Sunday, 28 February 2016

Oscar Predictions


It’s that time of year when everybody attempts to predict the results of this evening’s Oscar ceremony.

It some ways it is a tricky thing to do. Outside of the fact that no one really understands the differences between sound mixing and sound editing.

Do you say who you think should win or do you try and predict who the Academy will vote for (anybody who’s white essentially).

So therefore each category will have three answers; who will win, who should win and where appropriate who should have been nominated… with the exception of the short film categories which will be predicted using the same technique as placing a bet on the Grand National i.e. which one has the best name!

 

Best Animated Short Film

Bear Story, Prologue (predicted winner), Sanjay’s Super Team, We Can’t Live Without Cosmos, World Of Tomorrow

 

Best Live Action Short Film

Ave Maria, Day One, Everything Will Be Okay (Alles WirdGut) (predicted winner)Shok, Stutterer

 

Visual Effects

Ex_Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Will win – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Should win – Ex_Machina

 

Sound Mixing

Bridge Of Spies, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Will win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should win – Mad Max: Fury Road

 

Sound Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, SicarioStar Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Will win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should win  Mad Max: Fury Road

 

Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short, Brooklyn, Carol, The Martian, Room

 

Will win – The Big Short

Should win – The Big Short

Should have been nominated (and won) – Steve Jobs

 

Original Screenplay

Bridge Of Spies, Ex_Machina, Inside Out, Spotlight, Straight Outta Compton

 

Will win – Spotlight

Should win – Ex_Machina

Should have been nominated  The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino)

 

Production Design

Bridge Of Spies, The Danish Girl, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant

 

Will win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should have been nominated – Crimson Peak

 

Original Song

Earned It – Fifty Shades Of Grey, Manta Ray – Racing Extinction, Simple Song 3 – Youth, Til It Happens To You – The Hunting Ground, Writing’s On The Wall – SPECTRE

 

Will win Til It Happens To You (The Hunting Ground)

Should win – Simple Song 3 (Youth)

Should have been nominated  See You Again (Fast & Furious 7)

 

Original Score

Bridge Of Spies, Carol, The Hateful Eight, Sicario, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Will win – The Hateful Eight

Should win – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Should have been nominated – It Follows and Mad Max: Fury Road

 

Make up & Hair

Mad Max: Fury Road, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of A Window And Disappeared, The Revenant

 

Will win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should have been nominated – Crimson Peak

 

Foreign Language Film

Embrace Of The Serpent, Mustang, Son Of Saul (predicted winner)Theeb, A War

 

Animated Feature Film

Anomalisa, Boy And The World, Inside Out, Shaun The Sheep, When Marnie Was There

 

Will win – Inside Out

Should win – Inside Out

 

Editing

The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Will win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should win – Mad Max: Fury Road

 

Documentary Short Film

Body Term 12 (predicted winner), Chau Beyond The Lines, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah, The Girl On The River: The Place Of Forgiveness, Last Day Of Freedom

 

Documentary Feature 

Amy, Cartel Land, The Look Of Silence, What Happened Miss Simone?, Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

 

Will win – The Look Of Silence

Should win – The Look Of Silence

 

Directing

The Big Short, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight

 

Will win – Alejandro GInarrituThe Revenant

Should win – Alejandro GInarrituThe Revenant

Should have been nominated  Ridley Scott, The Martian

 

Costume Design

Carol, Cinderella, The Danish Girl, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant

 

Will win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should have been nominated – Crimson Peak

 

Cinematography

Carol, The Hateful Eight, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Sicario

 

Will win – The Revenant.

Should win – The Revenant

Sorry Roger Deakins, 13th time unlucky as Emmanuel Lubezkiwill make it three Oscars in a row.

Should have been nominated  This is actually the only category where the five nominated films are the five best shot films of the year.

 

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Rooney Mara (Carol), Rachel McAdams (Spotlight), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl), Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

 

Will win – Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Should win – Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs). Only saying Winslet should win as Vikander and Mara should have been nominated in the lead actress category

Should have been nominated  Cynthia Nixon (James White)

 

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Christian Bale (The Big Short), Tom Hardy (The Revenant), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight), Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies), Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

 

Will win – Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Should win – Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Should have been nominated – Benicio Del Toro (Sicario) or Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight)

 

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Cate Blanchett (Carol), Brie Larson (Room), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), SaiorseRonan (Brooklyn)

 

Will win – Brie Larson (Room)

Should win – Brie Larson (Room)

Should have been nominated  Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) or Emily Blunt (Sicario)

 

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Leonardo DiCaprio (Steve Jobs), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

 

Will win – Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Should win – Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

 

 

Best Picture

The Big Short, Bridge Of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight

 

Will win – The Revenant

Should win – Mad Max: Fury Road

Should have been nominated – Carol or Star Wars: The Force AwakensComing off the back of the awful prequels, the fact that it was so nostalgic yet set the bar high for the future meant it was deserving of a nomination.

 

 

 

 



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