Personally I thought Arrival was far and away the best, but no one agrees with me. Which brings me to my latest gripe about the oscars, and that is that every year my voting for “my favorites” more and more gets influenced by what is trending. I have been posting my picks for oscar for 8 years now, and up until this year I have always picked my favorites in every category that wasn’t acting.
Yes, I hate to admit it, but I don’t think I have ever posted a favorite in any of the acting categories for as long as I have been doing this.
Not because I don’t have confidence in my ability to choose the “best” individual actor/actress of the year, but because so much of those votes are “bought” by the schmooze and influenced by the prevailing winds of the times.
This is the year that the trends of hollywood have started to seep into my predictions in some of the other categories, most notably Best Picture. Don’t get me wrong I loved La La Land and think it deserves the acclaim it is receiving.
It’s just not my fave.
| Category | Prediction | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Picture | La La Land | Moonlight |
| Best Animated Feature | Zootopia | |
| Best Director | La La Land | |
| Best Actor | Casey Affleck | |
| Best Actress | Emma Stone | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mahershala Ali | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Viola Davis | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Manchester by the Sea | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Arrival | Moonlight |
| Best Original Score | La La Land | |
| Best Original Song | “City of Stars” (La La Land) | |
| Best Editing | La La Land | Hacksaw Ridge |
| Best Cinematography | La La Land | |
| Best Production Direction | La La Land | |
| Best Costume Design | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | |
| Best Makeup | Star Trek: Beyond | Suicide Squad |
| Best Sound Mixing | La La Land | Hacksaw Ridge |
| Best Sound Editing | Hacksaw Ridge | Arrival |
| Best Visual Effects | The Jungle Book | |
| Best Documentary | O.J.: Made in America |
I’ll update this post with winners once it’s over.