Just For Fun: The Sequel

Well now that the Academy Award nominations are announced, let's see how I did.

Here is a list of the nominees:

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendents
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

I only predicted that there would be 7 nominees, so all of my predictions made it in besides The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which i'm actually pretty surprised about.  I missed War Horse, Extremely Loud, and The Tree of Life.  I try to see all the nominees, so I was hoping Tree of Life wouldn't get nominated (which is why I didn't predict it).  Many of you know how I feel about Terrence Malick and my hatred of A New World, but this could be better, who knows?

Best Director
Michele Hazanavicius-The Artist
Alexander Payne-The Descendents 
Martin Scorsese-Hugo
Woody Allen-Midnight In Paris
Terrence Malick-The Tree of Life

I had a definite lapse of concentration when I predicted these, because Michele Hazanavicius was a definite front runner for me, so I don't know why I didn't type his name in my predictions, but if I had, I would have still had one wrong because I would have taken out Malick.  Again with this hatred of him.  I'm not even sure why, his films are beautiful, just boring.

Best Actor
Demian Bichir-A Better Life
George Clooney-The Descendents
Jean Dujardin-The Artist
Gary Oldman-Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt-Moneyball

Epic Fail.  Missed Bichir and Oldman.  I'm really excited about Bichir though.  He was great in A Better Life.  That movie really hit a chord with me.

Best Actress
Glenn Close-Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis-The Help
Rooney Mara-The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep-The Iron Lady
Michelle Willliams-My Week With Marilyn

Sweet 100% Correct!  I'm happy with this group.

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh-My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill-Moneyball
Nick Nolte-Warrior
Christopher Plummer-Beginners
Max von Sydow-Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2 Wrong again.  I missed von Sydow, and Nolte, but to be fair I mentioned Nolte as an alternate, but von Sydow came out of nowhere.  I assumed they would hate Extremely Loud, even though I enjoyed it.

Best Supporting Actress
Bernice Bejo-The Artist
Jessica Chastain-The Help
Melissa McCarthy-Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer-Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer-The Help

Missed Shailene Woodley for Melissa McCarthy.  If I had my choice, both would have made it in and McTeer out, but only because I haven't seen Albert Nobbs.  Maybe I will soon, but Woodley was awesome in The Descendents.  Who would have thought she's a teenager with a secret life on some ABC Family show?

Okay, well that is the end of these little detours from real life.  I know that most people aren't as into these things as I am, but I figured someone might care a little bit.  Also, I am thinking of starting a movie review blog, just to keep me active and such, because this was actually kind of fun.