The 85th Academy Awards

It’s Academy Awards time!  It’s that weird awards show that usually disappoints but occasionally gets it right.  Some years the host can be pretty awesome and other years the host can be James Franco.  Whatever happens, there’s usually some good talking points after the show and if we’re lucky, some memorable speeches.

Anyway, here are my guesses for who will take out the biggest awards.

Best Picture

Nominees

Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

TFW Who Should Win

Beasts of the Southern Wild

TFW Who Will Win

Les Misérables

Who Roger Ebert Predicts

Argo  Changed to Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor

Nominees

Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington

TFW Who Should Win

Joaqiun Phoenix…just to fuck with him after he said he didn’t want it

Real Answer:  Daniel Day Lewis

TFW Who Will Win

Daniel Day Lewis

Who Roger Ebert Predicts

Daniel Day Lewis

Best Actress

Nominees

Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts

TFW Who Should Win

Naomi Watts

TFW Who Will Win

Jennifer Lawrence

Who Roger Ebert Predicts

Jennifer Lawrence  Changed to Emmanuelle Riva

Best Director

Nominees

Amour (Michael Haneke), Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin), Life of Pi (Ang Lee), Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell), Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)

TFW Who Should Win

Ben Affleck!  Not even nominated, WTF  🙁

TFW Who Will Win

Ang Lee

Who Roger Ebert Predicts

Steven Spielberg