84th Annual Academy Awards (2012)

[lime]

I know it’s very early to talk about the next Oscars, but we have movies that look like a really good potential Oscars material.

This thread is good for fun at the beginning, and around July it will become more serious.

Here are some potential Best Picture nominees:

The Beaver​

The Iron Lady​

The Tree of Life​

Ideas of March​

Moneyball ​

Hugo Cabaret​

War Horse​

J. Edgar​

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2 ​

Directing

Stephen Spielberg – War Horse ​

George Clooney – Ideas of March ​

David Fincher – The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo​

Clint Eastwood – J. Edgar ​

Terrance Mallick – The Tree of Life​

Martin Scorsese – Hugo Cabaret ​

Actor

Ryan Gossling – Ideas of March ​

Bard Pitt – The Tree of Life ​

Mel Gibson – The Beaver ​

Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar ​

Brad Pitt – Moneyball ​

Johnny Depp – The Rum Diary ​

Actress

Michelle Williams – My Week With Merlyn ​

Meryl Steep – The Iron Lady ​

Anne Hathaway – One Day ​

Rooney Mara – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo​

Elizabeth Olsen – Maratha Marcy ​

Sup. Actor

Jim Broadbent – The Iron Lady ​

Phillip Seamor Hoffman – Ideas of March ​

Vigo Mortersen – The Dangerous Method ​

Armie Hammer – J. Edgar ​

Christopher Plummer – Beginners ​

Sup. Actress

Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life ​

Viola Davies – The Help ​

Judie Dench – My Week With Merlyn ​

Kira Knightly – A Dangerous Method ​

Naomi Watts – J. Edgar ​

Original Screenplay

Contagion​

J. Edgar​

The Beaver​

The Tree of Life​

Young Adult​

Adapted Screenplay

Dangerous Method ​

Extremely Loud and Incr. Close​

The Ideas of March​

War Horse​

Hugo Cabaret​

Cinematography

The Tree of Life​

Hugo Cabaret​

J. Edgar​

War Horse​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2 ​

Art Direction

The Three Musketeers ​

Hugo Cabaret​

J. Edgar​

War Horse​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2 ​

Costumes

Hugo Cabaret​

War Horse​

J. Edgar​

My Week with Merlyn​

The Three Musketeers​

Film Editing

The Tree of Life​

Ideas of March​

J. Edgar​

Hugo Cabaret​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2​

Original Score

The Tree of Life​

Hugo Cabaret​

War Horse​

Adventures of Tintin​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2 ​

Original Song

Hugo Cabaret​

The Muppets​

The Muppets ​

Sound Mixing

Hugo Cabaret​

War Horse​

J. Edgar​

Adventures of Tintin​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2​

Sound Editing

Hugo Cabaret​

Rango​

Adventures of Tintin​

Pirates of the Caribbean 4​

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2​

Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2​

Pirates of the Caribbean 4​

Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon​

The Green Lantern ​

Rise of the Apes​

Makeup

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2​

Pirates of the Caribbean 4​

Hugo Cabaret​

Animated Film

Kung-Fu Panda 2​

Adventures of Tintin​

Rango​

 

[Donut]

I am pretty sure with how they waited for The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King to give The Lord Of The Rings Best Picture & what not Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: 2 has Best Picture locked down

 

[Crockett]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is my most anticipated movie of this year, so it'd be nice if the film gets nominated in the following categories: The ones I highlight are the ones that I think the movie will likely to get.

Best Director
Best Picture
Best Actress (if Mara really knock out the park with her performance)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Score
Best Cinematography

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn I want to get nominated for Best Animated Feature, its chances to win it's kind of high too.

Maybe some of them is wishful thinking but I have a feeling the movie will be great.

 

[Laderlappen]

Ridiculously early for predictions but so what, who cares right?


Best Picture
1. The Tree of Life
2. A Dangerous Method
3. Contagion
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Hugo Cabret
6. War Horse
7. The Ides of March
8. The Descendants
9. Moneyball
10. The Iron Lady


Best Director
1. Terrance Mallick – The Tree of Life
2. David Cronenberg – A Dangerous Method
3. Steven Soderbergh – Contagion
4. David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. Martin Scorsese – Hugo Cabret


Best Actor
1. Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
2. Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
3. Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method
4. George Clooney – The Descendants
5. Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March


Best Actress
1. Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
2. Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
4. Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
5. Keira Knightley – A Dangerous Method


Best Supporting Actor
1. Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
2. Christopher Plummer – Beginners
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March
4. Sean Penn – The Tree of Life
5. Tom Hardy – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy


Best Supporting Actress
1. Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
2. Marion Cotillard – Contagion
3. Julia Ormond – My Week with Marilyn
4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Melancholia
5. Robin Wright – Moneyball

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

I just hope they dont screw Deathly Hallows 2 over if its as amazing as it looks

 

[Watchman]

I'll save everyone a few pointless pages of *****ing- Deathly Hallows is not going to win.

I hoping for either a Tree of Life or A Dangerous Method win. It would be nice for Cronenberg or Mallick to snag an Oscar for directing. If Muppets wins best song that means Jermaine Clement wins an Oscar and that is almost too awesome to process.

 

[Heisenberg]

Best Picture
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Tree of Life
We Bought A Zoo
The Iron Lady
A Dangerous Method
Moneyball
War Horse
The Ides of March
The Descendants
Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Director
Terrance Mallick – The Tree of Life
David Cronenberg – A Dangerous Method
George Clooney - Ides Of March
David Fincher – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Steven Spielberg - War Horse

Best Actor
Sean Penn – The Tree of Life
Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method
George Clooney – The Descendants
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
Michael Shannon - The Iceman

Best Actress
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Anne Hathaway - One Day
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia

Best Supporting Actor
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Sean Penn – The Tree of Life
Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady

Best Supporting Actress
Robin Wright – Moneyball
Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn
Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
Marion Cotillard – Contagion
Marisa Tomei - The Ides Of March

I don't know if J. Edgar or Carnage are set for early 2012, but if they are, they will likely take a few spots. And I don't know why, but I expect Hugo Cabaret to be overlooked as a best picture nominee for something smaller (eg. We Bought A Zoo).

 

[lime]

I'll save everyone a few pointless pages of *****ing- Deathly Hallows is not going to win.

I hoping for either a Tree of Life or A Dangerous Method win. It would be nice for Cronenberg or Mallick to snag an Oscar for directing. If Muppets wins best song that means Jermaine Clement wins an Oscar and that is almost too awesome to process.

I have no such illuisions. But a nominations seems very possible.

The movie will probably take those noms:

Best Picture
Art Direction
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Makeup

And maybe

Cinematography
Editing
Music

Thats 6-9 potential nominations.

 

[Kud-Dukan]

The only thing I want for Deathly Hallows Part 2 on Oscar night is for Stuart Craig to finally win for Art Direction...anything else after that would be a bonus.

 

[kvz5]

I'm hoping that this will finally be the year for an Oldman nomination. They better push J. Edgar this year for a Di Caprio win because the Lincoln project is slated for 2012 and I expect DDL to dominate the awards season for that role.

 

[lime]

I dont see how J. Edgar can be pushed for 2012. The movie will finish filming very soon, and they will have 5-6 months of post production time, and that is not a film with loads of CG to need more PP time. The movie is a sure Oscar material and there is no way they will pushed for early 2012 beacuse it will kill of the movie's chances for the Oscars.

I'm predicting a December release date.

PS: Yeah, I counsider Daniel Day-Lewis a three time Oscar winner ever since I have learned he will play Lincoln.

But this must be DiCaprio's year. In 2004 he had the bad luck of being in the same year with Jamie Foxx's Ray. This year I hope there is not one to stop him.

 

[Bunker]

Damn, lots of potentially great movies coming out this year.

 

[Wolfwood]

No way Harry Potter gets a Best Picture Nomination. Don't get me wrong, I think it'd be awesome if it got one, but that's a hell of a long shot.

 

[Armored Avenger]

I hope Gary Oldman gets the recognition he deserves for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He has to finally be nominated.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I've been hearing he is good.

I can't wait for that film, and I want to see Oldman. Oldman and Bale finally winning in two years is just a dream.

 

[Boom]

I thought Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was coming out in 2012? If that's the case, it would be up for the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. Not next year's.

Same goes for Daniel Day-Lewis and Lincoln.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Universal bought the rights and they're aiming for a November or December 2011 for it.

 

[Boom]

Oh sweet .

From the director of Let the Right One In, and starring the likes of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Yeah. I'm there.

But I know for a fact Lincoln is slated for a 2012 release. In other words, DDL will be a frontrunner for Best Actor in 2013.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Transformers 3 has to win over some technical achievement next year, I can't believe how it lost to one of the Bourne movies years back.

 

[Drizzle]

Transformers 3 has to win over some technical achievement next year, I can't believe how it lost to one of the Bourne movies years back.

Worse. It lost the visual effects Oscar to The Golden Compass. ****ing polar bears. I don't care what you thought of the movie, Transformers was a new step for ILM, and they got the job done. They were robbed of the Oscar that year.

 

[hugekent]

Mine, ordered about as roughly as year in advance picks can be.

BEST PICTURE

A Dangerous Method
The Ides of March
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Tree of Life
Hugo Cabret
War Horse
My Week With Marilyn
We Bought a Zoo
Moneyball
On the Road

BEST DIRECTOR

David Cronenberg - A Dangerous Method
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
Steven Spielberg - War Horse
George Clooney - The Ides of March
David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

BEST ACTOR

Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender - A Dangerous Method
Gary Oldman - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50
Michael Shannon - Take Shelter

BEST ACTRESS

Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Elizabeth Olson - Martha Marcy May Marlene

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method
Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Ides of March
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Christopher Plummer - Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Keira Knightley - A Dangerous Method
Judi Dench - My Week With Marilyn
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
Marissa Tomei - The Ides of March
Viola Davis - The Help


Kind of a mixture of wishful thinking and guessing what will suit the Academy's tastes.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

I'll save everyone a few pointless pages of *****ing- Deathly Hallows is not going to win.

wait...who said win? you should have saved yourself the trouble of assuming.

 

[lime]

My April’s predictions. I have gathered information for a month now to update my list. Given the fact that it’s very soon and we don’t even have trailers for the most of the movies these predictions are very unpredictable, but I do this for years and I actually have a good success with predictions.

Updated list:

BEST PICTURE

The Descendants
Dangerous Method
Young Adult
Ideas of March
Moneyball
Hugo Cabret
War Horse
J. Edgar
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Adventures of Tintin

Top Runner-Up: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

BEST DIRECTOR

George Clooney (Ideas of March)
Clint Eastwood (J. Edgar)
Jason Rateman (Yong Adult)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Top Runner-Up: David Cronenberg (Dangerous Method)

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
Vigo Mortersen (Dangerous Method)
George Clooney (Ideas of March)
Jim Strugges (One Day)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Top Runner-Up: George Clooney (The Descendants)

BEST ACTRESS

Meryl Steep (The Iron Lady)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Anne Hathaway (One Day)
Charleeze Theron (Young Adults)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Top Runner-Up: Carrey Mulligan (Shame)

BEST SUP. ACTOR

Army Hammer (J. Edgar)
Phillip Seamor Hoffman (Ideas of March)
Paul Giammati (Ideas of March)
Ben Kingsley (Hugo Cabret)
Christopher Plummer (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Top Runner-Up: Phillip Seamor Hoffman (Moneyball)

BEST SUP. ACTRESS

Kira Knightly (Dangerous Method)
Jude Dench (My Week with Marilyn)
Naomi Watts (J. Edgar)
Marisa Tomei (Ideas of March)
Chloe Moretz (Hugo Cabret)

Top Runner-Up: Even Rachel Woods (Ideas of March)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

J. Edgar
Young Adult
Shame
Win Win
The Tree of Life

Top Runner-Up: The Iron Lady

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Ideas of March
Dangerous Method
One Day
Moneyball
Hugo Cabret

Top Runner-Up: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Tree of Life
Hugo Cabret
J, Edgar
War Horse
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Top Runner-Up: Water for Elephants

ART DIRECTION

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo Cabret
War Horse
J. Edgar
Dangerous Method

Top Runner-Up: Pirates of the Caribbean 4

COSTUME DESIGN

Hugo Cabret
War Horse
J. Edgar
Jane Eyre
Water for Elephants

Top Runner-Up: Dangerous Method

FILM EDITING

Ideas of March
J. Edgar
Hugo Cabret
The Tree of Life
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Top Runner-Up: Moneyball

ORIGINAL SCORE

John Williams – The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams – War Horse
Howard Shore – Hugo Cabret
Alexandre Desplat – The Tree of Life
Alexandre Desplat – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Top Runner-Up: James Newton Howard – Water for Elephants

SOUND EDITING

The Adventures of Tintin
Transformers 3
Rango
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean 4

Top Runner-Up: War Horse

SOUND MIXING

The Adventures of Tintin
War Horse
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo Cabret
J. Edgar

Top Runner-Up: Rango

VISUAL EFFECTS

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Transformers 3
Pirates of the Caribbean 4
The Green Lantern
Rise of the Apes

Top Runner-Up: Capitan America / Thor

MAKEUP

Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo Cabret

Top Runner-Up: The Green Lantern / Thor

 

[Incrediblejeff]

My guesses for Animated feature

Rango
Winnie The Pooh
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Arthur Christmas

 

[bullets]

No way Harry Potter gets a Best Picture Nomination. Don't get me wrong, I think it'd be awesome if it got one, but that's a hell of a long shot.

It sure is a long shot but with ten best picture nominees it could work it's way in there. Actually winning would be a huge struggle though.