Academy Awards 2012 Thoughts and Predictions

While the Academy Awards are certainly more prestigious than their Golden Globes counterparts, they are nonetheless much more boring. I will be hosting Quizzo at Coyle’s Cafe in Roxborough tonight, and therefore will be unable to post or tweet during the ceremony (for the most part). However, I still thought it would be appropriate to document my predictions for tonight’s winners and perhaps make myself feel slightly more significant for having done so. You can contact me on Twitter @SuperDPS to tell me how horribly I missed the ball on these predictions as tonight’s event unfolds…or congratulate me on a job well done! Just to be clear, these predictions don’t really indicate favoritism, they’re just my best guesses at the winners.

I hope they thaw out Billy Crystal in time for the show.

Writing (Original Screenplay): Midnight in Paris–Woody Allen

Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Moneyball–Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

Sound Editing: War Horse–Richard Hymns & Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing:War Horse–Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson & Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects: Hugo–Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann & Alex Henning

Music (Original Song): “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets–Bret McKenzie

Short Film (Animated): La Luna

Short Film (Live Action): The Shore

Foreign Language Film: Iran, A Separation–Asghar Farhadi

Makeup: Albert Nobbs–Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston & Matthew Mungle

Music (Original Score): The Artist–Ludovic Bource

Documentary Feature: Undefeated–TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay & Rich Middlemas

Documentary Short: Saving Face–Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Film Editing: The Artist–Annie-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius

Art Direction: Hugo–Dante Ferretti & Francesca Lo Schiavo

Costume Design: W.E.–Arianne Phillips

Directing: The Artist–Michel Hazanavicius

Animated Feature Film: Rango–Gore Verbinski

Cinematography: The Tree of Life–Emmanuel Lubezki

Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Actress in a Supporting Role: Berenice Bejo, The Artist

Actor in a Leading Role: Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Actress in a Leading Role: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

Best Picture: The Artist–Thomas Langmann

Here’s a little something extra for indulging me for a few minutes: