The Young Folks Predict the 86th Academy Awards

Will Win: 12 Years a Slave

Should Win: The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Will Win: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Should  Win: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

(Who Should’ve Really Won: Joaquin Phoenix. Come on, people!)

Best Actress

Will Win: Amy Adams, American Hustle

Should Win: Amy Adams, American Hustle

Best Supporting Actor

Will Win: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Should Win: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Will Win: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave

Should Win: June Squibb, Nebraska

Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Should Win: Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature Film

Will Win: Frozen

Should Win: Frozen

(My opinion might have changed had I gotten the chance to see The Wind Rises.)

Best Original Screenplay

Will Win: Her, Spike Jonze

Should Win: Her, Spike Jonze

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will Win: 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley

Should Win: The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter

Best Cinematography

Will Win: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki

Should Win: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki