And the nominees are... Best Picture "Argo" "Amour" "Beasts of the Southern Wild" "Les Miserables" "Lincoln" "Zero Dark Thirty" "Life of Pi" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Django Unchained" Best Actor in a Leading Role Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln" Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook" Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master" Denzel Washington -- "Flight" Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables" Best Actress in a Leading Role Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty" Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook" Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour" Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Naomi Watts -- "The Impossible" Best Actor in a Supporting Role Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master" Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln" Robert De Niro -- "Silver Linings Playbook" Alan Arkin -- "Argo" Christoph Waltz -- "Django Unchained" Best Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams -- "The Master" Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables" Sally Field -- "Lincoln" Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions" Jacki Weaver -- "Silver Linings Playbook" Best Director Michael Haneke -- "Amour" Steven Spielberg -- "Lincoln" David O. Russell -- "Silver Linings Playbook" Ang Lee -- "Life of Pi" Benh Zeitlin -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Best Animated Feature "Brave" "Frankenweenie" "Wreck-It Ralph" "ParaNorman" "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Best Animated Short Film "Adam and Dog" "Combustible" "The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare" "Paperman" "Tram" Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey -- "Anna Karenina" Claudio Miranda -- "Life of Pi" Roger Deakins -- "Skyfall" Robert Richardson -- "Django Unchained" Janusz Kaminski -- "Lincoln" Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran -- "Anna Karenina" Paco Delgado -- "Les Miserables" Joanna Johnston -- "Lincoln" Eiko Ishioka -- "Mirror Mirror" Colleen Atwood -- "Snow White and the Huntsman" Best Documentary Feature "The Gatekeepers" "How to Survive a Plague" "The Invisible War" "Searching for Sugar Man" "5 Broken Cameras" Best Documentary Short "Mondays at Racine" "Inocente" "Kings Point" "Open Heart" "Redemption" Best Film Editing William Goldberg -- "Argo" Michael Kahn -- "Lincoln" Tim Squyres -- "Life of Pi" Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg -- "Zero Dark Thirty" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers -- "Silver Linings Playbook" Best Foreign Language Film "Amour" "Kon-Tiki" "No" "A Royal Affair" "War Witch" Best Makeup and Hairstyling "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" "Les Miserables" "Hitchcock" Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat -- "Argo" Dario Marianelli -- "Anna Karenina" Mychael Danna -- "Life of Pi" John Williams-- "Lincoln" Thomas Newman -- "Skyfall" Best Original Song "Before My Time" -- J. Ralph "Chasing Ice" "Suddenly" -- Hugh Jackman from "Les Miserables" "Skyfall" -- Adele from "Skyfall" "Pi's Lullaby" -- Mychael Danna from "Life of Pi" "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" -- Norah Jones from "Ted" Best Production Design Sarah Greenwood -- "Anna Karenina" David Gropman -- "Life of Pi" Rick Carter, Jim Erickson and Peter T. Frank -- "Lincoln" Eve Stewart -- "Les Miserables" Dan Hennah and Ra Vincent -- "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Best Sound Editing "Argo" "Life of Pi" "Skyfall" "Django Unchained" "Zero Dark Thirty" Best Sound Mixing "Argo" "Les Miserables" "Skyfall" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" Best Visual Effects "Marvel's The Avengers" "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" "Life of Pi" "Prometheus" "Snow White and the Huntsman" Best Adapted Screenplay Tony Kushner -- "Lincoln" Chris Terrio -- "Argo" David O. Russell -- "Silver Linings Playbook" David Magee -- "Life of Pi" Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Best Original Screenplay Mark Boal -- "Zero Dark Thirty" Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola -- "Moonrise Kingdom" Michael Hakeke -- "Amour" Quentin Tarentino -- "Django Unchained" John Gatins -- "Flight" I am actually quite shocked that TDKR has NOTHING from this. As far as what's favorite, that beasts of the southern wild seems apparent. Anyone seen it?
eh, Life of Pi wasn't that great. I liked all the beautiful scenery and the juxta-positioning of man and tiger through technology, but overall it just seemed like something to discuss whatever philosophical position you come from.