Year in Advance Oscar Predictions

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards were held just this past weekend and yet things are already gearing up for the 84th addition of the ceremony.  We have are first real threat for a nomination coming this week with Rango (which could pull of an animated feature nomination).  Anyway here are my shot in the dark predictions for next year's ceremony:

BEST PICTURE

1. The Tree of Life

2. The Ides of March

3. War Horse

4. Martha Marcy May Marlene

5. Moneyball

6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

7. Young Adult

8. Hugo Cabret

9. A Dangerous Method

10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

2. David Fincher, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

3. George Clooney, The Ides of March

4. Steven Spielberg, War Horse

5. David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method

BEST LEAD ACTOR

1. Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March

2. George Clooney, The Descendants

3. Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method

4. Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

5. Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

1. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

2. Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

3. Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

4. Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

5. Charlize Theron, Young Adult

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March

2. John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene

3. Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method

4. Sean Penn, The Tree of Life

5. Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life

2. Scarlett Johansson, We Bought a Zoo

3. Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

4. Viola Davis, The Help

5. Marion Cotillard, Midnight in Paris

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1. The Ides of March

2. Moneyball

3. The Descendants

4. A Dangerous Method

5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1. Martha Marcy May Marlene

2. Tree of Life

3. Young Adult

4. Like Crazy
5. Midnight in Paris

BEST ANIMATED FILM

1. Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom

2. Cars 2

3. Winnie the Pooh

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Tree of Life

2. War Horse

3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
5. Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

BEST FILM EDITING

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

2. War Horse

3. The Tree of Life

4. The Ides of March

5. Moneyball

BEST CINEMATGORAPHY

1. The Tree of Life

2. War Horse

3. Hugo Cabret

4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

BEST ART DIRECTION

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

2. Hugo Cabret

3. War Horse

4. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Hugo Cabret

2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

3. War Horse

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

5. My Week With Marilyn

BEST MAKEUP

1. Albert Nobbs

2. Immortals

3. The Iron Lady

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

3. The Tree of Life

4. Cowboys vs. Aliens

5. Captain America

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

2. The Tree of Life

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

4. War Horse

5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

BEST SOUND EDITING

1. The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

3. The Tree of Life

4. Cars 2

5. Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows