Here is my list of my predicted 2012 Oscar nominees:
(Italicized is my prediction for winner and it is in the order I think they would win)
Best Picture: (since there will be anywhere between 5-10 actual nominees, I will list 10)
The Descendants
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Moneyball
Best Director:
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Steven Spielberg (War Horse)
David Fincher (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
Best Actor:
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
Best Actress:
Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Best Supporting Actor:
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)
Best Supporting Actress:
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Carey Mulligan (Shame)
Best Original Screenplay:
Midnight in Paris
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Young Adult
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Help
Hugo
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Best Animated Film:
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin
Puss in Boots
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Best Visual Effects:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Tree of Life
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Best Original Song
"The Living Proof" - The Help
"Man or Muppet" - The Muppets
"Life's a Happy Song" - The Muppets
"The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher
"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo and Juliet
Best Original Score
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse
The Arist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Best Art Direction
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
The Artist
War Horse
Anonymous
Best Costume Design
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Jane Eyre
Hugo
W.E.
Anonymous
Best Cinematography
Hugo
The Artist
War Horse
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Tree of Life
Best Makeup
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
Anonymous
Best Editing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
Best Sound Editing
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Hugo
Best Sound Mixing
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Hugo
Super 8
Best Documentarty
We Were Here
Project Nim
Battle for Brooklyn
Pina
Battle for Brooklyn
Total Tally for my predictions per film (Excluding documentary, short, and foreign films):
Hugo - 11
The Artist - 10
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - 8
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - 7
The Help - 6
The Descendants - 5
War Horse - 5
Moneyball - 4
Anonymous - 3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 3
The Iron Lady - 2
Midnight in Paris - 2
Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol - 2
The Muppets - 2
My Week With Marilyn - 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - 2
Shame - 2
The Tree of Life - 2
50/50 - 1
The Adventures of Tintin - 1
Arthur Christmas - 1
Beginners - 1
Bridesmaids - 1
A Dangerous Method - 1
Drive - 1
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - 1
Gnomeo and Juliet - 1
J. Edgar - 1
Jane Eyre - 1
Kung Fu Panda 2 - 1
Machine Gun Preacher - 1
Puss in Boots - 1
Rango - 1
Super 8 - 1
W.E. - 1
We Need to Talk About Kevin - 1
Young Adult - 1
