Oscar picks

A little bit of who I think will win vs a little bit of who I would pick.

Best Picture: I think Roma is going to win, although I found it largely a boring grind to watch. I liked the other 7 movies all to varying degrees. It would be delicious fun to watch the MAGAts heads explode if Black Panther won. I would pick it. It won't happen though. If Roma doesn't win I guess it would be Green Book.

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron will win this. I would be elated if Spike Lee won.

Best Actor: This may be the one that works out best. Christian Bale should win and is the favorite to win. I would be fine if Rami Malek wins too.

Best Actress: Glenn Close will win. I could have gone to see The Wife this weekend but honestly the movie doesn't interest me and I just have never liked Close. I'm frankly a little glad that Lady Gaga won't win. I would pick Olivia Colman.

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali will win even though he is NOT at all supporting. But we know how they fudge that definition. It IS the best performance of that group.

Best Supporting Actress: Regina King will win, even if I'm still a little puzzled at how much of a foregone conclusion it is. She's good in the film, it just didn't scream runaway Oscar winner to me. I would split the trophy between Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

I'm guessing screenplays go to Green Book and A Star Is Born, though it should be The Favourite and Blackkklansman.

Infinity War better win for visual effects.

Comments

  1. MichelleFebruary 24, 2019 at 4:30 PM

    I would love to see Black Panther win, but I don’t know if the academy will vote for a comic book movie to win it all. I think Bale will win and people will be shocked he has a British accent.
    I also think SpiderMan: Into the Spiderverse will win.

    ReplyDelete
  2. MichelleFebruary 24, 2019 at 8:38 PM

    You were pretty accurate in your picks. I haven’t seen Green Book and it sounds like the director and writer are not good people. And I somehow missed Spike Lee walking out when Green Book was announced.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Message Board Classics: 2004 NFL Season

Preseason kickoff post (and other posts): Oh yes, it IS that time again. Training camps are open. The first preseason games are less than a week away. Players are already being idiots. It's the best time of the sports year. It is not yet the time for predictions, but I'll hit on some of the big recent stories. Ricky Williams retires. Well, we know now he did so cuz he was gonna be suspended for using marijuana. He's a little shit as far as I'm concerned. You do not abandon your team when he did. He had every right to retire, but do it at least before the draft. He's left the Dolphins with zero chance of making the playoffs. They couldn't go get Eddie George or Antowain Smith, nor could they draft a RB. The Cowboys cut Quincy Carter. I spent all offseason pleading with Dallas to go get a QB like Warner or Collins or Garcia. Instead they fail to upgrade, and now take a step back. Vinny is 80 years old and has little if anything left. My prediction is that Drew Hen...
Read more

Awful NFL season ends with awful Super Bowl

BUCCANEERS 31 CHIEFS 9 The 2020 NFL season is over. Thank god! A season that was almost across the board unenjoyable, and felt empty and largely felt manipulated, ended with the worst outcome imaginable. With a result that not only continues this 20 year nightmare but that will frankly hurt the NFL for years to come. I was not looking forward to this game. I knew this was going to happen. Maybe not in blowout fashion but I knew the NFL was going to see to it that Tom Brady got his 7th title. The house wins. The game was never fun. Right from the start the Chiefs seemed sleepy, like they weren't really in it. This team plays with swagger, but in this game they had none. Patrick Mahomes was under enormous pressure from the start. The Chiefs grabbed the 1st lead at 3-0 but then from basically the end of the 1st quarter until halftime it was a nightmare. The Chiefs offense remained lifeless. The Chiefs defense did manage a goal line stand that at the moment seemed like it could be a tu...
Read more