In case you missed them first time round, look out for links to my full reviews for some of the nominees!
Best song
'Alone Yet Not Alone', Alone Yet Not Alone'Happy', Despicable Me 2
'Let It Go', Frozen
'The Moon Song', Her
'Ordinary Love', Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
My only solace with this years nominations was that Taylor Swift was not nominated for the Best Song Oscar.
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| Despicable Me 2 |
Who I want to Win: 'Happy', Despicable Me 2
Who will probably win:I can't choose between 'Ordinary Love'and 'Let It Go' ; personally I couldn't understand the fuss that Frozen got and I found the soundtrack to be screechy rather than inspiring but considering it's mainstream success an Academy win will hardly be surprising.
Best Costume Design
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| The Great Gatsby |
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Who I want to win: The Great Gatsby
Who will probably win: American Hustle; I can't really understand the extensive nominations that American Hustle received (*cough* $$$ *cough*) and from the way they are leading the nominations a part of me thinks they are going to lead the way with the wins too. Can't imagine how. (*cough* $$$ *cough*)
Best Original Screenplay
American HustleBlue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska
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| American Hustle |
Who will probably win: Potentially Dallas Buyers Club but if not then I suspect American Hustle or Blue Jasmine; Another film that I just could not understand the hype circus around... But it dabbles with mental illness so of course people will lap it up, I call it the 'Silver Linings' effect.
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a SlaveBefore Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
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| Captain Phillips |
Who will probably win: 12 Years A Slave. Because slavery.
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue JasmineJennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
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| Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine |
Who I want to win: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine. Now, I may not have liked the film but I thought Hawkins was astounding in it.
Who will probably win: This is the category that caused my stress palpitations upon announcements because I just can't, can't, can't get the hype that surrounds Jennifer Lawrence. A cleverly marketed PR dream, everyone seems to have fallen for her kooky 'i'm so normal' facade whilst ignoring the fact she is a relatively mediocre actress. I'm still not over her unjust win of the best actress award last year (the award that most definitely should have gone to the phenomenal Quvenzhané Wallis for her breathtaking performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild), and I just know she will be the undeserving winner again when, in all honesty, she shouldn't even be nominated. Can't think why she was... (cough* $$$ *cough*)
Best Supporting Actor
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| Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club |
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Now, this was an interesting one as I loved The Wolf of Wall Street and Jonah Hill gave a great performance in it, sure. But an Oscar worthy performance? His nomination was perhaps the biggest shock inclusion for me. I'm in no way saying his performance was bad or even anything less than great but it was also just what I expect when watching such a high quality blockbuster. I thought Oscars were for performances that go above and beyond, not the high quality expectation that we behold of A-List actors.
Who I want to win: Barkhad Abdi, deserves attention for the way he was able to steal the scene away from legendary actor Tom Hanks, however in my heart I truly believe it should go to Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club - simply an outstanding performance.
Who will probably win: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club. Dear God, I hope so.
Best Actress
Amy Adams, American HustleCate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Judi Dench, Philomena
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
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| Emma Thompson has been unforgivably snubbed. |
Who I want to win: Judi Dench, Philomena
Who will probably win: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine. Well, you could basically see her brain screaming 'Oscar' throughout her entire performance...
Best Actor
Christian Bale, American HustleBruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
A crying shame that Tom Hanks was snubbed for his Captain Phillips performance. Totally unacceptable.
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| Could 2014 be Leonardo DiCaprio's year? |
Who I want to win: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street. It's been a long time coming, please God please just give the man an Oscar. ANY Oscar!
Who will probably win: Admittedly, Leo faces tough competition this year with Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club, or Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave, being my bets to win.
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, GravitySteve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Paul Greengrass is not even nominated for his brilliant work in encapsulating the claustrophobic and terrifying ordeal of Captain Phillips yet Steve McQueen has a nomination for his much-too-long, lack-of-a-time-scale injustice of 12 Years a Slave. Right.
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| Martin Scorsese on set |
Who will probably win: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity. As long as it isn't McQueen I will be relatively happy.
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
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| Gravity |
Who I want to win: The Wolf of Wall Street. But if Dallas Buyers Club or Captain Phillips win it wouldn't be a total loss
Who will probably win: Gravity. Or 12 Years a Slave perhaps.... Although I wouldn't be shocked if American Hustle did (*cough* $$$ *cough*)
So, there we have it. Now we just have to keep counting down the days until March 2nd to find out the results - I'm hoping that I am about 95% wrong with my predictions but we will have to wait and see!
Let me know who you are backing this year!
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