THE 2012 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

The 84th Academy Awards

Feb. 26, 2012

In wasting no time, let's get right down to the predictions with one sentence explanations in what could be the most predictable year ever...again.

THE BIG CATEGORIES

BEST PICTURE: THE ARTIST

Because Academy voters are filled with old white men yearning for a film they can relate to and are nostalgic for.

BEST DIRECTOR: MICHEL HAZANAIVIUS - THE ARTIST 

This year the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, so expect Hazanaivius to take home the gold.

BEST ACTOR: GEORGE CLOONEY - THE DESCENDANTS

If the Academy is ever going to recognize Clooney with a lead acting trophy, this is the film to do it.

BEST ACTRESS: VIOLA DAVIS - THE HELP

Because Meryl Streep already has 2 wins (and 17 nominations) and Viola Davis is going for her first. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER- BEGINNERS

It's either him or Max Von Sydow, but since their is one only on winner, I'm picking Plummer. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: OCTAVIA SPENCER - THE HELP

She's won everything already, so why should this be any different?

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: WOODY ALLEN - MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

Because one of the greatest screenwriters who ever lived hasn't won an Oscar in 25 years and it's one of his best films in a long time. 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON, & JIM RASH - THE DESCENDANTS 

Alexander Payne delivered one of the best films of the year and this is the category the AMPAS will reward him with. 

THE TECHNICAL CATEGORIES

BEST ART DIRECTION: HUGO - DANTE FERRETTI & FEANCESCA LO SCHIAVO

BEST EDITING: THE ARTIST - MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS & ANNE-SOPHIE BION

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE TREE OF LIFE - EMMANUEL LUBEZKI 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: THE ARTIST - LUDOVIC BOURCE 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: THE MUPPETS - BRET MCKENZIE

BEST SOUND EDITING: HUGO - EUGENE GEARTY

BEST SOUND MIXING: HUGO - TOM FLEISCHMAN & JOHN MIDGLEY 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: RANGO  

BEST FOREIGN FILM: A SEPARATION

BEST DOCUMENTARY: UNDEFEATED

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: HUGO

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: PENTECOST

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: A MORNING STROLL

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORTS: GOD IS BIGGER THAN ELVIS

BEST MAKEUP: ALBERT NOBBS - MATTHEW W. MUNGLE, LYNN JOHNSTON, MARTIAL CORNEVILLE 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: THE ARTIST - MARK BRIDGES