Oscars 2012 - Predictions

This year I'm going to predict the Oscars leaving my heart on the side. My favorite films of the year were Hugo and The Tree of Life. I would actually tie them for Best Picture and hand Malick an Oscar, just because he has never won before. Yes. Michel Hazanavicius will be a Best Director Oscar winner while Terrence Malick would still be Oscar-less. I love The Artist and I have made peace with it winning Best Picture (just like I did with Slumdog Millionaire and Crash), the one Oscar I'm still looking for a pleasant surprise in is Best Director. Scorsese or Malick, please?

Anyway, so here are my predictions:

BEST PICTURE -

The Artist

Alternate: Hugo


 

BEST DIRECTOR-

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alternate: Martin Scorsese, Hugo

BEST ACTOR-

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Alternate: George Clooney, The Descendants

BEST ACTRESS-

Viola Davis, The Help

Alternate: Meryl Streep, Iron Lady

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR-

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Alternate: Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS-

Octavia Spenser, The Help

Alternate: Berenice Bejo, The Artist

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY-

Midnight in Paris

Alternate: The Artist

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY-

The Descendants

Alternate: Hugo

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM-

A Separation

Alternate: Monsieur lazhar

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY-

Undefeated

Alternates: Pina or Hell and Back Again

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE-

Rango

Alternate: Chico and Rita

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY-

Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life

Alternates: Guillame Schiffman, The Artist or Robert Richardson, Hugo.

BEST FILM EDITING-

The Artist

Alternate: The Descendants

BEST ART DIRECTION-

Hugo

Alternate: The Artist

BEST COSTUME DESIGN-

The Artist

Alternate: Hugo

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE-

The Artist

Alternate: Hugo

BEST ORIGINAL SONG-

Man or Muppet, The Muppets

Alternate: Real in Rio, Rio

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS-

Hugo

Alternate: Rise of the Planet of the Apes or Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

BEST SOUND MIXING-

Hugo

Alternate: War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING-

Hugo

Alternate: War Horse

BEST MAKE-UP

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Alternate: The Iron Lady