OSCAR PICKS

On my friend Arminta's Facebook page, several friends have responded to my request to name favorite Oscar picks.


ARMINTA's PICKS:

PICTURE: Lincoln
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis (although she hopes for Bradley Cooper)
ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain
SUPPORTING: Philip Seymour Hoffman
SUPPORTING: Anne Hathaway
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

NADINE's PICKS:

PICTURE: Silver Linings Playbook
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis
ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence
SUPPORTING: Robert DeNiro
SUPPORTING: Anne Hathaway
DIRECTOR: David Russell

CASSIE's PICKS:

PICTURE: Argo
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis
ACTRESS: Emmanuelle Riva
SUPPORTING: Robert DeNiro
DIRECTOR: Ang Lee

MY PICKS:

PICTURE: Argo
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis
ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain
SUPPORTING: Tommy Lee Jones
SUPPORTING: Anne Hathaway
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

Those are my picks on the ones I think WILL win; here's my list of the ones I would LIKE to see win:

WISH PICKS:

PICTURE: Lincoln
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis
ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence
SUPPORTING: Philip Seymour Hoffman
SUPPORTING: Amy Adams
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

After a long thread, another friend wrote: "Blehhhhh, I suppose you're having Oscar-watching parties." I replied that I had had Oscar parties in the past!

I wrote: "How in the Hell can they logically nominate films without the Directors? They did that to Barbra back in the day and Spielberg was egregiously bypassed until he directed what they considered "mature" -- Schindler's List! Why aren't The Master and Paul Thomas Anderson on the list, along with Affleck, Tarantino, and Bigelow? Why are there more than 5 films nominated when it is limited to 5 nominees in other categories? It's to appease the corporations and the mega-grossing films! I hated Les Miserables and Anne Hathaway, but adored Jackman. It was so classy of Day-Lewis to praise Phoenix at other awards; I didn't care for Watts. I thought the best screenplay should go to Zero Dark Thirty."

No, I'm not having a party because I'm CRANKY!