2011: A Year in Film Predictions

Remember this? Well lets see how I did

Best Picture
1. J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood
2. The Ides of March, George Clooney
3. War Horse, Steven Spielberg
4. The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick
5. Hugo Cabret, Martin Scorsese
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Fincher
7. Young Adult, Jason Reitman
8. The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd
9. A Dangerous Method, David Cronenberg
10. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Stephen Daldry

nominated film in my alternate list:
Moneyball, Bennett Miller

I missed:
The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Alexander Payne
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
The Help, Tate Taylor

5/9, not bad. XD

Best Director
1. Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar
2. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
3. George Clooney, The Ides of March
4. Steven Spielberg, War Horse
5. David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I missed:
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

lol, in all fairness this was a gamble. I thought they’d go for Spielberg over Scorsese because, y’know, war movies…I’m glad I kept my biased Malick glasses on. haha.

Best Actor
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
2. Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
3. Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method
4. Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life Moneyball
5. Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary

nominees in alternates:
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Ralph Fiennes, Coriolanus
George Clooney, The Descendants
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I missed:
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Demian Bichir, A Better Life

I just didn’t see The Artist coming. haha. and Poor Leo, i guess he’s not winning an Oscar anytime soon

Best Actress
1. Meryl Streep, Iron Lady
2. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
3. Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
4. Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

I missed:
Viola Davis, The Help

my best guess yet! haha. Though Tilda got shafted yet again.

/yes i’m suddenly alive. the Oscars have that effect on me. Tune in for more flailing. maybe ;D

 

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