Oscar predicting is going to start to get serious (for some) soon and given the summer’s slate of movies, that is possibly a good thing. Anyways, here’s some analysis and predixs!
-First off, it seems that Suite francaise is completely off the table which means that The Imitation Game will be the Weinstein pony which could mean a whole host of things. As currently constructed, idk what this film is going to body out of the way in its quest for nominations. Keira Knightley certainly looks to benefit from an opening in supporting actress, but will Cumberbatch be able to leap over the many folks sure to be in his way?
-Did you all see teaser trailers for Into the Woods and Interstellar? I’m not watching anything relating to Interstellar other than the movie to remain spoiler free but I watched the one for Into the Woods and though I have been fooled by Rob Marshall before, it looked really great. And those photos! For now it’s bumping out films like Inherent Vice and taking the spot of Suite francaise.
-In other news, Boyhood apparently has over 40 perfect scores on Metacritic which is astounding, given that critics tend to be loathe to agree about anything. It certainly has the quality to do well come awards time, but it is also just August and bigger movies are coming down the pike.
Best Picture
- Foxcatcher
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- Gone Girl
- Fury
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- Into the Woods
- Selma
Dropped: Mr. Turner
Best Director
- Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
- Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
- David Fincher, Gone Girl
- Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
- Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
Best Actor
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
- Brad Pitt, Fury
- David Oyelowo, Selma
Best Actress
- Amy Adams, Big Eyes
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
- Hilary Swank, The Homesman
Dropped: Michelle Williams, Suite française
Best Supporting Actress
- Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
- Anna Kendrick, Into the Woods
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
- Kiera Knightley, The Imitation Game
Dropped: Rosemund Pike (moved to lead)
Best Supporting Actor
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Tom Wilkinson, Selma
- Logan Lerman, Fury
- Takamasa Ishihara, Unbroken
Best Original Screenplay
- Birdman
- Boyhood
- Mr. Turner
- Interstellar
- Selma
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Foxcatcher
- Unbroken
- Gone Girl
- Inherent Vice
- Wild
Best Animated Feature
- The Lego Movie
- The Boxtrolls
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Big Hero 6
- The Book of Life
Film Editing
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- Foxcatcher
- Fury
- Gone Girl
Production Design
- Into the Woods
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- Fury
- The Imitation Game
Dropped: Maleficent, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cinematography
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- Foxcatcher
- Fury
- Into the Woods
Dropped: Inherent Vice
Costume Design
- Into the Woods
- Mr. Turner
- Maleficent
- Big Eyes
- Selma
Dropped: Suite française
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Into the Woods
- Foxcatcher
- Unbroken
Visual Effects
- Interstellar
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Godzilla
- Marvel’s The Guardians of the Galaxy
- Edge of Tomorrow
Dropped: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Sound Editing
- Interstellar
- Godzilla
- Into the Woods
- Fury
- Unbroken
Sound Mixing
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Fury
- Godzilla
- Unbroken
Original Score
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- Big Eyes
- Fury
- Gone Girl
Original Song
- Into the Woods
- The Lego Movie
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Big Hero 6