Oscar Winners and Our Thoughts

This year's Oscars were pretty predictable. Ellen's hosting was pretty awesome.  She cracks me up!  It was interesting to see how poorly Kim Novak and Goldie Hawn have aged (with plenty of help from their surgeons) but Sidney Poitier, who I'm sure had no surgeons, was such a handsome older man.  I'm a little bummed that there was no love for my favorite movie, Nebraska.  I was surprised (pleasantly) that The Great Gatsby won two awards!  But none for Leo.  Poor Leo.  He's going to be the next Peter O'Toole.  Nominated for a million, winner of none.  An unexpected win for Lupita Nyong'o, I thought Jennifer Lawrence had it in the bag but it was nice to see Lupita win.  Both her, Jared Leto, and Cate Blanchett had great acceptance speeches.  There were a few odd ones, the shining moment was the acceptance for documentary where the "lead" sang a cappella gospel music… granted I wasn't totally paying attention immediately before this, so maybe someone asked her to or there was a better reason than that… but it seemed pretty weird.  All in all we had a blast predicting it.  I mean the Oscars are basically our Super Bowl.  We even went in on some local ballots with our guesses.  We haven't heard anything yet but we are still hopeful we'll win tons of free movie tickets!!  



Best Picture
Who we want to win:  Nebraska/ The Wolf of Wall Street
Who we think will win: 12 Years A Slave / 12 Years a Slave
Winner: 12 Years a Slave 

Best Actor
Who we want to win: Bruce Dern / Any of them except Bale
Who we think will win: Matthew McConaughey/ Matthew McConaughey 
Winner: Matthew McConaughey

Best Actress

Who we want to win: Meryl Streep / Cate Blanchett
Who we think will win:  Cate Blanchett/ Cate Blanchett
Winner: Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor
Who we want to win:  Jonah Hill/ Michael Fassbender
Who we think will win: Jared Leto/ Jared Leto
Winner: Jared Leto

Best Supporting Actress
Who we want to win: June Squibb / June Squibb
Who we think will win: Jennifer Lawrence / Jennifer Lawrence/Lupita Nyong'o
Winner: Lupita Nyong'o


Animated Feature
Who we want to win:  Frozen / Frozen
Who we think will win: Frozen /  Frozen
Winner: Frozen

Cinematography
Who we want to win: Gravity / Gravity
Who we think will win: Gravity / Gravity
Winner: Gravity

Costume Design
Who we want to win: The Great Gatsby / 12 Years a Slave
Who we think will win: American Hustle / American Hustle
Winner: The Great Gatsby

Directing
Who we want to win: Gravity/ Gravity
Who we think will win: Gravity / Gravity
Winner: Gravity

Film Editing
Who we want to win: Gravity / Gravity
Who we think will win: Gravity / Gravity
Winner: Gravity

Makeup and Hairstyling 
Who we want to win: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Just so there can be an "Oscar Winning" Jackass movie / Dallas Buyers Club
Who we think will win: Dallas Buyers Club / Dallas Buyers Club
Winner: Dallas Buyers Club

Music: Original Score
Who we want to win: Her / Her
Who we think will win: Her / Gravity
Winner: Gravity

Music: Original Song
Who we want to win:  Let It Go/ Let it Go
Who we think will win: Let It Go / Let it Go
Winner: Let It Go

Production Design
Who we want to win: Her / Her
Who we think will win: Her / American Hustle
Winner: The Great Gatsby

Sound Editing
Who we want to win: Gravity /Gravity
Who we think will win: Gravity / Gravity
Winner: Gravity 

Sound Mixing 
Who we want to win: Gravity / Gravity
Who we think will win: Gravity / Gravity
Winner: Gravity

Visual Effects 
Who we want to win: Gravity/ Gravity
Who we think will win: Gravity / Gravity
Winner: Gravity

Best Adapted Screenplay
Who we want to win: Before Midnight / The Wolf of Wall Street
Who we think will win:  Before Midnight/ 12 Years a Slave
Winner: 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay
Who we want to win: Nebraska/ Her
Who we think will win: Her/ American Hustle
Winner: Her

The Working Title honorable mentions.

Worst Pronunciation of a Name: John Travolta for Adelle Dazeeb (Idina Menzel….obviously)

Most Awkward Phone Sex with Dead Cat: Kristin Wiig in Her

Grossest, Dirtiest Rodeo Sex:  Matthew McConaughey and anonymous dirty ho-bags in Dallas Buyers Club 

Best Impromptu Song in a Film: Matthew McConaughey's free-styling in The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Prosthetics: Jonah Hill…. for teeth and penis… in The Wolf of Wall Street