American Hustle Blue Jasmine Dallas Buyers Club Her Nebraska Early on, many were speculating that this might be David O. Russell's chance to win his first Oscar after becoming an Academy favorite over his last three films. With a field-leading ten nominations, there are obviously many in the Academy who love the film and this could be there chance to give the film an Oscar. However, despite the fact that some were briefly favoring the film to take home the big kahuna in Best Picture, American Hustle has lately been losing a lot of steam and faces the very real possibility of being totally blanked. Russell's main competitor in the field, and his fellow Annapurna stable mate (the production company ran by Megan Ellison which made both American Hustle and Her), is Spike Jonze's script for Her. When it comes to the films' conceptual aspects, Her definitely has the best hook, and it is likely to most emphatically yell out "Original" in the mind of voters, which goes a long way when deciding who wins this category. Plus, much like Russell, Jonze is a respected auteur and writer who has yet to win an Oscar, and with likely being given some subconscious credit for the scripts of Charlie Kuafman's that he directed (Being John Malkovich and Adaptation), as well as being the only real opportunity for the fans of Her to give it an Oscar, I feel pretty confident this is Jonze's to lose. As for the other three nominees, Blue Jasmine lost any chance it had to win when the whole Woody Allen sexual assault thing became a renewed story, Nebraska might stand more of a shot if it was actually written by two-time Oscar winning writer Alexander Payne (Payne directed the film but Nebraska was actually written by new-comer Bob Nelson) and once again, Dallas Buyers Club is just lucky to be here. It's definitely between Russell and Jonze, but I don't hesitate when I say that Jonze will win the award. Will Win: HerCould Win: American HustleShould Win: Blue Jasmine
A film fanatic at a very young age, starting with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies and gradually moving up to more sophisticated fare, at around the age of ten he became inexplicably obsessed with all things Oscar. With the incredibly trivial power of being able to chronologically name every Best Picture winner from memory, his lifelong goal is to see every Oscar nominated film, in every major category, in the history of the Academy Awards.
