My Final Oscar Predictions

The road to the Oscars this year has been boring, predictable and lifeless. No doubt the awards show will follow suit. Most of us, even those of us who take a pathetic interest in the Oscars every year, want it be over with as soon as possible. Everybody has resigned to the fact that The Artist is going to win Best Picture. I've never been more certain of anything in my life. The only suspense lingering over the Oscars at this point is if The Artist will sweep or split?

Look at these smug fucks about to win everything.

The only award that I give a shit about this year is Best Actress. If Viola Davis wins, she will be the 2nd woman to win the award in Oscar's 84 year history.

I'm not sure if the Oscars will be broadcast on free-to-air channels in New Zealand, but they are live on Sky Movies from 2.30pm on Monday 28th February.

All of our Oscar rituals, you know, organizing an Oscar party, filling in ballots, is a chore this go around. My final predictions have been a chore too, but here goes:


Who Will Win 

Best Picture - The Artist
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actress - Viola Davis, The Help (WRONG! I'll never forgive them for this.)
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Adapted Screenplay - The Descendants
Best Original Screenplay - Midnight in Paris (WRONG!)

Best Documentary - Undefeated
Documentary Short - Saving Face
Best Animated Film - Rango
Animated Short - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Foreign Language Film - A Separation
Live Action Short - Tuba Atlantic

Cinematography - The Tree Of Life (WRONG! One day, Emmanuel Lubezki.)
Editing - The Artist (WRONG! I'm so pleased to be wrong on this one.)
Sound Mixing - Hugo
Sound Editing - Hugo
Art Direction - Hugo
Costume - The Artist 
Make-Up - The Iron Lady
Best Original Score - The Artist
Original Song - The Muppets
Visual FX - Rise of the Planet of the Apes (WRONG!)


Who Should Win

Best Picture - Hugo OR Moneyball
Best Director - Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor - Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Actress - Viola Davis, The Help
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Adapted Screenplay - Moneyball
Best Original Screenplay - A Separation 

Best Documentary - Undefeated
Documentary Short - Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Best Animated Film - Puss in Boots
Animated Short - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Foreign Language Film - A Separation
Live Action Short - The Shore

Cinematography - The Tree of Life OR Hugo
Editing - Moneyball OR The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Sound Mixing - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Sound Editing - Drive
Art Direction - Hugo
Costume - Jane Eyre
Make-Up - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Best Original Score - The Artist
Original Song - Man Or a Muppet, The Muppets
Visual FX - Rise of the Planet of the Ape