I wasn’t going to bother doing a post this year but then it seemed kind of silly to skip a year. Once upon a time, I was VERY into the Oscars & would try to watch as many of the nominees as I could before the big ceremony. Meh… I’ve lost interest in doing that the past several years (and even more so after starting my blog, which is odd – you’d think I’d try to watch them even more now). I just think the Academy is getting more & more out of touch with what’s *actually* worthy of winning awards. So… They nominate Meryl Streep for Into The Woods but totally ignore the fabulous performance from Essie Davis in The Babadook? They snub the truly best animated film of the year for best animated feature yet nominate the song?! (The Lego Movie, obviously). Then there are the usual Best Picture nominees which are very rarely high on my own personal year-end lists of my favorite movies. I liked Boyhood unlike a lot of people but can understand why many didn’t. I’d have to say Whiplash is my favorite of the nominees I’ve seen but it’s not an all-time “Best Picture-worthy” classic.
Anyway – here are my picks for what I WANT to win and what I think WILL win in each of the Oscars categories tonight. This is the least I’ve EVER paid attention to Oscars predictions & other awards shows and I’ve watched very little of what’s been nominated so I truly have no clue what will win this year. But, like I said – it seemed silly to skip doing a post about it as, no matter how much I get annoyed by the Academy’s choices, I’ll still ALWAYS watch the Oscars. I love movies, I love (and hate) the actors, and the tiny bit of me that’s girly likes seeing the dresses. 🙂
I’ll include links to the nominees I’ve actually reviewed (the first time each is listed):
Best Picture:
American Sniper
Birdman
**Boyhood – WILL
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
*Whiplash – WANT
Best Director:
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
**Richard Linklater, Boyhood – WANT & WILL
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Best Actor:
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
**Michael Keaton, Birdman – WANT & WILL
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
**Julianne Moore, Still Alice – WILL
*Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl – WANT
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
**J.K. Simmons, Whiplash – WANT & WILL
Best Supporting Actress:
**Patricia Arquette, Boyhood – WANT & WILL
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into The Woods (I’ve seen this – review posting tomorrow)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
*Damien Chazelle, Whiplash – WANT
Jason Hall, American Sniper
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
**Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything – WILL
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Best Original Screenplay:
Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
**Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo, Birdman – WILL
*Richard Linklater, Boyhood – WANT
Best Animated Feature:
**Big Hero 6 – WANT & WILL
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (badly want to see this for my Studio Ghibli project)
Best Documentary Feature:
**CITIZENFOUR – WANT & WILL (no idea – I’ve seen none of these)
Last Days In Vietnam
Virunga
Finding Vivian Maier
The Salt of the Earth
Best Original Song:
**”Everything is Awesome,” The Lego Movie – WANT!!! & WILL
“Glory,” Selma
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
“Lost Stars,” Begin Again
“Grateful,” Beyond the Lights
Best Film Editing:
American Sniper
**Boyhood – WILL
The Imitation Game
*Whiplash – WANT
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Cinematography:
*Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman – WANT
Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal, Ida
**Dick Pope, Mr. Turner – WILL
Robert D. Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Roger Deakins, Unbroken
Best Costume Design:
Colleen Atwood, Into The Woods
Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner
**Anna B. Sheppard, Maleficent – WANT & WILL
Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
Best Production Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
**Interstellar – WANT (I guess. puke.) & WILL
Into The Woods
Mr. Turner
Best Animated Short:
The Bigger Picture
**The Dam Keeper – WILL (no clue – I’m choosing by title)
*Feast – WANT
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Best Live Action Short:
Aya
**Boogaloo and Graham – WANT & WILL (no clue – Boogaloo is just an awesome word)
The Phone Call
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
Best Documentary Short:
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
**The Reaper (La Parka) – WANT & WILL (no clue again – I just like Blue Oyster Cult)
White Earth
Best Sound Editing:
American Sniper
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
**Interstellar – WILL
*Birdman – WANT (I guess)
Unbroken
Best Sound Mixing:
American Sniper
Birdman
**Interstellar – WILL
Unbroken
*Whiplash – WANT
Best Visual Effects:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – WANT
Guardians of the Galaxy
**Interstellar – WILL
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Foreign Language Film:
**Ida (Poland) – WILL
*Leviathan (Russia) – WANT (no clue – seen none of these)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
**Foxcatcher – WILL
The Grand Budapest Hotel
*Guardians of the Galaxy – WANT
Best Original Score:
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
**Hans Zimmer, Interstellar – WlLL & WANT (I guess – can’t remember the score)
Gary Yershon, Mr. Turner
**Stay tuned for my review of Into The Woods tomorrow. SPOILER: I wasn’t a fan…
Enjoy the Oscars, everyone! 🙂
I was a big fan of The Grand Budapest Hotel, hopefully it gets recognized for something!
It did! Won loads in the end. I still don’t wish to see it, though. Really not a Wes Anderson fan…
Fair enough – I didn’t “get” Royal Tannenbaums but was converted to a fan after seeing Rushmore
That’s funny, as they’re the only two I’ve seen but saw them the other way around so, unfortunately, I gave up after hating Tenenbaums. 😉
OMG GIVE IT A CHANCE.
Hehehe….. 😉
Seriously, I’m about to beg you to watch it JUST SO YOU’LL STOP TRASH TALKING. 😛
I’ll only watch it if Brian agrees to watch it too! ; )
Brian doesn’t like anything. This is an unfair request. 😦
Hehe. I mean it, though! I’ll watch if he does…. #WesAndersonHatersUnite ; )
Um, totally unfair!!! I did NOT have such a requirement when I watched Stand by Me!!! And I also never talked smack about Stand by Me before even watching it… 😛
#GBHistheBest
if I could choose just one winner, I really hope Nightcrawler wins best script
So much for that… 😉 lol. I wasn’t too thrilled with most of the winners.
It’s not just you that think that. Some serious questions will be asked I think.
We seem to agree a lot. Especially in “want” category. 🙂
Well, you must have been pretty disappointed with the results as well, then! 😦 I was happy with Patricia Arquette & JK Simmons winning, at least. 🙂
I loved Whiplash, so I was happy with all of its wins but yeah, Birdman was not my favourite even though I understood its technical achievements.
Yes – at least Whiplash got some recognition. More than I thought it would! 🙂 I don’t really get the Birdman thing but also know it’s an “actor’s” movie so figured it would do well. Actually really thought Keaton would get best actor.
I though too that Keaton would get it but guess Hawkings is so appreciated and Redmayne portraited him well, that he was the better alternative.
We have a fair few in common. Your reason for your pick for best Documentary Short was awesome!
Ha! Yeah… It’s always hard to do your picks when you know NOTHING whatsoever about anything in a category. 😉 Overall, I’m not too thrilled with the Oscar results but, oh well – I rarely am. 🙂
do u get up in the middle of the night? (like me) 🙂
always love watching the show live
Yep. 😉
Me too. Always get up at 330am and then skip work the day after. Some nice picks u have here. I decided to not do a predictions post this year, but I don’t expect to do as well as everyone did last year because things are so unpredictable this Time. So far im 3 for 3 tho ; )
I did horribly but I really didn’t care this year. Not happy with the Best Picture winner.
Nice listings and predictions! I must say I was happy Redmayne got his Oscar, I thought he was damn amazing. I enjoyed Keaton in Birdman, but Redmayne definitely towered over him there.
This is by far the worst I’ve ever done on predictions. I told hubby we were NOT keeping score this year. : ) He was happy with Redmayne’s win as he saw The Theory Of Everything but I haven’t yet. Guess I better see it now. : )