Welcome to Clayton Martin and Joseph Williams’ Oscar Picks! This is the 6th year in a row we have done this but we finally have a good outlet to share it with you guys! We will be updating the winners on the webpage as the awards are given out and live tweeting our thoughts during the show. Joseph Williams is the defending champion. (By the slimmest of margins, Clayton would like to add)

Clayton would also like to publicly issue the following challenge: Starting next year, you can only select films you have seen. For instance, you can’t pick Christopher Plummer from Beginners unless you’ve seen Beginners. You can’t pick A Separation, unless of course you’ve seen A Separation. Just a thought.

For this year, picks were submitted at the same time to ensure no foul play. There are still only two variances so this has pretty much turned into here is who WILL win according to The Wise Guise. Here are our picks!

Live Scoring

Clayton- 17/24

Joseph- 19/24

Best Motion Picture of the Year

The Help
The Descendants
*****The Artist***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Moneyball
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
*****Jean Dujardin, The Artist***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress by an Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help (Clayton) (Joseph)
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
*****Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady*****
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
*****Christopher Plummer, Beginners***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Actress by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
*****Octavia Spencer, The Help***** (Clayton) (Joseph)

Best Achievement in Directing

*****Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist****** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
*****Midnight in Paris***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
A Separation

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

*****The Descendants***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Achievement in Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
*****Hugo*****
The Tree of Life (Clayton) (Joseph)
War Horse

Best Achievement in Editing

The Artist (Clayton) (Joseph)
The Descendants
*****The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo*****
Hugo
Moneyball

Best Achievement in Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
*****Hugo***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
*****Rango***** (Clayton) (Joseph)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
*****A Separation (Iran)***** (Clayton) (Joseph)

Best Documentary, Features

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Clayton) (Joseph)
Pina
*****Undefeated*****

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
*****Saving Face***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

The Adventures of Tintin
*****The Artist***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Hu Tgo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

*****”Man or Muppet,” The Muppets***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
“Real in Rio,” Rio

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
*****Hugo*****
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Clayton) (Joseph)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
*****Hugo***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
*****Hugo***** (Joseph)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse (Clayton)

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Anonymous
*****The Artist***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Best Achievement in Makeup

Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Clayton)
*****The Iron Lady***** (Joseph)

Best Short Film, Animated

Dimanche/Sunday
******The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Short Film, Live Action

Pentecost
Raju
*****The Shore***** (Clayton) (Joseph)
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

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