The Third Annual Elwyns Awards

        Hello, and welcome to the Third Annual Elwyns Awards, a ceremony (see: blog post) dedicated to celebrating the greatest accomplishments set to film during the past year. This is, of course, my personal chance to play god with the Oscars, righting what I perceive to be the Academy's wrongs, replacing them with my own glorious, irrefutable selections. Sounds cool, right? I knew you'd think so. Without further delay, The Elwyns:

***A Special thanks to my big sister, Brittany Elwyn, for helping me out with all of the lovely graphics featured below***

Best Picture:

And the Nominees are...

Amour

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Frankenweenie

Sliver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

And the Collin goes to...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Runner-Up: Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director:

And the Nominees are...

Kathryn Bigelow---Zero Dark Thirty

Christopher Nolan---The Dark Knight Rises

David O. Russell---Silver Linings Playbook

Quentin Tarantino---Django Unchained

Benh Zeitlin---Beasts of the Southern

And the Collin goes to...

Kathryn Bigelow---Zero Dark Thirty

Runner-Up: 

David O. Russell---Silver Linings Playbook and Benh Zeitlin---Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor:

And the Nominees are...

Bradley Cooper---Silver Linings Playbook

John Hawkes---The Sessions

Joaquin Phoenix---The Master

Jean-Louis Trintignant---Amour

Denzel Washington---Flight

And the Collin goes to...

Joaquin Phoenix---The Master

Runner-Up: 

Jean-Louis Trintignant---Amour

Best Actress:

And the Nominees are...

Jessica Chastain---Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence---Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Riva---Amour

Quvenzhané Wallis---Beasts of the Southern Wild

Michelle Williams---Take This Waltz

And the Collin goes to...

Jessica Chastain---Zero Dark Thirty

Runner-Up: 

Quvenzhané Wallis---Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor:

And the Nominees are...

Robert DeNiro---Silver Linings Playbook

Leonardo DiCaprio---Django Unchained

Dwight Henry---Beasts of the Southern Wild

Philip Seymour Hoffman---The Master

Matthew McConaughey---Killer Joe

And the Collin goes to...

Leonardo DiCaprio---Django Unchained

Runner-Up: Matthew McConaughey---Killer Joe

Best Supporting Actress:

And the Nominees are...

Amy Adams---The Master

Anne Hathaway---The Dark Knight Rises

Anne Hathaway---Les Misérables

Helen Hunt---The Sessions

Emma Watson---The Perks of Being a Wallflower

And the Collin goes to...

Anne Hathaway---Les Misérables

Runner-Up: 

Amy Adams---The Master

Best Ensamble:

And the Nominees are...

Django Unchained

Killer Joe

The Master

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

And the Collin goes to...

Django Unchained

Runner-Up: Silver Linings Playbook and The Master

Best Original Screenplay:

And the Nominees are...

Michael Haneke---Amour

Nicholas Jarecki---Arbitrage

Quentin Tarantino---Django Unchained

John Gatins---Flight

Mark Boal---Zero Dark Thirty

And the Collin goes to...

Mark Boal---Zero Dark Thirty

Runner-Up: Michael Haneke---Amour

Best Adapted Screenplay:

And the Nominees are...

Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin---Beasts of the Southern Wild

John August---Frankenweenie

Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers---The Grey

Ben Lewin---The Sessions

David O. Russell---Silver Linings Playbook

And the Collin goes to...

David O. Russell---Silver Linings Playbook

Runner-Up: Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin---Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Cinematography:

And the Nominees are...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

The Dark Knight Rises

The Grey

The Master

Zero Dark Thirty

And the Collin goes to...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Runner-Up: The Master

Best Editing:

And the Nominees are...

Argo

The Dark Knight Rises

The Grey

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

And the Collin Goes to...

Zero Dark Thirty

Runner-Up: Argo

Best Score:

And the Nominees are...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Cloud Atlas

The Dark Knight Rises

Frankenweenie

The Master

And the Collin goes to...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Runner-Up: 

The Master

Best Sound:

And the Nominees are...

Beasts of the Southern

Cloud Atlas

The Dark Knight Rises

Life of Pi

Zero Dark Thirty

And the Collin goes to...

The Dark Knight Rises

Runner-Up: Life of Pi

Best Production Design:

And the Nominees are...

The Amazing Spider-Man

Beasts of the Southern Wild

The Dark Knight

Django Unchained

The Master

And the Collin goes to...

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Runner-Up: The Master

Best Special Effects:

And the Nominees are...

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Dark Knight Rises

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Life of Pi

Prometheus

And the Collin goes to...

Life of Pi

Runner-Up: The Dark Knight Rises

Best Costume Design:

And the Nominees are...

Cloud Atlas

Django Unchained

Lincoln

The Master

Moonrise Kingdom

And the Collin goes to...

Django Unchained

Runner-Up: The Master

Best Make-Up:

And the Nominees are...

Cloud Atlas

The Dark Knight Rises

Django Unchained

The Grey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

And the Collin goes to...

Django Unchained

Runner-Up: Cloud Atlas

Hype Starts Here's Top 40 Movies of 2012:

40-26

25-11

10-1

Other End-of-2012 Movie Articles:

The Third Annual Elwyns (If Hype Starts Here was in charge of the Oscars)

Final Oscar Predictions

Oscar Recap

Early 2013 Predictions