Saturday, March 3, 2018

Oscar Thoughts / Predictions 2018

Oscar Predictions And Thoughts 2018 List / 90th Academy Awards  For 3/4/18        

    It's that time again... the 90th time with a clean rounded anniversary year... for the grandest face-off of last year's achievements and films. Truly many could-be (And may will) “at-lasts” and important steps, along beloved acclaim while some surprises as well. The major popular categories , who will likely win and who I'm cheering for etc.



Best Picture:
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  Who Will Win: It's hard to say... truly a year with some fantastic films with no clear shot. But I think the clear fight tonight is two ways between The Shape Of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri due to how respected their makers are and the result. Possibly leaded by Call Me By Your Name. Although as other years have shown, anything can happen anywhere.

Who I Want To Win: The Shape Of Water... Del Toro made something amongst his best ever and it truly shows what films can be..magical , deep, adventurous..it's everything.


Best Actress:
Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Post

Who Will Win:  I think that the Shape Vs Three Billboards battle extends to many others, so I gotta go to Hawkins (who is unique via ASL) versus McDormand. However, the other three are apparently strong contenders... Robbie with a showpiece and Streep being..Streep as always.

Who I Want To Win:  Sally Hawkins, for doing so much with so little.


Best Actor:
Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington - Roman J Israel, Esq

Who Will Win:  It's really tough... hopefully Daniel Day-Lewis who almost always does and may his last one if he's truly leaving the industry. Or Gary Oldman at first... I feel darkest hour could be a dark horse. However I could see Get Out breaking conventions

Who I Want To Win: Any of those mentioned above, for notability. Moreso Oldman since he's been a topic after Leonardo DiCaprio.

Best Supporting Actress:
Mary J Blige - Mudbound
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water

Who Will Win: Word on the street is Metcalf has high odds, no comment really haven't seen most of these.

Who I Want To Win: Since it was the only film I saw,  Spencer for Del Toro.

Best Supporting Actor:
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Who Will Win: An interesting cross-fight for Three Billboards. It will be one of Harrelson/ Rockwell for that reason. Plummer has high buzz as well while the others could dark horse it.

Who I Want To Win: I hear Rockwell, I feel he's earned it. I look forward to seeing him in that film soon. 

Best Director:
Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan
Get Out - Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of Water - Guillermo Del Toro

Who Will Win:  As always, and super true this year, could go any way. Perhaps less so for Phantom Thread. But I feel Del Toro has the mark..

Who I Want To Win: Del Toro because it was great, but also.. Nolan, because he never has..and that's what he's best at...a tough tie.

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Call Me By Your Name - screenplay by James Ivory
The Disaster Artist - screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H Weber
Logan - screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; story by James Mangold
Molly's Game - written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound - screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Who Will Win: This seems like a spot Call Me By Your Name may lock, or a genre surprise like...any of the others. Logan and Disaster Artist less so do to subject...but..

Who I Want To Win: DISASTER ARTIST PLEASE..because it deserved so many more nominations. Almost at that point, Logan as well... exceptional.

Best Original Screenplay:
The Big Sick - written by Emily V Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out - written by Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - written by Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water - screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - written by Martin McDonagh

Who Will Win: Shape Vs Three Billboards, with plentiful contenders,,, maybe something refreshing like Big Sick or Get Out.

Who I Want To Win: Get Out would be especially pleasant due to its themes, seconded by the great Big Sick . Both comedians branching into film

Best Original Score:
Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread - Jonny Greenwood
The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - John Williams
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Carter Burwell

Who Will Win:  Here its in my opinion Zimmer Vs Desplat, reknown and beloved makers.

Who I Want To Win:  Either for Dunkirk or Shape Of Water, incredible. However this may be Star Wars..my film of the year...'s best odds at this show... and Williams is getting older..

Best Animated Feature:
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Who Will Win: Coco has this nigh-locked as per “good Pixar movie” tradition. However, the refreshing Breadwinner or Loving Vincent could take it.

Who I Want To Win: I wouldn't mind Coco.


Best Cinematography:
Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins
Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema
Mudbound - Rachel Morrison
The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen

Who Will Win: Deakins has honest odds at a film that should have gotten so much more...and he's gotten older too and never has. But Dunkirk and Shape have high quality, as I hear for Mudbound. Viscious category.

Who I Want To Win: Almost equally between Blade Runner, Shape, and Dunkirk... aside the reason above. All fantastic looking.

Best Costume Design:
Beauty and the Beast - Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour - Jacqueline Durran
Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges
The Shape of Water - Luis Sequeira
Victoria and Abdul - Consolata Boyle

Who Will Win: If they count the creature as part of it, Shape Of Water, as convcing as Hawkins is. Otherwise perhaps the literal Phantom Thread.

Who I Want To Win: Shape or Beauty and The Beast for fantasy.

Best make-up and hairstyling:
Darkest Hour - Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick
Victoria and Abdul - Daniel Phillips & Lou Sheppard
Wonder - Arjen Tuiten

Who Will Win: Darkest Hour, for Oldman's look.

Who I Want To Win: Darkest Hour, for Oldman's look..duh!

Best production design:
Beauty and the Beast - production design by Sarah Greenwood; set decoration by Katie Spencer
Blade Runner 2049 - production design by Dennis Gassner; set decoration by Alessandra Querzola
Darkest Hour - production design by Sarah Greenwood; set decoration by Katie Spencer
Dunkirk - production design by Nathan Crowley; set decoration by Gary Fettis
The Shape of Water - production design by Paul Denham Austerberry; set decoration by Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

Who Will Win: Another tough category... lifted by the gorgeous Blade Runner and Shape.

Who I Want To Win: See above, although here as well Beauty is lush.

Best visual effects:
Blade Runner 2049 - John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert & Richard R Hoover
Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 2 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner & Dan Sudick
Kong: Skull Island - Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza & Mike Meinardus
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan & Chris Corbould
War for the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon & Joel Whist

Who Will Win: Ah my favorite category...the kind of movies reacted to by me. The Academy loves their Planet of the Apes, could see that... or almost anything else.

Who I Want To Win: Star Wars has some odds here but I think even moreso Blade Runner was magnificent (and if it doesn't win elsewhere get at least one)

Best film editing:
Baby Driver - Paul Machliss & Jonathan Amos
Dunkirk - Lee Smith
I, Tonya - Tatiana S Riegel
The Shape of Water - Sidney Wolinsky
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory

Who Will Win: Anyone aside Tony, seriously locked category. Perhaps Baby Driver has a chane.

Who I Want To Win: Almost a tied love of Baby Driver and Dunkirk, snappy.


Let the match commence this weekend!! Enjoy the presenters and spectacle