Before I get into my predictions, let me first say how greatly disappointed I am at the choice of Seth MacFarlane to host the show. I’m not a big fan of Family Guy. One episode was great, but I’m tired of it now. The only thing I hope is that his act is funnier than his hairpiece.
Now, about these predictions. When it comes to the films and actors nominated in all the major categories, I have seen six of the nine films represented. That’s not bad. However, there are some categories for which I had to completely guess. In those instances, I usually looked for something that Academy voters lean towards, such as international attention and current events. And gays. They like gays out there, from what I hear.
So – here ya go.
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Best Motion Picture of the Year
Argo (2012): Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Denzel Washington for Flight (2012/I)
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)
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Best Achievement in Directing
Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)
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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Argo (2012): Chris Terrio
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Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Frankenweenie (2012): Tim Burton
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Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Amour (2012)(Austria)
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Best Achievement in Cinematography
Life of Pi (2012): Claudio Miranda
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Best Achievement in Editing
Life of Pi (2012): Tim Squyres
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Best Achievement in Production Design
Les Misérables (2012): Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
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Best Achievement in Costume Design
Les Misérables (2012): Paco Delgado
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Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Misérables (2012): Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell
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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Skyfall (2012): Thomas Newman
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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Skyfall (2012): Adele, Paul Epworth(“Skyfall”)
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Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Life of Pi (2012): Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin
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Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Life of Pi (2012): Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Life of Pi (2012): Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott
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Best Documentary, Feature
How to Survive a Plague (2012): David France, Howard Gertler
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Best Documentary, Short Subject
Redemption (2012/V): Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill
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Best Short Film, Animated
Adam and Dog (2011): Minkyu Lee
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Best Short Film, Live Action
Buzkashi Boys (2012): Sam French, Ariel Nasr
brainsnorts inc. 
Maybe it’s because I’m younger but I love Seth MacFarlane and find him hilarious. Family Guy is one of my favorite shows though I didn’t care much for the Ted movie. But to each his own 🙂
Ted was funny.
I agree with so many of these!
then i must be doing something right. thanks for reading.
Loved Les Miz, so I am with you on those. Didn’t see a lot of the others.
Scott
Hey, looks like you’re getting most of them right
i am? didn’t notice. thanks. i better go check.
Did you use cards or a crystal ball?
darts.
Also a good method.
except for selecting a dog.
Could still work if you throw them at a list of names or numbers. Not a good idea to throw them at the dog itself.
It seems you got a lot of them right. I watched it in bits and pieces. Way to go. Seth was okay as a host, kind of boring.
i wasn’t thrilled with him, but he wasn’t as bad as i expected. thanks for reading.
Didn’t watch, but now I am going to check your accuracy. Hmm, some you seemed to call.
only some. some were strong thoughts, some guess. but thanks for reading.
I’d never heard of Seth MacFarlane before last night and I thought he was great. But I’m just judging the opening segment since I turned it off after the award for supporting actor was presented.
i like william shatner. he was the best part.
I waited to see how close you were. It seems you really do understand Hollywood.
it’s tremendously flattering to think that anyone, especially such a learned man on the other side of the planet, would have any interest in how well i may have guessed. thanks very much. as for knowing hollywood, what i can’t understand is this: if there were enough people to vote for Argo as best picture, how could there not be enough people to vote for Ben Affleck as best director? that tells me it was intentional. they just didn’t want him to win – yet.
pretty good – now you can join that octopus and the poll guy with the weird name as strangely accurate future predictors!
i have never wanted to be compared to an octopus – until today. thanks very much.