Here are our picks for the Oscars and why:
Best Picture Nominees:
Amour Beats of the Southern Wild
Argo Django Unchained
Les Misérables Life of Pi
Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
And the Winner is…
HIM: Lincoln – Obviously. Everyone’s favorite president. If it’s good enough to be a state’s capital, it’s good enough for an Oscar!
HER: Les Misérables. Hit Broadway show plus Wolverine, Gladiator, and Catwoman? Singing? No contest.
Best Actor Nominees:
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
And the Winner is…
HIM: Hugh Jackman – Anyone who would endure not only playing a Frenchman, but the French sewers, deserves something!
HER: Daniel Day-Lewis. Previous Oscar winner playing a beloved president in a historical period piece so brilliant that it kept us interested, even when we all knew how it was going to end. Enough said.
Best Actress Nominees:
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
And the Winner is…
HIM: Jennifer Lawrence – Have you seen her? She’s crazy and can use a bow, I’m afraid not to let her win…
HER: Haven’t seen any of these movies… yet. (And oh… btw… He hasn’t either!) To make an educated guess, I’m going to have to suspend judgment until after The Oscar Showcase. Then I’ll have seen at least four out of five of the actresses at work. Hopefully, I can post an update before The Academy Awards ceremony airs.
Best Supporting Actor Nominees:
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
And the Winner is…
HIM: Philip Seymour Hoffman- The Oscars love this guy, plus they have to give The Master something since cults run things in Hollywood.
HER: See my above prediction. Only saw Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln, so…
Best Supporting Actress Nominees:
Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
And the Winner is…
HIM: Sally Field- Redemption time! “We like her again! We finally like her again!” She really embraced the mentally-ill first lady role. (I thought she was Hillary Clinton for a minute there…)
HER: Anne Hathaway. Hey, I like Gidget too, but she can’t sing (at least as far as I know).
Best Director:
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
And the Winner is…
HIM: David O. Russell. Spielberg is too easy of a choice, a little new blood would make this guy a great Oscar upset!
HER: Steven Spielberg. Previous Oscar winning director making a movie about a beloved president in a historical period piece so brilliant that it kept us interested, even when we all knew how it was going to end. Enough said. (Hey, that sounds familiar… but I have been sick with the flu for over two weeks, and I’m tired. And it’s still true.)
HE SAYS: And there you have it! Do you think we are spot-on or way off base? Let us know. We will be bragging about how well “He Saw” did right after the Oscars on February 24th!
SHE SAYS: Be kind though! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, as we well know! Look for an Oscar Showcase in your area, movies all day, and you can eat your weight in popcorn! (Although you’ll be tired of it after a bag and a half. Trust me!)
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