Oscars 2018: Predictions and Film Excess' favorites

3/04/2018

Oscars 2018: Predictions and Film Excess' favorites

The 90th Academy Awards are tonight, and as is tradition here is my annual post with my predictions and favorites for the Oscars this year.
The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who did well last year in the notoriously difficult job and becomes the first host returning for a consecutive gig since Billy Crystal did the same in 1997/98.
Most nominated this year is The Shape of Water with 13. Second is Dunkirk with 8 and third is Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with 7.
Among the Film Excess favorites of 2017 that are snubbed by the Academy are four big, wonderful movies from the 'colorful' genres that are routinely overlooked at Oscar time: It (horror), Wonder Woman (superhero adventure), War for the Planet of the Apes (science-fiction) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (space opera). - Granted the two latter films are nominated, - but these two films particularly are so good that they ought to be nominated in the major categories and not just the much less prestigious 'technical' categories as is the case.
Full disclosure: This year at Oscar-time, I have seen just 14 of the 45 nominated feature films, so I am missing 31. The titles I have seen at the time of this post are Blade Runner 2049, Dunkirk, The Square, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Call Me By Your Name, The Greatest Showman, Victoria & Abdul, Wonder, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Kong: Skull Island, War for the Planet of the Apes, Baby Driver and Logan.

Left out are as usual the three short film categories, as I have no educated opinion about who will or should win in these.
Red marks the person/s or film I predict will win the Oscar
Film Excess favorite marks the person/s or film I hope will win the Oscar

Best Production Design:

Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water Film Excess favorite

Best Animated Feature

Coco
Ferdinand Film Excess favorite
Loving Vincent
The Boss Baby
The Bread Winner

Best Foreign Film

A Fantastic Woman
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Insult
The Square Film Excess favorite

Best Documentary

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places Film Excess favorite
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island

Best Score

Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Film Excess favorite
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Song

The Mystery of Love, Call Me By Your Name Film Excess favorite
Remember Me, Coco
Stand Up for Something, Marshall
Mighty River, Mudbound
This Is Me, The Greatest Showman

Best Markeup and Hairstyling

Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder Film Excess favorite

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 Film Excess favorite

Best Sound Editing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk Film Excess favorite
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Best Film Editing

Baby Driver
Dunkirk Film Excess favorite
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Sound Mixing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk Film Excess favorite
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Best Costume Design

Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread Film Excess favorite
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Dunkirk Film Excess favorite
Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water

Best Adapted Screenplay

James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name Film Excess favorite
Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green, Logan
Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
Dee Rees, Virgil Williams, Mudbound
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist

Best Original Screenplay

Jordan Peele, Get Out
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick
Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Film Excess favorite

Best Director

Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Film Excess favorite
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread

Best Supporting Actress

Allison Janney, I, Tonya Film Excess favorite
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Film Excess favorite
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actress

Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Film Excess favorite
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Meryl Streep, The Post
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, The Phantom Thread
Daniel Kauuya, Get Out
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Film Excess favorite
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name

Best Picture

Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk Film Excess favorite
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Related posts:

Oscars 2017: Predictions and Film Excess' favorites
Oscars 2016: Predictions and Film Excess' favorites
Oscars 2015: Prognosis and Film Excess' favorites
Oscars 2014: Prognosis and Film Excess' favorites

What are your predictions and hopes for the 2018 Oscars?
What do you think about my choices here?

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William Friedkin has died

Born in Chicago, Friedkin accrued TV credits prior to his advance to the big screen as the director of Good TImes (1967), The Birthday Party (1968), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and The Boys in the Band (1970) before his major breakthrough, The French Connection (1971), for which he won his only Oscar. He followed it up with the even bigger smash, The Exorcist (1973), arguably the best horror film of all time, for which he was Oscar-nominated. Later credits include Sorcerer (1977), Cruising (1980), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Rampage (1987), Rules of Engagement (2000), Killer Joe (2011) and The Devil and Father Amorth (2017, documentary). Friedkin passed away at age 87. R.I.P.

Louise Fletcher has passed away

Born in Alabama to deaf parents, Fletcher got her first credits in late-1950s TV-series.She took a 10 year-long sabbatical to devote her time to motherhood after the release of A Gathering of Eagles, but then came back and soon saw her career's most important part, as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which she won her sole Oscar. Later credits include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Lucky Star (1980), Brainstorm (1983), Two Moon Junction (1988), Cruel Intentions (1999), A Perfect Man (2013) and many more. Fletcher passed away at age 88. R.I.P.

Jean-Luc Godard has passed away

Born in Paris, France, Godard lived much of his life in Switzerland. He wrote for French film criticism magazine Cahiers du Cinema and became foundational for the New French Wave that inspired new waves in scores of other countries across the world with his Breathless (1960). Later credits include A Woman Is A Woman (1961), Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Le Petit Soldat (1962), Contempt (1963), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot le Fou (1965), 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967), Weekend (1967), Every Man for Himself (1980), King Lear (1987), Century of Cinema (1995, documentary), Goodbye to Language (2014) and many more. Godard died of assisted suicide at age 91. R.I.P.

Wolfgang Petersen has died

James Caan has died

Caan was born the son of Jewish immigrants from Germany in New York. He got his start on TV in the early 1960s. His credits include El Dorado (1966), The Rain People (1969), Brian's Song (1971, TV movie), The Godfather (1972), - for which he earned his only Oscar nomination, - Slither (1973), The Gambler (1974), Funny Lady (1975), Rollerball (1975), Silent Movie (1976), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), - the only film he also directed, - Thief (1981), Misery (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Bottle Rocket (1996), Eraser (1996), Dogville (2003), Elf (2003), Las Vegas (2003-07), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and many more. Caan passed away at age 82. R.I.P.

Jean-Louis Trintignant has died

Born in Vaucluse, France, Trintignant's theatrical debut as an actor was in If All the Guys in the World... (1955). Later credits include ...And God Created Woman (1956), The Seven Deadly Sins (1961), Inferno (1964), A Man and A Woman (1966), My Love, My Love (1967), A Man to Kill (1967), The Great Silence (1968), Z (1969), The Assassination (1972), Three Colors: Red (1994), Amour (2012), Happy End (2017) and many more. He also wrote and directed two films in the 1970s. Trintignant passed away at age 91. R.I.P.

Ray Liotta has died

Adopted from an orphenage at a young age, Liotta got hooked on acting in high school. He had various TV credits in the late 1970s and early 80s, with his film debut in The Lonely Lady (1983). Later credits include Something Wild (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Goodfellas (1990), Cop Land (1997), Hannibal (2001), Blow (2001), Narc (2002), John Q (2002), Identity (2003), Observe and Report (2009), Youth in Revolt (2009), The Details (2011), Killing THem Softly (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Shades of Blue (2016-18), The Simpsons (2018, TV-series), Marriage Story (2019), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), Black Bird (2022, TV-series) and many more. Liotta passed away at age 67 in his sleep while on production in the Dominican Republic. R.I.P.

Philip Baker Hall has died

Born in Ohio, Hall didn't start acting until he was 30. His long list of credits include Zabriskie Point (1970), Miami Vice (1987, TV-series), Midnight Run (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Cheers (1993, TV-series), Hard Eight (1996), The Rock (1996), Air Force One (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), Seinfeld (1991-98), Rush Hour (1998), The Insider (1999), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), Dogville (2003), The Zodiac (2005), Zodiac (2007), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004-09), Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), Modern Family (2011-12) and many more. Hall passed away at age 90. R.I.P.

William Hurt has passed away

Born in Washington D.C., Hurt's first film role was the lead in Altered States (1980). Later credits include Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Gorky Park (1983), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), for which he earned his only Oscar as Best Actor; Chilrdren of a Lesser God (1986), for which he was also Oscar-nominated; Broadcast News (1987), for which he was again Oscar-nominated; Smoke (1995), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), A History of Violence (2005), for which he was again Oscar-nominated; The Good Shepherd (2006), Into the Wild (2007), Robin Hood (2010) and many more. Hurt passed away at age 71. R.I.P.

Ivan Reitman has passed away

Born in Chechoslovakia, now Slovakia, Reitman's family fled the Soviet regime to Austria, then Toronto, when he was 4 years old. Reitman broke into movies as a director with Foxy Lady (1971). Later credits include Cannibal Girls (1973), Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Twins (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), Father's Day (1997), Evolution (1998), No Strings Attached (2011), Draft Day (2014) and more. Reitman's son Jason Reitman is also a great filmmaker. Reitman passed away at age 75. R.I.P.

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