Predict The Oscars 2014

[numbersix]

Though Jasmine's disorder is never named, she does show signs of schizophrenia (the imaginary conversations) and narcissistic personality disorder (many of her choices, which destroys the relationships around her). She is also a compulsive liar (known in psychiatry as pseudologia fantastica).

The film has also been covered in more than a few medical publications for its portrayal of mental illness.

Er... riiightt. But the film portrays her as relatively normal until the events in the film happen. It is caused by something, rather than an ongoing psychological "disability". By that logic, all is Lost is a portrayal of anti-social behaviour, American Hustle depicts bipolar disorder, Dallas Buyers Club deal with autistic soicipathy, etc, etc.

[Buscemi]

But the bookends sequences clearly depict her has having a disability. Remember when Jasmine is on the plane? The conversation she has with her cabinmate is shown from her perspective as having happened but when we see the real events, it was a one-sided conversation where the responses only existed in her head and the real world was blocked out from her mind. A normal, sound of mind person would not have these episodes in public.

As I said, it's not mentioned upfront but it's there.

[numbersix]

As I said, there is a difference between psychological episodes spurred on by trauma and underlying mental disability. Don't conflate the two.

[SuperShaan]

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best Animated Feature
Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

Best Cinematography
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

Best Directing
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen)

Best Documentary Short
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

Best Film Editing
Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)

Best Foreign Language Film
The Hunt (Denmark)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (Stephen Prouty)

Best Original Score
Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Song
Let It Go (Frozen)

Best Production Design
Her (K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena)

Best Animated Short Film
Get a Horse! (Lauren MacMullan, Dorothy McKim)

Best Live Action Short Film
The Voorman Problem (Mark Gill, Baldwin Li)

Best Sound Editing
Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)

[Chienfantome]

Just got back from my weekend in Normandie, I don't even know when the Oscars start but hope it hasn't yet and here are my predictions :

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong'o (12 years a slave)

Best Animated Feature
Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)

Best Cinematography
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)

Best Directing
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen)

Best Documentary Short
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)

Best Film Editing
Gravity

Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club

Best Original Score
Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Original Song
Let It Go (Frozen)

Best Production Design
12 years a slave

Best Animated Short Film
Get a Horse! (Lauren MacMullan, Dorothy McKim)

Best Live Action Short Film
Avant que de te perdre

Best Sound Editing
Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)

[Buscemi]

20 Feet from Stardom may be the worst Best Documentary winner since Undefeated. It's not a bad movie but it brings nothing new to the table.

[Shrykespeare]

Is it too late to get my predictions in?

[numbersix]

18/24. Not bad. Should have known Gravity would win every technical award possible.

[Buscemi]

19/24. Not bad for someone who made all their predictions in January (I seriously thought The Wind Rises and The Act of Killing would win their categories).

Everyone else:
Surfer: 19/24
Tranny: 20/24
JohnErle: 14/24
Banks: 12/24
Shaan: 14/24
Chien: 19/24

Here's your trophy, Tranny. Just cross out "The Cheat" and replace it with Tranny.

[Chienfantome]

19/24, not bad at all ! Congratulations Tranny for the best score of the bunch !

[JohnErle]

I'm happy with 14. That's more than one correct guess per minute I spent working on my guesses.

[transformers2]

Hey look I actually won something on this site for once!