Saturday, March 3, 2018

My 2018 Oscar Predictions!



It has certainly been a most eventful 2017, and there is plenty I can't wait to share eventually. But my favorite time of year has finally come around, marking the 20th anniversary of my Oscar Obsession (nothing can compare to 1998's Titanic sweep, sigh), and I couldn't let this week pass by without slipping quietly into the blogosphere and sharing my annual predictions! Now, sure, I missed posting last year entirely (and I mean... entirely), but 2018 is a time to start fresh, and there's certainly no better place to start shaking off the cobwebs.


2017 was filled with so many remarkable films, and in a total shocker, the Academy is actually honoring most of them (with the glaring exception of The Florida Project, what are you kidding me with this snub?!?!) But I digress.... the attention paid to Get Out, easily one of the standout movies of the year, makes me absolutely giddy, and while it may not be as socially relevant as some of the other movies honored with nominations, Lady Bird speaks to me (a 2004 high school graduate involved in drama from a Northern California suburb) on a deep, bone-marrow level.

But, gun to my head, it's all about The Shape of Water for me this time around, with my love of Del Toro knowing no bounds, and him finally getting the mainstream recognition he deserves. Fingers crossed it can overcome the flood of support Three Billboards (which I did enjoy from an acting perspective, but think has issues from a writing/directorial view) has garnered in recent months.

And so, with that, time to get to the predictions, and as usual...

 = My Prediction to Win
♥ = What I Wish Would Win [excluded if not enough opinion on the category]

Don't forget to submit your picks officially online, or share them in the comments below!

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

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

BEST ACTOR
• Timothée 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.

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

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

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

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• The Big Sick
♥ Get Out
• Lady Bird
• The Shape of Water
 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
 Call Me by Your Name
♥ The Disaster Artist
• Logan
• Molly’s Game
• Mudbound

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
 A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
• The Insult (Lebanon)
• Loveless (Russia)
• On Body and Soul (Hungary)
• The Square (Sweden)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
• Faces Places
♥ Icarus
• Last Men in Aleppo
• Strong Island

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
• The Boss Baby
• The Breadwinner
♥ Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent

BEST FILM EDITING
• Baby Driver
 Dunkirk
• I, Tonya
♥ The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST SONG
♥ “Mighty River” from Mudbound, Mary J. Blige
 “Mystery of Love” from Call Me by Your Name, Sufjan Stevens
• “Remember Me” from Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
• “Stand Up for Something” from Marshall, Diane Warren, Common
• “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul



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

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
• Blade Runner 2049
♥ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Kong: Skull Island
 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
 Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
 Dunkirk
• Mudbound
• The Shape of Water

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
• Beauty and the Beast
• Darkest Hour
• Phantom Thread
 The Shape of Water
• Victoria and Abdul

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
 Darkest Hour
• Victoria and Abdul
• Wonder

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Beauty and the Beast
• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
♥ The Shape of Water

BEST SOUND EDITING
• Baby Driver
 Blade Runner 2049
 Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST SOUND MIXING
 Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
 Dunkirk
• The Shape of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST SHORT FILM: LIVE ACTION
• DeKalb Elementary
• The Eleven O’Clock
• My Nephew Emmett
 The Silent Child
• Watu Wote/All of Us

BEST SHORT FILM: ANIMATED
• Dear Basketball
 Garden Party
• Lou
♥ Negative Space
• Revolting Rhymes

BEST SHORT FILM: DOCUMENTARY
• Edith+Eddie
♥ Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
 Heroin(e)
• Knife Skills
• Traffic Stop

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