It's a very tight race between my favorite Birdman (my rating: 5/5) and the overrated Boyhood (my rating: 2/5), so tomorrow's Oscars is very scary and exciting! I think Birdman deserves the Best Picture award, but my favorite is not particularly my prediction.
Here's my obligatory predictions for the categories that matter the most to me. I did not include the Foreign Picture category as I have not seen any of the nominees.
BEST PICTURE:
"American Sniper"
★"Boyhood" (WILL WIN)
"Birdman" (SHOULD WIN; COULD WIN)
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"
BEST DIRECTOR:
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" (SHOULD WIN; COULD WIN)
★Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" (WILL WIN)
Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Morten Tydlum, "The Imitation Game"
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
★Michael Keaton, "Birdman" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" (COULD WIN; SHOULD WIN)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night" (COULD WIN)
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
★Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"(WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
★J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
★Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
Laura Dern, "Wild"
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTED:
★"American Sniper," Jason Hall (WILL WIN)
"The Imitation Game," Graham Moore
"Inherent Vice," Paul Thomas Anderson (COULD WIN)
"The Theory of Everything," Anthony McCarten
"Whiplash," Damien Chazelle (COULD WIN: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!)
BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL:
"Birdman," Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (SHOULD WIN)
★"Boyhood," Richard Linklater (WILL WIN)
"Foxcatcher," E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
BEST PICTURE:
"American Sniper"
★"Boyhood" (WILL WIN)
"Birdman" (SHOULD WIN; COULD WIN)
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"
BEST DIRECTOR:
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman" (SHOULD WIN; COULD WIN)
★Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" (WILL WIN)
Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Morten Tydlum, "The Imitation Game"
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
★Michael Keaton, "Birdman" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" (COULD WIN; SHOULD WIN)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night" (COULD WIN)
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
★Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"(WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
★J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
★Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
Laura Dern, "Wild"
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTED:
★"American Sniper," Jason Hall (WILL WIN)
"The Imitation Game," Graham Moore
"Inherent Vice," Paul Thomas Anderson (COULD WIN)
"The Theory of Everything," Anthony McCarten
"Whiplash," Damien Chazelle (COULD WIN: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!)
BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL:
"Birdman," Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (SHOULD WIN)
★"Boyhood," Richard Linklater (WILL WIN)
"Foxcatcher," E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
★"Birdman," Emmanuel Lubezki (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Robert Yeoman
"Ida," Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
"Mr. Turner," Dick Pope
"Unbroken," Roger Deakins
BEST FILM EDITING:
American Sniper"
★"Boyhood" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Whiplash" (COULD WIN)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
"Big Hero 6" (SHOULD WIN)
"The Boxtrolls"
★"How to Train Your Dragon 2" (WILL WIN)
"Song of the Sea"
"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Alexandre Desplat (COULD WIN)
"The Imitation Game," Alexandre Desplat (SHOULD WIN)
"Interstellar," Hans Zimmer (SHOULD WIN)
"Mr. Turner," Gary Yershon
★"The Theory of Everything," Jóhann Jóhannsson (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Robert Yeoman
"Ida," Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
"Mr. Turner," Dick Pope
"Unbroken," Roger Deakins
BEST FILM EDITING:
American Sniper"
★"Boyhood" (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Whiplash" (COULD WIN)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
"Big Hero 6" (SHOULD WIN)
"The Boxtrolls"
★"How to Train Your Dragon 2" (WILL WIN)
"Song of the Sea"
"The Tale of the Princess Kaguya"
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
"The Grand Budapest Hotel," Alexandre Desplat (COULD WIN)
"The Imitation Game," Alexandre Desplat (SHOULD WIN)
"Interstellar," Hans Zimmer (SHOULD WIN)
"Mr. Turner," Gary Yershon
★"The Theory of Everything," Jóhann Jóhannsson (WILL WIN; SHOULD WIN)
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The BEST SCREENPLAY will surely take home the OSCAR BEST PICTURE.
The BEST SCREENPLAY will surely take home the OSCAR BEST PICTURE.
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