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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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