Oscar Picks 2013!!!

Ok folks, the moment has come...  It's Oscar time!  For me, this is bigger and more important to me than the Superbowl (I'm not a big sports guy, so I could care less about that game).  Some years are better than others, but no matter what, I always have my thoughts on who should win.  This year, I am posting this so you ALL can see what I think and why.  So without further adieu... And I think just for fun (so you all read to the end) I will post them in order of importance from the ones nobody cares about to the ones you do... that way you can read the whole blog... lol 

JOSH'S OSCAR PICKS for 2013! (Technically 2012 movies, but the Oscars are tonight... lol)

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - 
No idea... lol.  I didn't see any of them, therefore I can't give a prediction.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT -
Again... No idea...
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - 
Nope... didn't see any of these either... lol.  I'll catch these someday on Netflix

This concludes the categories I have no idea about... thank you for your patience... lol


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Amour

(Spoilers... but not for the movie itself)  Since I will NOT be picking this for my Best Picture winner, I figured it at least deserves to win for Best Foreign Language Film.


BEST SOUND EDITING - Skyfall

Great James Bond movie.  Great action movie... sounded great to me... lol


BEST SOUND MIXING - Les Miserables

Come on people... they sang everything LIVE while filming.  THAT deserves this Oscar.


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - Life of Pi

Again... this was NOT my favorite movie of the year, but it did have some pretty incredible music.


ORIGINAL SONG - Skyfall, by Adele

There seems to be no stopping this song.  While doing "Little Mermaid Jr.", the kids were ALWAYS asking if they could use this song as a warmup... If it is good enough for the kids, its good enough for me... lol


COSTUME DESIGN - Les Miserables

I think this picture says it all...


VISUAL EFFECTS - The Avengers

Considering this is the ONLY nomination for one of my favorite movies of the year, I am happy to pick this for best Visual Effects.  I know that some of you will think that Life of Pi deserves it more for its realistic tiger, that tiger would get crushed by the Hulk... 'nuff said...


ANIMATED SHORT FILM - Paperman

BEAUTIFUL, touching short film.  Brilliant mix of CGI and hand drawn animation.  Well deserved winner!


PRODUCTION DESIGN (AND MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING)... I'm getting lazy with the pictures... lol.  - Les Miserables

The scope of this film was perfect.  Lots of amazing locations.  And they REALLY must have wanted the makeup and hairstyling Oscar considering how many times they had the camera RIGHT IN the faces of the actors.  What the heck, I'll give it to them.


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Moonrise Kingdom

This was SUCH a great movie!  One of my favorites of the year (I thought it deserved to get nominated for best picture... but oh well).  The Academy would be STUPID to not give this the Oscar for best original screenplay.


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Silver Linings Playbook

I actually really liked this movie.  This one was a hard choice between all the nominees, but I really liked the writing in this movie more than the other ones.  Therefore, it wins my pick.


CINEMATOGRAPHY - Life of Pi

Even though a LOT of it was CGI, it was a beautifully shot movie.


FILM EDITING - Argo

In what other movie (not counting Titanic) could you KNOW the ending, and still be on the edge of your seat for the last 45 minutes NOT KNOWING how they are going to make it?  Thank you Argo for almost giving us a heart attack.



NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF!!!!!!


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - Wreck-it Ralph

I loved this movie the first time I saw it.  And now that I have seen it a couple more times, I like it even more.  The voice acting was PERFECT.  The story was great.  And the animation was as good as I have ever seen.  I loved the little nuances and inside jokes in this movie.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Anne Hathaway

Sorry Anne, I had to.  She's got this award locked up.  This picture just reminds all of us where she came from... lol


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Robert De Niro

This was another tough category for me...  It was a toss up between De Niro and Christoph Waltz... but De Niro won the coin toss.  No matter what, he did a really great job in Silver Linings Playbook, and he deserves the win... it has been a while...


BEST ACTRESS - Jennifer Lawrence

Again, kind of a no-brainer for this one.  She was great in the movie, and deserves to win this one.


BEST ACTOR - Daniel Day Lewis

Duh!  Nobody else even comes CLOSE to this award.  Here comes ANOTHER Oscar Mr. Lewis!


BEST DIRECTOR - BEN AFFLECK!!!

THIS IS THE BIGGEST OSCAR SNUB SINCE SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE BEAT SAVING PRIVATE RYAN!!!  To say I am PISSED that he didn't even get NOMINATED is an understatement.  Mr. Affleck, you deserve this win more than anybody else.  You have come far my friend.


(2nd)BEST DIRECTOR (for real) - David O. Russell

I am picking him ONLY because two of the nominees don't deserve to even be nominated (Haneke and Zeitlin), didn't love one of the movies (Life of Pi), and think someone new deserves to win (sorry Mr. Spielberg).


AND THE MOMENT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR...

BEST PICTURE - Argo

Hands down, my favorite movie of the year... and THAT is saying something.  This film was the most well rounded, entertaining film I have seen in a LONG time.  This was by far the easiest category for me to pick.  If you haven't seen this, SHAME ON YOU!  Go out and buy this movie right now.  It is fantastic.  And even though Ben Affleck won't be going up there to pick up his best director award (he's gotten quite a few anyway), he WILL be going up to pick up his Oscar for Best Picture... with Clooney too... lol!!!






So there you have it.  My Oscar pics for the year.  We will see how well I did after they air tonight.  But no matter what... go out and see a movie!