Thursday, 8 February 2018

[Editorial] Predictions For The 90th Academy Awards (2018)


It's another month away but let's keep the excitement going for the upcoming Oscars ceremony with my own little predictions on what and who will walk away as winners this year with the coveted golden statue.

I have managed to catch most of the movies in the major categories. Those that I have not will be highlighted. I will also give another prediction on the ones that may win instead over the ones I've picked. So here goes.


BEST PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread (have not seen)
The Post
The Shape Of Water (may win instead)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (my pick)

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Jordan Peele for Get Out
Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread (have not seen)
Guillermo del Toro for The Shape Of Water (my pick)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothee Chalamet for Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis for Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out
Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour (my pick)
Denzel Washington for Roman J. Israel, Esq. (have not seen)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sally Hawkins for The Shape Of Water (may win instead)
Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (my pick)
Margot Robbie for I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird
Meryl Streep for The Post

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins for The Shape Of Water (my pick)
Christopher Plummer for All The Money In The World (have not seen)
Sam Rockwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (may win instead)

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mary J. Blige for Mudbound (have not seen)
Allison Janney for I, Tonya (my pick)
Lesley Manville for Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird (may win instead)
Octavia Spencer for The Shape Of Water

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name (my pick)
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly's Game (have not seen)
Mudbound (have not seen)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape Of Water (my pick)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner (have not seen)
Coco (my pick)
Ferdinand (have not seen)
Loving Vincent (have not seen)

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins for Blade Runner 2049 (my pick)
Bruno Delbonnel for Darkest Hour
Hoyte van Hoytema for Dunkirk (may win instead)
Rachel Morrison for Mudbound (have not seen)
Dan Laustsen for The Shape Of Water

ORIGINAL SCORE
Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk (may win instead)
Jonny Greenwood for Phantom Thread (have not seen)
Alexandre Desplat for The Shape Of Water (my pick)
John Williams for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Carter Burwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ORIGINAL SONG
Mighty River from Mudbound (have not seen)
Mystery Of Love from Call Me By Your Name
Remember Me from Coco
Stand Up For Something from Marshall
This Is Me from The Greatest Showman (my pick)

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