If you know me, you know that I’m obsessed with film. And, as a film fan, I always eagerly anticipate the Oscars each year. Not without its problems (race chiefly among them ), the Oscars are, in general, much more legitimate than any comparable music-focused awards show. I spend the bulk of my time working with and thinking about music, and definitely wish the Grammys held more deserving independent works in higher esteem, as the Oscars always do, sometimes to the point of alienating the general moviegoing public.
I like to play the Oscar predictions game for fun, and feel compelled to doubly so this time, since I saw more Oscar nominated films in 2015 than any year prior. Seriously, it’s easier to name what I didn’t see than what I did (4 foreign films, 1 animated feature, and 3 documentary shorts are all I have left). 2015 was an amazing year for movies, but I don’t expect a lot of surprises in this year’s show; that is, unless the universe is legitimately conspiring against Leo. Below, I’ve detailed what I think will win, and, in a few instances, what I believe should win.
WILL WIN: “The Revenant”
(SHOULD WIN: “Mad Max: Fury Road”)
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
WILL WIN: Sylvester Stallone in “Creed”
(SHOULD WIN: Tom Hardy in “The Revenant”)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”
“Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
“The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Cinderella” Sandy Powell
WILL WIN: “The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
(SHOULD WIN: “Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller)
WILL WIN: “Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
(SHOULD WIN: “The Look of Silence” Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen)
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Adam Benzine
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
“The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
“The Revenant” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
WILL WIN: “Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
(SHOULD WIN: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould)
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
WILL WIN: “The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
(SHOULD WIN: “Steve Jobs” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, which was NOT EVEN NOMINATED)
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
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