Friday, February 26, 2016

Final 88th Oscar Predictions

Is Spotlight this year's Crash?

The Oscars are Sunday night, and we might actually be in for some surprises this year. Best Picture feels like a race between The Revenant and The Big Short, but I'm reluctant to count out Spotlight. The supporting acting categories could also have a potential shocker, but some of the below-the-line categories (Score, Costume Design, Production Design...) seem ripe for an upset. I've gone out on a limb or two with my predictions, though I'm sure not everything will pay off. Good luck to everyone else predicting the winners!

Best Picture:


Will win: The Revenant
Could win: The Big Short
Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Director:


Will win: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Could win: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Should win: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor:


Will win: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Could win: Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Should win: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Best Actress:


Will win: Brie Larson, Room
Could win: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Should win: Cate Blanchett, Carol

Best Supporting Actor:


Will win: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Could win: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Should win: Tom Hardy, The Revenant

Best Supporting Actress:


Will win: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Could win: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Should win: Rooney Mara, Carol

Best Adapted Screenplay:


Will win: The Big Short
Could win: Room
Should win: Carol

Best Original Screenplay:


Will win: Spotlight
Could win: Inside Out
Should win: Spotlight

Best Production Design:


Will win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Could win: Bridge of Spies
Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography:


Will win: The Revenant
Could win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Should win: The Revenant

Best Costume Design:


Will win: Carol
Could win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Should win: Carol

Best Film Editing:


Will win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Could win: The Big Short
Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Original Score:


Will win: The Hateful Eight
Could win: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Should win: Sicario

Best Original Song:


Will win: "Til It Happens to You" from The Hunting Ground
Could win: "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre
Should win: "Earned It" from Fifty Shades of Grey

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:


Will win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Could win: The Revenant
Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Mixing:


Will win: The Revenant
Could win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Editing:


Will win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Could win: The Revenant
Should win: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects:


Will win: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Could win: The Revenant
Should win: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Animated Feature Film:


Will win: Inside Out
Could win: Anomalisa
Should win: Inside Out

Best Documentary Feature Film:


Will win: Amy
Could win: Cartel Land

Best Foreign Language Film:


Will win: Son of Saul (Hungary)
Could win: Mustang (France)

Best Live-Action Short Film:


Will win: Stutterer
Could win: Shok

Best Animated Short Film:


Will win: Bear Story (Historia de un Oso)
Could win: World of Tomorrow

Best Documentary Short Film:


Will win: Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Could win: Body Team 12

Predicted Tally:

The Revenant - 5
Mad Max: Fury Road - 4
Amy - 1
Bear Story (Historia de un Oso) - 1
The Big Short - 1
Carol - 1
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah - 1
Creed - 1
The Danish Girl - 1
The Hateful Eight - 1
The Hunting Ground - 1
Inside Out - 1
Room - 1
Son of Saul - 1
Spotlight - 1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 1
Stutterer - 1

The Oscars will be presented live on ABC this Sunday, Feb. 28.

8 comments:

  1. I'm still firmly in the camp of Sicario winning Best Cinematography. It's so beautifully shot and Deakins is long over due. But I agree that The Revenant will probably win.

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    1. Oh, I'd LOVE to see Deakins finally win, but I think Chivo is (deservedly) winning again.

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  2. I'm predicting The Revenant to win Picture as well. Even if it didn't make my top 10, it's at least a better western than Dances With Wolves (worst Best Picture winner ever). But I believe Stallone will be Harden'd by Hardy. Some have called me crazy, but I think it can happen.

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    1. Haha, the worst Best Picture winner ever won the year before Dances With Wolves. ;) I'd be happy for Stallone, but I'd be overjoyed if Hardy pulled off the upset.

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  3. Ok, so mine are set to drop Saturday...but we differ in a few categories (I'm sticking with Winslet, and I'm predicting a surprise in Doc)...but all around, I could see all of this happening.

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    1. Love that you're sticking to your guns on Winslet, and you could totally be right. Can't wait to see who wins Supporting Actress!

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  4. I just hope it's Big Short and Winslet for winners

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    1. I'm not really rooting for either, but I wouldn't mind seeing Winslet and Brad Pitt with 2 Oscars.

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