Do you really think there will be all that
many surprises tonight, other than not hearing 12 Years A Slave’s name
all that much? Gravity will be a force to be reckoned with. Dallas
Buyers Club will sweep the acting categories. Here’s how I predict the voting
will go, along with a few comments.
As Always,
theJOE
PICTURE /
ACTING CATEGORIES
Best Picture:
Gravity
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club (although I’d vote
for Bale)
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
(she’ll win, but the award should go to Sally Hawkins)
OTHER
CATEGORIES
Best Adapted Screenplay:
12 Years a Slave
Best Original Screenplay:
American Hustle
Best Cinematography: Gravity
Best Film Editing:
Gravity
Best Animated Feature:
Frozen (Miyazaki deserves it. Again)
Best Costume Design:
American Hustle
Best Documentary: 20 Feet From Stardom (if only just to see Darlene Love and Lisa
Fischer smile)
Best Foreign Film:
The Great Beauty
Best Makeup: Dallas Buyers Club
Best Original Score: Gravity
(this will win, although I didn’t care for it. Mark Orton’s score from Nebraska should have received a nom)
Best Original Song:
Ordinary Love
Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby
(this film should have received way more noms that it actually did,
particularly for Directing and Editing)
Best Sound Editing:
Gravity
Best Sound Mixing:
Gravity
Best Visual Effects:
Gravity
Best Documentary Short Subject:
Lady in No. 6: Music Saved My Life
Best Animated Short:
Get A Horse!
Best Live Action Short:
Just Before Losing Everything
