* Asterisk denotes Predicted Winner
Best Picture
The Artist*
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Best Director
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
David Fincher – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo*
Best Actor
George Clooney – The Descendants*
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Best Actress
Viola Davis – The Help*
Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Christopher Plummer – Beginners*
Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer – The Help*
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
Will Reiser – 50/50
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris*
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants*
Steven Zaillian – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Tate Taylor – The Help
John Logan – Hugo
Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin – Moneyball
Best Animated Feature
The Adventures Of Tintin
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss In Boots
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Pina (Germany)
A Separation (Iran)*
In Darkness (Poland)
Best Documentary Feature Film
Bill Cunningham New York
Buck
Hell And Back Again
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory*
Project Nim
Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo*
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree Of Life
Best Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree Of Life*
War Horse
Best Costume Design
The Artist*
The Help
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week With Marilyn
Best Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo*
Moneyball
Best Makeup
The Artist*
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
The Iron Lady
Best Original Score
The Adventures Of Tintin
The Artist*
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse
Best Original Song
Albert Nobbs
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Help
The Muppets (“Life’s A Happy Song”)*
The Muppets (“Pictures In My Head”)
Best Sound Editing
Hugo
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes*
Super 8
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Best Sound Mixing
The Adventures Of Tintin
Hugo*
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Super 8
War Horse
Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes*
The Tree Of Life
Best Live Action Short Film
Je Pourrais Etre Votre Grand-Mere (I Could Be Your Grandmother)
Love At First Sight
Raju
The Road Home*
Sailcloth
Best Animated Short
A Shadow Of Blue
La Luna*
Night Island
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lemore
Wild Life
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Barber Of Birmingham: Foot Soldier Of The Civil Right Movement*
In Tahrir Square: 18 Days Of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution
Pipe Dreams
Saving Face
The Tsunami And The Cherry Blossom
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This is the worst of the 6 lists.
No, no, no. This is without a doubt the best list on the site. However, some of the other lists are really horrible. Joseph Braverman is so spot off. I mean, Refn for best director? That’s just so unlikely (same with Malick) and Chastain for best supporting actress. Horrible, horrible, horrible list.
This one is actually decent and I agree with a lot of your choices. Except for Best Documentary and the Sound categories I agree on all your predicted winners!
You forget, my friend, that this is a very unlikely and unpredictable year with the new rule change. Anything can happen so we will see on Tuesday.
But we are still talking about “predicting”. Your picks should reflect what you think is likely to happen, not what you hope happen or what would be surprising.
I honestly think you have some very, very unusual choices. I don’t see ANYTHING at all pointing at Chastain winning best supporting actress for The Tree of Life. I mean, she is pushed for The Help and got a SAG-nomination for that perfomance. Why should she possibly be the favorite to win for best supporting actress for The Tree of Life? I also think a double nomination for Pitt is very unlikely.
I respect the fact that you have a different opinion that mine, but I just think your picks are too different from the guilds – even though it is a unpredictable year. But we”ll see on tuesday.
For Chastain, she has won many awards from critics circles for The Tree of Life. I also think the Academy would take her role in Tree of Life more seriously as a stronger, more dramatic turn that was the pinnacle performance of her breakout year. I loved her in The Help, but she simply had far stronger work in The Tree of Life. It could very well be a Blood Diamond acting switch, but we shall see. If Chastain is nominated for Tree of Life, she could very easily put a dent in Spencer’s invincible armor. I predicted what I thought would happen, as well as taking into account the recent steam for certain films, and trying to figure out how the Academy will be voting. I predicted films with huge potential for number one votes. I think it’s wise to put in a few surprise noms, because its always good to prepare for a “Blind Side.” I do thank you for your input though. I always welcome a dialogue.
I don’t agree with your choices for Best Makeup, Best Song and Best Editing either… And director is probably 50/50 between Scorsese and Hazanavicius
Still a great list though!
Brioche – I would love to know why this is the worst… I’m a big boy… Let me have it!
Maybe Broche thinks the inclusion of DiCaprio is laughable?
The eternal paradox of personal conviction vs what the Academy will select… I have strong reservations with DiCaprio getting a nod but am hedging my bets on the safe choice… Although I personally like the performance in a subpar film, I don’t want the nod to come at the expense of other worthy performances… We shall see… Hope I’m wrong…
If anyone from J. Edgar should get a surprise nomination, I would hope it’s Hammer. I wanted DiCaprio to be good, I wanted the whole thing to be good, but in the end I was let down. Hopefully the next Eastwood movie is better.
I agree completely. I actually liked J. Edgar (yes I aware I’m in the minority) but Armie Hamer, makeup excluded, was the star of this film and gave the best acting performance. He was the toughest nominee to snub off my list but I think enough Academy voters want to reward Brad Pitt with two stellar acting roles which is why I bumped up Pitt over Hammer.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR FILMS RELEASED IN 2011 (okay, only some of the categories…)
BEST PICTURE
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
THE ARTIST
THE DESCENDANTS
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
THE HELP
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
A SEPARATION
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
BEST ACTOR
GEORGE CLOONEY (THE DESCENDANTS)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO (J. EDGAR)
JEAN DUJARDIN (THE ARTIST)
GARY OLDMAN (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)
BRAD PITT (MONEYBALL)
BEST ACTRESS
VIOLA DAVIS (THE HELP)
KIRSTEN DUNST (MELANCHOLIA)
MERYL STREEP (THE IRON LADY)
TILDA SWINTON (WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
KENNETH BRANAGH (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)
COLIN FIRTH (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)
JONAH HILL (MONEYBALL)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (BEGINNERS)
ALAN RICKMAN (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BERENICE BEJO (THE ARTIST)
KATHY BURKE (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)
JESSICA CHASTAIN (THE HELP)
MELISSA MCCARTHY (BRIDESMAIDS)
OCTAVIA SPENCER (THE HELP)
BEST DIRECTOR
TOMAS ALFREDSON (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS (THE ARTIST)
ALEXANDER PAYNE (THE DESCENDANTS)
MARTIN SCORSESE (HUGO)
DAVID YATES (HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ARTIST
BRIDESMAIDS
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
THE TREE OF LIFE
YOUNG ADULT
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
THE HELP
MONEYBALL
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
BEST FILM EDITING
THE ARTIST
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
HUGO
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY