Hi. Any of you have aproblem with your user? Same with me. Thus my new user name and my account through Gmail. And right on time since I can post my Oscar nomination predictions. Annual tradition here.
Like previous years, I made predictions for the five nominees for each category or whatever maximum number of nominees per category. I also made predictions for Dark Horses (DH) who could upset and a For Your Consideration(FYC) pick for one who won't be a nominee but deserves it. So here goes:
BEST PICTURE:
DH1: Into The Woods
DH2: Foxcatcher
DH3 & FYC: The LEGO Movie
Once again there will be an unspecified number of Best Picture nominees. It's been nine the past three Oscars but I'm keeping it at ten just to be safe.
BEST DIRECTOR:
DH1: MORTEN TYLDUM/ The Imitation Game
DH2: DAVID FINCHER/ Gone Girl
FYC: DAMIEN CHAZELLE/ Whiplash
This was a hard one to predict. The first four were easy but the first five had me thinking especially on the news of Clint's Directors Guild nomination. If Ava gets nominated, she will be the first black woman to be nominated in this category.
BEST ACTOR:
DH1: JAKE GYLLENHAAL/ Nightcrawler
DH2: RALPH FIENNES/ The Grand Budapest Hotel
FYC: MILES TELLER/ Whiplash
That's always the problem with this category. So many great performances, only room for five nominees. If all my nomination predictions turn out right here, it would be the first time in yay so long the categories' nominees are all first-timers. Yep, including Keaton.
BEST ACTRESS:
DH1: AMY ADAMS/ Big Eyes
DH2: MARION COTILLARD/ 2 Days, 1 Night
FYC: PATRICIA ARQUETTE/ Boyhood
The Best Actress category is often quite predictable many years and you often know the five that will make it. Same this year. Also surprisingly women in comedy are lacking this year. They usually fare better at getting Oscar nods than the men.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
DH: JOSH BROLIN/ Inherent Vice
Another category that looks like five locks.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
DH1: KEIRA KNIGHTLEY/ The Imitation Game
DH2: NAOMI WATTS/ St. Vincent
Supporting Actress is often the most unpredictable. We'll see.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
DH1: DAN GILROY/Nightcrawler
DH2: E. MAX FRYE and DAN FUTTERMAN/Foxcatcher
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
DH1: ANTHONY MCCARTEN/ The Theory Of Everything
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
DH: The Book Of Life
BEST ART DIRECTION:
DH: Interstellar
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
DH: OSCAR FAURA/ The Imitation Game
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
DH1: MARK BRIDGES/ Inherent Vice
DH2: ALEXANDRA BYRNE/ Guardians Of The Galaxy
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
DH: The Overnighters
BEST FILM EDITING:
DH1: WILLIAM GOLDENBERG/ The Imitation Game
DH2: TOM CROSS/ Whiplash
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
DH1: Timbuktu (Mauritania)
DH2: Tangerines (Estonia)
If you think predicting this is hard, try predicting the winner: Leviathan, Ida or Force Majeure. Anyone's game.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
DH: ALEXANDRE DESPLAT/ The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
DH: "Everything Is Awesome" - The LEGO Movie
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
And there you have it. My predictions for tomorrow's Oscar nominations. No, I will not be up at 5:30am tomorrow to find out the nominees. We'll see how things go. Also expect to see my polls again on who will win what.
You have to love Boyhood's chances but the best DH for me is Into the Woods, as amatter of fact I would not be a least bit surprise if that awesome movie sneaks up and grabs it.
Big contenders there for pic also has to be American Sniper, a lot of controversey but also a hell of a film.