Oscar night is here! yay?
This is the first year of my adult life that I did not scramble to see as many nominees as I could. The Academy’s futzing around the airing of Cinematography and Editing pissed me off. I even refunded my tickets to the best picture showcase marathon at AMC. So, my picks will be more on the uneducated guess side of things I suppose. Here we go, my choice is bold. I will update this post after the show with the results. If I got it right, it will be green. If wrong, red.
Best picture
- BlacKkKlansman
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
- Vice
I am going with Roma. Favorite is also possible.
Directing
- Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
- Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War)
- Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
- Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
- Adam McKay (Vice)
Actress in a leading role
- Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
- Glenn Close (The Wife)
- Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
- Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
- Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Actor in a leading role
- Christian Bale (Vice)
- Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
- Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate)
- Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
- Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Actress in a supporting role
- Amy Adams (Vice)
- Marina de Tavira (Roma)
- Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
- Emma Stone (The Favourite)
- Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Actor in a supporting role
- Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
- Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
- Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
- Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
- Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Animated feature film
- Incredibles 2
- Isle Of Dogs
- Mirai
- Ralph Breaks The Internet
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Cinematography
- Cold War
- The Favourite
- Never Look Away
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
Costume design
- The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
- Black Panther
- The Favourite
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Mary Queen Of Scots
Documentary (feature)
- Free Solo
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening
- Minding The Gap
- Of Fathers And Sons
- RBG
Documentary (short subject)
- Black Sheep
- End Game
- Lifeboat
- A Night At The Garden
- Period. End of Sentence.
Film editing
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favourite
- Green Book
- Vice
Foreign language film
- Capernaum (Lebanon)
- Cold War (Poland)
- Never Look Away (Germany)
- Roma (Mexico)
- Shoplifters (Japan)
Makeup and hairstyling
- Border
- Mary Queen Of Scots
- Vice
Music (original score)
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Isle of Dogs
- Mary Poppins Returns
Music (original song)
- “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” (The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs)
- “All The Stars” (Black Panther)
- “The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns)
- “I’ll Fight” (RBG)
- “Shallow” (A Star Is Born)
Production design
- Black Panther
- The Favourite
- First Man
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Roma
Short film (animated)
- Animal Behaviour
- Bao
- Late Afternoon
- One Small Step
- Weekends
This is a category I’ve already covered (Review). Having seen them all, the winner is likely Bao, but I want it to be Weekends. One small step might get it too. Animal behavior has no chance. It should have been Lost & Found.
Short film (live action)
- Detainment
- Fauve
- Marguerite
- Mother
- Skin
Sound editing
- First Man
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- A Quiet Place
- Roma
Sound mixing
- Black Panther
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- First Man
- Roma
- A Star Is Born
Visual effects
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Christopher Robin
- First Man
- Ready Player One
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
Writing (adapted screenplay)
- The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
- BlacKkKlansman
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- A Star Is Born
Writing (original screenplay)
- The Favourite
- First Reformed
- Green Book
- Roma
- Vice
Ok, so I got 12/24. This tracks with previous years where I actually tried to see everything. What does this say? I have no fucking idea, lol. See you next year.
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