Best of 2013, part 5: My Dream Oscar Ballot

Alright, here's the end of the list madness. This post is basically just a way of summing everything up and putting it into one neat little package. So I'll just list the nominees in alphabetical order, sans commentary, with the winners in bold. For added hours of fun, I'll put an asterisk next to the nominees which overlap with the Oscar nominations. Funny story: I think the Oscar noms were a pretty good crowd this year, and yet I don't think there's ever been so little overlap between their choices and mine as this year. Funny how these things shake out.




(Note: I'm only going to write 9 best picture nominees here, so as to more accurately match the overlap between my category and the Academy's. Sorry, Spring Breakers.)

Best Picture
The Act of Killing
All is Lost
Before Midnight
The Bling Ring
Frances Ha
Gravity*
Inside Llewyn Davis
Leviathan
Stories We Tell

Director
J.C. Chandor-All is Lost
Joel and Ethan Coen-Inside Llewyn Davis
Sofia Coppola-The Bling Ring
Alfonso Cuaron-Gravity*
Steve McQueen-12 Years a Slave*

Actor
Leonardo Dicaprio-The Wolf of Wall Street*
Chiwetel Ejiofor-12 Years a Slave*
Tom Hanks-Captain Phillips
Ethan Hawke-Before Midnight
Oscar Isaac-Inside Llewyn Davis

Actress
Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine*
Julie Delpy-Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig-Frances Ha
Brie Larson-Short Term 12
Emma Thompson-Saving Mr. Banks

Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper-American Hustle*
Joel Edgerton-The Great Gatsby
Ben Foster-Ain't Them Bodies Saints
James Franco-Spring Breakers
Keith Stanfield-Short Term 12

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams-Her
Jennifer Lawrence-American Hustle*
Julianne Nicholson-August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong'o-12 Years a Slave*
Emma Watson-The Bling Ring

Original Screenplay
Blue Jasmine*
Frances Ha
Her*
Inside Llewyn Davis
Upstream Color

Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight*
Captain Phillips*
In the House
Prince Avalanche
Warm Bodies

Art Direction
The Great Gatsby*
Her*
Inside Llewyn Davis
Pacific Rim
Stoker

Costume Design
American Hustle*
The Bling Ring
The Great Gatsby*
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Stoker

Visual Effects
Elysium
Gravity*
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*
Pacific Rim
Man of Steel

Makeup
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Lone Survivor

Film Editing
Frances Ha
Gravity*
Spring Breakers
Stories We Tell
Upstream Color

Cinematography
All is Lost
The Bling Ring
Gravity*
Leviathan
Inside Llewyn Davis*

Original Score
All is Lost
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Prince Avalanche
Stoker
Upstream Color

Sound Mixing
All is Lost
Gravity*
Lone Survivor*
Upstream Color
World War Z

Sound Editing
12 Years a Slave
All is Lost*
Gravity*
Lone Survivor*
Upstream Color

Original Song
"For the First Time in Forever"-Frozen
"Let it Go"-Frozen*
"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)"-The Great Gatsby
"Young and Beautiful"-The Great Gatsby
"I See Fire"-The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Well, that's the end of another movie year. After the Oscars this weekend, I can finally get my head around the idea that we're already two months through 2014. Which I guess means I've got some catching up to do.