Oscar 2013 Predictions

My final predictions for tonight's ceremony


 This year's awards race has been one of the most open and encompassing of recent years. You only have to look back at last year's race, when it was obvious from a very early stage that The Artist was going to win, to see how uneventful the annual awards race can be. This year, most of the major films have had their ups and downs. Things have settled in the past few weeks but the unpredictability of past few months means that many awards aren't pinned down.

So I shall be making my picks in each of the categories based on what I think will win, what I think might win, what I think should win and what I think should've been nominated. I'll only make picks for should win and should've been nominated where I've seen enough of the nominees.

Best Film

Will Win: Argo
Could Win: Lincoln
Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty
Not even nominated: Skyfall

Best Director

Will Win: Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Could Win & Should Win: Ang Lee (Life Of Pi)
Not even nominated: Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

Best Actor

Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Could Win: N/A
Should Win: Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Not even nominated: Jean-Louis Trintignant (Amour)

Best Actress

Will Win: Emanuelle Riva (Amour)
Could Win: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Should Win: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Not even nominated: Marion Cotillard (Rust And Bone)

Best Supporting Actor

Will Win: Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Could Win: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Should Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Not even nominated: Bruce Willis (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Supporting Actress

Will Win, Should Win & Never Not Going To Win: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

 Best Original Screenplay

Will Win: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Could Win: Michael Haneke (Amour)
Should Win: Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)
Not Even Nominated: Rian Johnson (Looper)/Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will Win & Should Win: Chris Terrio (Argo)
Could Win: David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Cinematography

Will Win: Claudio Miranda (Life Of Pi)
Should Win: Roger Deakins (Skyfall)
Not Even Nominated: Mihai Malaimare Jr (The Master)

Best Film Editing

 Will Win: Argo
Could Win: Zero Dark Thirty

 Best Production Design

 Will Win: Anna Karenina


Best Costume Design

 Will Win: Anna Karenina

 Best Original Score

 Will Win: Mychael Danna (Life Of Pi)

 Best Original Song

 Will Win: Skyfall
Best Sound Editing

Will Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Best Sound Mixing

Will Win: Les Miserables
Best Make Up & Hair

Will Win: Les Miserables

Best Visual Effects

Will Win & Should Win: Life Of Pi

Best Animated Feature

Will Win: Wreck-It Ralph
Should Win Because It's British: Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists.

Best Foreign Language Film

Will Win: Amour
Should Win: Amour
No chance in hell of being nominated: The Raid

 Best Documentary Feature

Will Win: Searching For Sugar Man

 Best Documentary Short

Will Win (An educated guess): Mondays At Racine

 Best Animated Short

Will Win: The Paperman

 Best Live Short

Will Win (Another educated guess): Curfew

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