With the Academy Awards tonight, I am giving you guys my predictions for the winners. I have separated them into 2 different categories: what I want to win and what I think will win, which are usually very different. Before we get to it I am posting links to every Oscar nominated movie I have seen and reviewed in case you want to go back and check them out:
Reviews (in no particular order): Room, The Big Short, The Revenant, The Hateful 8, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Creed, Bridge of Spies, Sicario, The Martian, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Mad Max Fury Road (my second ever review)
Best Picture
Nominees: The Big Short, Spotlight, Brooklyn, Bridge of Spies, Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant, Room
My pick: I’d love Mad Max to win, but don’t think it stands a chance. I’ll go with The Revenant.
Actual Prediction: Spotlight
Best Director
Nominees: Adam McKay (The Big Short), George Miller (Mad Max), Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant), Lenny Abrahamson (Room), Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
My pick: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Actual Prediction: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Best Actor
Nominees: Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)
My pick: Leo
Actual Prediction: Leo finally gets his Oscar
Best Actress
Nominees: Cate Blanchett (Carol), Brie Larson (Room), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
My pick: Brie Larson
Actual Prediction: Brie Larson
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees: Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies), Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
My pick: Sylvester Stallone
Actual Prediction: Mark Ruffalo
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees: Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful 8), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
My pick: Alicia Vikander
Actual Prediction: Alicia Vikander
Note: I have not seen The Danish Girl. However, I would have thought Vikander would have been nominated (and won) for Ex Machina. So, if she was even better in this then she deserves it.
Best Original Screenplay
Nominees: Bridge of Spies, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Spotlight, Straight Outta Compton
My pick: Ex Machina
Actual Prediction: Spotlight
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominees: The Big Short, Brooklyn, Carol, The Martian, Room
My pick: The Martian
Actual Prediction: The Big Short
Best Animated Film
Nominees: Inside Out, Boy & the World, Anomalisa, Shaun the Sheep, When Marnie Was There
My pick: Inside Out
Actual Prediction: Inside Out
Best Original Score
Nominees: Bridge of Spies, Carol, The Hateful 8, Sicario, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
My pick: Star Wars, but Sicario is really close
Actual Prediction: The Hateful 8
Best Sound Editing
Nominees: Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant, Sicario, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
My pick: Star Wars
Actual Prediction: Star Wars
Best Sound Mixing
Nominees: Bridge of Spies, Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
My pick: Star Wars
Actual Prediction: Mad Max
Best Production Design
Nominees: Bridge of Spies, The Danish Girl, Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant
My pick: The Martian
Actual Prediction: Mad Max
Best Cinematography
Nominees: Carol, The Hateful 8, Mad Max, The Revenant, Sicario
My pick: Sicario, just nudging out The Revenant
Actual Prediction: The Revenant
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominees: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (???), Mad Max, The Revenant
My pick: Mad Max
Actual Prediction: Mad Max
Best Costume Design
Nominees: Carol, Cinderella, The Danish Girl, Mad Max, The Revenant
My pick: Mad Max
Actual Prediction: Mad Max
Best Film Editing
Nominees: The Big Short, Mad Max, The Revenant, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
My pick: The Revenant
Actual Prediction: The Big Short
Best Visual Effects
Nominees: Ex Machina, Mad Max, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
My pick: Ex Machina, but I’d be happy with any of them really. Tough category to pick.
Actual Prediction: Star Wars
Why I’m not qualified to make some of these predictions: I have not seen Carol, Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, Steve Jobs, 45 Years, Straight Outta Compton, or any of the nominated animated movies besides Inside Out. Also, I’m not really sure exactly what some of the technical awards consist of, so those are my best guesses based on what I think they are.
I didn’t even bother picking several categories in which I hadn’t seen anything (ie. Best documentary, best short film, etc.).
Let me know what you think of my picks and what some of your picks are in the comments.
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