It's time for the annual Academy Awards! As a massive lover of film, I always anticipate this event. And every year I make my own predictions about who will win, and I gripe about all the awesome people who were snubbed.
I'm a bit late this year, mostly because there's still a few films I've wanted to see, that I haven't. But still, I'm only missing one big one and a couple of minor ones.
To that end, I'm making my official predition list. I'm mostly making this for myself, so I can gloat to myself over how many I get right (alternatively how wrong I am). But if you're watching as well, and love film; feel free to make your own predictions!
All main nominations (I'll highlight picks):
Best Picture:
Birdman
American Sniper
Selma
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
The Theory of Everything
Best Actor:
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Bradley Cooper - American Sniper
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Eddie Raymayne - The Theory of Everything
Best Actress:
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Best Supporting Acress:
Laura Dern - Wild
Emma Stone - Birdman
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Best Director:
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum (Norwegians represent!) - The Imitation Game
Best Screenplay:
Boyhood - Richard Linklater
Birdman - Alejandro González Iñárritu, etc
Foxcatcher - E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay:
American Sniper - Jason Hall
Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Imitation Game - Graham Moore
The Theory of Everything - Anthony McCarten
Whiplash - Damien Chazelle
Best Animated Film:
The Boxtrolls
Big Hero Six
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Best Foreign Language Film:
Tangerines - Estonia
Ida - Poland
Leviathan - Russia
Wild Tales - Argentina
Timbuktu - France
Best Cinematography:
Birdman - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert D. Yeoman
Ida - Lukasz Zal
Mr. Turner - Dick Pope
Unbroken - Roger Deakins
Best Original Score:
The Imitation Game - Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar - Hans Zimmer
The Theory of Everything - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Mr. Turner - Gary Yershon
Best Original Song:
The Lego Movie (Everything is Awesome) - Shawn Patterson
Selma (Glory) - Common, John Legend
Beyond the Lights (Grateful) - Diane Warren
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me (I'm Not Gonna Miss You) - Glen Campbell
Begin Again (Lost Stars) - Gregg Alexander
Best Visual Effects:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of the Future Past
Some quick notes for me:
I'm picking Roger Deakins to win, even though he won't. Because he's been nominated for 12 Oscars, yet never won one, despite how he's one of the best Cinematographers of all time.
That's pretty much my predictions for the main awards. There's a lot of technical categories too, but I skip those.
If anyone else has any predictions to share, don't be shy.
I'm returning here tomorrow to gloat about all my correct pics. Or groan.
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