Sunday, February 22, 2015
My Oscar Predictions
Happy Oscar Night to all! The following are my predictions for the award winners, everything but the shorts. Please note, these are the movies I think will win, not the ones I believe should. I haven't seen enough of them to be a worthy judge of that. Over the course of the evening, I will shade the ones I get right in red and the ones I get wrong in blue, with the actual winners indicated. Here we go:
BEST PICTURE: Boyhood
Winner: Birdman
BEST DIRECTING: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Winner: Alejandro Iñárritu, Birdman
BEST ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Theory of Everything
Winner: The Imitation Game
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Winner: Big Hero 6
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Leviathan
Winner: Ida
BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE: Citizenfour
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "Glory," Selma
BEST SOUND EDITING: Birdman
Winner: American Sniper
BEST SOUND MIXING: Whiplash
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST FILM EDITING: Whiplash
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar
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The movies I love rarely are winners.
ReplyDeleteThis year I have not seen seen any movies so I am not so invested.
Hope some of your pick win.
I just turned it on and it is who died this year. Gosh I know many of their names. Goodness I am so old.
cheers, parsnip
I haven't seen many either but I'm rooting like crazy for the ones I have. Patricia Arquette won - thank goodness. The rest hardly matters.
DeleteI think Patricia Arquette is a much underused actress. She is quite luminous in her acting.
DeleteVery interested in the Polish Movie, Ida. I hope our Independent theater will be able to show it. I am really looking forward to it and The Theory of Everything.
She certainly comes across as a grounded person - talented, socially conscious, minimal if any work done. She'll get gigs now. Anyone who can inspire the cheer she got from Meryl Streep is onto something.
DeleteYou did well. I wanted Boyhood to win Best Picture, but I'm satisfied with Patricia Arquette's win and brilliant speech.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I was rooting for Boyhood but I haven't seen Birdman. It may, indeed, be more brilliant for all I know. Patricia Arquette was glorious. As I said to my wife after the speech, "She was ready!"
DeleteSeeing Meryl Streep cheer Patricia's speech was almost as good as the speech.
DeleteAbsolutely, especially since Meryl had just lost the award to her (though she must have known she would)!
DeleteNice! I would not have gotten nearly as many right. Is it terrible that I really have no desire to see Birdman? Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI'd kind of like to see it, though it will have to wait for home video. Not one for our daughter.
DeleteBut no, there's no shame in not wanting to see it.
Pretty good prediction numbers AS! I heard a bunch of people saying Birdman would win, but I didn't believe it. I guess I should watch it now.
ReplyDeleteThat's how I feel! Boyhood blew me away, though I suppose there's no reason to think Birdman couldn't do the same.
DeleteAs usual, the picture that won is one that I hadn't seen. I was surprised at all the awards to the Grand Budapest Hotel, however. I am looking forward to the next sequel, coming out pretty soon. Richard Gere is in this one.
ReplyDeleteIt's really high time Wes Anderson got some love from the Academy - certainly one of the most inventive minds in the current film industry.
DeleteHey, if I ever start gambling, I'm coming to you for my "picks."
ReplyDeleteLoved The Grand Budapest Hotel and I agree that Wes Anderson needed recognition.
Glory was a shoe-in to me. I've been developing a real love of John Legend. What a voice.
I've been planning to see Birdman, as I have always been a Michael Keaton fan. Wish I had seen it before the awards, However, I'm not awed by Boyhood the way a lot of people are. I mean, it's great and certainly ambitious, it just didn't grab me.
J.K. Simmons certainly deserved to get something! He has a pretty extensive, varied resume at this point. I love him, too.
Great post, Squid!
Birdman was a surprise winner, certainly, but if any of the acting awards had gone another way, it would have been a bigger surprise. All four winners had been cleaning up in all the events leading up to this. Redmayne already has a Tony so he's halfway to an EGOT and he's only what, 12?
DeleteYou actually scored well. Interstellar had some stiff competition in that category. I really thought Dawn would win.
ReplyDeleteInterstellar had won the BAFTA in the category, generally a strong indicator.
DeleteI am late in my posts:) I only got 12 right:) I was happy Birdman won over Snorehood. I was sad to find Redmayne won because, even though he was good playing a cripple (sorry not being politically correct), he was not as polished as Michael Keaton. I have only seen those 2 roles so i can't comment if Michael should have won overall but he should have over Redmayne. Now lets see if Travolta wins for best creepy man at next year's Oscars
ReplyDeleteBig picture, I'll take Michael Keaton's life over Redmayne's anytime.
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