2020 Oscars predictions!

Mike

For those not familiar with the world of film and film awards, the academy release the Oscar nominations in advance of the actual awards (which are this Sunday). Last year, we had a competition to see who could predict the awards most accurately and it turned out to be pretty fun, so we're doing it again!

I've picked 10 big award categories and left out the ones that are more for film geeks (best editing, best sound mixing, etc). Here are the ones we'll try and predict, with the nominations below each one (with spoiler warnings so this post isn't ridiculously long):

1) Best Picture

Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917
Once upon a Time... in HollyWood

2) Best Actor in a Leading Role

Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)

3) Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo (Harriet)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
Renée Zellweger (Judy)

4) Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (One upon a Time... in Hollywood)

5) Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)

6) Best Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

7) Best Cinematography

The Irishman
Joker
The Lighthouse
1917
Once upon a Time... in Hollywood

8) Best Visual Effects

Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
1917
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

9) Best Music (Original Score)

Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
Little Women (Alexandre Desplat)
Marriage Story (Randy Newman)
1917 (Thomas Newman)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams)

10) Best Directing

Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Todd Phillips (Joker)
Sam Mendes (1917)
Quentin Tarantino (Once upon a Time... in Hollywood)
Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)

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Reply to this post with your predictions before the awards this Sunday.

If you haven't seen many movies this year, don't worry - feel free to guess. Prizes available for the person with the most accurate predictions!

PS, the plan was to ask one of you guys if you wanted to run this but time totally ran away with us, so I decided to post it for speed given we only have a few days until the awards.

GreenTea

I would of done it as I'm off work!

Aidan

Long:

Either 1917 or Joker for best picture. Let's just go with Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix for best actor!
Joker for best score, Hildur did a great job at putting you in Arthur's world and she did a great job with Chernobyl's score too.
1917 for best cinematography. It plays like one long take, you're absorbed in every scene.
Scarlett Johansson for best actress.
Sam Mendes best director.
1917 visual effects. Although I'm surprised how realistic the CGI in Endgame was, the entire Cap vs Cap scene was CGI besides the 2 actors and it looks real.
Anthony Hopkins best supporting. Not seen it but he got an oscar for being in Silence of the lambs with 16 minutes screen time.
Not particularly sure about supporting actress or animated I'll just guess!
Toy story 4 best animated.
Laura Dern best supporting.
Joker and 1917 are gonna dominate the Oscars.
Can we talk about how people warned Joker would inspire violence and all its inspired is people dancing down stairs to Gary Glitter?

Short:

1) Joker
2) Joaquin Pheonix
3) Scarlett Johansson
4) Anthony Hopkins
5) Laura Dern
6) Toy Story 4
7) 1917
8) 1917
9) Joker
10) Sam Mendes

chubbydumpling

1) Best Picture
What will win: 1917
What should win: Parasite 

2) Best Actor in a Leading Role
Who will win: Joaquin Phoenix
Who should win: honestly, I don't think there were any stand-out performances 

3) Best Actress in a Leading Role
Who will win: Renée Zellweger
Who should win: Saoirse Ronan

4) Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Who will win: Brad Pitt
Who should win: Joe Pesci 

5) Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Who will win: Laura Dern
Who should win: Laura Dern but for Little Women, which was arguably the better performance lol 

6) Best Animated Feature Film
What will win: Toy Story 4
What should win: Klaus

7) Best Cinematography
What will win: 1917
What should win: The Lighthouse

8) Best Visual Effects
What will win: 1917
What should win: 1917

9) Best Music (Original Score)
What will win: Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
What should win: Little Women (Alexandre Desplat)

10) Best Directing
Who will win: Sam Mendes
Who should win: Bong Joon-ho

Mike

Loving these predictions so far! I'm rooting for a lot of the smaller releases too - Parasite, The Lighthouse, Marriage Story (my favourite movie of last year).

The Oscars are TOMORROW so get your predictions in!

Aidan

Well done @chubbydumpling 8/10!

chubbydumpling

Thanks @Aidan! I stayed up all night watching the coverage - I've never been happier to be wrong about Best Picture