Oscar predictions !

OK I have the ballot in front of me
I will predict the winner and my preferred choice as winner.
I will not bore you with things like sound & design winners

VISUAL EFFECTS
The winner will be Life of Pi and that is my choice as well
If you ask my 10yr old its Marvel's The Avengers, which had outrageous effects.

ORIGINAL SONG
the winner will be Skyfall, and that is my choice too.
Les Mis could get this as well.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
 my choice is Life of Pi, although Django is a close 2nd.

ADAPTED SCREEENPLAY
The winner and my choice is Silver Linings playbook.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tarantino is the man, the dude can write. Django should win hands down.

ANIMATED FEATURE
I really dropped the ball this year taking my kids to see these flicks.
My wife and kids all say Wreck it Ralph, but I have a feeling The Pirates Band of misfits wins
Those guys from Wallace and Grommet series are loved by the Academy

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
The winner and my choice is Anne Hathaway for Les Mis. Although I think Helen Hunt could be a sleeper pick

SUPPORTING ACTOR
there are soo many good ones in this catagory. Alan Arkin was my favorite but I don't think he will win. Christoph Waltz was amazing but the winner will be Tommy Lee Jones. I remember saying to myself as I left the theater, Tommy won an Oscar with that performance. The others I said they will get an oscar nod which they did.

ACTRESS
OK tough one, Jennifer Lawrence was fantastic and I would not be suprised if she won. But I don't think the academy voters will vote for the girl from the Hunger games. My choice and who I think will win is Jessica Chastain. She was brilliant, you felt her pain and angst in watching her hunt for Bin Laden.

ACTOR
My wife will tell you, I have a man crush on Bradley Cooper. He was awesome in SLP.
He would be my choice if it were not for Daniel Day Lewis. In a movie that is all talking and no action. He makes you feel like he is talking to you  and telling, you the viewer, a story as Lincoln. It was simply amazing acting at its finest.

DIRECTOR
My choice is Ang Lee, I thought Life of Pi in 3d was amazing film. But what Steven Spielberg did with Lincoln is sheer brilliance. For a film that is almost 3 hrs long and not a lick of action. The whole movie is storytellng and dialogue. He takes you into the room and makes you feel like you are a part of their conversations.

BEST PICTURE
My choice is Django, everything was excellent, writing, acting, soundtrack, cinematography, but I think in the end the last 10 min of graphic violence will be too much for it to win.
Silver Linings is a hot pick because any film that discusses mental health does well with the academy. Argo is loved my everyone who sees it. So the winner is....Lincoln. I think the academy goes with Spielberg as a way to honor all he has done in film.

Zero Dark 30 is long but so was getting Bin Laden

This movie is sooooo long with not a lot of action makes it hard to watch especially since you know what happens in the end. I think the point of the movie is to make you frustrated. It took so long and so much effort to get Bin Laden. There was 10yrs of looking for him , so I think the director was trying to make the veiwer uncomfortable.
After watching this movie it is amazing that we even caught the SOB.
I give it a 6.8 out 10

the E'scars, the year in review by Eric Carr

A week before the Oscars are given out , I am going to give out the E'scars.
A nod to my favorites of 2012.
Next Sunday see my picks for Oscar winners

Biggest Surprise --THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER.
I throw back to John Hughes high school angst with a darker side--a must see.

Best Comedy to talk to Larry with --tie for Project X and Ted

Best Date night movie--The 5 year engagement was this years Bridemaids--Judd Apatow films always deliver

Best movie to watch with your wife--This is 40 , gets right to the heart of what marriage is and should be. Ups and downs , Highs and lows another Apatow gem

Best Cop movie --End of Watch was fantastic rent it now!

Best Kids movie--Rise of the Guardians, Tooth Fairy, Easter bunny, Santa Claus, jack frost battle evil boogie man.

Best movie about a true story--Argo , not zero dark thirty. Argo was a really good film and much better than ZDT in my opionion. Very intense and Alan Arkin was one of the best acting jobs of the year.

Top 5 movies of the year
Lincoln
Life of PI in 3D only
End of Watch
Django
Perks of being Wallflower

The E'scar for my favorite film of the year....Django
Writing was the best of any film by far and acting was incredible. Too much graphic violence at the end, but the writing and acting are SOO superior.

Django a great western. Graphic violence too much

The first thing that grabbed me was the opening song. It sounded like Elvis. The whole sound track was quite retro sounding. It was fascinating to me how well the sound track fit the movie.

Pure Tarantino at its best, the dialogue of his movies are unmatched.The writing is among the best films of the year and that is why it is up for an Oscar in best Original Screenplay.
All the actors are great Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio get well deserved Golden Globe nominations.

 I really enjoyed this movie and it was a great western until the end. The graphic violence in the last scenes went REALLY overboard. It was just too over the top. But that is Tarantino. Because of this it dropped the overall rating
what would have been a 9 drops to 8 out of 10.

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