Sunday, February 26, 2017

The Big Day

Today is the day.  Some close races.  Here, in bold, are the choices I'd make if I had a vote. (And looking over the options, so often, especially in the acting categories, I wish I had a write-in.)  I've removed the categories where I haven't seen enough of the nominees:

BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land

Lion
Moonlight


Manchester by the Sea

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Dev Patel (Lion)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) [This was the toughest category]
Hell or High Water

La La Land 
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
ORIGINAL SONG
"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land
"Can't Stop The Feeling" from Trolls
"City of Stars" from La La Land
"The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story
"How Far I'll Go" from Moana
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arrival

La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Silence
FILM EDITING
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
COSTUME DESIGN
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
SOUND EDITING
Arrival

Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
SOUND MIXING
Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Thirteen Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
VISUAL EFFECTS
Deepwater Horizon

Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

3 Comments:

Anonymous Denver Guy said...

Are you sure you posted the right list? Always double check the envelope :-)

So how big a hit will Price Waterhouse take? I did think Kimmel's cooment was funny - "I blame Steve Harvey."

6:00 AM, February 27, 2017  
Blogger LAGuy said...

The Academy and I agreed five times last night. Perhaps not that surprising. The biggest surprise, I guess, is we agreed on costume design.

8:35 AM, February 27, 2017  
Blogger ColumbusGuy said...

I'd like to know how many names PWC has had in the last 83 years.

I predict that next year it will be E&Y.

1:41 PM, February 27, 2017  

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