Until I saw American Sniper, I really had no horse in this race. Now I'll be watching and hoping that the Academy voters can be open minded and not dump on the vast majority of movie-goers. Again, not that the Academy should be completely populist, but it tends to be too much elitist.
Anyway, there is still time to play the Oscar Game. Fill out the form here.
Here are my choices and predictions for tonight:
|
Category |
MY CHOICE |
MY PREDICTION |
|
BEST PICTURE |
"American
Sniper" |
BIRDMAN |
|
BEST DIRECTOR |
Morten
Tyldum, "The Imitation Game" |
Alejandro
González Iñárritu, "Birdman" |
|
BEST ACTOR |
Bradley
Cooper, "American Sniper" |
Michael Keaton - Birdman |
|
BEST ACTRESS |
Rosamund
Pike, "Gone Girl" |
Julianne
Moore, "Still Alice" |
|
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR |
DID
NOT SEE |
J.K.
Simmons, "Whiplash" |
|
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS |
Keira
Knightley, "The Imitation Game" |
Patricia
Arquette, "Boyhood" |
|
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
|
DID
NOT SEE |
"Foxcatcher"
(E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman) |
|
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
|
"American
Sniper" (Jason Hall) |
"The
Imitation Game" (Graham Moore) |
|
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE |
"How
to Train Your Dragon 2" |
"Big
Hero 6"
|
|
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
|
"Interstellar"
(Nathan Crowley; Gary Fettis, Paul Healy) |
"The
Imitation Game" (Maria Djurkovic; Tatiana Macdonald) |
|
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM |
DID
NOT SEE |
"Ida"
(Pawel Pawlikowski; Poland) |
|
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY |
"Unbroken"
(Roger Deakins) |
"Birdman"
(Emmanuel Lubezki) |
|
BEST COSTUMES |
"Into
the Woods" (Colleen Atwood) |
"The
Grand Budapest Hotel" (Milena Canonero) |
|
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS |
"X-Men:
Days of Future Past" |
"Interstellar" |
|
BEST SOUND MIXING |
"Interstellar" |
"American
Sniper" |
|
BEST SOUND EDITING |
"Interstellar" |
"Interstellar" |
|
BEST SCORE |
"Interstellar"
(Hans Zimmer) |
"The
Imitation Game" (Alexandre Desplat) |
|
BEST ORIGINAL SONG |
"Lost
Stars" from "Begin Again" |
"Glory"
from "Selma" |
|
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE |
DID
NOT SEE |
"CITIZENFOUR" |
|
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT |
DID
NOT SEE |
"White
Earth" |
|
BEST ANIMATED SHORT |
DID
NOT SEE |
"Me
and My Moulton" |
|
BEST EDITING |
"American
Sniper" (Joel Cox, Gary Roach) |
"Boyhood"
(Sandra Adair) |
|
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM |
DID
NOT SEE |
"Boogaloo
and Graham" |
|
BEST MAKEUP |
"Guardians
of the Galaxy" |
"Foxcatcher" |
As you can see, in nearly every major category the film that I want to win is not the one that I think will win. But we will see.
Thoughts?
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