The 86th Academy Awards – Our Tips
Our tips for the 86th Academy Awards (films of 2013)
Picking the winners at the Oscars has become quite a big money spinner for betting agencies. Little wonder, considering the world wide interest in the ceremony. As usual, everyone with a keyboard and fingers has an opinion online, so we figure, hell, why not join them! Here are our rough-chance tips for the winners this year!
The Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda list….
Best Picture
Who Should Win: Gravity
Who Will Win: 12 Years A Slave
Best Director
Who Should Win: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Who Will Win: Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave)
Best Actor:
Who Should Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Who Will Win: Matthew McConnaughey
Best Actress
Who Should Win: Cate Blanchett
Who Will Win: Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actor
Who Should Win: Barkhad Abdi or Michael Fassbender for the tie.
Who Will Win: Michael Fassbender
Best Supporting Actress
Who Should Win: Jennifer Lawrence
Who Will Win: Lawrence for the repeat.
Who Will Win Everything Else…
Original Screenplay: Her (Spike Jonze)
Adapted Screenplay: The Wolf Of Wall Street
Animated Feature: Frozen
Foreign Language Film: The Hunt, only because of Mads!
Original Score: Steven Price (Gravity)
Original Song: “Let It Go”, from Frozen
Sound Editing: The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug
Sound Mixing: Gravity
Production Design: American Hustle (although The Great Gatsby better keep their speeches handy)
Cinematography: Gravity (although I’d love to see Roger Deakins take it for Prisoners…)
Makeup and Hairstyling: Bad Grandpa, because Johnny Knoxville is unrecognizable in that film.
Costume Design: The Great Gatsby
Film Editing: 12 Years A Slave
Visual Effects: Gravity