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Oscars 2014 Make Your Predictions
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantShinyDiscGuy
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Here is the list of nominees for each category. Make your predictions who will win for each, and see if you get it right.

Best picture

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best director

Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Alexander Payne, Nebraska

David O Russell, American Hustle

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best actor

Christian Bale, American Hustle

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club


Best actress

Amy Adams, American Hustle

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judi Dench, Philomena

Meryl Streep, August: Osage County


Best supporting actor

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club


Best supporting actress

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

June Squibb, Nebraska

Best adapted screenplay

12 Years a Slave

Before Midnight

Captain Phillips

Philomena

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best original screenplay

American Hustle

Blue Jasmine

Dallas Buyers Club

Her

Nebraska

Best animated feature

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Ernest and Celestine

Frozen

The Wind Rises

Best animated short

Feral

Get a Horse!

Mr Hublot

Possessions

Room on the Broom

Best cinematography

The Grandmaster

Gravity

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Prisoners

Best costume design

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

The Grandmaster

The Great Gatsby

The Invisible Woman

Best documentary feature

20 Feet from Stardom

The Act of Killing

Cutie and the Boxer

Dirty Wars

The Square

Best documentary short

Cavedigger

Facing Fear

Karama Has No Walls

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Best editing

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Best foreign language film

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)

The Great Beauty (Italy)

The Hunt (Denmark)

The Missing Picture (Cambodia)

Omar (Palestine)

Best live action short

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)

Avant Que de Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)

Helium

Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)

The Voorman Problem

Best make-up

Dallas Buyers Club

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

The Lone Ranger

Best music

The Book Thief

Gravity

Her

Philomena

Saving Mr Banks

Best production design

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Her

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

Best sound editing

All is Lost

Captain Phillips

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Lone Survivor

Best sound mixing

Captain Phillips

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Inside Llewyn Davis

Lone Survivor

Best visual effects

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Iron Man 3

The Lone Ranger

Star Trek Into Darkness
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Best Picture
Gravity

Best Director
Steve McQueen

Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years A Slave

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle

Best Animated Feature
Frozen

Best Animated Short
No idea lol

Best Cinematography
Gravity

Best Costume Design
American Hustle

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing

Best Editing
American Hustle

Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty

Best Live Action Short
Again no idea lol

Best Make-Up
Dallas Buyers Club

Best Production Design
Gravity

Best Song
Ordinary Love

Best Sound Editing
Gravity

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
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I will post my hopes\guesses tomorrow. Havent seen many of the movies yet tho. Anyways, got a question about the nomintations. When i went on IMDB and checked out both 'Gravity' and 'The American Hustle' they was only nomited for 1 Oscar they said. And thats just plain wrong yes? Since at the oscars homepage they are nominated in many categories. From my count, 'The American Hustle' is nominatd for about 10 Oscars? Help me out here please.
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I will post my hopes\guesses tomorrow. Havent seen many of the movies yet tho. Anyways, got a question about the nomintations. When i went on IMDB and checked out both 'Gravity' and 'The American Hustle' they was only nomited for 1 Oscar they said. And thats just plain wrong yes? Since at the oscars homepage they are nominated in many categories. From my count, 'The American Hustle' is nominatd for about 10 Oscars? Help me out here please.


I think it's safe to say around these parts IMDB is not renowned for there accuracy. I copied the nominee list off an article in a newspaper.
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Yeah, thanks and it is the oscar hompage i use to check it out. Just thought maby IMDB would be updated
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I haven't seen any of the movies, but have seen a number of their trailers and interviews of the cast members.

I don't go to the movie theaters any more, people not very polite.
I guy was shot the other day, I think he was tweeter or twittering, what ever.
Popcorn was thrown and then a bullet. A bullet beats pop corn every time.

I have Captain Phillips on order and will buy 3d Gravity, I'm a sucker for space program films as I spent about four years working on NASA computers and use to have fly back Merritt Is. for some of the Apollo shots.

And will probably buy American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, and couple more when I get around to checking them out.

Rotten Tomatoes ratings followed by Audience rattings
American Hustle 93-80
Captain Phillips 93-92
Dallas Buyers Club 93-93
Gravity 97-85
Her 93-87
Nebraska 91-88
Philomena 92-91
12 Years a Slave 97-93
The Wolf of Wall Street 75-81
We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
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I haven't seen any of the movies, but have seen a number of their trailers and interviews of the cast members.

I don't go to the movie theaters any more, people not very polite.
I guy was shot the other day, I think he was tweeter or twittering, what ever.
Popcorn was thrown and then a bullet. A bullet beats pop corn every time.


Never mind the declaimer to turn your phones off. Soon they will have one to holster your gun's. I joke of course. Truly sad times to be a cinema goer in the US with ppl resorting to such psychotic behaviour.
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I'm still working on my picks. I'll post them once I lock them down.

One category that has me a little conflicted is for Best Animated Feature. My first instinct is to choose the excellent Frozen. However, the Academy has a tendency to award a career achievement with a final film. Given that The Wind Rises is the final film from acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki before he retired, I think that film has the potential to upset Frozen. I may have to wait until The Wind Rises is released here in the States on Feb 21 to finalize this category
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Last night I viewed Captain Phillips on Blu_Ray UPC 043396417816, Commentary with Director Paul Greengrass  and all special features (about 60 min.) Capturing Captain Phillips: Embarkation, Full Head & Stand Fast and it was enjoyed very much.

Tom Hanks did his usual Oscar® performance as a captain. As did Barkhad Abdi) who play Muse the Somali pirate captain. He went toe to toe with Hanks.

They found the four Somalis who played the pirates in Minnesota. It seems there is the largest group of
Somalis in the US. The director said they have talented group musicians, dancers, etc there.
The shot on the sister ship of Marsk Alabama with very little graphic effects making it very realistic.
The pacing and camera work kept my interest without a single break for refreshments I usually pause for while watching a movie in my living room.
We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
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Best picture: 12 Years a Slave

Best director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Best actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Best actress: Judi Dench, Philomena

Best supporting actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best supporting actress: Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Best adapted screenplay: 12 Years a Slave

Best original screenplay: American Hustle

Best animated feature: Frozen

Best animated short: No Pick

Best cinematography: Gravity

Best costume design: The Great Gatsby

Best documentary feature: No Pick

Best documentary short: No Pick

Best editing: Gravity

Best foreign language film: No Pick

Best live action short: No Pick

Best make-up: Dallas Buyers Club

Best music: Saving Mr Banks

Best production design: The Great Gatsby

Best song: 'Let It Go', Frozen

Best sound editing: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best sound mixing: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best visual effects: Gravity
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For a number of years, I participated in a DVD forum's Oscar pick contest. By using my best judgment with averaging out many film critics' choices, I would fall short by about two picks from each year's winner. One year, I looked over all the previous choices made by every critic I was averaging in, and I realized that had I simply repeated Entertainment Weekly's picks I would have won by three or four picks every year. The next year, that's what I did: my picks were what I read in EW. I won. I did it two more years, winning by four to five picks each year. I retired from the game as the only three time winner (no one else had won twice).

So my picks are whatever selections EW makes this year.
If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.

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12 Years A Slave is the best film out of the bunch. But it's very much an art house piece and a foreign one at that. Simply put the Oscars is a publicity stunt by the elite of Hollywood. They always want something with more mainstream appeal when it comes to picking best picture.

I'm going with Gravity despite the fact i think that leaves a lot to be desired.  Like i find 2001 is all visual and no substance behind it. I get it that a lot of people do like the pure cinematography approach. I respect that, but i find a film needs more to make it an enjoyable experience for me.

I could possibly be wrong as i say 50/50 with American Hustle. But i'm going with Gravity as i think they might want to pick something that's less drama orientated this year.
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12 Years A Slave is the best film out of the bunch. But it's very much an art house piece and a foreign one at that.

While I have no real opinion on the Oscars...mostly because we usually don't agree on anything...but how is 12 Years A Slave a foreign piece?
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12 Years A Slave is the best film out of the bunch. But it's very much an art house piece and a foreign one at that.

While I have no real opinion on the Oscars...mostly because we usually don't agree on anything...but how is 12 Years A Slave a foreign piece?



You disregard the 4 US Production companies and only count Film4 
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12 Years A Slave is the best film out of the bunch. But it's very much an art house piece and a foreign one at that.

While I have no real opinion on the Oscars...mostly because we usually don't agree on anything...but how is 12 Years A Slave a foreign piece?



You disregard the 4 US Production companies and only count Film4 


Actually i just checked up on it, and does appear to be a US/British joint venture.
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