Best Picture:
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Lincoln"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"Argo"
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Best Director:
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Actor:
Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Best Actress:
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Original Screenplay:
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Django Unchained"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Amour"
"Flight"
Best Adapted Screenplay:
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Animated Feature:
"Frankenweenie"
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
"Wreck-It Ralph"
"Paranorman"
"Brave"
Best Foreign Feature:
"Amour"
"A Royal Affair"
"Kon-Tiki"
"No"
"War Witch"
Best Visual Effects:
"Life of Pi"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"The Avengers"
"Prometheus"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"
Best Cinematography:
"Skyfall"
"Anna Karenina"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
Best Costume Design:
"Anna Karenina"
"Les Miserables"
"Lincoln"
"Mirror Mirror"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"
Best Documentary Feature:
"Searching for Sugar Man"
"How to Survive a Plague"
"The Gatekeepers"
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Invisible War"
Best Documentary Short:
"Open Heart"
"Inocente"
"Redemption"
"Kings Point"
"Mondays at Racine"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"
Best Film Editing:
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Life of Pi"
"Argo"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Miserables"
Best Music (Original Score):
"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"
Best Music (Original Song):
"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice"
"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted"
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi"
"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"
Best Production Design:
"Anna Karenina"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
Best Short Film, Animated:
"Adam and Dog"
"Fresh Guacamole"
"Head over Heels"
"Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'"
"Paperman"
Best Short Film, Live Action:
"Asad"
"Buzkashi Boys"
"Curfew"
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)"
"Henry"
Best Sound Editing:
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Sound Mixing:
"Argo"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"
Since I've seen just three of the nominees, I can only offer some wholly non-scientific and opinionated observations.
No huge shocks in the Best Picture category. Lincoln, Life of Pi, Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables were all locks, prestige pictures from repeat offenders… er, winners. Django Unchained qualifies too; the Academy loves to nominate Tarantino even if they don't let him win anything. Argo surprises me: a good movie, but not really typical Oscar bait. Michael Haneke's Amour is an outlier too. Beasts of the Southern Wild and Silver Linings Playbook fulfill the precocious indie quotient.
Some people seem upset The Hobbit or The Master were left out, but neither film met with exactly universal acclaim. I'm glad at the lack of popcorn blockbusters, though it's not really a shock: The Avengers wasn't aiming for awards, Prometheus got mixed reviews and The Dark Knight Returns had a mute reception.
Acting categories? Daniel Day-Lewis seems a lock. Best Actress seems a dead heat between Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence, two hot (career-wise) actresses anchoring prestige pictures. Supporting Actor is a toss-up: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Arkin, Tommy Lee Jones and Christoph Waltz are all past winners with a lot of great buzz. Robert De Niro's the outlier, though he deserves a "welcome back to quality roles" bone. Supporting actress is Anne Hathaway, no question.
The Best Director, however, indicates we’re playing with loaded dice. Tom Hooper, Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck were all shut out, even with their pictures earning Best Picture nods. Call me cynical but given the lack of Best Picture buzz around Life of Pi and others, this seems a set up for Lincoln to run the table. Since I loved the movie I'm not too upset, but it does neuter the suspense considerably.
Not that I'll be watching anyway. Seth McFarlane's hosting this year, when he'd be much more entertaining with his entrails devoured by rabid badgers.
Rest assured I'll be catching (and reviewing) at least three of these movies over the weekend. Stay tuned to find out which ones.
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