The Academy Awards: Who Will and Should Win

Here are my last minute predictions for tonight's Academy Award's.  Plus who I think should win.


BEST PICTURE:

The nominees:

Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Argo
Who Should Win: Life of Pi


BEST DIRECTOR:

Michael Heneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Who Will Win: Steven Spielberg
Who Should Win: Ang Lee


BEST ACTOR:

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Who Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis
Who Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis


 BEST ACTRESS:

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuel Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Who Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence
Who Should Win: Naomi Watts


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Who Will Win: Robert De Niro
Who Should Win: Robert De Niro


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Who Will Win: Anne Hathaway
Who Should Win: Helen Hunt (though I haven't seen Les Miz yet)


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook

Who Will Win: Argo
Who Should Win: Life of Pi


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Amour
Django Unchained
Flight
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Django Unchained
Who Should Win: Flight


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck it Ralph

Who Will Win: Wreck it Ralph
Who Should Win: Brave


BEST FOREIGN FILM:

Amour
Kon-Tiki
No
A Royal Affair
War Witch

Who Will Win: Amour


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Who Will Win: Life of Pi
Who Will Win: Life of Pi


BEST FILM EDITING:

Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Argo


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Anna Karenina
The Hobbit
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Who Will Win: Anna Karenina
Who Should Win: The Hobbit


BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman

Who Will Win: Anna Karenina


BEST MAKEUP:

Hitchcock
The Hobbit
Les Miserables

Who Will Win: Les Miserables


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Who Will Win: Skyfall
Who Should Win: Lincoln


BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

Before My Time from the movie Chasing Ice
Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Ted
Pi's Lullaby from Life of Pi
Skyfall from Skyfall
Suddenly from Les Miserables

Who Will Win: Skyfall
Who Should Win: Skyfall (though I loved Everybody Needs a Best Friend as well)


BEST SOUND MIXING:

Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Who Will Win: Les Miserables


BEST SOUND EDITING:

Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Who Will Win: Zero Dark Thirty


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

The Avengers
The Hobbit
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

Who Will Win: Life of Pi
Who Should Win: Life of Pi


And briefly the documentary and short categories:

Best Documentary Feature
Who Will Win: Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short
Who Will Win: Inocente

Best Animated Short
Who Will Win: Paperman

Best Live Action Short
Who Will Win: Henry


I know next to nothing about these categories so they are basically just complete guesses.  A shot in the dark.