2014 Oscar Predictions

[Keith]

The nominations for the 86th Oscars are announced this Thursday, so ahead of that I thought we could make our own predictions on who will be nominated and win in the major catagories.

Best Film
American Hustle
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
Prisoners
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave - Winner
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips

Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) - Winner
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Actor
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Chiwetel Eliofor (12 Years a Slave) - Winner
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk Freedom)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) - Winner
Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) - Winner
Bradly Cooper (American Hustle)
Paul Giamatti (Saving Mr. Banks)
George Clooney (Gravity)
Alec Baldwin (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Cary Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis) - Winner
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufey, Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
John Ridley, Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave)
William Nicholson (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street) - Winner
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) - Winner
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith (Saving Mr. Banks)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Eric Singer, David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Cinematography
Linus Sandgren (American Hustle)
Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) - Winner
Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Best Animation
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen - Winner
Monsters University

Best Foreign Language
Gloria
The Great Beauty - Winner
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
Wadjda

Its pretty wide open this year. I expect 12YAS and Gravity to get the most nominations, with maybe Slave to win the most, and Gravity to win more on the techinical awards. American Hustle will get lots of nominations but I don't see many if any wins. The actor catagories look the closest with only Blancett looking a dead cert to win.

 

[Tapout]

Best Film
American Hustle
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
The Great Gatsby
The Wolf of Wall Street - Winner
12 Years a Slave
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips

Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) -
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) -Winner
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Actor
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) - Winner
Chiwetel Eliofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk Freedom)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity) - Winner
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Bradly Cooper (American Hustle) - Winner
Paul Giamatti (Saving Mr. Banks)
George Clooney (Gravity)
Alec Baldwin (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) - Winner
Cary Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufey, Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) - Winner
John Ridley, Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave)
William Nicholson (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) - Winner
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith (Saving Mr. Banks)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Eric Singer, David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Cinematography
Linus Sandgren (American Hustle)
Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) - Winner
Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Best Animation
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen - Winner
Monsters University

 

[Chris]

Way too many fucking movies to predict nominations. I'll just wait 5 days and predict winners.

 

[Keith]

Best Film
American Hustle
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
The Great Gatsby
The Wolf of Wall Street - Winner
12 Years a Slave
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips

Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) -
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) -Winner
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Actor
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) - Winner
Chiwetel Eliofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk Freedom)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity) - Winner
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Bradly Cooper (American Hustle) - Winner
Paul Giamatti (Saving Mr. Banks)
George Clooney (Gravity)
Alec Baldwin (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) - Winner
Cary Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufey, Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) - Winner
John Ridley, Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave)
William Nicholson (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) - Winner
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith (Saving Mr. Banks)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Eric Singer, David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Cinematography
Linus Sandgren (American Hustle)
Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) - Winner
Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Best Animation
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen - Winner
Monsters University

No you've got this wrong, those weren't the official nominations I put up just my predictions for the nominations which are announced on Thursday. Interesting that you think Scorsese/The Wolf of Wall Street will do so well. I see it as a bit of a dark horse. It has enough behind it due to subject matter, director/stars to be up there, but I only see it picking up a couple of the lesser awards.

Chris you kill joy! You could just do the main catagories.

 

[Keith]

The nominations for the 86th Oscars are announced this Thursday, so ahead of that I thought we could make our own predictions on who will be nominated and win in the major catagories.

Best Film
American Hustle
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks
Prisoners
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave - Winner
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips

Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) - Winner
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Actor
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Chiwetel Eliofor (12 Years a Slave) - Winner
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk Freedom)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) - Winner
Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) - Winner
Bradly Cooper (American Hustle)
Paul Giamatti (Saving Mr. Banks)
George Clooney (Gravity)
Alec Baldwin (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Cary Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis) - Winner
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufey, Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
John Ridley, Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave)
William Nicholson (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street) - Winner
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) - Winner
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith (Saving Mr. Banks)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Eric Singer, David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Cinematography
Linus Sandgren (American Hustle)
Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) - Winner
Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Best Animation
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen - Winner
Monsters University

Best Foreign Language
Gloria
The Great Beauty - Winner
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
Wadjda

Its pretty wide open this year. I expect 12YAS and Gravity to get the most nominations, with maybe Slave to win the most, and Gravity to win more on the techinical awards. American Hustle will get lots of nominations but I don't see many if any wins. The actor catagories look the closest with only Blancett looking a dead cert to win.

Have replaced Gatsby with Prisoners in best film noms.

And having seen the available list for Foreign have noticed that France have not put forward BITWC for consideration (the fools!), and Lore is not in the shake up either, so have made the two changes highlighted. I now make Great Beauty the favourite should it get nominated.

 

[John McHenry]

Best Film
American Hustle
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Gravity
Saving Mr. Banks (Should be 2nd)
Prisoners (Should be 1)
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave - (Expect to win)
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips

Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) -
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) -Expected
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Actor
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Chiwetel Eliofor (12 Years a Slave) - Expected
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) - Should be
Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk Freedom)
Should be anyone from Lone Survivor must have missed cutoffs

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) -
Nicole Kidman (The Railway Man)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity) -Expected
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) -
Bradly Cooper (American Hustle) Expected
Paul Giamatti (Saving Mr. Banks)
George Clooney (Gravity)
Alec Baldwin (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Cary Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis) - Expected
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufey, Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) - Shouldn't be nominated
John Ridley, Solomon Northup (12 Years a Slave)
William Nicholson (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) Expected
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street) - Winner
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron (Gravity) - Expected
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith (Saving Mr. Banks)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Eric Singer, David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Cinematography
Linus Sandgren (American Hustle)
Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) - Expected
Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Best Animation
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen - Expected
Monsters University

Best Foreign Language - 4/10 category
Gloria
The Great Beauty -
The Grandmaster
The Hunt
Wadjda



Sad Her and Lone Survivor didn't make anything. Annoys me that if anything wants to get nominated it needs to be released October-November not an official rule but Nothing in live action category was before October.

 

[Keith]

^ No again these are not official nominations just my predictions. The official ones are released Thursday.

Have you've seen Her? Its one of the new films I am most excited to see, Spike Jonze is a genus.

 

[Heisenberg]

Well now that they have been announced. Here's my predictions/some which I personally want to win.

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave

Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
The Wind Rises

Best Director
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
David O'Russell (American Hustle)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

 

[Heisenberg]

bump.

Anyone else putting up their own from the official list^?

 

[John McHenry]

Don't think the official list changes any of my picks if it does I find it irrelevant as they are wrong.

 

[Chris]

Since nominations have been announced officially, lets have all predictions and discussion on the nominations be move to here: http://wrestlingsmarks.com/threads/oscars-2014-nominations.72361/

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