Follow-up to previous blog post: here's my "These Movies Shoulda Won Oscars" list from LAST YEAR.

As a follow up to my previous post, here's my "These Movies Shoulda Won Oscars" list from LAST YEAR.

BEST PICTURE:

WINNER - "Beasts of the Southern Wild" – every moment of this film was luminous and unique.  Nothing compared to it.  Not even Lincoln, which comes a close second in my book.

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

"Lincoln"

"Les Miserables" – admittedly, I haven’t seen this.  Anne Hathaway’s mouth is just too much for me.

"Django Unchained"

"Argo" – great film, but not as good as Lincon and Beasts. 

Additional nominee: Moonrise Kingdom.  Duh.  How did this not get any major nominations?
NOTE: I removed "Amour" from this list. Finally saw this and hated it. Too much of a beating. I also remove "Life of Pi." Visuals were beautiful, but that cheesy journalist subplot ruined the story for me. 

BEST ACTOR

WINNER - Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln" – this one has to be a tie.  In my own Oscars, I can have ties!  That’s one of the benefits of having my own Oscars!  I can’t pick between these two exquisite performances.

WINNER - Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Denzel Washington, "Flight"

Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"

Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Additional nominees: the kid from Moonrise Kingdom, and and Ed Norton.

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER - Naomi Watts, "The Impossible" – Also a tie!!!  Jennifer L was good, But Naomi and Quvenzhane were brillz.

WINNER - Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" – This little girl gave me chills for two hours straight.

Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Additional nominee: the girl from Moonrise Kingdom.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER - Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"- the others were all incredible, but Tommy was epic.

Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Best Supporting Actress:

WINNER - Jackie Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook" – brilliant performance.  And Sally Field was just too old to play Mrs. Lincoln.  Amy Adams was annoying as always.  And I can’t look at Anne Hathaway’s mouth for too long.  Helen Hunt was brillz in The Sessions, so that would’ve been my second choice. 

Sally Field, "Lincoln"

Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"

Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

Amy Adams, "The Master"

Best Director:

WINNER - Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln" – let’s give this man some credit for making a timeless film.

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

Michael Haneke, "Amour"

Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"