 This is the SF Productions podcast network The stars salute themselves from the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm Mark You can check out our audio podcast how I got my way to read comics on iTunes or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com Now the Academy Awards are going to air February 24th So let's take a look at some of the nominees now I want to make it clear that we're basing our opinions on having seen almost none of the movies like most people I think probably most of the Academy voters don't see I don't think they do either So first off before we get into the actual nominees We want to go through the formula that you can determine if you've not seen the movie who is likely to win, right? now First checkbox is is it Meryl Streep right then is this actor actress recently deceased or about to die for example Very old, right Did they is there multiple nominations with no win for that particular actor actress? Well, you know, then you think about Susan, right? The Susan Lucia award. Exactly. Exactly Did this actor actress play a character with a handicap or a really ugly character when they're not really ugly, right? Was this a historical costume drama and then finally was it a biography and preferably a biography of somebody who dies Yes, exactly. Yeah, right So moving on to the nominees supporting actress Amy Adams for the master Sally field for Lincoln and Hathaway for Les Miserables Helen Hunt for the sessions Jackie Weaver silver linings playbook, you know, Les Miserables is a musical. That's right. It is I heard that. Yes. Oh Well based on this I probably pick in Hathaway Okay. And why is that? Well, historical drama, right costume drama. Yes. She gets her hair cut off. So in effect, she plays somebody ugly. That's true. Okay And Sally field is already won Right. And I think Amy Adams anything for the master is probably out because the whole Scientology crowd is making sure that doesn't get much of anything I'm shocked it even got nominated So Helen Hunt the sessions, I don't think anybody saw that Silver linings playbook already has a bunch of other nominations So and that's a really mixed movie to a lot of people hate it and a lot of people like it I've had decided if I'm gonna see it yet or not So we're going with Anne Hathaway. Anne Hathaway is my pick supporting actor Alan Arkin in Argo Robert DeNiro and silver linings playbook Philip Seymour Hoffman in the master Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln Kristoff Waltz in Django Unchained Well, you got historical costume drama for Tommy Lee Jones And for Kristoff Waltz. That's true And technically you've got the whole liberal Hollywood thing Wanting to talk about this story about foreign intrigue. So you got Argo. Yeah And again, I'm taking I'm taking Robert DeNiro off off the board because of silver linings playbook and so many other nominees for it. Yes So, uh, we're taking the master out automatically Yeah Okay, so that leaves Lincoln Django Unchained and Argo Django Unchained. I think too weird for you. I don't know see I'm gonna pick Kristoff Waltz Wow, okay, and this is why because I think this is a safe category for it to win something in Okay, and they'll want to give it something. Oh, yeah, because yeah, that's true. I think you're not going to see any other for that Yeah, I I I think that makes sense. I think it's yeah, I think it's I was thinking more Tommy Lee Jones That's possible. That's really possible, but I'm sort of leaning towards Kristoff Waltz. We can split on that. Yeah, we'll split on that Actress Jessica Chastainford Syrodark 30 Jennifer Lawrence for silver linings playbook Emmanuel Riva for a more Some Wallace for Beast of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts and the impossible Well, I'm gonna put Beast of the Southern Wild out. I think she's too young to win. Yes, absolutely I think that that would be unlikely and no one's heard of Emmanuel Riva before so I think she's out Uh, Naomi Watts, this was the only thing he got nominated for I don't see that happening Um, I think you're looking at Jennifer Lawrence. That's my opinion. She's already won some of the other major awards Yeah, I would think so and Jennifer um, Jessica Chastain, didn't she just win for the help or something recently? Uh, I could have that's possible. I don't know. Yeah, I'm thinking Jennifer Lawrence on this one But that might be outside of our normal scope of rules. Right. This was kind of a weird category. Yeah Actor Bradley Cooper silver linings playbook Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln Hugh Jackman les Miserables Yeah, uh, Joaquin Phoenix in the master and Zenzel Washington in flight. I think Daniel Day-Lewis has his life Yeah, I think so historical drama guy dies at the end Yeah Biography And everybody loves Daniel Day-Lewis is how he gets into these roles. So yeah, I think that's pretty much a lock Best picture Okay, there are a lot of there are a lot. There are too many frankly They wanted they wanted to open it up and I think there's just too many now We have Amor Argo beast of the southern wild Django Unchained les Miserables You have to quit saying that I guess life of pie Lincoln silver linings playbook and zero dark 30 Again, okay, you got historical drama and biography going for Lincoln And I think even though you have that for Django Unchained that that's just too weird for the academy too weird for the academy um I don't think silver linings playbook. I think that that uh Jennifer Lawrence is going to win that one. So I don't think you're going to see that one for best picture um zero dark 30 It's uh, it's controversial. I think Lincoln will take it. I I think more and more it's more likely to see Lincoln I I don't see Another one taken that we're not could talk about any of the other ones, right? Yeah, because Well, we don't know more legitimate awards, right? Yes. We're just guessing yes, and only movie we've seen is Lincoln. That's right Sorry, there you go. You can check out our audio podcast how I got my way free comics on itunes or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com From the pop culture bunker. I'm indy and I'm mark. Thanks for watching