Oscars 2013 Results

The long awaited Oscar night is finally over and I’ve come out feeling like quite a champion with 21 of 24 predictions come true. There were a couple sneaky categories and my final predictions for the most part came true.

As for the contest side of things, we have a tie between two people- nate and Stefanie Schneider- who both went 20 for 24. My readership pulled some really good votes as we had a number of 19’s as well. Good work guys. Now for the business side of things, first one of you guys to email me will snag that prize. What is it? Why a sweet DVD of course.

Of the four Oscar narratives I foresaw, the situation I was touting most and betting with happened to come true with a big split during the night leaving Life of Pi as the big winner after securing four Oscar wins with Argo and Les Miserables receiving three each. Skyfall, Lincoln and Django Unchained all snagged two and everything else received just one.

Although most everything fell into line just as I predicted, I let the Christoph Waltz‘s win slip away from me even though I said he should have wonand had a big question mark as to who actually would win until just two nights prior to the big night. Should have gone with my gut on both that and Lincoln for Production Design and my ballot would have been nearly flawless.

I thought host Seth McFarlane did a great job at opening the show, keeping the thing spinning along and running the gambit on joke fodder throughout the evening. Nothing and no-one was untouchable and I’m sure he’s the best presenter we’ve had for a number of years. Lesson to learn: funny, young and currently “in” works. Out with the old, in with the new.

Finally, it was nice to see the night book-ended by the most sincere and honest pair of acceptance speeches which came from Christoph Waltz and Ben Affleck. Good on ya guys.

The final results are below with the three categories I missed posted in red.

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Best Picture

Argo

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

Best Director

Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Best Animated Feature Film

Brave

Best Documentary (Feature)

Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)

Best Film Editing

Argo

Best Music (Original Score)

Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)

Best Music (Original Song)

“Skyfall” from Skyfall

Best Sound Mixing

Les Misérables

Best Sound Editing

Skyfall/Zero Dark Thirty

Best Production Design

Lincoln

Best Visual Effects

Life of Pi

Best Costumes

Anna Karenina

Best Makeup and Hairstyling