Movies of a Petite Aspie

Despite having only seen a handful of the films, TV shows, and performances nominated for Golden Globes this year, I am going to do my best to predict the winners and runners-up for this year's Ricky Gervais-hosted -- and celebrity-roasting -- ceremony.   Best Motion Picture -- Drama Winner: Spotlight Runner-up: Mad Max: Fury Road Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Winner: The Big Short Runner-up: Trainwreck Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama Winner: Brie Larson -- Room Runner-up: Cate Blanchett -- Carol Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Drama Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Revenant Runner-up: Eddie Redmayne -- The Danish Girl Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Winner: Amy Schumer -- Trainwreck Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence -- Joy Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Winner: Steve Carell -- The Big Short Runner-up: Christian Bale -- ...

I'm going to take some guesses -- many of which are quite wild -- as to who will take home Golden Globes this Sunday, hosted again by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (perfect choice).  I'm going to list my winner predictions, as well as who/what I see as runners-up (or runner-ups?).   Best Motion Picture, Drama: Winner -- 12 Years a Slave Runner-Up -- Gravity Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Winner -- Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Runner-Up -- Sandra Bullock (Gravity) Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama: Winner -- Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) Runner-Up -- Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Winner -- American Hustle Runner-Up -- Inside Llewyn Davis Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Winner -- Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) Runner-Up -- Amy Adams (American Hustle) Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: Winner -- Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) Runn...

Here are my crazy, and sometimes justified, predictions for who will take home the golden statues to night :  BEST PICTURE --> ARGO RUNNER-UP --> LINCOLN BEST ACTOR --> DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (LINCOLN) RUNNER-UP --> HUGH JACKMAN (LES MISERABLES) BEST ACTRESS --> JENNIFER LAWRENCE (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) RUNNER-UP --> JESSICA CHASTAIN (ZERO DARK THIRTY) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR --> TOMMY LEE JONES (LINCOLN) RUNNER-UP --> ROBERT DENIRO (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS --> ANNE HATHAWAY (LES MISERABLES) RUNNER-UP --> SALLY FIELD (LINCOLN) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM --> WRECK-IT RALPH RUNNER-UP --> BRAVE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY --> LIFE OF PI RUNNER-UP --> SKYFALL BEST COSTUME DESIGN --> ANNA KARENINA RUNNER-UP --> LES MISERABLES BEST DIRECTOR --> STEVEN SPIELBERG (LINCOLN) RUNNER-UP --> ANG LEE (LIFE OF PI) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE --> SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN RUNNER-UP --> HOW TO ...

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to see every movie, but I really tried; not all of the short films were available on iTunes (does that make sense to you?), not all of the foreign films were playing in a theatre near me, and not all of the documentaries were available on Netflix.  So I had to settle for watching clips and trailers for some of them.  Regardless, I will rank the Oscar nominees in each category.   Best Picture 1. Lincoln 2. Argo 3. Silver Linings Playbook 4. Zero D ark Thirty 5. Life of Pi 6. L es Miserables 7. Amour 8. Beasts of the Southern Wild 9. Django Unchained Best Actor 1. Daniel Day Lewis -- Lincoln 2. Bradley Cooper -- Silver Linings Playbook 3. Hugh Jackman -- Les Mi serables 4. Denzel Washington -- Flight 5. Joaquin Phoenix -- The Master Best Actress 1. Jennifer Lawrence -- Silver Linings Playbook 2. Jessica Chastain -- Zero Dark Thirty 3. Naomi Watts -- The Impossible 4. Emmanuelle Riva -- Amour 5. Quvenzhané Wall...

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper Director : David O'Russell Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, J acki Weaver Genre(s): Comedy; Drama; Romance   Release Date: December 25 , 2012 Rotten Tomatoes Score : 92 % Silver Linings Playbook is one of those rare romantic dramedies that sidesteps ha ck neyed plots and been-there-done-that subplots, and instead opts for a story that focuses on real, relatable characters and avoids using characters that are too perfect or not flawed enough to be believable.  Af ter all, humans are flawed, and audiences often gravitate towards films with characters with whom they can empathize ; although the two leads in Silver Linings are perhaps more flawed than are most people, these flaws draws them together and make us root for them from the very beginning.  David O' Russell ( The Fi ghter ) is one of those gifted flmmakers that takes challenging sourc e material -- it is the adaptation of M...