Friday, February 22, 2013
Film Win Your Oscar Pool: Who to Bet On
Posted by Jesse Hassenger on Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 1:10 PM
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Amy Adams, The Master Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook Will win: Hathaway, no contest. Unless... do voters want to reward Sally Field for some reason? Maybe she let them crash on her couch recently, or made them a nice quiche? No, right? It has to be Hathaway.
Should win: Unless you straight-up despise Les Miserables on general principle, it's hard to argue with Hathaway, whose performance doesn't include a mic-dropping "Hathaway out," but might as well have. That said, I'd probably keep the nonexistent Master train rolling and check off Amy Adams. Homegirl is on her fourth Supporting Actress nomination and has deserved to win most of those times. At this point, she's clearly paving the way for a Best Actress win in 2015 or so, probably for some biopic bullshit.
Missing: This is often and unfortunately a relatively thin category, which explains how Jacki Weaver can get in just for being sweet and likable in Silver Linings. I can't think of any real contenders who I was sad to see passed over, so I'll move straight to fantasy: I thought Lizzy Caplan was quite good in Bachelorette. (Responds everyone I know: of course you did, Jesse.)
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