Mike’s Fearless 2018 Oscar Picks
The Academy Awards are on this Sunday, March 4th. I am picking who I think will win and then my personal picks of who should win. The ones I missed are in red.
Best Picture:
Will Win: The Shape of Water
Should Win: Get Out
Directing:
Will Win: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Should Win: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Actor in a Leading Role:
Will Win: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Should Win: Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Actress in a Leading Role:
Will Win: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Should Win: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Will Win: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Should Win: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Will Win: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Should Win: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Animated Feature Film:
Will Win: Coco
Should Win: Coco
Cinematography:
Will Win: Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Should Win: Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Adapted Screenplay:
Will Win: James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Should Win: James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Original Screenplay:
Will Win: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Should Win: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Costume Design:
Will Win: Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Should Win: Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Documentary (Feature):
Will Win: Agnes Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda, Faces Places (Icarus won)
Should Win: Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan, Icarus
Documentary (Short Subject):
Will Win: Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon, Heroin(e) (Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 won)
Should Win: Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, Traffic Stop
Animated (Short Subject):
Will Win: Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, Negative Space (Dear Basketball won)
Should Win: Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, Negative Space
Live Action (Short Subject):
Will Win: Reed Van Dyk, DeKalb Elementary (The Silent Child won)
Should Win: Reed Van Dyk, DeKalb Elementary
Film Editing:
Will Win: Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Should Win: Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
Foreign Language Film:
Will Win: A Fantastic Woman
Should Win: A Fantastic Woman
Makeup and Hairstyling:
Will Win: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick, Darkest Hour
Should Win: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick, Darkest Hour
Original Song:
Will Win: Remember Me, Coco
Should Win: Remember Me, Coco
Original Score:
Will Win: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Should Win: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Production Design:
Will Win: Paul Denham Austerberry (Production Design); Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin (Set Decoration), The Shape of Water
Should Win: Paul Denham Austerberry (Production Design); Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin (Set Decoration), The Shape of Water
Sound Editing:
Will Win: Richard King and Alex Gibson, Dunkirk
Should Win: Julian Slater, Baby Driver
Sound Mixing:
Will Win: Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten, Dunkirk
Should Win: Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten, Dunkirk
Visual Effects:
Will Win: Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist, War for the Planet of the Apes (Blade Runner: 2049 won)
Should Win: Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist, War for the Planet of the Apes