So the time is here again and it’s time for the contributors of NerdVice to go head to head in a battle of skill, wits, and downright luck! Yes it’s the 2013 Oscars challenge!
To recap on last year - 1 point is awarded for each right answer you get and the person who gets the most right answers wins.
Enter by commenting below with your predictions, of which the full list can be found here
As I am throwing down this gauntlet to the NerdVice team, as well as the wider internet here are my picks
Dr Dogbert
- Best Picture - Life of Pi
- Actor in a Leading Role - Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Actress in a Leading Role - Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Actor in a Supporting Role- Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
- Animated Feature Film - Frankenweenie
- Best Cinematography - Life of Pi
- Best Costume Design- Les Misérables
- Best Director - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)
- Best Documentary Feature - Searching for Sugar Man
- Best Documentary Short - Open Heart (Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern)
- Best Film Editing - Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Foreign Language Film - Amour (Austria)
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Hitchcock
- Best Original Score - Lincoln (John Williams)
- Best Original Song - “Skyfall” from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
- Best Production Design - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Best Short Film (Animated) - Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (David Silverman)
- Best Short Film (Live Action) - Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) (Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele)
- Best Sound Editing - Skyfall
- Best Sound Editing - Les Misérables
- Best Visual Effects – Prometheus
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Life of Pi
- Best Original Screenplay – Armour
My name is DrDogbert I'm a Movie geek, Gamer, reader, writer, down right plain normal guy who likes to talk to himself at times
Oh I love this game. Let’s hope the Academy are predictable this year…UNLIKE LAST YEAR…the bastards…
Best Picture - Argo
Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Actress in a Leading Role - Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Actor in a Supporting Role - Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Animated Feature Film - ParaNorman
Best Cinematography - Life of Pi
Best Costume Design - Les Misérables
Best Director - Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
Best Documentary Feature - The Invisible War
Best Documentary Short - Redemption (Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill)
Best Film Editing - Argo
Best Foreign Language Film - Amour (Austria)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Original Score - Skyfall (Thomas Newman)
Best Original Song - “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
Best Production Design - Life of Pi
Best Short Film (Animated) - Head over Heels (Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly)
Best Short Film (Live Action) - Curfew (Shawn Christensen)
Best Sound Editing - Skyfall
Best Visual Effects - Life of Pi
Best Adapted Screenplay - Argo
Best Original Screenplay - Django Unchained
Best Picture – Django Unchained
Actor in a Leading Role – Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Actress in a Leading Role – Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Actor in a Supporting Role- Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Actress in a Supporting Role – Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Animated Feature Film – Brave
Best Cinematography – Life of Pi
Best Costume Design- Les Misérables
Best Director – Life of Pi (Ang Lee)
Best Documentary Feature – How to Survive a Plague
Best Documentary Short – Redemption (Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill)
Best Film Editing – Lincoln
Best Foreign Language Film – No (Chile)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Original Score –Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
Best Original Song – “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
Best Production Design – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Short Film (Animated) – Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (David Silverman)
Best Short Film (Live Action) – Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) (Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele)
Best Sound Editing - Django Unchained
Best Sound Editing – Life of Pi
Best Visual Effects – Marvel’s The Avengers
Best Adapted Screenplay – Life of Pi
Best Original Screenplay – Django Unchained
Some of these are wild stabs in the dark, others I REALLY want to win! (Absolutely LOVED Django Unchained)
Let the games begin!
So I will join the party for the category: “wider internet”
Here we go
Best Picture – Lincoln
Actor in a Leading Role – Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Actress in a Leading Role – Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Actor in a Supporting Role – Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Actress in a Supporting Role – Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Animated Feature Film – Wreck-It Ralph
Best Cinematography – Life of Pi
Best Costume Design – Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Director – Lincoln
Best Documentary Feature – The Invisible War
Best Documentary Short – Kings Point (Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider)
Best Film Editing – Life of Pi
Best Foreign Language Film – A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Original Score – Argo (Alexandre Desplat)
Best Original Song – “Skyfall” from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Best Production Design – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Short Film (Animated) – Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” (David Silverman)
Best Short Film (Live Action) – Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) (Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele)
Best Sound Editing – Skyfall
Best Sound Editing – Life of Pi
Best Visual Effects – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Adapted Screenplay – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Screenplay – Django Unchained
Shots in the dark, but it is all in good fun isn’t it?