Just for posterity's sake, here are all my early predictions in one tidy post. As always, I'll update them monthly on the sidebar and summarize any major changes in a separate post, although there won't be much fiddling throughout the summer. Perhaps the imminent Cannes Film Festival can provide us with some new fodder.
Picture
A Dangerous Method
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
The Iron Lady
Like Crazy
Moneyball
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Director
G. Clooney - The Ides of March
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
Bennett Miller - Moneyball
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Steven Spielberg - War Horse
Actor
George Clooney - The Descendants
Johnny Depp - The Rum Diary
Mel Gibson - The Beaver
Ryan Gosling - The Ides of March
Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method
Actress
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Felicity Jones - Like Crazy
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Rooney Mara - The Girl with Dragon Tattoo
Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Paul Giamatti - The Ides of March
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Moneyball
Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Supporting Actress
Viola Davis - The Help
Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
Marisa Tomei - The Ides of March
Scarlet Johansson - We Bought a Zoo
Original Screenplay
The Tree of Life
Like Crazy
Young Adult
The Beaver
Take This Waltz
Adapted Screenplay
A Dangerous Method
The Descendants
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse
Editing
The Descendents
Moneyball
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Cinematography
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo Cabret
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Art Direction
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Help
Hugo Cabret
War Horse
Water for Elephants
Costume Design
A Dangerous Method
The Help
Hugo Cabret
Jane Eyre
Water for Elephants
Original Score
Jane Eyre
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Water for Elephants
Original Song
"???" - Cars 2
"???" - Happy Feet 2
"???" - The Muppets
"???" - Winnie the Pooh
Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Sound Editing
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Cars 2
Cowboys and Aliens
Super 8
War Horse
Visual Effects
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Super 8
The Tree of Life
Makeup
Captain America: The First Avenger
A Dangerous Method
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Animated Feature
Cars 2
Happy Feet 2
Rango
