Chronicle of An Oscar Foretold
Complaining about the bad films that get nominated for the Academy Awards is like griping that if we lived in a country with a soul, Jack Kerouac would be elected President. But all the same, tomorrow’s nominations should be a historic low, taking the Academy back to the depths of the Ghandi era.
But in the end, what matters most is not whether the Academy honors good films or bad films, but how well we, the Oscar pundits predict their idiocy. Here then are my predictions for tomorrows nominations followed by my futile World Where the Good Reign alternate universe picks. Note that where there are less than five in the deserved ranks, it is because there are less than five that I think are deserving.
BEST PICTURE
Prediction:
The Artist, Descedants, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, War Horse
Deserved:
Melancholia, Drive, Tinker, Tailor Soldier Spy, Young Adult, Descendants, Shame, Moneyball
DIRECTOR
Prediction:
Hazanavicius, Payne, Scorsese, Allen, Speilberg
Deserved:
Payne, Von Trier, Alfredson, McQueen, Reitman
ACTOR
Prediction:
Clooney, DiCaprio, Dujardin, Pitt, Fassbender
Deserved:
Clooney, Pitt Fassbehder, Oldman, Harrelson
ACTRESS
Prediction:Streep, Williams, Davis, Stone, Dunst
Deserved: Dunst, Theron. All other actresses should withdraw from consideration in the face of these performances
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction:Plummer, Brooks, Nolte, Branaugh, Oswalt
Deserved:Nolte, Oswalt, Firth, Serkis, Hurt
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction:Spencer, Woodley, McCarthy, Mulligan, Chastain
Deserved:Woodley, McCarthy, Mulligan…
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Prediction: Artist, Midnight in Paris, Beginners, Young Adult, Bridesmaids
Deserved: Young Adult, Bridesmaids, Melancholia, Shame
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Prediction:Descendants, War Horse, Moneyball, Tinker Tailor, Girl with the Dragon
Deserved:Descendants, Moneyball, Tinker Tailor, The Skin I Live In,
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