Oscar Nominees

Best Actress in a supporting role: Amy Adams, Sally Field, Anne Hathaway, Helen Hunt, Jacki    Weaver      Best Picture: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty Best Actor in a Leading Role: Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts          These are all of the oscar nominees this year, and this is what I am predicting/hoping will be the outcome for each. Of course, one can never tell with the Oscars when movies like No Country for Old Men win Best Picture. My predictions--->  Best Picture: Argo  (Rooting for Djano Unchained, but I can't picture the Academy ever picking a Tarantino movie.) Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis.  Best Actress: Jessica Chastain.  Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway.
Reasons: In regards to best picture, I am guessing Argo because of the historical aspect, and the general talk circulating the movie. I have to admit I have not seen it myself. It's going to be close between Argo and Lincoln. Had The King's Speech not won last year's Oscars, I might have said Les Miserables, but I do not think the Academy will give Best Picture to the same director as last year. Best Actor is really up in the air for me. I would not be surprised if Daniel Day Lewis, Hugh Jackman, or Bradley Cooper won. They all did very well. At first I was leaning toward Bradley Cooper because he has not had his time in the spotlight yet, but we'll see how things pan out. I chose Jessica Chastain for Best Actress because of all the attention she has been getting recently. The movie The Help really put her on the map, and it's been gravy ever since then for her. She gives a very solid performance in Zero Dark Thirty, and is really the driving force in that movie. When it comes to Supporting Actress, I choose Anne Hathaway, hands down. If there is anything I am sure about with these Oscars, it's that Hathaway will walk away with supporting actress.
I chose a very bad Oscars to make predictions for. The competition is incredibly stiff this year. It has been an amazing year for movies and actors.Obviously there are many different categories I did not cover, but these are the important ones. I would usually cover Best Original Score, but this year I just don't know enough about the music in the movies that were nominated for that.Sometimes the Oscars can be a huge disappointment because of the lack of quality movies they have to work with. This time that is definitely  not the case. I am not sure on any of my predictions(excepting supporting actress). I would love to see Django Unchained win Best Picture...but that's in a perfect world. Either way, It would be very difficult for even the Academy to screw this one up.