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CaptainYooh · 03-02-2014, 11:50 AM

Seeing no thread on this, I thought this would be a good time to post your predictions.

This year, we decided to see all movies nominated for Best Picture and saw almost all of them, except for three (12 Years a Slave, Philomena and Her, which I didn't care to see much because I found their plots boring). Until yesterday, a clear winner for me was American Hustle. But last night we saw "Nebraska" directed by Alexander Payne and I now think this is by far the best movie of 2013. Dark, crisp and ruthless picture of deep American rural mid-west. Good story, brilliant cinematography, great acting by the entire cast. I doubt the Academy will give it a win over the politically-correct and over-exploited slavery movie directed by a director with British accent, but it truly deserves it, I think. I will cheer for "Nebraska" tonight.

My 2014 Oscar main award predictions:

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave (My vote: Nebraska)
Best Director: Steve McQueen (My vote: Alexander Payne)
Best Lead Actor: Matthew McConaughey (My vote: Matthew McConaughey)
Best Lead Actress: Cate Blanchett (My vote: Cate Blanchett)
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (My vote: Jared Leto)
Best Original Screenplay: American Hustle (My vote: Nebraska)
Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave (My vote: I don't have one)

I think American Hustle should win for best cinematography and musical score.

One more, I have no idea how Gravity made it to the top nominations list. I found it nothing but an exercise in computer graphic design. As SNL's Taran Killam said it yesterday: "If I wanted to watch a depressed middle-age woman float around for 90 minutes, I'd go to the YMCA." What a laughable nomination...

03-02-2014, 11:50 AM	#1
CaptainYooh Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	2014 Oscars Seeing no thread on this, I thought this would be a good time to post your predictions. This year, we decided to see all movies nominated for Best Picture and saw almost all of them, except for three (12 Years a Slave, Philomena and Her, which I didn't care to see much because I found their plots boring). Until yesterday, a clear winner for me was American Hustle. But last night we saw "Nebraska" directed by Alexander Payne and I now think this is by far the best movie of 2013. Dark, crisp and ruthless picture of deep American rural mid-west. Good story, brilliant cinematography, great acting by the entire cast. I doubt the Academy will give it a win over the politically-correct and over-exploited slavery movie directed by a director with British accent, but it truly deserves it, I think. I will cheer for "Nebraska" tonight. My 2014 Oscar main award predictions: Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave (My vote: Nebraska) Best Director: Steve McQueen (My vote: Alexander Payne) Best Lead Actor: Matthew McConaughey (My vote: Matthew McConaughey) Best Lead Actress: Cate Blanchett (My vote: Cate Blanchett) Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (My vote: Jared Leto) Best Original Screenplay: American Hustle (My vote: Nebraska) Best Adapted Screenplay: 12 Years a Slave (My vote: I don't have one) I think American Hustle should win for best cinematography and musical score. One more, I have no idea how Gravity made it to the top nominations list. I found it nothing but an exercise in computer graphic design. As SNL's Taran Killam said it yesterday: "If I wanted to watch a depressed middle-age woman float around for 90 minutes, I'd go to the YMCA." What a laughable nomination...