How Did My Academy Award Predictions Turn Out?

Overall: 17 / 24 (71%)

You can see all of my predictions for the 85th Academy Awards here

BEST CALL: Predicting Ang Lee (Life of Pi) would win Best Director

WORST CALL: Choosing Tommy Lee Jones over Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor
(Also, I should have chosen "Curfew" over "Buzkashi Boys" for Best Live Action Short. If you read as much Oscar blogs and articles as I have it was obvious)

BIG SIX CATEGORIES: 5/6
(Best Film, Best Director, the 4 acting categories)

WHAT I GOT CORRECT
- BEST FILM: Argo
- BEST DIRECTOR: Ang Lee (Life Of Pi)
- BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
- BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) over Tommy Lee-Jones (Lincoln)

WRITING CATEGORIES: 1/2

WHAT I GOT CORRECT
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio (Argo)

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) over Michel Haneke (Amour)

BEST "OTHER" FILMS: 2/3
(Best Animated Film, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Language Film)

WHAT I GOT CORRECT
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Amour
- BEST DOCUMENTARY: Searching For Sugarman

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
- BEST ANIMATED FILM: Brave over Wreck-It Ralph

VISUAL TECHNICAL AWARDS: 5/6

WHAT I GOT CORRECT
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Caludio Miranda (Life of Pi)
- BEST EDITING: William Goldenberg (Argo)
- BEST HAIR AND MAKE UP: Les Miserables
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Life of Pi
- BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Karenina

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
- BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Lincoln over The Hobbit

SOUND TECHNICAL AWARDS: 3/4

WHAT I GOT CORRECT
- BEST SONG: Adele and Paul Epworth "Skyfall" (Skyfall)
- BEST SCORE: Life of Pi
- BEST SOUND MIXING: Les Miserables

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
- BEST SOUND EDITING: Zero Dark Thirty or Skyfall over Argo

THE SHORTS: 1/3
(Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short)

WHAT I GOT CORRECT
- BEST ANIMATED SHORT: Paperman

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE
- BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Inocente over Mondays at Racine
- BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: Curfew over Buzkashi Boys

Not only did I post my predictions yesterday but I also posted how confident I was with my pics. Here is how my confidence predictions went down.

MY STONE COLD LOCKS: 4 / 6

- MISSED: Best Supporting Actor and Best Animated Film

So much for "stone cold locks" huh?

ALMOST A SURE THING: 4 / 4

BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES: 3 / 3

STRONG EDUCATED GUESSES: 5 / 7

- MISSED: Best Original Screenplay and Best Production Design

STRAIGHT UP GUESSES: 1 / 4

- MISSED: Best Documentary Short, Best Live Action Short, Best Sound Editing


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