Brave
-Frankenweenie
-Wreck-It Ralph
-ParaNorman
-The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Who Will Win: Wreck-It Ralph or Brave

Who Should Win: Frankenweenie


Cinematography

Nominees:

-Anna Karenina
-Django Unchained
-Life of Pi
-Lincoln
-Skyfall

Who Will Win: Life of Pi

Who Should Win: Life of Pi or Lincoln


Costume Design

Nominees:

-Anna Karenina
-Les Miserables
-Lincoln
-Mirror Mirror
-Snow White and the Huntsman

Who Will Win: Les Miserables

Who Should Win: Anna Karenina


Directing

Nominees:

-Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
-Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
-David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
-Michael Haneke (Amour)
-Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Who Will Win: This is a tough one this year since there is no front runner. However, it will probably be either Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) or Ang Lee (Life of Pi), but I'm leaning more towards Spielberg.

Who Should Win: Ben Affleck (Argo)--oh wait, he wasn't nominated. Umm, then Steven Spielberg, I guess.


Film Editing

Nominees:

-Argo
-Life of Pi
-Lincoln
-Silver Linings Playbook
-Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Argo

Who Should Win: Argo


Foreign Film

Nominees:

-Amour (Austria)
-Kon-Tiki (Norway)
-No (Chile)
-A Royal Affair (Denmark)
-War Witch (Canada)

Who Will Win: Amour

Who Should Win: Amour


Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees:

-Hitchcock
-The Hobbit
-Les Miserables

Who Will Win: The Hobbit

Who Should Win: Les Miserables


Original Score

Nominees:

-Anna Karenina
-Argo
-Life of Pi
-Lincoln
-Skyfall

Who Will Win: Life of Pi

Who Should Win: Lincoln


Original Song

Nominees:

-"Before My Time" from Chasing Ice
-"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted
-"Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi
-"Skyfall" from Skyfall
-"Suddenly" from Les Miserables

Who Will Win: "Skyfall" from Skyfall

Who Should Win: "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi (sorry)


Production Design

Nominees:

-Anna Karenina
-The Hobbit
-Les Miserables
-Lincoln
-Life of Pi

Who Will Win: Anna Karenina

Who Should Win: Life of Pi or Lincoln


Sound Editing

Nominees:

-Argo
-Django Unchained
-Life of Pi
-Skyfall
-Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Life of Pi

Who Should Win: Life of Pi or Skyfall


Sound Mixing

Nominees:

-Argo
-Les Miserables
-Lincoln
-Life of Pi
-Skyfall

Who Will Win: Les Miserables

Who Should Win: Les Miserables or Life of Pi


Visual Effects

Nominees:

-The Hobbit
-Life of Pi
-The Avengers
-Prometheus
-Snow White and the Huntsman

Who Will Win: Life of Pi

Who Should Win: Life of Pi


Adapted Screenplay

Nominees:

-Argo
-Beasts of the Southern Wild
-Life of Pi
-Lincoln
-Silver Linings Playbook

Who Will Win: Argo

Who Should Win: Lincoln


Original Screenplay

Nominees:

-Amour
-Django Unchained
-Flight
-Moonrise Kingdom
-Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Amour or Django Unchained

Who Should Win: Django Unchained