The Oscars: Who Should Win
In the occasionally shocking world of the movie industry, one night celebrates the best of the best. The 2013 Academy Awards (or Oscars as they are more commonly known) will be broadcast live tomorrow evening, so here is a round-up of the nominees, as well as some predictions of who will win each category.
Best Picture
Argo
Amour
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Who should win: Thanks to its brilliant cast and some fine directing from Ben Affleck, Argo should take home the gold for the Best Picture category.
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington - Flight
Who should win: While the movie itself was dull to a non-American like myself, Lincoln was the perfect chance for Daniel Day-Lewis to show off his superb acting (mutton)chops as the performer didn't just act out the part - he became Honest Abe.
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhane Willis - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Who should win: Silver Linings Playbook was a decent movie until the introduction of Jennifer Lawrence - where it became a great movie thanks to her effortlessly charismatic and eccentric performance.
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
Who should win: Christoph Waltz was the most enjoyable aspect of Tarantino's Django Unchained, a movie that turned out to be much weaker than the cast within it. An Oscar for him would be very well deserved.
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jackie Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
Who should win: Anne Hathaway for completely bringing the house down in Les Miserables. Superb.
Best Director
Michael Haneke - Amour
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Ang Lee - Life Of Pi
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Who should win: The "unfilmable" adaptation of Life Of Pi came to extraordinarily colourful life thanks to Ang Lee's dazzling directorial vision.
Animated Feature Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
The Pirates! Band Of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Who should win: Wreck-It Ralph is one of the most original, exciting and humorous animated movies of the last decade and, while it would be nice for Pixar to add another award to their collection thanks to Brave, Disney deserve this one.
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Chris Terrio - Argo
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
David Magee - Life Of Pi
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Who should win: With such a vast story and such a large amount of source material, David Magee did well to condense Life Of Pi into a well paced whirlwind of a movie, and therefore deserves to take home the Oscar.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Michael Haneke - Amour
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
John Gatins - Flight
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola - Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
Who should win: Amidst all the political chaos of Zero Dark Thirty and the bloody violence of Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom sticks out as the film based purely on its believable, sweet characters. Its witty, absorbing screenplay should give it the edge.
Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Who should win: Say what you want about Django Unchained, but Tarantino certainly made the movie look just as authentic as the westerns of old.
Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life Of Pi
The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White And The Hunstman
Who should win: Life Of Pi: one movie worth seeing in 3D. Beautiful.
Music (Original Score)
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life Of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Who should win: That iconic James Bond theme never gets old, and Thomas Newman's tense, exciting score found the perfect pitch for what is simply the best 007 movie yet.
Make-Up And Hairstyling
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Who should win: The Hobbit. Those dwarf actors weren't born looking like that y'know.
Original Song
"Before My Time" - Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" - Ted
"Pi's Lullaby" - Life Of Pi
"Skyfall" - Skyfall
"Suddenly" - Les Miserables
Who should win: Skyfall, as Adele's original number opened the film in perfect style: shaken, not stirred.
Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White And The Hunstman
Who should win: Les Miserables had a great narrative detailing the lives of these individuals living in revolutionist France - everything from the music to the outstandingly authentic costumes pulled us further into the story.
That's all of the major categories covered - until the Oscars are revealed tomorrow evening this is all speculation but for each one I get right, you owe me a beer. Done? Cheers!
Check out a round-up of all the Oscar winners right here at Movies Under The Microscope.
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