84th Annual Academy Awards (2012) - I Don't Care Anymore, But Here's What I Think The Academy Will Pick and What I Would Pick If My Important Opinion Mattered

Best Picture

THE ARTIST (ACADEMY'S PICK)

THE DESCENDANTS (MY PICK)

EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

HUGO

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

THE HELP

MONEYBALL

WAR HORSE 

THE TREE OF LIFE

Best Actor

DEMIAN BICHIR, A BETTER LIFE

GEORGE CLOONEY, THE DESCENDANTS (ACADEMY'S PICK)

JEAN DUJARDIN, THE ARTIST (MY PICK)

GARY OLDMAN, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

BRAD PITT, MONEYBALL

Best Supporting Actor

KENNETH BRANAGH, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

JONAH HILL, MONEYBALL

NICK NOLTE, WARRIOR

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, BEGINNERS (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

MAX VON SYDOW, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Best Actress

GLENN CLOSE, ALBERT NOBBS

VIOLA DAVIS, THE HELP (ACADEMY'S PICK)

ROONEY MARA, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

MERYL STREEP, THE IRON LADY

MICHELLE WILLIAMS, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (MY PICK)

Best Supporting Actress

BERENICE BEJO, THE ARTIST

JESSICA CHASTAIN, THE HELP (MY PICK)

MELISSA MCCARTHY, BRIDESMAIDS

JANET MCTEER, ALBERT NOBBS

OCTAVIA SPENCER, THE HELP (ACADEMY'S PICK)

Best Director

WOODY ALLEN, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS, THE ARTIST (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

TERRENCE MALICK, THE TREE OF LIFE

ALEXANDER PAYNE, THE DESCENDANTS

MARTIN SCORSESE, HUGO

Best Animated Feature

A CAT IN PARIS

CHICO & RITA

KUNG FU PANDA 2

PUSS IN BOOTS

RANGO (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

Best Foreign Language Film

BULLHEAD

FOOTNOTE

IN DARKNESS 

MONSIEUR LAZHAR

A SEPARATION (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

Best Achievement in Art Direction

THE ARTIST

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2

HUGO (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

WAR HORSE

Best Achievement in Cinematography

THE ARTIST

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

HUGO

THE TREE OF LIFE (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

WAR HORSE

Best Achievement in Costume Design

ANONYMOUS

THE ARTIST (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

HUGO

JANE EYRE 

W.E.

Best Achievement in Film Editing

THE ARTIST (ACADEMY'S PICK)

THE DESCENDANTS

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (MY PICK)

HUGO

MONEYBALL

Original Score

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, JOHN WILLIAMS

THE ARTIST, LUDOVIC BOURCE (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

HUGO, HOWARD SHORE

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, ALBERTO IGLESIAS

WAR HORSE, JOHN WILLIAMS

Best Documentary Feature

HELL AND BACK AGAIN

IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY (ACADEMY'S PICK)

PINA (MY PICK)

UNDEFEATED

Best Original Song

"MAN OR MUPPET," THE MUPPETS (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

"REAL IN RIO," RIO

Best Animated Short Film

DIMANCHE/SUNDAY

THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE (ACADEMY'S PICK)

LA LUNA

A MORNING STROLL

WILD LIFE

*NO PICK FOR MYSELF

Best Live Action Short Film

PENTECOST

RAJU

THE SHORE (ACADEMY'S PICK)

TIME FREAK

TUBA ATLANTIC

*NO PICK FOR MYSELF

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

DRIVE (MY PICK)

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

HUGO (ACADEMY'S PICK)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

WAR HORSE

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2

HUGO

REAL STEAL

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO

HUGO (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

MONEYBALL

TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

WAR HORSE

Best Adapted Screenplay

ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXTON, JIM RASH, THE DESCENDANTS (ACADEMY'S PICK AND MY PICK)

JOHN LOGAN, HUGO

GEORGE CLOONEY, GRANT HESLOV, BEAU WILLIMON, THE IDES OF MARCH

AARON SORKIN, STEVEN ZALLIAN, MONEYBALL

BRIDGET O'CONNOR, PETER STRAUGHN, TINKER TAILOR SOILDER SPY

Best Original Screenplay

WOODY ALLEN, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (ACADEMY'S PICK)

JC CHANDOR, MARGIN CALL

ASGHAR FARHADI, A SEPARATION

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS, THE ARTIST

KRISTEN WIIG AND ANNIE MUMOLO, BRIDESMAIDS (MY PICK)