I have definitely set a record this year for most Oscar-nominated movies seen before the actual ceremony.

Usually I rely on Netflix to catch me up on 90 percent of it, watching everything that earned a nomination for best picture, actor/actress, director and documentary feature.  This year I only have a few to sweep up in the coming weeks.

So I thought I would take the rare opportunity to weigh in with my thoughts before Oscar night.  I’ll list the nominees for the major categories, ranked in the order I think they should be.  Movies/roles in italics are the ones I have yet to see.

Best Picture
Silver Linings Playbook (I would not be unhappy with any of these winning, really)
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Amour
Life of Pi

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (when in doubt, side with the top hat)
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actresss
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty (forgive me, J-Law…)
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Naomi Watts, The Missing

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained (if he doesn’t win, someone should be arrested)
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Alan Arkin, Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables (very tough choice, but she killed this role)
Sally Field, Lincoln
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Amy Adams, The Master
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Best Animated Feature
Wreck-It Ralph (probably my favorite movie of the year)
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Best Director
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (less heralded cast executes this movie beautifully)
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Documentary Feature
The Invisible War (another category with no losers, all powerful must-see stories)
5 Broken Cameras
How to Survive a Plague
Searching for Sugar Man
The Gatekeepers

Adapted Screenplay
Silver Linings Playbook (if this story doesn’t make you feel better about life…)
Lincoln
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo
Life of Pi

Original Screenplay
Django Unchained (give Tarantino seven Oscars for this script)
Moonrise Kingdom (give Anderson and Coppola one too)
Zero Dark Thirty
Amour
Flight