Best Picture
1) 12 Years A Slave
2) Gravity
3) American Hustle
4) Her
5) Captain Phillips
6) The Wolf Of Wall Street
7) Nebraska
8) Dallas Buyers Club
9) Philomena
I got 8/9. I picked Saving Mr Banks and Inside Llewyn Davis, and not Philomena.
Best Actor:
1) Chiwetel Ejiofor- 12 Years A Slave
2) Matthew McConaughey- Dallas Buyers Club
3) Bruce Dern- Nebraska
4) Christian Bale- American Hustle
5) Leonardo DiCaprio- The Wolf Of Wall Street
Big surprises. No Redford or Hanks. DiCaprio AND Bale both broke through.
Best Actress
1) Cate Blanchett- Blue Jasmine
2) Sandra Bullock- Gravity
3) Judi Dench- Philomena
4) Amy Adams- American Hustle
5) Meryl Streep- August Osage County
I thought Meryl would lose out to Amy Adams, but it turned out that Emma Thompson lost out as Saving Mr Banks got heavily shut out.
Best Supporting Actor
1) Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club
2) Michael Fassbender- 12 Years A Slave
3) Barkhad Abdi- Captain Phillips
4) Bradley Cooper- American Hustle
5) Jonah Hill- Wolf Of Wall Street
I had Gandolfini. Jonah Hill snuck in instead.
Best Supporting Actress
1) Lupita Nyong’o- 12 Years A Slave
2) Jennifer Lawrence- American Hustle
3) June Squibb- Nebraska
4) Julia Roberts- August Osage County
5) Sally Hawkins- Blue Jasmine
I was right in my “this might happen”. Turns out Winfrey was out, and Roberts and Hawkins were both in.
Best Director:
1) Alfonso Cuaron- Gravity
2) Steve McQueen- 12 Years A Slave
3) David O Russell- American Hustle
4) Martin Scorsese- The Wolf Of Wall Street
5) Alexander Payne- Nebraska
I thought Greengrass would miss out, and I was right. I thought Spike Jonze would get an invite, it turned out to be Alexander Payne.
Best Animated Feature:
1) Frozen
2) The Wind Rises
3) Despicable Me 2
4) The Croods
5) Ernest and Celestine
Turns out the Academy was OK with leaving off Monsters University.
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
1) The Act Of Killing
2) 20 Feet From Stardom
3) Cutie and the Boxer
4) Dirty Wars
5) The Square
I only got two of these right. I’m not surprised that Blackfish and Tim’s Vermeer didn’t make the cut, but I am surprised the well reviewed Stories We Tell missed the cut.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1) The Hunt
2) The Broken Circle Breakdown
3) The Great Beauty
4) Omar
5) The Missing Picture
I went 4/5 here. I picked The Grandmaster, but they went with The Missing Picture.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) Spike Jonze- Her
2) Eric Singer and David O Russell- American Hustle
3) Bob Nelson- Nebraska
4) Woody Allen- Blue Jasmine
5) Craig Borten- Dallas Buyers Club
I went 4/5 here. The Coens didn’t get nominated. Inside Llewyn Davis was largely shut out.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) John Ridley- 12 Years A Slave
4) Terrence Winter- The Wolf Of Wall Street
5) Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope- Philomena
2) Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke- Before Midnight
3) Billy Ray- Captain Phillips
I got all five! WOOOOOO!
ORIGINAL SONG
1) Let It Go from Frozen
2) The Moon Song from Her
3) Ordinary Love from Mandela: A Long Walk To Freedom
4) Alone Yet Not Alone from Alone Yet Not Alone
5) Happy from Despicable Me 2
I only got 2/5. Then again, I don’t think ANYONE saw Alone Yet Not Alone coming.
BEST EDITING
1) Gravity
2) 12 Years A Slave
3) Captain Phillips
4) American Hustle
5) Dallas Buyers Club
I had Gatsby and Hobbit, they had Dallas and Phillips. 3/5.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Gravity
2) The Grandmaster
3) Inside Llewyn Davis
4) Prisoners
5) Nebraska
Despite not being nominated for Best Foreign Film, The Grandmaster manages a cinematography nod. Also, Prisoners finally gets some love. I went 3/5.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Gravity
2) 12 Years A Slave
3) American Hustle
4) Her
5) The Great Gatsby
I went 3/5.
BEST SOUND MIXING
1) Gravity
2) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
3) Inside Llewyn Davis
4) Captain Phillips
5) Lone Survivor
3/5.
SOUND EDITING
1) Gravity
2) Captain Phillips
3) The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
4) All Is Lost
5) Lone Survivor
I went 4/5 here.
COSTUME DESIGN
1) American Hustle
2) 12 Years A Slave
3) The Great Gatsby
4) The Grandmaster
5) The Invisible Woman
I went 3/5 here. Grandmaster gets more love. I’m surprised Oz wasn’t nominated here.
ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Gravity
2) Philomena
3) Saving Mr Banks
4) Her
5) The Book Thief
I’m surprised 12 Years A Slave got shut out here. I went 2/5.
BEST MAKEUP
1) The Lone Ranger
2) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
3) Dallas Buyers Club
I had Bad Grandpa on my shortlist until last night, when I made my final predictions. I allowed myself to be convinced the Oscars were too snooty to nominate a Jackass film. 1/3.
VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Gravity
2) The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
3) The Lone Ranger
4) Iron Man 3
5) Star Trek Into Darkness
Ummm… The Lone Ranger over Pacific Rim? Da fuck? Of all the nomination omissions, Pacific Rim seems to be the most glaring.
NOMINATION TOTALS BY FILM
10) Gravity- Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects
10) American Hustle- Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Costume Design, Editing, Production Design, Original Screenplay
9) 12 Years A Slave- Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Costume Design, Editing, Production Design, Adapted Screenplay
6) Captain Phillips- Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Adapted Screenplay
6) Dallas Buyers Club- Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Editing, Makeup, Original Screenplay
6) Nebraska-Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Cinematography, Original Screenplay
5) The Wolf Of Wall Street- Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay
5) Her- Best Picture, Original Song, Score, Production Design, Original Screenplay
4) Philomena- Best Picture, Best Actress, Score, Adapted Screenplay
3) The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug- Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects
3) Blue Jasmine- Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
2) August Osage County- Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
2) Frozen- Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song
2) Despicable Me 2- Best Animated Feature, Best Original Song
2) The Grandmaster- Cinematography, Costume Design
2) The Great Gatsby- Costume Design, Production Design
2) Lone Survivor- Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
2) Inside Llewyn Davis- Cinematography, Sound Mixing
2) Lone Ranger- Makeup, Visual Effects
1) Saving Mr Banks- Score
1) The Wind Rises- Best Animated Feature
1) Ernest and Celestine- Best Animated Feature
1) The Croods- Best Animated Feature
1) Prisoners- Cinematography
1) Invisible Woman- Costume Design
1) The Act Of Killing- Documentary Feature
1) 20 Feet From Stardom- Documentary Feature
1) The Cutie and the Boxer- Documentary Feature
1) The Square- Documentary Feature
1) Dirty Wars- Documentary Feature
1) The Hunt- Foreign Language
1) Broken Circle Breakdown- Foreign Language
1) The Great Beauty- Foreign Language
1) The Missing Picture- Foreign Language
1) Omar- Foreign Language
1) Jackass Presents:Bad Grandpa- Makeup
1) The Book Thief- Score
1) Alone Yet Not Alone- Original Song
1) Mandela: A Long Walk To Freedom- Original Song
1) All Is Lost- Sound Editing
1) Iron Man 3- Visual Effects
1) Star Trek Into Darkness- Visual Effects
1) Before Midnight- Adapted Screenplay
