Oscar Predictions & Nominations
The predictions of one of our school’s biggest film buffs.
February 22, 2019
The Oscars on Feb. 24 is a big day of the year. Many arguments can arise based on the nominees, but it sure is fun to see which film will be honored. Here are some of the bigger categories and their nominees.
Best Picture:
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice
Lead Actor:
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Lead Actress:
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Director:
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Paweł Pawlikowski, Cold War
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Adam McKay, Vice
Animated Feature:
Incredibles 2, Brad Bird
Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson
Mirai, Mamoru Hosoda
Ralph Breaks the Internet, Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Cinematography:
Cold War, Lukasz Zal
The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique
Film Editing:
BlacKkKlansman, Barry Alexander Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman
Green Book, Patrick J. Don Vito
The Favourite, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Vice, Hank Corwin
Original Score:
BlacKkKlansman, Terence Blanchard
Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson
If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs, Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Visual Effects:
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Film & Lit. student Jimmy Tarrant had this to say about the Best Picture and Best Animated Picture nominations. This is his Best Picture prediction.
“I think Black Panther will win. I honestly don’t want it to win. I think it will win not based off the movie, but based off the conversations of the movie. My pick would be The Favourite.”
Here’s his dilemma with the Best Animated Picture nominations.
“It’s a toss-up, if you went from an Academy-based view, probably Isle of Dogs. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is more of a crowd pleasing movie, so I could see why that would win. There’s nothing else that compares.”