This is going to be nothing like my Oscar predictions arcticle. Simply gonna highlight and underline who I think will win and in a few hours I’ll post a reaction to the ceremony and see how correct (or incorrect I was).
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Big Short: Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Steve Jobs: Aaron Sorkin
Brooklyn: Nick Hornby
Carol: Phyllis Nagy
Room: Emma Donoghue
Best Animated Film: I wonder what James will pick…
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
Minions: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Inside Out: Pete Docter
Original Music:
The Hateful Eight: Ennio Morricone
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: John Williams
Sicario: Jóhann Jóhannsson
The Revenant: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto
Original Screenplay: (undecided)
Inside Out: Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg Lefauve
The Hateful Eight: Quentin Tarantino
Ex Machina: Alex Garland * (I want this to win)
Bridge of Spies: Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Spotlight: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Outstanding British Film:
The Danish Girl:Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon
Ex Machina: Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Amy: Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees
45 Years: Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher
The Lobster: Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou
Outstanding Debut from a British Writer, Director or Producer:
Sean Mcallister, Elhum Shakerifar: A Syrian Love Story
Debbie Tucker Green: Second Coming
Stephen Fingleton: The Survivalist
Alex Garland: Ex Machina
EE Rising Star Award:
Taron Egerton
John Boyega
Dakota Johnson
Brie Larson* (Brie is the most deserving and a true ‘rising star’ but Boyega has the popular vote)
Bel Powley
Sound Design:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Bridge of Spies
The Martian
Supporting Actor:
Idris Elba:Beasts of No Nation
Christian Bale: The Big Short
Mark Rylance: Bridge of Spies
Mark Ruffalo: Spotlight
Benicio Del Toro: Sicario
Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Jason Leigh: The Hateful Eight
Alicia Vikander: Ex Machina* (Alicia should be nominated in the Leading Actress category)
Julie Walters: Brooklyn
Kate Winslet: Steve Jobs
Rooney Mara: Carol
Leading Actress:
Maggie Smith: The Lady in the Van
Alicia Vikander: The Danish Girl
Cate Blanchett: Carol
Brie Larson: Room
Saoirse Ronan: Brooklyn
Leading Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio: The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne: The Danish Girl
Michael Fassbender: Steve Jobs*
Matt Damon: The Martian
Bryan Cranston: Trumbo
Best Film:
The Revenant: Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Spotlight: Steve Golin, Blye Pagon Faust, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar
Bridge of Spies: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg
The Big Short: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt
Carol: Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley
Right, I have intentionally avoided make-up, costumes, cinematography, editing and special effects as I don’t know enough to make an informed decision. Hopefully I’m wrong on a bunch of these as my documented distain for The Revenant is well known.
