2014 Oscar Winners Predictions
Each year, I geek out about the Oscars and almost every year, they let me down. For some reason each year I get more excited than the previous year. After watching over a 100 Hollywood films in 2013. I can’t help but feel unvested in what happens on Oscar night.
Among the 2013 movies nominated, American Hustle: loosely based on real events, and the audience-pleasing 3D Gravity topped the nominations with 10 nods each, while 12 Years a Slave followed with nine nominations.
Who Votes for Oscars?
There are over 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy consists of directors, writers, producers and actors. Actors make up the largest group of voters.
Top Snubs:
1. Fruitvale Station/Rush (Best Movie Nominee)
2. Michael B. Jordan (Not rewarded for his role in Fruitvale Station)
3. Tom Hanks (for his role as Captain Philips in Captain Philips)
4. Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks), Joaquin Phoenix (For HER!) & Oprah (The Butler)
5. Blackfish/Stories We Tell/Muscle Shoals (Snubbed Documentaries)
Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Potential Surprise: Gravity
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Potential Surprise: Steve Mc Queen (12 Years A Slave)
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Potential Surprise: Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf Of Wallstreet)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Potential Surprise: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Best Animation Movie: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho (Frozen)
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley (12 Years A Slave)
Potential Surprise: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)
Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze (Her)
Potential Surprise: Bob Nelson (Nebraska)
Best Foreign Film: The Great Beauty
Potential Surprise: The Hunt
Best Documentary: Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer (The Square)
Potential Surprise: Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen (The Act Of Killing)
Best Editing: Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger (Gravity)
Potential Surprise: Christopher Rouse (Captain Philips)
Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby)
Potential Surprise: Micheal Wilkinson (American Hustle)
Best make Up and Hairstyling: Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathew (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Original Score: Steven Price (Gravity)
Potential Surprise: William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)
Best Original Song: Let It Go by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Lobert Lopez (Frozen)
Best Production Design: Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)
Potential Surprise: K.K.Barrett and Gene Serdana (Her)
Best Visual Effects: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence and Neil Corbould (Gravity) (Surprised to see no Pacific Rim here)
Best Sound Editing: Green Freemantle (Gravity)
Potential Surprise: Oliver Tarney (Captain Philips)
Best Sound Mixing: Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro (Gravity)
Potential Surprise: Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
Sorry folks I have not seen any of the nominees in these three categories, so can offer no commentary.
· Best Short Film – Animated
· Best Short Film – Live Action
· Best Documentary – Short Subject
The countdown to the Oscars is on, so before the March 2 event wraps up award season, I’m making my final predictions for the biggest show of them all. Here’s who I thought will be taking home Academy Awards this year, Still hoping Gravity wins the best picture and Leonardo Dicaprio wins the Best Actor. Knowing the Oscar, that it would be nearly impossible.
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Last year, the Best Picture award went to Argo. Watch the win below:
Pharrell Williams – Happy will be the best original song i hope