Oscars 2018

 
It is that time of year once again, and I have never been more ready! For the first time in years I've finally finished viewing all of the Best Picture Nominees BEFORE the Oscars actually air! I'm excited this year because there doesn't seem to be a true front-runner for the big take-away! After much deliberation and many, many viewings, here are my predictions for this year's winners! Let's see how many I can get right! Check back Monday for the results!

*UPDATE - So I beat my record from last year and guessed 20 out of the 24 categories! Not too shabby! My correct guess are in BLUE and the ones I missed are in RED. Until next year...


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
OPTIMIST'S PICK: The Shape of Water


BEST DIRECTOR:

Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water




BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour




BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Meryl Streep - The Post
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Frances McDormand - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri




BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri




BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
OPTIMIST'S PICK - Allison Janney - I, Tonya





BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Loving Vincent
Ferdinand
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Coco





BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Blade Runner 2049 - Roger A. Deakins
Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel
Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema
Mudbound - Rachel Morrison
The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Blade Runner 2049 - Roger A. Deakins




BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Beauty and the Beast - Jacqueline Durran
Darkest Hour - Jacqueline Durran
Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges
The Shape of Water - Luis Sequeira
Victoria & Abdul - Consolata Boyle
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Phantom Thread - Mark Bridges




BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail - Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Faces Places - Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Icarus - Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
Last Men in Aleppo - Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island - Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Icarus - Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan




BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

Edith+Eddie - Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 - Frank Stiefel
Heroin(e) - Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
Knife Skills - Thomas Lennon
Traffic Stop - Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Heroin(e) - Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon




BEST FILM EDITING:

Baby Driver - Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
Dunkirk - Lee Smith
I, Tonya - Tatiana S. Riegel
The Shape of Water - Sidney Wolinsky
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Jon Gregory
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Dunkirk - Lee Smith





BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

On Body and Soul - Ildikó Enyedi
The Square - Ruben Östlund
Loveless - Andrey Zvyagintsev
A Fantastic Woman - Sebastian Lelio
The Insult - Ziad Doueiri
OPTIMIST'S PICK: A Fantastic Woman - Sebastian Lelio




BEST MAKE UP & HAIRSTYLING:

Darkest Hour - Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
Victoria & Abdul - Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
Wonder - Arjen Tuiten
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Darkest Hour - Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick






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
OPTIMIST'S PICK: The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat




BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Mighty River" - Mudbound
"Mystery of Love" - Call Me By Your Name
"Remember Me" - Coco
"Stand Up For Something" - Marshall
"This Is Me" - The Greatest Showman
OPTIMIST'S PICK: "This Is Me" - The Greatest Showman




BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Beauty and the Beast - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
Blade Runner 2049 - Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Alessandra Querzola (Set Decoration)
Darkest Hour - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
Dunkirk - Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
The Shape of Water - Paul Denham Austerberry (Production Design); Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin (Set Decoration)
OPTIMIST'S PICK: The Shape of Water - Paul Denham Austerberry (Production Design); Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin (Set Decoration)


BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

Dear Basketball - Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
Garden Party - Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
Lou - Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
Negative Space - Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
Revolting Rhymes - Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Dear Basketball - Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant




BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:

DeKalb Elementary - Reed Van Dyk
The Eleven O'Clock - Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
My Nephew Emmett - Kevin Wilson, Jr.
The Silent Child - Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
Watu Wote/All of Us - Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen
OPTIMIST'S PICK: DeKalb Elementary - Reed Van Dyk




BEST SOUND EDITING:

Baby Driver - Julian Slater
Blade Runner 2049 - Mark Mangini and Theo Green
Dunkirk - Richard King and Alex Gibson
The Shape of Water - Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Dunkirk - Richard King and Alex Gibson





BEST SOUND MIXING:

Baby Driver - Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
Blade Runner 2049 - Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
Dunkirk - Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten
The Shape of Water - Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Dunkirk - Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Blade Runner 2049 - John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
Kong: Skull Island - Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
War for the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist
OPTIMIST'S PICK: War for the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

The Big Sick - Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out - Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martic McDonagh
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Get Out - Jordan Peele




BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:


Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Logan - Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold
Molly's Game - Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound - Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
OPTIMIST'S PICK: Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory