Dalurae's 84th Academy Awards Nomination Predictions

Best Picture

The Artist

The Descendants

Hugo

The Help

Midnight in Paris

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Moneyball

War Horse

If there are 10 nominees…

+ Bridesmaids

+ The Ides of March

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Drive

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alt. Steven Spielberg, War Horse

Alt. George Clooney, The Ides of March

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Tomas Alfredson, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Kelly Reichardt, Meek’s Cutoff

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

Best Actress

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Viola Davis, The Help

Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alt. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Alt. Charlize Theron, Young Adult

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia

Michelle Williams, Meek’s Cutoff
Charlize Theron, Young Adult

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Best Actor

George Clooney, The Descendants

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Michael Fassbender, Shame

Alt. Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar

Alt. Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Ryan Gosling, Drive or The Ides of March

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer, The Help

Berenice Bejo, The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Shalene Woodley, The Descendants

Alt. Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Alt. Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Carey Mulligan, Shame

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Albert Brooks, Drive

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Alt. Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Alt. Patton Oswalt, Young Adult

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Ben Kingsley, Hugo

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Midnight in Paris

The Artist

50/50

Bridesmaids

A Separation

Alt. Margin Call

Alt. Young Adult

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Take Shelter

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Win Win

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants

Moneyball

Hugo

The Help

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alt. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Alt. Ides of March

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Jane Eyre

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Film Editing

The Artist

Hugo

Moneyball

The Descendants

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alt. The Ides of March

Alt. The Tree of Life

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Contagion

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Any one of the three above

Best Cinematography

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Hugo

The Artist

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Alt. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Alt. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Drive

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

J. Edgar

Best Art Direction

Hugo

The Artist

War Horse

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Alt. The Help

Alt. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Jane Eyre

Drive

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Drive

Best Costume Design

The Artist

My Week with Marilyn

Hugo

Jane Eyre

The Help

Alt. War Horse

Alt. W.E.

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Makeup

The Iron Lady

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Artist

Albert Nobbs

Alt. Hugo

Alt. Anynomyous

Best Original Score

Ludovic Bource, The Artist

Howard Shore, Hugo

John Williams, War Horse

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

 Alt. Alexandre Desplat, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Alt. John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin

One(s) that I’m dying to see in…

Alexandre Desplat, The Ides of March

Oh what a pleasant surprise it’d be…

Mychael Danna, Moneyball

Best Visual Effects

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Hugo

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Alt. Captain America: The First Avenger

Alt. The Tree of Life

Best Original Song

The Living Proof, The Help

Lay Your Head Down, Albert Nobbs

Man or Muppet, The Muppets

Hello Hello, Gnomeo & Juliet

The Keeper, Machine Gun Preacher

Alt. Life’s a Happy Song, the Muppets

Best Animated Feature

Rango

Puss in Boots

Kung Fu Panda 2

Car 2

The Adventures of Tintin

Alt. Arthur Christmas

Best Documentary - Feature

Project Nim

Bill Cunningham New York

Pina

Hell and Back Again

We Were Here

Alt. Battle for Brooklyn

Alt. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Best Foreign Language Film

Iran, A Separation

Canada, Monsieur Lazhar

Poland, In Darkness

Israel, Footnote

Belgium, Bullhead

Alt. Taiwan, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Alt. Pina, Germany

Best Sound Mixing

Hugo

The Artist

War Horse

Transformers: Dar of the Moon

Super 8

Alt. The Adventures of Tintin

Alt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Best Sound Editing

War Horse

The Adventures of Tintin

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Super 8

Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Alt. Hugo

Alt. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Nomination Count (only films with 2 noms +)

The Artist  - 12 nominations
Hugo - 10
The Help - 7
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 6
The Descendants - 6
War Horse - 6
Moneyball - 5
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 4
Midnight in Paris - 3
My Week with Marilyn - 3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - 3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 3
A Separation - 2
Bridesmaids - 2
The Iron Lady - 2
Super 8 - 2
The Adventures of Tintin - 2