FINAL RESULTS 2012 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

MY OSCAR PREDICTIONS 

Not my best year, but I did get 4 out of 5 correct.  The only one I missed was Best Actress, which went to Meryll Streep.  It was well deserved, so no complaints.

I do wish George Clooney would have won for Best Actor, but again DuJardin had a great performance as well and only one can win.

I am thrilled my longshot for Best Supporting Actor was won by Christopher Plummer.  The oldest actor to win the award at 82.  This was not an obligatory Oscar given because he had never won one, like with John Wayne.  This was a well earned Oscar.

This year I decided to wait until the night before for my predictions so I wouldn’t waffle like I did last year.  I have to confess, that this year isn’t that exciting for me despite some strong performances.  Out of the 60 movies I saw this year, I didn’t even see all the nominated ones.  

My predictions are not always based off the ones I think are the best, but rather the ones I think the Academy will choose.  They tend to base decisions on politics over quality more often than not (IMHO).  So here we go:

Best Picture: For Best picture these were all good choices.  I am going to go with       The Artist

• The Artist
• The Descendant     This film is actually my favorite.  Great film that is low key at the same time

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
  This film still has me thinking to this day.  Incredibly artistic, but I can’t recommend it for the Oscar
• War Horse

Best Actor:  All of these were great performances, but the politics are all with

Jean Dujardin in The Artist

• Demián Bichir

• George Clooney
  Best Clooney performance to date.  I would like him to win
• Jean Dujardin

• Gary Oldman

• Brad Pitt

Best Actress: This one is up in the air.  I’m going to go with:

Viola Davis for The Help

• Glenn Close
  Vanity performance.  Never bought that she was a man
• Viola Davis

• Rooney Mara
  Great performance, but the movie didn’t make a big impact.  Strong feminist role, so maybe

• Meryl Streep
  Oscar darling and great performance, but no heat here
• Michelle Williams

            This could very well be the win, but I’m not going with it.

Best Supporting Actor:  Again with great performances.  I’m going to go out on a limb and say 

Christopher Plummer for The Beginners

• Kenneth Branagh

• Jonah Hill

• Nick Nolte

• Christopher Plummer

• Max von Sydow

Best Supporting Actress:  I’m going to go with 

Octavia Spencer for The Help

• Bérénice Bejo
• Jessica Chastain
• Melissa McCarthy
  The Oscars largely ignores comedies, which is too bad as Meliisa did a great performance in Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer
• Octavia Spencer

Best Director:  This is one of the few times that I think all of these efforts are deserving. I think the mojo is with:

Michael Hazanavicius

• The Artist
  Michel Hazanavicius

• The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
  Something to be proud of

• Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
  This is the one I think should get it

• Midnight in Paris
  Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick

            Incredible artistic achievement.