National Board of Review Predictions

[rolotomasi99]

Top Ten
1. Silver Linings Playbook
2. Lincoln
3. Argo
4. Les Miserables
5. Life Of Pi
6. Zero Dark Thirty
7. Moonrise Kingdom
8. Flight
9. Django Unchained
10. Skyfall

Director
Lincoln

Actor
Daniel Day Lewis

Actress
Jennifer Lawrence

Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin

Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway

Adapted Screenplay
Silver Linings Playbook

Original Screenplay
Moonrise Kingdom

[bizarre]

I'm thinking Hawkes/Chastain/Arkin/Hunt

[Sabin]

John Goodman ain't looking too good these days. His entrance in Argo as he walked across a set looked very strenuous for him.

[flipp525]

Sup. Actor: John Goodman (Flight) & (Argo)

John Goodman deserves nothing but a Razzie for Flight. He was excellent in Trouble With the Curve and good in Argo, but he was indescribably bad in Flight. Loud, garish, completely at odds with the tone of the film. Just a terrible performance. But I wouldn't be too shocked to see a critics group cite it.

I have to agree with you, dws. Goodman's performance in Flight is really out-of-place and just plain silly at times (especially that 11th hour appearance in the hotel room complete with his own soundtrack). It's almost like he's in an entirely different movie. Not nomination-worthy in the slightest.

[dws1982]

Sup. Actor: John Goodman (Flight) & (Argo)

John Goodman deserves nothing but a Razzie for Flight. He was excellent in Trouble With the Curve and good in Argo, but he was indescribably bad in Flight. Loud, garish, completely at odds with the tone of the film. Just a terrible performance. But I wouldn't be too shocked to see a critics group cite it.

[mlrg]

I'll do the top 6 categories

Picture: Silver Linings Playbook
Director: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook and The Hunger Games
Sup Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Sup Actor: John Goodman, Argo, Flight and Trouble with the Curve

[Mister Tee]

NBR has just too many categories to do a full list. But to cover the basics:

Best Film: Lincoln

Top Ten:
Argo
Les Miserables
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi
Anna Karenina
The Master
Looper (damn you, anonymous, for coming up with this first -- I thought it was my sleeper coup)
Silver Linings Playbook
Quartet
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
ru: Denzel Washington (Flight)

Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
ru; Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

Sup. Actor: John Goodman (Flight) & (Argo)
ru: Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

Sup. Actress: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
ru: Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

Director: Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
ru: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Ad. Screenplay: Silver Linings Playbook
ru: Lincoln

Orig. Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom
ru: Arbitrage

Animated Feature: Wreck It Ralph
ru: Brave

Ensemble: Lincoln
ru: Django Unchained

Breakthrough Performance: Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
ru: (kid in Life of Pi)

Debut Film: Beasts of the Southern Wild
ru; Arbitrage

Foreign Language Film: The Intouchables

Documentary: The Central Park Five

Special Acievement: Ben Affleck (Argo)

[anonymous1980]

PICTURE: Argo
DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck, Argo
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
FOREIGN FILM: Amour
ANIMATED FEATURE: Frankenweenie
DOCUMENTARY: How to Survive a Plague
ENSEMBLE: Argo
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Cloud Atlas

TOP FILMS:
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Looper
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

TOP INDEPENDENT FILMS:
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Deep Blue Sea
Ginger and Rosa
Keep the Lights On
Magic Mike
Middle of Nowhere
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Sessions
Smashed

TOP FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS:
Holy Motors
The Intouchables
The Raid: Redemption
A Royal Affair
Rust & Bone

TOP DOCUMENTARIES
Bully
The Central Park Five
The Invisible War
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Searching for Sugarman

[Sabin]

My predictions

Best Film - Argo
* The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
* Django Unchained
* Life of Pi
* Lincoln
* Les Miserables
* The Master
* Moonrise Kingdom
* Silver Linings Playbook
* Zero Dark Thirty
Best Foreign Language Film - Amour
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress - Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games & Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress - Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Best Director - Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Breakthrough Performance - Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Ensemble - Argo
Best Debut Director - Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Original Screenplay - Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
Best Adapted Screenplay - David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature - Brave
Best Documentary - The Central Park Five
NBR Freedom of Expression - Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Special Achievement in Filmmaking - Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Spotlight Award - Matthew McConaughey, Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike & The Paperboy

[Big Magilla]

Best Film
Les Miserables

Best Foreign Language Film
Amour

Best Actor
John Hawkes, The Sessions

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Supporting Actor
Jude Law, Anna Karenina

Best Supporting Actress
Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Breakthrough Performance
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Ensemble
Argo

Best Director
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables

Best Debut Director
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Original Screenplay
Amour

Best Adapted Screenplay
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris

Best Documentary
The House I Live In

NBR Freedom of Expression
No idea

Special Achievement in Filmmaking
Life of Pi

Spotlight Award
Ben Affleck (Argo)

Top 10 Independent Films
(in alphabetical order) Arbitrage, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Deep Blue Sea, Hitchcock, Hysteria, People LIke Us, Ruby Sparks, Salmon Fishing in Yemen, The Sessions, Take This Waltz

Top 5 Documentaries
(in alphabetical order) The House I LIve In, etc.

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(in alphabetical order) Amour, etc.

Top Films in English
(in alphabetical order) Anna Karenina, Argo, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Django Unchained, Flight, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Life of Pi, The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty